Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Wool & Angora Artisan Twill - Raspberry Rainfall (A4a41)
Only 12m 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
Overview:
Raspberry Rainfall is wool and angora, a twill in raspberry tones scattered with flesh nude bleached raindrops. Originally made to bespoke order for the Evoker Design Company, it suits accessories and cosy garments.
If you love Raspberry Rainfall, you'll love its sister: Lavender's Blue.
Specifications:
Weight: Medium
GSM: 238
Composition: Wool & Angora
Width: 150cm / 59.1inch
Pattern repeat: Not a consistent pattern
Colour:
Overall: A bespoke, handcrafted look: a woolly revelry of creativeness rather than a formal cloth.
Shades: Raspberry throughout, lighter and darker tones flowing across the width, with flesh nude bleached raindrops scattered over the surface.
Design: It must have started out as a rich wine coloured wool, then been pleated and bleached to produce striations of raspberry tones, before spots of bleach were spattered across the surface. Twill woven, with the pattern bleached into the finished cloth rather than woven or printed in, so it is irregular by design with no repeat.
Properties:
Texture: Soft and snug from the angora content, like snuggling up with your favourite pet.
Handle: Incredibly soft.
Garment Suggestions:
Types: Unlined cardigan style jackets or tunic styles where you can show off the artistic creativeness of this artisan fabric.
Patterns:
- Pattern Stash, a good place to start
- Jacket & Coat Patterns
Other Uses:
Accessories: Scarves and poncho style wraps to be wrapped up in.
Furnishings: Throws, sofa throws and cushions.
Upcycling: Suits smaller projects and offcuts: appliqué, patchwork, contrast panels or soft furnishings that benefit from warmth and longevity.
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
