Many use white solid fabrics for shades and ask my opinion on the different options, so I thought I'd post about that . We have a lot of different shades of white and fabric types listed in our shop for sale. Here's the breakdown and some things to consider.

WHITE CANVAS- $20 per yard.

Pros: Thick fabric, canvas duck fabric, nice pure white. Basic fabric but a nice quality. Budget friendly option, works well for shades and ribbon trimmed shades.

WHITE FLAX- $20 per yard

Pros: Thick fabric, similar to white canvas but has more of a texture, nice pure white. Basic fabric but a nice quality. Budget friendly option, works well for shades and ribbon trimmed shades

Cons: wrinkles a bit easily so will need to be ironed possibly before hanging

WHITE TWILL- $20 per yard

Pros: Budget friendly, Pure white. It works well for shades and ribbon trimmed shades. Very basic white fabric, no texture. Doesn't seem to wrinkle as easily as the flax and canvas.

Cons: A little thinner than the flax and canvas and can see through it a little more if using regular liner.

WHITE SLUB LINEN- $20 per yard

Pros: Nice medium weight, not too thick. Off white/ivory shade of white. Nice texture, similar to a linen but heavier weight than a light linen. Doesn't wrinkle as easily, normally, as the flax and canvas. Budget friendly. Works well for shades and ribbon trimmed shades.

Cons: Not as pure white as the canvas and flax. Folds might not be as crisp due to linen fabric blend.

WHITE QUARTZ LINEN- $40 per yard

Pros: Nice medium weight, not too thick. Off white/ivory shade of white. Nice texture, similar to a linen but heavier weight than a light linen. Doesn't wrinkle as easily, normally, as the flax and canvas. Works well for shades and ribbon trimmed shade. Slightly better quality than the white slub linen above.

Cons: Folds might not be as crisp due to linen blend fabric. A little more costly than the ones above.

JAMES WHITE- $40 per yard

Pros: Great weight fabric for shades. Medium weight. Pure white fabric. Has a nice soft feel to it, almost like a brushed twill. Works great for shades and ribbon shades. Nice quality, Basic fabric, but a bit of a step up from the canvas, white slub, flax and twill. One of my personal favorites.

Cons: not as budge friendly as some of the other fabric. Once in a while in the past, the stock is low or backordered, but not recently.

Some of the others below are pure linens and will have much looser folds and may wrinkle more:

White Tuscany Linen

Harlow Linen blend

Landen

Hope this helps when choosing a white shade fabric!