Afternoon Tea Check - Chambray Style Cotton Shirting

Specifications:

Weight: Light

GSM: 113

Composition: 100% Cotton

Width: 156cm / 61.4inch

Pattern repeat: 4.5cm / 1.7inch

Introduction:

Afternoon Tea Check - Chambray Style Cotton Shirting is a splendid lightweight woven cotton that boasts a soft and cosy feel. It is woven in a superfine high thread count herringbone weave that produces a lightweight yet hard-wearing and ever-versatile fabric.

Colour:

Afternoon Tea has stunning denim/ chambray blue tones that are accentuated with cherry and strawberry red overchecks evoking images of afternoon tea laid on cheerful cotton cloths and teddy bears picnics on the lawn.

Properties:

Afternoon Tea has a stable handle and a lovely soft yet reassuring drape quality making it a perfect fabric for layering up.

Garment Suggestions:

Afternoon Tea Use this cheerful fabric to unleash your inner cottage/cabin core style to create comfy shirts and blouses as well as cute and traditional smock bodice baby and toddler clothing, equally excellent as ladies' dresses and skirts.

Look at Simplicity's Dottie Angel patterns, these are super cute patterns ideal for mixing and matching small florals and picnic checks. Choose patterns with deep gathered tiers, frilled collars and add cotton lace and velvet ribbon trim for an authentic cottage core, prairie style.

The Megan Nielsen Patterns' Protea Capsule Wardrobe would make perfect examples of pretty full-gathered styles for easy, stunning outfits and so versatile!

Checked fabrics are ideal for a host of uses from clothing to crafting. Why not take a look at our country-style cotton and choose coordinating styles and colours to create superb patchwork throws? Back your throw with polar fleece and luxury fur and you'll have unique and inexpensive presents.  

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