Supersoft Virgin Wool Flannel - Soiree Navy
Price is per HALF metre. 1 unit = 0.5metres. For 1.5metres, add 3 units.
All cut length orders are sent as one continuous length.
Order a sample of this fabric first to make sure it's exactly what you expect.
Specifications:
Weight: Medium
GSM: 174
Composition: 100% Virgin Wool
Width: 160cm / 63inch
Introduction:
Mallalieu's: a company of historic renown. Producing quality woollen fabrics since 1863. Ancestors were French Huguenots renowned for their weaving expertise.
Colour:
Classic darkest navy, the deepest dark navy blue of nighttime, a time for memorable soirees. Navy is the perfect alternative to black and always commands serious style.
Properties:
This superfine all-wool suit weight fabric is created from exquisitely soft, fine virgin wool yarn and woven in a classic superfine twill weave to produce a fabric which is both beautiful and hardwearing. Soiree Navy boasts a stable hand that is also seriously soft and malleable with an elegant drape quality.
When draped in the daylight you can see the quality of the fine weave, which boasts the characteristic fine diagonals of a classic twill and a stunning lustre. A lightly brushed quality feels like the softest silken whisper brushing your skin that's also warm, comforting and naturally breathable.
Garment Suggestions:
Traditionally used for timeless suits and separates this quality medium-lightweight woollen deserves a place with your favourite garments- one not to be placed alongside 'the purely for special occasions'.
Create classic separates- skirts, trousers, shift dresses, and pinafore dresses are all essential items for 'key piece' wardrobes- but think outside the box and embrace the sumptuous qualities of this fabric. Create gracefully draped apparel with clean-cut style lines. Bias cut trapeze style dresses, A line skirts, wrap skirts and faux wrap front trousers. Look to pattern designers such as Merchant and Mills and The Makers Atelier.
Other Uses:
Accompany your bespoke make with matching accessories: hats caps, scarves etc.
Benefits of sewing with Wool! 🐑
We love wonderful wool! Why? Because it looks beautiful, well yes but did you know wool has a series of superpowers that make it the most incredible natural fibre, suitable for more garment suggestions and sewing inspiration than possibly any other?
Wool has a unique naturally crimped 3D structure which attributes to some brilliant properties & makes it a great fabric to wear throughout all the seasons.
Naturally Breathable: This amazing 3D crimped structure promotes air circulation allowing air to pass through the fabric, allowing for circulation and ventilation for your skin to breathe, keeping you cool.
Shower Resistant: Sheep naturally produce a waxy substance called lanolin. As sheep live outdoors, this naturally occurring wax helps to protect sheep from the elements, naturally shedding water & keeping them dry. This same property is retained within the wool fibres when spun into yarn.
Moisture Absorbing: The moisture-retentive superpowers of wool! It’s hydrophilic core gives wool the ability to wick away moisture keeping you dry and comfortable – this possibly one of our favourite properties because you can stay fresh when wearing wool, from autumn right through to spring!
