13oz Yorkshire 100% Wool Tweed - Douglas Modern Tartan
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Price is per HALF metre. 1 unit = 0.5metres. For 1.5metres, add 3 units.
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Overview:
This collection of medium-weight tartan twill fabrics, woven in Yorkshire from pure wool, represents the very best in British textile craftsmanship. Once reserved for princes and aristocracy, these iconic checks and bold colour combinations carry centuries of tradition. Reimagined by visionary designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, tartan has since taken on new identities, moving from heritage to high fashion, and from exclusivity to everyday wear.
Specifications:
Weight: Medium
GSM: 270 (13oz)
Composition: 100% Wool
Width: 159cm / 62.5inch
Width pattern repeat: 14.5cm/ 5.7inch
Length pattern repeat: 15.6cm/ 6.1inch
Colour:
Shades: Douglas Modern Tartan features a rich interplay of deep forest green and bold navy blue that evokes the shadowed glens and loch‑touched hills of the Highlands. These core hues are grounded by bands of black that lend solidity and definition, balancing the pattern with classic strength. Bright white overchecks thread through the design like crisp winter light on frost‑tipped heath, adding clarity and contrast.
Design: This twill‑woven tartan is a modern reinterpretation of the ancient Douglas sett, blending heritage with contemporary colour depth. The pattern’s balanced contrasts and vivid highlights make it ideal for formal kilts, jackets, and trews as well as scarves, accessories, and interior craft pieces, bringing both tradition and visual strength to every project.
Overall: Bold heritage, refined contrast, enduring presence. Douglas Modern is a versatile all‑wool twill that celebrates clan legacy with a confident, contemporary palette, perfect for attire and décor that honours history with a modern vibrancy.
Properties:
Texture: A closely woven, all-wool worsted fabric with a versatile medium-weight. It offers the look and character of traditional wool while being softer and more comfortable against the skin.
Handle: A stable, closely woven fabric that is hard-wearing and made to last. Perfect for structured pleats and tailored details.
Drape: In addition to holding crisp details, this fabric drapes with a reassuring weight, ideal for bias cuts, flares, and flounced designs. The tartan sett can be cleverly used to create striking focal points in bespoke garments and creative pieces.
Garment Suggestions:
Types: It’s the perfect fabric for a plethora of sewing room projects, and it will always do as it’s told. Wool of this kind is easy to sew and will stand the test of time.
Create a wide range of apparel from classic separates, trousers, skirts, pinafore dresses, tunics, blazers, to stand-alone pieces from ballgowns to everyday utilitarian styles with a heritage twist. Naturally, it is also perfect for traditional Scottish attire such as kilts, scarves, and ties.
All lovers of textiles will find countless uses for this first-rate Yorkshire tartan, carrying you through autumn and winter, and perfectly into spring.
Patterns: Consider patterns such as the Cordelia Trousers, the Rambler Pants, the Lynsey Dungarees, the Osborn Dungarees for trousers and dungarees or the Amelia Skirt, the Arya Pleat Dress, The Blazer or the Scoop Pinafore.
Other Uses:
Accessories: Complete your outfits with matching accessories, think ties, scrunchies and matching handbags. We love The Frame Bag pattern!
Furnishings: Perfect for a tweedy highlands scheme, create cosy soft furnishings such as cushion covers, boxed-edge seat pads, blind trims and draught excluders or use to upholster and upcycle furniture.
Upcycling: Ideal for scrap-friendly projects like appliqué, patchwork or textile art. Offcuts can be transformed into contrast panels for garments, or used to create characterful soft furnishings, think fabric trays, coasters, or classic pieces like Scottie dogs, teddy bears and dachshund draught excluders.
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!
