Cosy Micro Basket Weave - Natural Charm
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.
Specifications:
Weight: Light / Medium
GSM: 236
Composition: 99% Wool & 1% Elastane
Width: 160cm / 63inch
Pattern Repeat: N/A
Introduction:
This unassuming medium brown, wool fabric has so much more than meets the eye. Thoughts of comforting home-baked foods and all things wholesome spring to mind when you look at this cosy, lightly brushed, fine basket weave style fabric. Perfect for creating a wardrobe of easy-to-wear clothing that will sit easily with a myriad of other pieces.
Colour:
Natural Charm is woven in superfine melange yarns which are infused with easy-on-the-eye natural tones.
Properties:
Become part of the #cottagecore movement embracing the wholesome simplicity of pastoral life and create pieces to reflect this. Think of this fabric as a basic staple as you would, chambray or flannel. Boasting a stable hand with a lightly textured feel that looks rustic but feels surprisingly soft, malleable and also has a soft drape quality.
Garment Suggestions:
Create easy-wear pieces such as oversized shirts, tunics/ shirt dresses, romantic peasant-style/prairie dresses with full skirts and ruffled tiers. Adding vintage buttons, trims, embroidery and lace to your Natural Charm carefully curated pieces, or layering with vintage/style cotton shirts and blouses in crisp white cotton or Liberty-style prints, hand-knitted pieces and quality sturdy footwear will complete this heavenly wholesome style.
For those with simpler tastes, create workwear style/utility shirts with grandad collars and patch pockets, fisherman's smocks and unlined coatigan styles - perfect for teaming with jeans and roll necks or layer over shirts come the warmer seasons. All these pieces will become favourites in your wardrobe and will become heirloom pieces of the future.
Benefits of sewing with Wool! 🐑
We love wonderful wool! Why? Because it looks beautiful, well yes but did you know wool has a series of superpowers that make it the most incredible natural fibre, suitable for more garment suggestions and sewing inspiration than possibly any other?
Wool has a unique naturally crimped 3D structure which attributes to some brilliant properties & makes it a great fabric to wear throughout all the seasons.
Naturally Breathable: This amazing 3D crimped structure promotes air circulation allowing air to pass through the fabric, allowing for circulation and ventilation for your skin to breathe, keeping you cool.
Shower Resistant: Sheep naturally produce a waxy substance called lanolin. As sheep live outdoors, this naturally occurring wax helps to protect sheep from the elements, naturally shedding water & keeping them dry. This same property is retained within the wool fibres when spun into yarn.
Moisture Absorbing: The moisture-retentive superpowers of wool! It’s hydrophilic core gives wool the ability to wick away moisture keeping you dry and comfortable – this possibly one of our favourite properties because you can stay fresh when wearing wool, from autumn right through to spring!
