Honeycomb Rosebud - Royal Oxford Designer Shirting
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.
Specifications:
Weight: Light
GSM: 113
Composition: 100% Cotton
Width: 150cm / 59inch
Pattern repeat: N/A
Introduction:
Honeycomb Rosebud - Royal Oxford Designer Shirting was originally created for a top British designer. This fine Turkish cotton has excellent strength, a silken, high thread count, excellent breathability an amazingly soft and lightly textured feel. It features a clever honeycomb weave that's the bee's knees!
These impeccable shirting fabrics are often made into dress shirts for formal occasions, but why save something so pleasing for a once-in-a-while occasion? We think this delightful fabric deserves a place in all our lives for some daily indulgence.
Colour:
This pleasing honeycomb design features silken yarns the colour of a pink-tipped emerging white Rosebud. Perfect for teaming with other delicate pastel hues.
Honeycomb Rosebud can be made up into a multitude of styles, from seriously stylish dress shirts to semi-relaxed smart casual, think quality shirts, jeans and blazer styles.
Properties:
Honeycomb Rosebud - Royal Oxford Shirting is soft, (and lightly textured thanks to its feature of honeycomb-like micro weave) and also stable and hard-wearing. It will hold crisp details such as collars, facings and cuffs- for classic shirt making. It drapes reassuringly softly and will form the prettiest (full) gathers for flounces, ruffles and tiered styles and show off a subtle lustre!
Garment Suggestions:
Honeycomb Rosebud will make superb classic and retro-style shirts, Sew Mark Francis' Brighton Shirt Pattern and Vanessa Mooncie's Book: The Gentleman's Wardrobe also has a similar retro-style shirt pattern with cropped sleeves. The Kalle Shirt by Close Core Patterns will make up perfectly in this quality fabric an invaluable piece for easy outfits. Team it with your favourite jeans.
Honeycomb Rosebud will form pretty gathered details, to create matching baby and toddler outfits and even christening attire; super cute rompers, dresses and matching knickers.
Add embroidered yokes and collars, and add contrasting smocking or ric-rac trim for the cutest creations! super sweet for children's jumpsuits! Put this fabulous fabric to use for boho blouses or peasant-style smocked blouses add some contrasting embroidery- The Anthea Blouse- Anna Allen patterns is a perfect choice!
The Megan Nielsen Patterns' Protea Capsule Wardrobe would make perfect examples of pretty full-gathered styles for easy, stunning outfits and so versatile!
Other Uses:
Add this delicate pink fabric to your crafting stash for a luxe addition to your patchwork and applique pieces and so much more. This will make beautiful pyjamas and nightshirts with embroidered monograms which will make special gifts.
Add accents of this fabric and its siblings - to your crafting stash for cute patchwork and applique pieces and so much more.
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