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Japanese Fabric

Japanese cotton has a way of feeling different in your hands the minute you pick it up. The weave is tighter, the prints are quieter, and the colors tend toward the soft and the considered. The mills behind these fabrics have been making cloth for generations, and it shows in the drape and the way the dye sits in the fiber.

Our Japanese fabric collection leans on a few makers we keep coming back to. The Cosmo Twist Yarn-Dyed Fabric Rolls are the workhorses of the collection, beautifully soft and woven so the color goes all the way through. Strawberries & Bunnies is a small-print sweetheart for baby quilts, and the Textile Pantry florals in blue, brown, and yellow add a quiet vintage feel to anything they touch.

Japanese cotton plays beautifully with Liberty Tana Lawn for fine-handwork projects, and the small prints suit our English paper piecing hexies especially well.

31 products
Sold outCosmo Twist Yarn Dyed Fabric Rolls-Assorted Colors
Strawberries & Bunnies
Sale price$3.25 Per quarter yard
100 Ladies-White
Sale price$4.75 Per quarter yard
Textile Fabrics-Farmhouse
Sale price$3.75 Per quarter yard
Dancing Cats Piano
Sale price$3.25 Per quarter yard
Textile Pantry-Blue Floral
Sale price$4.25 Per quarter yard
Textile Pantry-Brown Floral
Sale price$4.25 Per quarter yard
Textile Pantry-Yellow Floral
Sale price$4.25 Per quarter yard
Textile Pantry/Pink Floral
Sale price$4.25 Per quarter yard
Textile Pantry/Floral
Sale price$4.25 Per quarter yard
Cosmo Japanese yarn dyed cotton fabric AY-2000 B tan
Cosmo Japanese yarn dyed cotton fabric AY-2000 tan navy
Cosmo Japanese yarn dyed cotton fabric AY-2000 C tan orange
Beginning of Story-Pink-Fawn
Sale price$16.00 Per quarter yard
Beginning of Story-Blue-Fawn-Un/No
Sale price$16.00 Per quarter yard
Cotton printed vintage-like canvas
Sale price$7.00 Per quarter yard
Dog Party
Sale price$3.75 Per quarter yard
American Country-Red
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Gardening 5
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Herbs 4
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Gardening 4
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Herbs 3
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Gardening 3
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Herbs 2
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Light Blue
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Blue
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Herbs
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Gardening 2
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
American Country-Gardening
Sale price$5.05 Per quarter yard
Ange Bouquet
Sale price$3.25 Per quarter yard
Cocoland Mini Cat Canvas
Sale price$3.50

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Frequently asked questions about our Japanese Fabric

What makes Japanese cotton different from other quilting cottons?

A tighter weave, a softer hand, and quieter color palettes are the three things you'll notice first. Many Japanese mills have been weaving cotton for generations and it shows in the drape.

Is yarn-dyed fabric different from printed fabric?

Yes. With yarn-dyed cotton like the Cosmo Twist range, the threads are dyed before they're woven, so the color goes all the way through the cloth. Printed fabrics have the design printed on top of woven white cotton.

Are these fabrics good for English paper piecing?

Very much so. The small prints and soft hand make Japanese cottons a favorite for hexies and other fine handwork.