Luxury Yorkshire Herringbone Tweed - Wild Cornflower (Perfectly Imperfect)

Specifications:

Woven in Huddersfield, Yorkshire

Weight: Medium

GSM: 400

Composition: 100% Wool

Width: 158cm / 62.2inch

Pattern repeat: 2cm / 0.8inch

Martindale Rub Count (Upholstery): 20,000

Introduction:

This Yorkshire Tweed Herringbone was rescued from our Yorkshire Tweed supplier as a collection of seconds that we considered were perfectly imperfect and too good to miss. We will endeavour to send you a cut length with minimal faults. The price of this Yorkshire Tweed reflects the faults and we feel is still a valuable and beautiful product. 

This fabric may have slight weaving faults; knots, slubs weave discrepancies and slight marks.

Wild Cornflower is a gorgeous all-wool tweed. Manufactured in Huddersfield undergoing the same processes as our exclusive Heart of Huddersfield range. This fabric is not one of Fabworks' own exclusive designs.

Colour:

Woven from an uplifting combination of 100% wool yarns, this fresh-as-a-summer breeze-hued combination has a beautifully simple natural white warp of softly and artfully spun yarns and forms the base for the beautiful cornflower blue on the weft.

The combination of yarns produces a joyful palette as happy as white fluffy clouds in a summer sky and the jewel-like pops of blue, of wild cornflowers sitting amongst the crops with their ruby red companion poppies.

The classic 2cm wide chevrons of the herringbone weave create a smart contrast between the two yarns.  These uplifting fresh tones are the perfect tonic to the dreary grey days of autumn and winter and will take you happily into spring.

Properties:

Wild Cornflower is a closely woven woollen fabric featuring a versatile medium weight and a traditional wool feel that boasts a stable handle that drapes reassuringly with the promise of cosy warmth. It’s the perfect fabric for a plethora of sewing room projects - it will always do as it’s told. Wool of this kind is easy to sew and will stand the test of time.

Garment Suggestions:

Dressmakers, Reenactors, Costumiers, Interior Designers and Craftspeople and all lovers of textiles will find a plethora of uses for this all-wool herringbone fabric, taking you through A/W and perfectly into Spring.

Wild Cornflower is perfect for fashioning classic outerwear and hard-wearing separates. Start with simple and stylish pencil skirts, A-line skirts and waistcoats, choose a complementary quality lining and you’ll have garments that will soon become perennial favourites. Shift dresses and pinafore dresses are super comfy and make classic key pieces.

When your sewing skills are more established, try classic jackets, coats and capes. For the daring and creative; feminine Chanel-style suits with coordinating velvet trims or your own bespoke frayed tweed trim are a superb style to try. Won’t this make the sweetest children’s coats too, perhaps with frilled and gathered details, and perfect for a page boy’s waistcoat, at a winter wedding!

Reenactors and Costumiers; embrace the classic tones of this all-wool fabric, It’s perfect for creating hard-wearing outerwear - natural fibres and classic weave. Ideal!

Other Uses:

Interior Designers; use this hard-wearing wool herringbone to create a range of coordinating soft furnishings such as cushions, throws, blinds and curtains for a truly harmonious styling in the home.

Craftspeople; appliquéd cushions, bag making, door stops, draught excluders, hats, caps, neck warmers, mittens & wrist-warmers, throws & blankets and much more. Whatever this fabric inspires you to do!