Challis Fabrics

Challis fabric is a lightweight, plain weave, soft to the touch, semi-fluid hand and often printed. It is usually made from rayon or wool. Rayon challis (pronounced shal-lee) has been used in creating faux chenille fabrics by layering several different prints on top of each other, stitching lines on the bias about 1" apart, and then slitting the top layers between the stitching leaving the bottom layer in tact. When the new sliced fabric is washed, it fluffs the raw edges, similar to a rag quilt, but more elegant. Shop for wool challis fabric, cotton challis fabric and rayon challis fabric below!

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  • VF221-20 Mystère Paisley - Terra Cotta Printed Rayon Challis Fabric
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    Mystère Paisley rayon challis is soft to the touch, light in weight, and drapes well.  The clay color is muted, and accented by an orange-red, gold, white and black.  Enjoy wearing this as a top or a scarf any time of the year.  It looks like it as milled for our terra cotta sandwashed rayon poplin (VF221-19), but it is just a happy coincidence.  You should totally wear them together!

    VF221-20 Mystère Paisley - Terra Cotta Printed Rayon Challis Fabric

    • 100% Rayon.
    • 56” wide.
    • Cold wash, tumble dry low or hang dry - test before washing.
    • 4.5" repeat, one way design.  Use nap layout.
    • Priced per yard.

    This fabric is featured in our Vogue Fabrics - Early Spring 2022 fashion fabrics catalog.  Check out the Related Items for color coordinated fabrics.

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    Ohigan Petals brings a softness and romantic look to the Ohigan Collection.  It is perfect for making a large square scarf, or a Kimono style jacket to wear atop some of our other lovely selections. This very lightweight fabric is breathable, so it is an ideal choice for all-year garments. 

    VF225-32 Ohigan Petals - Pale Pink Floral Print on Warm Grey Rayon Challis Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 55" wide
    • Cold wash, air dry or toss in a dryer low or no heat
    • Large print - 25" design repeat
    • Priced per yard
    • Limited run - not re-orderable

    This fabric is featured in the Fall 2022 issue of Vogue Fabrics Catalog. If you would like to receive our catalogs and swatches at home, every other month, please click HERE for options.

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    Sbagliato Festive features clusters of cherries on a creamy rayon blouse weight woven rayonThis is a lovely choice for tunic, and any top or skirt pattern that calls for lightweight wovens with drape.

    VF226-41 Sbagliato Festive - Red Cherries on Cream Rayon

    • 100% Rayon 
    • 57" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low or line dry
    • 9" design repeat
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Winter 2022 issue.  Scroll down to see related fabrics for color-coordinated ensembles.  You can order this catalog and its swatches for home delivery.

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    Luthier Flora is a soft rayon challis print with lovely body and beautiful drape. Choose this print for your next tunic, blouse, flowing skirt, or fit-and-flare dress. Pair it with Luthier G Chord, a hunter green stretch pinwale cotton corduroy. 

    VF231-16 Luthier Flora - Hunter and Tan on Black Rayon Challis Floral Print Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 57” wide
    • Cold wash, air dry  
    • All-over design
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Early Spring 2023 issue. Home delivery of our catalogs and 2"x3" swatches are available. View the Related Items to see the color coordinated match-mates for this fabric.

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    Dark and light coral, straw, sienna, and umber leaves are blown against a dark midnight navy rayon challis we call Homage Foliage. Sew this piece into a chic tunic to wear with navy wool (VF231-34) straight-legged pants for upscale casual elegance.

    VF231-35 Homage Foliage - Coral and Neutral Leaves Tossed on a Midnight Navy Rayon Challis Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 54” wide
    • Cold wash, line dry or dry clean
    • 25” design repeat
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Early Spring 2023 issue. Home delivery of our catalogs and 2"x3" swatches are available. View the Related Items to see the color coordinated match-mates for this fabric.

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    Not feeling floral today?  No problem. Catacombs Tribal sports a geometric design in neutral colors on a mediumweight rayon challis. Treat yourself to a sarong, sundress, updated caftan, or a tunic.

    VF232-18 Catacombs Tribal - Warm Earthtone Rayon Challis Novelty Print Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 54" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low
    • 2.25" design repeat
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in the Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Spring 2023 issue.  See the related items for color-coordinated match mates to complete your fashion sewing ensemble.  You can order catalogs with the swatches included so you can feel the fabrics an see the colors. 

