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Linen Fabric Category is on sale at 20% off from May 15th to May 31st!

Britex Fabrics loves everything about silk and it shows. Silk is a natural fiber that is usually derived from the mulberry silkworm’s cocoons. Silk has it all; it is smooth, soft, strong, and lustrous. Silk is ethereal for a summer frock, and just as smart for a winter frock-coat lining. We delight in traipsing about to find you the most chic Italian silks, natty necktie silks, brilliant jacquard silks, and airy sheer silk chiffons.

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  1. Pink Porpoises Woven Faille Necktie Silk Quickview

    Pink Porpoises Woven Faille Necktie Silk

    Petite porpoises disport themselves gaily on this rich pink 100% silk faille. This is perfect for custom-made neckties, cummerbunds, corsets, vests, or marine-inspired accessories for the whale watcher in your life. Cadet blue porpoises trimmed with a yellow accent are 1/2" in scale. This fabric is 55" wide.
    $39.99

  2. Vintage-Style Cocoa & Cream Geometric Silk Twill Quickview

    Vintage-Style Cocoa & Cream Geometric Silk Twill

    A delightful 100% silk twill, with shaded cool cocoa brown squares on an ivory background. Light-weight, sharp, and simple --- perfect for vintage-inspired styles like a snappy and officious office blouse with a bow-tied neckline, or perhaps a swinging lining for your favorite mock suede Nehru jacket. This fabric is 54" wide.
    $39.99 $19.99

  3. Snakey Brown & Cream Silk Crepe de Chine Quickview

    Snakey Brown & Cream Silk Crepe de Chine

    This 100% silk crepe de chine is a lovely mix of russet, golden brown, rich cream and black, with a marvelously complex design. The stripped print is a ferocious melange of 4 1/4" wide dark and light print stripes.......which together convey the look of snakeskin or feathers. This silk is equally perfect for a classic 1980s-style floppy bow-tied blouse, or the lining for a faux fur evening jacket. 45" wide.
    $29.99 $14.99

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  4. Geometric Raspberry & Chocolate Stretch Silk Charmeuse (Made in Italy) LIMITED STOCK Quickview

    Geometric Raspberry & Chocolate Stretch Silk Charmeuse (Made in Italy) LIMITED STOCK

    A deliciously soft stretch charmeuse from Italy, in yummy chocolate brown and raspberry pink. This small-scale geometric pattern (1/2" repeat) would be scrumptious as a fitted cap-sleeved top, worn with an unstructured chocolate brown linen suit. One-way stretch. Made in Italy. This fabric is 56" wide.

    LIMITED YARDAGE

    $95.99

  5. Ivory & Soot Dotted Sheer Silk Chiffon LIMITED STOCK Quickview

    Ivory & Soot Dotted Sheer Silk Chiffon LIMITED STOCK

    A sheer dotted chiffon with soft black coin-size dots (1" wide) scattered on a warm winter white background. Unusually light and airy, this chiffon would be perfect for layered bias-cut ruffles on dresses, skirts or blouses...or simply finish the edges for a fluttery scarf. 100% silk. 44" wide. LIMITED STOCK
    $39.99

  6. Black & Cream Floral Shadows Silk Chiffon Quickview

    Black & Cream Floral Shadows Silk Chiffon

    This graceful silk burnout is primarily black and cream, with subtle taupe highlights, in an over-sized tulip floral design. Satin elements are as soft and fluid as the lithe chiffon base. This stripped sheer is best worn with an attitude of conviction and dramatic lipstick; it would look lovely as a chic shirtwaist, dress, or as palazzo pants. 100% silk. 54" wide.
    $94.99

  7. Wine & Antique Blue Checked Jacquard Silk Organza Quickview

    Wine & Antique Blue Checked Jacquard Silk Organza

    This unique silk/polyester organza is endlessly interesting. An intricate design combines alternating squares of burgundy and violet with jacquard motifs in light grey with gold outlines. For a finishing fillip, the squares are fringed (fringe is approximately 2" long) in grey and gold. Whether it's featured as a dramatic duster, or swagged around a window or door in your home, this one-of-a-kind fabric is bound to be noticed. This fabric is 43" wide.
    $39.99

  8. Crinkled Petal Pink Wildflower Strewn Silk Chiffon Quickview

    Crinkled Petal Pink Wildflower Strewn Silk Chiffon

    This Liberty-style floral in delicately soft pastel baby pink and powder blue wildflowers on a winter white background is a lightly crinkled 100% silk chiffon - lovely as a floaty sundress, or a pin-tucked Gibson Girl-inspired blouse. 100% silk. is 54" wide.
    $34.99

  9. Crinkled Hot Pink & Silver Sheer Silk Chiffon Quickview

    Crinkled Hot Pink & Silver Sheer Silk Chiffon

    This crinkled silk chiffon is kissed by silver dewdrops. Soft, light and ethereal, this chiffon is painted with metallic ovals of various sizes to give it that extra va-voom. With sparkle combined with super-saturated, startling color, you've got the perfect fabric for dramatic garments or costumes. It simply begs to be beaded and worn at your very next belly dancing class. 100% silk. 54" wide.
    $29.99

  10. Black Butterfly Sheer Silk Organza  LIMITED STOCK Quickview

    Black Butterfly Sheer Silk Organza LIMITED STOCK

    This delicately printed 100% silk organza is light-weight and unusually malleable. Pink tones are variegated, and are highlighted by a subtle slate-blue outline. The Asian-inspired feathered rose and butterfly design would make a charming glamorous pin-tucked blouse with short gathered sleeves. This fabric is 45" wide. LIMITED STOCK
    $29.99

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