Makower Essentials – 100% Cotton Tonal Blender Fabrics
Essentials is our go-to range of tonal designs, offering subtle texture and depth that make it the perfect choice for blenders, borders, and backings. With its versatile colour palette and understated style, Essentials supports your feature fabrics without competing for attention—an ideal staple for any quilting or sewing project.
Screen printed on high-quality 100% cotton, every fabric in the Essentials range is made using the same premium greige and expert finishing as the rest of our basics. The result is a fabric that’s soft, smooth, and easy to work with, whether you're piecing a quilt top, sewing a garment, or creating home décor.
Like all our basics, Essentials is OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 certified, meaning it’s free from harmful substances and safe for use across all your creative projects.
Thanks to our Basics Guarantee, you can rely on the entire Essentials range to remain available until at least the end of 2027. That gives you the confidence to plan long-term projects or replenish your favourites without the worry of sudden discontinuation.
Order Essentials cotton fabric by the metre today and enjoy tonal blenders that deliver timeless style and reliable quality.
All fabric is sold in quarter metre increments (25cm), if you would like a metre add 4 to your basket, if you would like 1½ metres add 6 to your basket etc.
Orders of more than quantity 1 will be cut in a continuous length unless requested otherwise.
Please see chart below for unit conversions.
| Length |
Number of units to order
|
25cm
|
1 |
| 50cm (half a metre) |
2 |
| 75cm |
3 |
| 100cm (1 metre) |
4 |
| 125cm |
5 |
| 150cm (1.5 metres) |
6 |
| 175cm |
7 |
| 200cm (2 metres) |
8 |
| 225cm |
9 |
| 250cm (2.5 metres) |
10 |
| 275cm |
11 |
| 300cm (3 metres) |
12 |
| 325cm |
13 |
| 350cm (3.5 metres) |
14 |
| 375cm |
15 |
| 400cm (4 metres) |
16 |
* We recommend pre washing and drying all of your fabric(s) prior to making your garment in the same manner as you would do with all subsequent washes to remove any shrinkage.
* We would recommend that you purchase enough fabric to complete your project as with all fabrics the dye lots can differ slightly between bolts.