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    You bet you can sew a tunic and Aloha shirt as from Lumière Tropics, even a halter dress or any A-line dress...or make them all.  You know you want to..... This has the hand of a really nice challis with lovely drape. Start dreaming of what you will be wearing from this wonderful fabric all spring and summer.

    VF232-41 Lumière Tropics - Tropical Frond Print on a Light and Drapey Rayon Poplin Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 55" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low
    • 12" design repeat, one way design - use nap layout
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in the Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Spring 2023 issue.  See the related items for color-coordinated match mates to complete your fashion sewing ensemble.  You can order catalogs with the swatches included so you can feel the fabrics an see the colors. 

    • $8.99
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    Reef Tropics is the inspiration for the Reef Collection.  This magnificent rayon challis is ideal for a tunic, sundress, flowing skirt, and wide-legged pants. It is soft to the touch, tightly woven, and has a lovely drape. This print also has more weight and body than some of the lighter challis on the market. 

    VF233-02 Reef Tropics - Floral and Hummingbird Tropical Rayon Challis Print Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 55” wide
    • Cold wash, dry low 
    • 7.875" repeat, one way design. Use nap layout.
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is part of the Vogue Fabrics Summer 2023 Catalog. Each catalog contains swatches of the featured fabrics, sewing pattern recommendations, and other helpful sewing hacks and hints. Subscribers enjoy a private shopping period before fabrics are released to the public, as well as 20% off popular notions, and earned Loyalty Points with each purchase of the featured fabrics before the public release. Click HERE to jump to the catalog section of our site.


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    Look how perfectly the rouge and avocado colors of Tidal Blossoms match the other fabrics in this collection (see related items). Rayon Challis has such an elegant flow and drape. You can sew it into Liesl Gibson’s new Sintra Halter top to wear with her new Cannes Wide-Legged Trousers sewn from Tidal Avocado (VF233-39).

    VF233-38 Tidal Blossoms - Floral Rayon Challis Print Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 52" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low or line dry
    • 8.875" design repeat
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is part of the Vogue Fabrics Summer 2023 Catalog. Each catalog contains swatches of the featured fabrics, sewing pattern recommendations, and other helpful sewing hacks and hints. Subscribers enjoy a private shopping period before fabrics are released to the public, as well as 20% off popular notions, and earned Loyalty Points with each purchase of the featured fabrics before the public release. Click HERE to jump to the catalog section of our site.

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    From the New York fashion district comes Idiom Rings, a soft rayon challis print with black, gold, and bone rings interlocked in rows on a white base. Sew a simple yet stylish tunic to wear atop wide-legged pants of our next fabric, VF234-39. Choose this print for sewing tops, tunics, scarves, and flowing skirts.

    VF234-38 Idiom Rings - Gold with Black and Blush Interlocking Circles on White Rayon Challis Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 56" wide
    • Cold wash, line dry, or cool dry
    • 1.5" rings, 2.75" repeat, one-way design - use nap layout
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Transition 2023 Fashion Fabrics Catalog. Look at the Related Items for coordinating options for wardrobe building. We invite you to become a subscriber and enjoy home delivery of catalogs and swatches, get 20% off popular notions, and earn Loyalty Points when you order the newest fabrics that are reserved for subscribers.

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    Golden flowers gently fall against a rich black rayon challis in Idiom Botanic. Line it for a wrap or A-line dress, or create any number of unlined beautiful blouses or tunics to pair with either suit-weight option in this collection.

    VF234-40 Idiom Botanic - Yellow and Gold Floral Print on Black Rayon Challis Fabric from Telio

    • 100% Rayon
    • 57" wide
    • Cold wash, line dry, or cool dry
    • 11.5" repeat, one-way design - use nap layout
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Transition 2023 Fashion Fabrics Catalog. Look at the Related Items for coordinating options for wardrobe building. We invite you to become a subscriber and enjoy home delivery of catalogs and swatches, get 20% off popular notions, and earn Loyalty Points when you order the newest fabrics that are reserved for subscribers.

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    Our last entry is a classic white-on-black polka dot rayon challis ideal for sewing blouses and scarves.  Choose Therapy Polka when you want a little retro vibe.

