Endless Summer

Soft summer pant weight, slub in the weave, stripes are woven in a special way with a fade between colors. Taupe, navy, lime, yellow, coral. You can make many different types of garments with this. It's all in the weave. You can not believe there is wool in this. Drapes soft for drawstring pants. Width: 56" Content: 53% linen, 47% virgin wool Italian designer surplus

Two tone woven with red and taupe, has a slight iridescent sheen in the folds. Nice crisp cotton shirting fine weave soft. Coordinates with many earthy and warm summer drops.  Width: 62" 100% cotton Italian designer surplus

A couple of details make this piece special, when you look close the way it is woven gives it texture and dimension, the red is overlapped with tiny ivory cotton threads and in between are grey pinstripes very tiny and every other one is woven in a different pattern. Also this has a bit of stretch to it so if you want to make a wrapped snug type garment this will be to your advantage, or you can ignore. Suitable for summer dressing, opaque, loose skirts, shirt dresses, tops, loose pants. stripes run crossgrain. Width: 61" Content: 90% cotton, 10% elastine Italian, deadstock

Soft draping, almost delicate, cotton with some stretch in it however I would just use as with any cotton unless you want to make a fitted wrap dress. It is on the lighter side, with a tinge of transparency. Will give billowy sleeves if desired. Width: 56" 97% cotton, 3% elastine Italian imported surplus

Lovely and exceptional quality striped cotton, light weight, finely woven, slight transparency very subtle - suitable for blouses, shirts, summer caftans, etc. Produced before this mill was acquired by Loro Piana. Width: 64" cotton linen imported Italy mill deadstock

At first this may look like a simple stripe but upon closer inspection this stripe is extra special especially when looking at the weave on the wrong side. The stripes have varying types if weave on a natural cotton base, the green are raised. The colors are fantastic, everything about this piece shows an attention to detail that is disappearing, this mill has been "acquired" by an industry behemoth. This is one of the pre-sell out rolls. Suitable for shirts, light dresses, gathered skirts, and other types of summer dressings.  Width: 60" Content: 100% cotton Imported Italy designer surplus  

Light and airy, warm ivory slight crinkle viscose with a little bit of poly for the crinkle  10" border along one selvedge pairing with a large olive floral print. A tinge of transparency, this is perfect for summer, the quality is excellent. You cannot feel there is any poly. Blouses and summer dresses, cover ups, caftans.  85% viscose, 15% polyamide Width: 55", including 10" border Imported Italy, designer deadstock

From Calamo silk mills, a very lovely weave of linen and silk, suitable for light for shirts, tops, and dresses.  Width: 45" silk linen blend Calamo silk deadstock

Blue grey soft cotton voile with bands of embroidered motifs that run parallel to selvedge. Dainty, very high quality embroidery. Great for summer.  Width: 57" 100% cotton Italian, deadstock

This is a gorgeous, soft, perfect, slub cotton shirting with a woven marine blue stripe. Slight transparency, almost voile-like. From Cuchinelli. Width: 58" 100% cotton Italian, surplus

Medium weight white linen, it is white so you may want to line with some batiste because there is slight transparency, dress weight but not a super tight weave. The embroidery is a border scalloped along one edge, the quality is excellent. The border stretches for 18" total. The stitching appears to be cotton and looks like cotton. Width: 55" Italian surplus

Loro Piana deadstock, a beautiful soft draping linen shirting, the weave is fine but not super tight, it has a subtle slub, there is a slight transparency, perfect for tank tops. This is a top summer linen shirting. Red woven pinstripes with a warm white base. Width: 60" 92% linen, 8% cotton made in Italy

On the red because I know you will ask me - its in the middle of the spectrum between cool and warm, it is a crisp clear straight up red. Used by E. Scervino, Italy. Suitable for anything really dresses, pants, skirts. Chino pant weight with a defined twill weave.  100% cotton Width: 60" designer surplus

This is a beautiful top quality embroidered cotton, the thread is cotton. It is just lovely. Double scalloped border. 53" all cotton Monique LH surplus