Olive Grey Honeycomb - Royal Oxford Cotton 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: 114
Composition: 100% Cotton
Width: 152cm / 59.8inch
Pattern repeat: N/A
Introduction:
Olive Grey Honeycomb - 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 stylish fabric deserves a place in all our lives for some daily indulgence.
Colour:
This pleasing honeycomb design features silken yarns in a grey-green colour, reminiscent of earthy green olives packed with all that Mediterranean goodness. Perfect for teaming with stone and sand-hued separates for a relaxed yet chic style.
Olive Grey Honeycomb can be made up into a multitude of styles, from seriously stylish dress shirts to semi-relaxed smart casual, think quality shirt, jeans and linen blazer style. This will go with anything just choose silhouettes/types for different occasions!
Properties:
Soft, and lightly textured thanks to its feature honeycomb-like micro weave, Olive Grey Honeycomb is 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:
Olive Grey Honeycomb 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 with your favourite jeans.
The Megan Nielsen Patterns' Protea Capsule Wardrobe would make perfect examples of pretty full-gathered styles for easy, stunning outfits and so versatile! Team with your favourite jeans.
Olive Honeycomb 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 by Anna Allen Patterns is a perfect choice!
Other Uses:
Add this olive/ khaki green style -statement fabric to your crafting stash for a luxe addition to your patchwork and applique pieces and so much more. We think this will make beautiful pillowcases perfect for stylish embroidered monograms which will make special gifts.
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