    VF234-49 Therapy Polka - White Dots on Black Rayon Challis Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 54" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low, or line dry
    • 1/2" dot, 1.5" design repeat
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Transition 2023 Fashion Fabrics Catalog. Look at the Related Items for coordinating options for wardrobe building. We invite you to become a subscriber and enjoy home delivery of catalogs and swatches, get 20% off popular notions, and earn Loyalty Points when you order the newest fabrics that are reserved for subscribers.

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    Toning things down, create a tunic or Kimono from Europa Reverie to wear through the spring. The softness of the rayon, along with its light drape and elegant design, makes this a winner. Choose this lovely print anytime your sewing pattern calls for a lightweight woven fabric with drape. 

    VF235-10 Europa Reverie - Beautiful Rayon Challis Print Fabric

    • 100% Rayon
    • 57" wide
    • Cold wash, dry low
    • All over design
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in the Fall 2023 issue of Vogue Fabrics Catalog.  View the related items for color-coordinated selections. For home delivery of our catalogs with swatches, click HERE.  

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    Enhance your style by adding Satellite Botanique as a top, tunic, or scarf. If it looks familiar, we featured the same print in yellow with green on black in our Transition catalog. Although it feels like a challis, this elegant rayon is a lightweight poplin weave. Choose it when your sewing pattern calls for a lightweight woven with drape.

    VF235-38 Satellite Bontanique - Camel and Grey Floral Print on Black Rayon Challis Fabric from Telio

    • 100% Rayon
    • 57" wide
    • Cold wash, air dry
    • 11.5" repeat, one way design - use nap layout
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in the Fall 2023 issue of Vogue Fabrics Catalog.  View the related items for color-coordinated selections. For home delivery of our catalogs with swatches, click HERE.  

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    Love Spring is a spectacular digital watercolor floral print rayon from Telio in Montreal.  The print runs selvage to selvage, so measure your pattern pieces side by side to determine the yardage you need. Wear your new silk jacket over a printed rayon dress, or your dupioni shell with a rayon kimono-style jacket. Level up your wardrobe and plan now for special events.

    VF241-02 Love Spring - Digital Watercolor Floral Rayon Print Fabric from Telio

    • 100% Rayon 
    • 59” wide
    • Dry clean, or cold wash and air dry
    • 12.75" repeat, one-way design - use nap layout
    • Print runs selvage to selvage - cut across the grain
    • Priced per yard

    This fabric is featured in our Vogue Fabrics Catalog - Early Spring 2024 issue, full of color-coordinated fashion fabrics.  Everyone is welcome to order from the catalogs.  Subscribers receive home delivery every other month of the catalogs with swatches, priority shopping before the fabrics are released to the public, earn Loyalty Points when ordering fabrics from the newest catalogs, get deep discounts on higher-end fabrics from the catalogs, and receive 20% off the most popular notions.

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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    Rayon Challis Solid Fabric - White

    • 100% Rayon.
    • 56/57" wide.
    • Hand wash cold, line dry.
    • Priced per yard.
    • Color: White
    • $4.99
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    Score: 5.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Yellow

    • $4.99
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    Score: 4.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    • 100% Rayon. 
    • 56/57" wide. 
    • Hand wash cold, line dry. 
    • Priced per yard. 
    • Color: Coral
    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 4.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Bright Coral

    • $4.99
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Red

    • $4.99
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    Score: 5.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Dark Red

    • $4.99
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Burgundy

    • $4.99
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    Score: 4.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Turquoise

    • $4.99
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    Score: 5.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per 25 yards.

    Color: Royal

    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 4.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Navy

    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 5.00 (votes: 1)
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    ***Temporarily Out of Stock*** No ETA as of 1/17/2024

    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    • 100% Rayon. 
    • 56/57" wide. 
    • Hand wash cold, line dry. 
    • Priced per yard. 
    • Color: Eggplant
    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 5.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Purple

    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 4.00 (votes: 1)
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Seafoam

    • $4.99
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    Rayon Challis Solid Fabrics. Soft to the touch. Supple hand with beautiful drape. Lightweight for blouses, dresses and skirts. Also lovely as a scarf when accented with trims.

    100% Rayon.
    56/57" wide.
    Hand wash cold, line dry.
    Priced per yard.

    Color: Black

    • $4.99
    • / yard

    Score: 5.00 (votes: 2)