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Merchant & Mills
Lapis Plain Indian Cotton
$29.00

A really unusual south Indian cotton with a soft and silky handle, similar to a sateen. A beautiful rich peacock blue colour.

This cloth would make beautiful skirts, dresses, tops and shirts. It would also be suitable for lightweight curtains.

Note the colour of this fabric is slightly darker and richer than depicted in the images – email shop@joans.co.nz to request a free sample if you wish to check the tone before buying.
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Merchant & Mills
Carom Plain Indian Cotton
$29.00

A really unusual south Indian cotton with a soft and silky handle, similar to a sateen. A bright spiced ginger colour.

This cloth would make beautiful skirts, dresses, tops and shirts. It would also be suitable for lightweight curtains
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Merchant & Mills
Lara Plain Indian Cotton
$29.00

A really unusual south Indian cotton with a soft and silky handle, similar to a sateen. A bright post box red.

This cloth would make beautiful skirts, dresses, tops and shirts. It would also be suitable for lightweight curtains
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Merchant & Mills
Wasabi Plain Indian Cotton
$29.00

A really unusual south Indian cotton with a soft and silky handle, similar to a sateen. A beautiful rich olive green with a slight luster.

This cloth would make beautiful skirts, dresses, tops and shirts. It would also be suitable for lightweight curtains
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Merchant & Mills
Macadamia Plain Indian Cotton
$29.00

A really unusual south Indian cotton with a soft and silky handle, similar to a sateen. A beautiful rich rust brown colour.

This cloth would make beautiful skirts, dresses, tops and shirts. It would also be suitable for lightweight curtains
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Fableism Supply Co.
Sunset Checkmate Double Cloth
$46.00

Checkmate Checkers are exactly what our garment loving hearts needed. A double cloth fabric that is 100% reversible (ie. no lining needed!). Made from soft 100% cotton and offered in a bunch of fun and unique color combinations. Checkmate is perfect for apparel, home decor, and we’ve even used it for quilting. The large colored squares measure 7/8″ x 1″.

Note: both sides are the same.
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Fableism Supply Co.
Kiwi Checkmate Double Cloth
$46.00

Checkmate Checkers are exactly what our garment loving hearts needed. A double cloth fabric that is 100% reversible (ie. no lining needed!). Made from soft 100% cotton and offered in a bunch of fun and unique color combinations. Checkmate is perfect for apparel, home decor, and we’ve even used it for quilting. The large colored squares measure 7/8″ x 1″.

Note: both sides are the same.
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Fableism Supply Co.
Olive Checkmate Double Cloth
$46.00

Checkmate Checkers are exactly what our garment loving hearts needed. A double cloth fabric that is 100% reversible (ie. no lining needed!). Made from soft 100% cotton and offered in a bunch of fun and unique color combinations. Checkmate is perfect for apparel, home decor, and we’ve even used it for quilting. The large colored squares measure 7/8″ x 1″.

Note: both sides are the same.
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Fableism Supply Co.
Fjord Checkmate Double Cloth
$46.00

Checkmate Checkers are exactly what our garment loving hearts needed. A double cloth fabric that is 100% reversible (ie. no lining needed!). Made from soft 100% cotton and offered in a bunch of fun and unique color combinations. Checkmate is perfect for apparel, home decor, and we’ve even used it for quilting. The large colored squares measure 7/8″ x 1″.

Note: both sides are the same.
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Fableism Supply Co.
Superbloom Yarn Dyed Cotton
$35.00

Yarn dyed cotton in a large scale check. a lightweight cotton suitable for dresses, shirts and relaxed loungewear.
Inspired by the vastness of the grand canyon and its full spectrum of life and color. The colors are a punchy mix of hues from golden ochre to deep periwinkle and crisp turquoise.
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Merchant & Mills
*Preorder* Aloe European Laundered Linen
$78.00

*Preorder now for a mid July delivery*

Part of our S/S 2025 Playground range.

A zingy and fresh wide stripe in two shades of bright green. Stand out from the crowd in a striking Etta dress or a fun Clover top.

This linen is produced in small batches in Eastern Europe where there is a strong heritage of spinning and weaving linen fabric.
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Merchant & Mills
*Pre order* Whirly Pops European Laundered Linen
$78.00

*Preorder now for a mid July delivery*

A luminous neon orange and fuchsia wide stripe. Stand out from the crowd in a striking Etta dress or a fun Clover top.

This linen is produced in small batches in Eastern Europe where there is a strong heritage of spinning and weaving linen fabric.

Welcome to Joan’s Fine Fabrics, my good old fashioned fabric shop – online.

You’ll find new fabrics arriving nearly every week, like the latest European linens from Merchant & Mills and other popular fabric brands.

Patterns

Our gorgeous sewing patterns have low and zero waste options to help save fabric, money and the planet. You can trust they’re good because I personally sew using the same patterns and fabrics that I sell here in-store. The proof is in the pudding, my Nana always said, so check out my detailed pattern reviews where I share my tips, tricks and learnings for each pattern.

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AO Printing

Have a PDF Pattern and don’t fancy taping all those pages together? Upload the file here and we will print it in full size A0 on sturdy paper for you.

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Haberdashery

If your sewing box needs a bit of a stock up, you’ll find all the haberdashery bits and bobs you need here too. From gorgeous Liberty bias binding, to buttons and the cutest labels for your finished home sewing. There’s specialist tailoring items, right down to needles, pins and every shade of thread to go with your project (yes I will match thread to your fabric for you!).

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Remember to check out our one off and repurposed vintage recycled fabrics. You might just find a treasure!

Happy hunting!