Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
Scroll down this page to learn about this special collection of fabrics and its origins
Silky Luxury Linen - Beachcomber Check Herringbone
Only 3.5m of this product left in stock
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: Light / Medium
GSM: 250
Composition: 100% Linen
Width: 152.4cm / 60inch
Pattern repeat: 45cm x 40cm / 17.7inch x 15.7inch
Colour:
This superb, block-checked 100% linen fabric comes to you in natural tones inspired by the seashore. Natural sea foam white, cool sand, wet sand and silver sand beiges sit alongside multi-toned pebble greys for the ultimate Beachcomber Check making it ideal for a multitude of sewing room projects.
Properties:
As its name suggests a fabulous, cool, breathable linen fabric, woven in a classic block checked herringbone. It is stable, soft has a silken sheen and has the feel of a favourite linen garment. This medium-lightweight fabric is closely woven lightly textured and has good opacity.
The characteristic slubs (once viewed as a fault) are now part of the aesthetic appeal of quality linen fabric.
Linen has been used for centuries because of its beneficial properties; cool and breathable, get softer with washing & wear and linen is impervious to moths and resists dirt and stains. Linen will not form lint or pill and can be washed at high temperatures with only moderate shrinkage.
Garment Suggestions:
Beachcomber Check will form crisp details (with a little light interfacing), on collars, cuffs and waistbands. Used in quantity it will form feminine gathers, pleats, pin-tucks and ruffles. So all you have to do is decide what to make.
Our very own Pattern Stash: Cordelia Trousers, Amelia Skirt, Lynsey Dungarees & Jemima Waistcoat are suitable to use with the mediumweight linens which have slightly more structure. The use of interfacing and or interlining may be required on areas that require more structure such as waistbands, collars etc.
The Layer Up Collection by Sew Different is also ideal for creating a capsule wardrobe of fresh spring-summer linen makes you will want to take through into autumn.
Put Beachcomber Check to use for classic country styles - linen blazers and matching skirts, stylish trousers, simple boat-necked tops and classic shirts, it's also perfect for creating layering garments such as vest tops, drapey tunics and pinafore dresses. Heavily pleated culottes and shorts will look superb in this classic checked country-style linen fabric.
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
