Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Fine Worsted Wool Shadow Herringbone - Lavender's Blue (A4a42)
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.
Beschrijving
Overview:
Lavender's Blue is fine wool worsted, a medium weight shadow herringbone in a solid lilac with blue undertones. Originally woven for the Evoker Design Company and now deadstock, it works for tailoring and crafting alike.
If you love Lavender's Blue, you'll love its sister: Raspberry Rainfall.
Specifications:
Weight: Medium
GSM: 231
Composition: 100% Wool
Width: 162cm / 63.8inch
Pattern repeat: 2cm / 0.8inch
Colour:
Overall: Quiet and classic in structure, unexpected in colour.
Shades: A solid lilac throughout with definite blue undertones: a shade of lavender, hence the name.
Design: A shadow herringbone, where the diagonals of the twill weave appear more prominent on one side of each chevron than the other, at a fine 2cm repeat.
Properties:
Texture: An immaculate, finely woven worsted surface.
Handle: Excellent stability, so it holds a tailored shape and is equally suited to crafting projects.
Garment Suggestions:
Types: Suiting: jackets, skirts, dresses, pinafore dresses and waistcoats.
Patterns:
- Sewing Patterns for Midweight Wools
- Ilford Jacket, the Amelia Skirt and the Jemima Waistcoat
- Jacket & Coat Patterns
Other Uses:
Accessories: Bag making, helped by the excellent stability of the weave.
Furnishings: Appliqué cushions and soft furnishings.
Upcycling: Suits smaller projects and offcuts: appliqué, patchwork, contrast panels, fabric trays or soft furnishings that benefit from structure, 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
