Cottons, Homespuns & Linens for Hand Stitching Backgrounds

Cotton and linen fabrics perfect for wool and cotton applique, hand embroidery and all hand stitching,  backgrounds and backings!  Or for piecing quilts!

Our linen is hand dyed Essex Linen and is not an even weave linen for counted cross stitch work. 

All our hand dyed cotton and linens have a wonderful mottled look giving you depth for your backgrounds or applique pieces.  Some are subtle and others are heavily mottled for different looks.

84 products
  • Bronze Hand Dyed Linen with mottling.
    from $5.00
    from $5.00
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  • Hand dyed, mottled fabrics in shades of brown & tans in cotton, flannel and linen.
    from $4.75
    from $4.75
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  • Dark brown with medium mottling hand dyed cotton/linen blend.
    from $5.00
    from $5.00
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  • 100% hand dyed cotton fabric in mottled from light to dark browns
    $4.50
    $4.50
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  • Warm mottled hand dyed cotton fabric in yellow and light brown sugar tones
    $4.50
    $4.50
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  • Hand Dyed Linen fabric in a light tan with light brown mottling - perfect for wool applique backgrounds or backing!
    from $5.00
    from $5.00
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  • Brownish Orange Batik with fronds from Island Batik Water-Shades of Amber Tuscany Sun
    $5.00
    $5.00
    $9.50
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  • Hand dyed linen is a soft butterscotch candy color with delicious mottling.
    from $5.00
    from $5.00
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  • Cotton fabric bundle in red, blue and tan for cotton and wool applique backgrounds or quilt piecing.
    from $7.00
    from $7.00
    $9.00
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  • Homespun cotton fabric in a slightly off white with raise white thread dashes.
    $5.00
    $5.00
    $12.10
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  • Homespun fabric with brown/black background with rectangular tan nubs
    $5.00
    $5.00
    $12.10
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  • Homespun fabric in Red/tan woven background with rectangular tan nubs
    $5.00
    $5.00
    $11.89
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