Imperial Batiste 60" White, Fabric by the Yard

I used this to make a 1930s style slip dress. It hangs beautifully and was very easy to work with. Nice and breathable fabric.

This is a beautiful piece of quality fabric, and I can certainly use it; but it is broadcloth, not batiste. Batiste is thinner and lighter weight, perfect for baby clothes. The broadcloth is thicker and a heavier weight fabric.

This Spechler Vogel white Imperial Batiste will be used by the Cherokee Rose SAGA chapter to make NICU gowns for area hospitals. It is the finest poly/cotton fabric to stitch heirloom garments. Our members have been sewing with this fabric for years. We are very pleased to find this fabric at Fabric.com/Amazon at a very reasonable price.

This is a poly cotton blend, good for many uses, but not comparable to the imperial batiste blend I mail ordered in the 1990s for smocking. I couldn’t use it for the christening gown I ordered it for, but it would be a solid cotton/poly blend for button down shirts or more sturdy things.

The product arrived earlier than I thought it would, it is of good quality, and is closer to medium weight to me. However, I have never worked with batiste before so am not an expert. I am experimenting with some heirloom sewing and think it is a good value for practicing, and using in clothing.

Also good for lining eyelet baby clothes and for making baby dresses. Washes wonderfully in a warm wash and low dry. Minimal fraying and minimal wrinkling.

My order was for Imperial batiste—a very specific brand and quality of poly-cotton fabric. If that is what you are looking for, look elsewhere. This fabric is rough and stiff, not at all appropriate for the baby clothes that I intended to use it for.

I use this fabric to line cotton fabrics so the come out of the dryer just lie they were it ironed.