Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Irish Lambswool Donegal Jumbo Herringbone - Nautical 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.
Description
Specifications:
Weight: Heavy
GSM: 430
Composition: 100% Lambswool
Width: 154cm / 60.6inch
Pattern repeat: 11cm / 4.3inch
Colour:
Shades: A classic palette of Nautical Navy blue yarn, redolent of the deepest ocean, is teamed with natural sheep fleece white, accentuated with Donegal flecks (neps) like the multi-toned brown and grey pebbles tossed upon a beach. This classic navy and white palette has the added hidden depth of an occasional royal blue Donegal fleck akin to blue sea glass.
Design: This classic Jumbo Herringbone showcases chunky yarns of natural white with Donegal flecks through the warp and Nautical Navy, contrasting perfectly to create the characteristic chevrons of the herringbone weave.
Overall: A classic Nautical combination of sea-inspired hues wrapped up in the warmth of natural lambswool fibres. Perfect for creating classic styles from clothing to crafts and interior projects.
Properties:
Texture: Lightly brushed for a soft and cosy finish, this overcoat and winter jacket-weight fabric will keep the cold weather elements out and warm you up with natural and breathable warmth that can only be lambswool.
Handle: This immaculately woven Irish Donegal Jumbo Herringbone fabric, created from chunky lambswool yarns, produces a seriously heavyweight fabric that's stable and hardwearing, with natural bias ease.
Drape: Nautical Navy fabric is malleable and boasts a heavy drape quality perfect for snuggling into!
Garment Suggestions:
Types: Nautical Navy will make an excellent alternative to the oversized overcoat, think '80s style! Wear with seasonal pastels for a complementary colour palette. Also perfect for cropped double-breasted chunky jackets with matching neat mini skirts - team with cream woolly tights and boots!
Patterns: Our favourite patterns are the Kyoto Jacket and the Kusama Jacket.
Other Uses:
Accessories: Perfect for creating gifts for those whom you are unsure of their colour preferences, make reversible scarves, hats or bags.
Furnishings: If dressmaking isn't your thing, why not put this chunky herringbone to use in your home? Make envelope-style cushions with coordinating chunky buttons in pastel tones, or matching throws, perfect for snuggling into in cold winter days!
Sourced As Deadstock:
This fabric is from the Fabworks x Avoca collaboration for A/W 2024, that features a collection of deadstock luxury dressmaking fabrics & trimmings.
Delivered to Fabworks straight from the Avoca garment makers, this fabric has very limited stock availability and cannot be repeated once sold out. If you've spotted something you like, don't leave it too long before ordering!
Fabworks x Avoca
Fabworks’ association with Avoca began in 2011, when Fabworks Mill Shop was only a fraction of what it is today, and way before Fabworks Online existed. We were approached by Avoca with an offer to buy their surplus fabric from the previous seasons' collections. What an opportunity! A deal was struck, and what arrived at our warehouse a few weeks later was the most amazing selection of Irish-made pure wool fabrics, plus all the accessorising elements within the Avoca ladieswear collection (elaborate trimmings, gorgeous embroidered silks, lightweight satins, Liberty jerseys) and the cherry on top of the cake – Irish-made Donegal Tweed!
The working relationship between Fabworks and Avoca blossomed over the next few years and allowed Fabworks to develop its focus on high end ladies’ dressmaking fabrics and away from the lower end of the textiles market.
Four years and several thousand metres of fabric later, Fabworks took a bigger step than ever before, and collaborated with Avoca to commission its own range of Irish-made pure wool fabrics which marked the launch of Fabworks Online, November 16th 2015. This was a defining moment for Fabworks, being the very first collection of fabrics that we commissioned ourselves. With a range of herringbones in iconic Avoca colour-rich palettes, this was Fabworks’ first taste of proper manufacturing in the 21st century.
Find out more & read our blog article announcing the return of the Fabworks x Avoca collaboration & see behind-the-scenes of our visit to Ireland in summer 2024
