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Workroom Essentials

The cloth our customers reorder

The working cloth behind the finished piece: toile calico, interfacing, lightweight cottons and extra-wide calico, kept in stock and priced for the trade.

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Trusted for over 125 years

By couture and bridal ateliers, fashion houses, theatres, costume departments and upholstery workrooms across the UK.

Samples

Feel the cloth before you order

Every cloth we sell is available as a free sample, so you can check the weight, handle and colour in your own workroom. Order up to 5 samples for £2 postage, as often as you need. Trade account holders get samples free.

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Trade

Ordering for a workroom?

Ordering 50m or more? Open a trade account for wholesale prices of up to 30% off, free samples and early access to new cloth. Accounts start on pro forma, with credit terms available after three months of trading.

Apply for a trade account

Cloth guides

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  • Cotton Drill Explained

    Cotton drill is one of those fabrics you've almost certainly worn or used without ever asking its name — hardwearing, close-woven, and quietly everywhere, from workwear to bags to upholstery....

    Cotton Drill Explained

    Cotton drill is one of those fabrics you've almost certainly worn or used without ever asking its name — hardwearing, close-woven, and quietly everywhere, from workwear to bags to upholstery....

  • Canvas Buying Guide

    Canvas has a job to do. It's the fabric you reach for when a project needs to hold its shape, survive handling, and last — whether that's a set piece...

    Canvas Buying Guide

    Canvas has a job to do. It's the fabric you reach for when a project needs to hold its shape, survive handling, and last — whether that's a set piece...

  • How Much Fabric Do I Need?

    Ordering too little fabric means a delay while you wait for a second batch — and dye lots don't always match. Ordering too much is a needless cost. Getting the...

    How Much Fabric Do I Need?

    Ordering too little fabric means a delay while you wait for a second batch — and dye lots don't always match. Ordering too much is a needless cost. Getting the...

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Since 1900

A cloth merchant, not a fabric shop

Wolfin began on London's Old Street in 1900 and moved to the West End in 1972, supplying the theatres, couture houses and fashion workrooms around it. We still do the same job: a focused range of dependable cotton, linen and wool cloth, sold by the metre or the roll at trade prices.

Our story

Remnants and end of roll

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In the workroom

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We love seeing what our cloth becomes. Tag @wolfin_textiles to share your toiles, sets and finished pieces.

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