Calypso Fabrics

Wholesale fabric · Perth, Western Australia

Premium polyester fabrics, and custom printing on them.

Satin, stretch, Lycra, mesh and felt on wide rolls, plus digital dye-sublimation printing of your own artwork onto our premium stock fabrics.

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White duchess satin fabric draped in soft folds

Our fabrics

Premium white polyester fabrics, sold by the metre or the roll. Fabrics marked "printable" can be printed with your artwork.

  • Duchess satin

    Duchess Satin

    Printable

    Premium Regal polyester, 165 gsm, 150 cm wide.

  • Stretch satin

    Stretch Satin

    Shiny polyester/elastane, 115 gsm, 150 cm wide.

  • Bright Lycra

    Bright Lycra

    Polyester/Lycra 80/20, 190 gsm, 150 cm wide.

  • Mechanical stretch

    Mechanical Stretch

    Printable

    Polyester, 165 gsm, 150 cm wide.

  • Stretch mesh lining

    Stretch Mesh Lining

    Soft polyester, 65 gsm, 150 cm wide.

  • Pennant felt

    Pennant Felt

    Printable

    Medium/soft polyester, 400 gsm, 2.5 mm thick, 110 cm wide.

Custom fabric printing

Print your own artwork, or licensed artwork, onto Duchess Satin, Mechanical Stretch or Pennant Felt using digital dye-sublimation, and create something truly unique.

  1. Choose your fabric

    Pick a printable fabric and how many metres you need.

  2. Choose a layout

    How your artwork repeats across the fabric (below).

  3. Send your artwork

    Print-ready files, set up as in our artwork guide.

  4. Approve your sample

    We post you a printed sample, and print once you approve it by email.

Printing layouts

  • Full drop layout: the design repeats in straight rows and columnsFull drop
  • Half drop layout: each column is shifted down by half a repeatHalf drop
  • Centre layout: one design placed in the centreCentre
  • Mirror layout: the design repeats mirrored side to sideMirror

Artwork guide

Please check your file is correct and free of errors: artwork is ultimately the customer's responsibility. We don't offer a design service, but Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop or the free Canva all work well.

You must own the artwork or have written permission to use it.

File types
Vector: AI, EPS or PDF. Raster: TIF, GIF, JPG or PSD.
Resolution and scale
Raster at 300 dpi or more. Supply vectors to scale; tell us the scale for raster files.
Colour
CMYK, or Adobe RGB (1998) for raster files. Please don't mix colour modes.
Before you send
Convert fonts to outlines and embed all images, swatches and brushes.

Get a quote

Tell us which fabric and how much you need, and whether you'd like it printed. We'll come back to you with a price.

What do you need?
For printing: the layout you'd like and whether the artwork is new or a repeat. Don't attach artwork yet; we'll tell you how to send it.
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