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*Free Shipping on Cut Yardage Orders Over $35 & Always Free Shipping on Everything Else to the USA
5% of all sales at our Etsy store go to support Ganesa Library in Solo, Java, Indonesia.
We are not shipping anywhere but the USA due to extreme international shipping delays.
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All of our fabric is torn instead of cut to provide truer straighter lines.
Announcement
*Free Shipping on Cut Yardage Orders Over $35 & Always Free Shipping on Everything Else to the USA
5% of all sales at our Etsy store go to support Ganesa Library in Solo, Java, Indonesia.
We are not shipping anywhere but the USA due to extreme international shipping delays.
Signup for our newsletter here https://mailchi.mp/lunnfabrics/signup1
All of our fabric is torn instead of cut to provide truer straighter lines.
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Donna on Mar 27, 2022
5 out of 5 starsbeautiful fabric for an island inspired man's shirt. love these ethically created batiks!
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Judy on Feb 28, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful fabric. Quick delivery. It for the backing of a very special owl quilt.
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Cindy Goodrich on Jan 18, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThis fabric is soft and flexible. The color range was absolutely perfect and they really matched the description.
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Brenda Williams on May 25, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThese fabrics are high thread count, and I'm pleased with the color variety. I will order from this shop again.
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About LunnFabrics
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Our black and white batiks room! Rolls and rolls of basic black and white with splashes of Prisma Dye colors. -
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A peak inside the shop at just a few of the hundreds of batiks we offer. -
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A few of the exclusive one-of-a-kind shibori fabrics available in the shop.
Michael & Debra's background
Debra Lunn has been making quilts since 1963. While in graduate school in textile
design in 1976 at the University of Minnesota, she began hand-dyeing fabrics for
use in her own quilts. Debra's quilt, Counterpoint, was the first and only piece in
Quilt National '79 (the first exhibition) that was made of hand-dyed fabrics.
In 1988, Debra started hand-dyeing fabrics in gradations to sell to other quilt
makers, traveling to Quilt Shows across the US as a vendor.
In 1991, Debra met Michael Mrowka, and they joined together in the endeavor of
Lunn Fabrics (and also as personal mates). They have been collaborating ever since.
Working together, they expanded Lunn Fabrics, Ltd. to produce fabrics that were
hand-dyed, hand-painted, airbrushed, hand-stamped, and screen printed with a
focus on making special and one-of-a-kind quilting fabrics for quilters. Michael, a
sculptor, painter, and a journeyman in the printing industry for 20 years streamlined
production and invented new techniques. Over the years they have expanded their
repertoire of techniques to include tie-dye/mandala folding resists, potato dextrin
resist, and batik wax resist.
In 1994, Debra and Michael began designing fabric for Robert Kaufman Company.
They created innovative lines of fabric for commercial production, which include
Pointillist Palette, Natural Creations, Vibrations, Prima Materia, Photo Real Clouds,
DYE IT! and Precious Metals. They also designed the colors for Robert Kaufman’s
first major expansion of the KONA color solid fabrics to 100 fabrics.
In 1996, Debra was hurt in a head-on collision with a drunk driver in Paducah
Kentucky, so in October 1998 Debra and Michael quit designing for Robert
Kaufman to focus on their "one of a kind fabrics" and collaborating on a series of
whole cloth and pieced art quilts which are constructed from the best of their one
of a kind fabric; but mostly to focus on healing Debra’s significant brain injury.
In September 2004, we returned to working with Robert Kaufman and are in
charge of their Batik division called "ARTISAN BATIKS & PATINA HANDPAINTS".
We spend 2-3 months per year in Java managing and designing the ARTISAN
BATIKS Line for Robert Kaufman. We have only begun to push the envelope as far
as what is possible with batiks in our private studio in Central Java.
Debra and Michael’s personal art quilts which feature fabrics that are designed
and/or produced at Lunn Fabrics have continued to be included in national and
international juried and invitational exhibitions.
Lunn Fabrics
317 E Main St
Lancaster, OH 43130
Shop members
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Debra Lunn & Michael Mrowka
Owner
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I gladly accept returns and exchanges
I don't accept cancellations
I accept returns I do not accept returns
I accept exchanges I do not accept exchanges
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Frequently asked questions
Wholesale availability
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide wholesale options for our products at this time.
Care instructions
Machine wash cold. Do not bleach. Wash dark colors separately. Tumble dry low. Remove promptly.
What is the minimum yardage I can have cut to order?
1 yard is the smallest cut we will make.
How do I order more than 1 yard?
To order more than 1 yard first select the length (Yard or One & Half Yards) then select the quantity and Add to Cart. To get 2 1/2 yards just add 1 yard to your cart and a One & Half Yard to your cart. All orders will come in 1 continuous piece. The maximum length of any continuous piece is 15 yards.
Can I get a certain fabric out of this bundle?
Unfortunately, the fabrics packaged in the bundles we carry are the end quantities of that fabric. The only way to buy these fabrics is to buy the packages they are in.
Do you ship internationally?
Unfortunately, we are not shipping internationally due to extreme shipping delays during the current health crisis. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Why do you tear your fabric instead of cutting it?
When the fabric is torn the rip is along the grain and you will get a truer straight line. All of our batiks are made by hand which sometimes pulls the grain out of square. In the end result (i.e. quilt or clothing) you will be happy that you have fabric that is "on grain".
Is there a way to set the dyes in these to safeguard them, even while washing in cold water?
The fabric dye has been set already at our factory. They have been washed in hot water and boiled if the wax was used in production. We recommend cold water because it is the safest recommendation, but warm can also be used under 1 condition…. As soon as the washer stops put the fabric into the dryer. Warm fabric left bunched up in the washer is the biggest cause of dye problems even if the fabric dye is already properly set.