Please help me ID this fabric!!
 

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Once I read the name I'll go "ah, yes. I knew that!!". But now - I just can't think of it. Women's shirts are often made of this. It's soft, I think cotton. It has something like lace as part of the fabric. The pic is 2 different fabrics. The one on the left has pintucks - I remember that word!!

Thanks a lot!!

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batiste

eyelet

Hmmm. I did a google image search. Are you saying it's batiste with eyelet? Google images shows batiste as plain fabric.

Thanks!!

eyelet has those little holes in it

batiste - as far as I know - is a closely woven, sheer fabric - suitable for baby baptismal gowns

I bought some 50 years ago and it was around $10/yard way back then.

Muslin?

Broadcloth?

Shirting?

Ok! I think you are on to something. It sure looks like something a baptismal gown would be made of.

So it doesn't have one all encompassing name then. It's batiste fabric with eyelet. Cool!! Thanks! (I would not have figured that out myself)

Oh, not muslin. Not sure about broadcloth. I think shirting would be thicker?? It's very soft and on the thin side. Maybe it could be used for a woman's shirt.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batiste

cambric?

chambray is what some men's blue workshirts are sometimes made of (blue collar worker type of shirt)

"Lawn"...I believe is an ultra fine cotton, sometimes embroidered or pintucked.

Definitely not broadcloth...which is a much heavier fabric (more like denim weight).

I think you're right about the lawn. Broadcloth is a much heavier fabrics. I remember my mother talking about batiste but I have no idea at this point what it is or what it looks like.

lawn sounds good

voile - but I think that is thinner and looser woven than what you have

Thanks all!! After researching all the options and studying what I have, I think batiste is the closest. It definitely brings to mind Christening gowns and historical re-enactment undergarments.

Cotton Batiste is a semi-sheer, lightweight fabric with a soft face and a slight crispness. Highly used for Christening gowns, for nightgowns, as an underlining for Wedding gowns, and in historical reenactment garments such as chemises and underpinnings
https://www.voguefabricsstore.com/cotton-batiste-128-60-white.html?xid=qngP4RbjoIjMaHryk02z2IoK1HvxdKFX