Chic Fabric - Cream (207) - 150cm

A versatile plain polycotton fabric designed for professional lampshade making, with a generous 150cm width and a wide range of colours for modern and traditional interiors.

The Chic Plain Fabric Collection is a practical, dependable choice for lampshade makers, manufacturers, and interior professionals seeking a plain fabric with a clean, understated look.

Chic Cream (207) has a clean, subtle cream tone that works well in both traditional and contemporary interiors. Its subtle woven texture lets the lampshade's shape and design take centre stage, while the extensive colour range makes it easy to coordinate with interiors, soft furnishings, and decorative schemes.

Suitable for both one-off bespoke projects and repeat production, Chic is used by independent makers and professional lampshade manufacturers producing coordinated ranges of plain-coloured shades.

Why Choose Chic Fabric?

• Selected specifically for lampshade making
• Quality 65% polyester / 35% cotton polycotton blend
• 150cm wide for improved material yield and production efficiency
• Suitable for soft, fabric-only lampshades
• Can be laminated for rigid and rolled-edge lampshades
• Good bias for stretching smoothly and tautly over frames
• Attractive woven texture with added interest when illuminated
• Professional lamination service available
• Sold by the metre in continuous lengths where possible
• Quantity savings available on larger orders

Extra Wide for Greater Yield and Less Waste

Chic Fabric is manufactured at a generous 150cm width, giving lampshade makers greater flexibility when cutting panels for different shade sizes and styles.

The extra width helps you use each metre of fabric more efficiently, improving material yield and reducing waste.

This is particularly valuable for professional makers and manufacturers producing larger lampshades, repeat orders or multiple shades from the same length of fabric. For production environments, the wider format also provides more efficient cutting options from each metre purchased.

What Lampshades Can Chic Fabric Be Used For?

One of Chic Fabric's main advantages is its versatility. It can be used for both traditional soft lampshades and rigid, hard-backed lampshades, making it suitable for a wide range of lampshade styles and production methods.

This makes Chic a practical choice for independent makers, professional workshops and manufacturers who want to use the same fabric collection across different types of lampshades.

Traditional Soft Lampshades

Chic Fabric is particularly well suited to making traditional soft lampshades.

Its natural bias lets the fabric stretch smoothly over a lampshade frame, helping you achieve a neat, taut and professional finish.

It can be used for a wide variety of soft shade styles, including:

• Traditional stretched lampshades
• Fabric-covered lampshade frames
• Gathered shades
• Pleated and decorative shades
• Mop-cap style lampshades
• Other traditional soft-shade designs

For mop-cap and removable fabric shades, you can also sew elastic into the fabric to create a cover that fits securely over the lampshade frame.

Rigid / Hard-Backed Lampshades

You can also use Chic Fabric to make rigid or hard-backed lampshades.

To create a rigid shade, laminate the fabric to one of our Stick-It® self-adhesive lampshade backing materials to produce a firm, fabric-covered panel ready for cutting and rolled-edge lampshade construction.

Once laminated, Chic is suitable for making a wide range of rigid lampshades, including:

• Drum lampshades
• Empire lampshades
• Conical shades
• Pendant shades
• Table lamp shades
• Floor lamp shades
• Bedside lamp shades
• Bespoke and other rolled-edge lampshade styles

Lamination

Chic Fabric can be laminated to our range of Stick-It® self-adhesive lampshade backing materials to create rigid fabric panels for rolled-edge lampshade making.

Laminate It Yourself

Our Stick-It® materials are easy to use and available by the metre, making them the ideal companion to the Chic Fabric range.
Choose from a variety of backing options to suit the finish, rigidity and lighting effect you want to achieve, then simply apply your Chic Fabric to the self-adhesive surface.

Find out more about the Stick-It® range: click here.

Professional Lamination Service

If you would prefer your Chic Fabric to arrive already laminated and ready for production, we also offer a professional lamination service.

Simply choose your preferred lampshade backing material, and we can laminate the fabric for you.

This saves preparation time and gives you a consistent, professionally laminated material ready for cutting and lampshade manufacture.

Find out more or order the Lamination Service, click here

How Chic Looks When Illuminated

A fabric lampshade can look very different when the light is switched on.

Depending on the backing material selected, Chic Fabric produces an attractive textured glow when illuminated.

The light highlights the fabric's woven surface, bringing out additional character and interest that may be less noticeable when the lampshade is unlit.

The final illuminated appearance will vary depending on:

• The backing material used
• The colour of the fabric
• The type of bulb
• The colour temperature of the light
• The shape and construction of the lampshade

If the illuminated appearance is particularly important to your project, we recommend ordering a sample before purchasing a larger quantity.

Product Specifications

How to Order

Chic Fabric is sold by the metre.

Select the quantity you require using the purchasing options at the top of the page.

Multiple metres will be supplied as one continuous length.

Quantity savings are available on larger orders, so the more fabric you purchase, the more you save.

Select your required quantity above to see the applicable price.

Samples & Colour Information

If colour, texture or illuminated appearance is important to your project, we recommend ordering a sample before purchasing a larger quantity.

Please note: Colours can appear differently depending on monitor or device settings, room lighting and the lighting used inside the finished lampshade.

A physical sample will give the best indication of the fabric's actual colour, texture and appearance.

Support & Community

At Dannells, we support everyone from first-time makers to professional lampshade manufacturers.

If you need help selecting or using Chic Fabric, our team will be happy to provide friendly advice, technical guidance and practical support.

You can also explore our online tutorials and YouTube videos for useful lampshade-making tips, techniques and solutions.

The free Dannells Lampshade Makers Forum brings together more than 8,000 makers worldwide to share ideas, solve problems and inspire one another.

You can contact our customer service team for support, and you will find links to our social media platforms and forum below.

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