Fabrics
The colors are approximate. If you choose your fabric from this page, a PDF or a printed flyer, be prepared that the actual color you receive may be slightly different. Fabric colors are subject to change without prior notice. American Awnings has sample swatches of the fabrics for you to make your choice. Selecting your fabric from an actual sample is advised.
About our fabrics:
The Craft-Bilt Fabric Collection
Aristocrat Awnings, Shades, and Canopies offer fabrics from the Craft-Bilt Collection – an exclusive selection of popular outdoor fabrics from world class mills.
Beauty, Quality, Durability
The world’s finest solution dyed acrylics are manufactured with meticulous care, using the highest quality raw materials together with strict quality control of the production process. From the spinning to the finished product, fabrics in the Craft-Bilt Collection will live up to your expectations regarding both design and quality.
UV Standard 801 Certified
Aristocrat’s Northport Series Fabrics meet the certification process for the UV Standard 801 – the most stringent testing method for shade products in the world. Fabrics with this certification provide better protection from the sun than the strongest sunscreens available, and they allow you to stay outdoors 40 to 80 times longer without the damaging effects of the sun. To become certified, fabrics are tested when new, wet, stretched, and exposed to weather to replicate the conditions in which the fabric will be used. When choosing an awning fabric, it’s important to ask about testing and certification since many fabrics that look and feel the same won’t offer the same sun protection.
Protective Coating
Craft-Bilt fabrics are protected with a special coating to extend the life of the fabric.
Durable Thread
We sew our awning fabrics using GORE™ Tenara® thread – a long lasting thread which enhances the life of your awning. Conventional threads used for awnings and other outdoor fabric products suffer from exposure to wind and weather. After a few years, they can become brittle and break. In contrast, GORE™ Tenara® sewing thread does not deteriorate from exposure to the elements, even when exposed to UV radiation, salt spray, cleaning agents, or extreme weather. It is guaranteed to outlast the fabric in which it is used.