IL002 ROYAL CREST IVORY-NATURAL - 100% Linen - Canvas (10 oz/yd²)

I washed it and as was expected, it shrunk, but looks LOVELY! I love the puckering and the pattern is elegant! Highly recommend! :)

I am still sewing bath towels from this fabric and wanted to add a tip that worked for me. ( For prepping the fabric for sewing, I still like to air dry it either on some sort of clothesline or dining room table padded with towels.) Once the towel is sewn up and possibly given as gift, many people will not want to air dry or it may not be practical. I put the towel in a large sweater bag (Honey Can Do sweater bag purchased on Amazon) and tumbled on medium for ten minutes. This time/setting does not get the towel "bone dry" but still quite dry and can then be finished hanging over shower rod, etc. Shrinkage was minimal (about 2" in width) and there was less dryer lint, although still definitely present. I think "linting" is a feature of these jacquard fabrics. They don't really like to be put in the dryer but sometimes it can't be helped.

I am making bath towels and ordered some of this lovely fabric on sale which was a nice bonus. My "prep/wash" procedure is to 1) agitate fabric in a basin of warmish water for 5 minutes; and then 2) speed wash in machine on cold (20 minutes). Because I will be gifting some towels to others, I decided to try tumbling the fabric in the dryer on #2 setting (from bottom) for 5 minutes. When I did this, the lint screen was full. I really do believe this and most pure linen fabric prefers to be air dried. I then transferred the fabric to the patio and air dried using Mrs. Pegg's Handyline. I can hang 4 yards of fabric (cut in two 2 yard increments) on the line. Once done, fold up and put away your clothesline and no one is the wiser:) I know the Handy Lines are expensive but I have had mine ten years and still going strong (I do take care of it) . If you sew with linen, a clothesline (portable or otherwise) is a good friend!

I am surprised this fabric has not received more reviews. It makes lovely bath and hand towels! Will try to post a picture later. I followed other reviewers' suggestions and ordered two yards which made two bath towels and two hand towels (Note: I wash on cold, not warm, and very briefly machine dry with the bulk of the time air drying) In sewing this, I used a size 16 jeans needle and my #8 Jean foot (for Bernina) and this worked perfectly. I also had some labels made to be inserted in my bath towels -- I think this gives a professional look. Check out Wunderlabel online -- excellent product and customer service!

I have purchased quite a bit of linen from you, and this is by far my favorite. It may be a heavier weight, but sews like a dream. I definitely want more of this luscious fabric. I used it to make hand towels for a wedding gif t. The bride loved them.

As with some of the other heavyweight jacquard linen fabrics offered by F/S, Royal Crest arrived as a rather stiff canvas, both in appearance and hand. However, after machine washing and drying Royal Crest became a soft to the touch and lofty fabric perfect for towels & washcloths, bathrobes, duvet covers, bedspreads and more. The reversible crest pattern and two-tone colors of this fabric in natural and ivory become more pronounced after washing and drying. Machine drying produced very little lint. Superb fabric!

I bought 2 yards of this to make a towel-- because I don't have enough linen in my life! It looked stiff and upholstery-like in its new state, but after I washed it in hot water and dried it on high, it is just how I hoped-- gently puckered all over, soft but texture-y, perfect for the 2-sided towel I want to make. Later, I realized that it was actually a big enough piece to make a Spring blanket for my twin bed, so I slept with it last night as a blanket. Perfect! So now I need MORE of this fabulous stuff, plus a plain fabric for the reverse side.... I am so hooked on linen.

beautiful linen i made towel from it. Love this fabric and will order more as soon as i finish my other sewing projects :)