what is calico fabric
Calico (in British usage, 1505, AmE muslin) is a plain-woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton. It may contain unseparated husk parts, for example. The fabric is less coarse and thick than canvas or denim, but it is still very cheap owing to its unfinished and undyed appearance.n the US 1  : Calicoâcotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print. 2  Muslin âsimple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric (sometimes called muslin gauze). 3  Muslin gauzeâthe very lightest, most open weave of muslin. 4  Gauze âany very light fabric, .... 5  Che