Search
Wishlist Account Basket
Made-to-measure in Britain | 100+ designer brands | Expertly crafted, carefully checked | Premium quality Up to 70% off high street prices | Visit our Christmas Shop
Our CollectionsOur BrandsReduced To Clear
  Free Delivery   Made To Measure In The UK 10 Year Guarantee About Us

Beautiful Fabric. British Craft.

Step inside the mills and printing houses behind some of our much-loved fabric brands.

Fabric Manufacturing In The UK

A Proud Tradition. Still Being Made.

From Yorkshire woollen cloth to Scottish weaves and Lancashire prints, British fabric manufacturing is a story of people, place and skill. The brands below bring that story to life through working mills, specialist processes and generations of textile knowledge.

Discover how yarn becomes cloth, how print brings a design to life, and how finishing shapes the fabric you see and feel.

Meet The Makers.

Six fabric brands available at Britannia Rose, each with its own connection to UK production.
Guiseley, West Yorkshire
Abraham Moon
Founded in 1837, Abraham Moon brings dyeing, spinning, weaving and finishing together at its Guiseley mill. This is what a vertical mill means: the journey from raw wool to finished cloth can happen on a single site. Generations of textile knowledge live on in fabrics with rich colour and distinctive texture.
Burnley, Lancashire
Ian Mankin
Ian Mankin designs and weaves its fabrics in its own Burnley mill. Signature stripes, checks and plains reflect the brand’s quietly distinctive style, with natural and recycled fibres at the heart of the range. The people at the looms carry forward skills rooted in Lancashire’s long textile history.
Rothesay, Isle of Bute
Bute Fabrics
Bute Fabrics has woven on the Isle of Bute since 1947. The island’s changing light, landscapes and colours help shape its textured fabrics. Traditional weaving knowledge works alongside modern production, while testing in the mill’s own laboratory helps the team assess the performance of its textiles.
Keith, Scottish Highlands
The Isle Mill
The Isle Mill’s manufacturing story spans Scotland. Fabrics are designed in Perth, woven at the company’s mill in Keith and finished in Galashiels. After weaving, skilled teams inspect and mend the cloth by hand before finishing develops the fabric’s final appearance and feel.
Bradford & a UK manufacturing network
Abbotsford Textiles
Abbotsford is part of SIL Holdings, a network of textile companies with production capabilities across the UK. Its story includes yarn testing, weaving, dyeing and finishing, with fabrics checked for shade, handle, weight and width. The brand’s stock and distribution base is at Ladywell Mills in Bradford.
Castle Cary, Somerset
John Boyd Textiles
John Boyd Textiles continues the specialist craft of horsehair weaving in Castle Cary. Established in 1837, the company still works with looms and techniques dating to 1870. Horsehair is woven with cotton or silk warps to create distinctive upholstery cloth, linking contemporary interiors with a remarkable living textile tradition.

The Beauty Is In The Making.

Different fabrics take different routes through production. These are some of the skills that shape the finished cloth.

01
Preparing the yarn
Fibre selection, colour and yarn preparation establish the starting point. Warping arranges the lengthwise threads ready for the loom.
02
Weaving the cloth
Weft threads pass across the warp to build the fabric. Yarn, weave structure and tension influence its pattern, texture and weight.
03
Printing the design
Printing brings artwork and colour to a cloth’s surface. British printers work with screen and digital methods to achieve different effects.
04
Finishing & checking
Processes such as washing, cropping and pressing develop the cloth’s final feel and appearance. Inspection and mending help prepare it for use.
Colour begins with yarn · The Isle Mill
Inside the production process · Abraham Moon
Yarn processing · Abbotsford Textiles

Sanderson Design Group. Printed In Lancaster.

Standfast & Barracks is the fabric-printing business of Sanderson Design Group.

Sanderson Design Group · Lancaster, Lancashire

The Factory Behind Familiar Names.

Standfast & Barracks is the fabric-printing business within Sanderson Design Group, the group behind Sanderson, Morris & Co., Harlequin, Zoffany, Clarke & Clarke and Scion.

Based in Lancaster and established in 1924, the factory brings together traditional screen-printing skills and modern digital technology. It prints fabric for Sanderson Design Group and other design houses.

Printed cloth at Standfast & Barracks

At a glance

British Manufacturing At A Glance.

The places and specialisms behind the stories on this page.

Brand / Manufacturer Location The Story
Abraham Moon Guiseley, West Yorkshire A vertical woollen mill
Ian Mankin Burnley, Lancashire Woven in Lancashire
Bute Fabrics Rothesay, Isle of Bute Scottish island weaving
The Isle Mill Keith, Scottish Highlands Made through Scottish expertise
Abbotsford Textiles Bradford & a UK manufacturing network From fibre to finished fabric
John Boyd Textiles Castle Cary, Somerset A specialist horsehair tradition
Sanderson Design Group Lancaster, Lancashire Fabric printing at Standfast & Barracks

A Little More About British Fabric.

What is a vertical mill?
A vertical mill brings several manufacturing stages together on one site. Abraham Moon describes its Guiseley mill this way because it manages processes from raw wool and yarn production through to weaving and finishing.
Does UK manufacture mean the fibre is British too?
The place where a fabric is woven or printed and the origin of its fibres are different details. For example, Abraham Moon works with wool from Britain and other countries. Ask us about your chosen fabric if a particular origin matters to your project.
Are all Britannia Rose fabrics made in the UK?
Our collection includes brands and fabrics from many countries. This page highlights specific UK manufacturing stories. If you want a fabric with a particular manufacturing origin, contact our team so we can help you check the design you are considering.
Can every fabric be used for curtains, blinds and upholstery?
Suitability varies by fabric. Check the product information for your intended use, and speak to us if you need help choosing. A fabric’s composition, weight, construction and performance are all worth considering.

A Story To Discover. A Fabric To Love.

Explore our fabric collection, or let us help you find the right cloth for your home.

Chat to a Real Person