Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Chunky Donegal Basket Weave Irish Wool - Rustic Fall Check
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: Medium
GSM: 394
Composition: 100% Wool
Width: 156cm / 61.4inch
Pattern repeat: 11cm / 4.3inch
Colour:
A palette of cosy and warming hues depicts the most idyllic autumn scene throughout this Irish woven all-wool fabric. Now imagine creating the scene of peaceful woodlands where all you can hear is the sound of crisp falling leaves painted in yarn and weave, where textured yarns pass rhythmically under and over each other in this chunky basket weave.
Alternating and intersecting bands of autumn sky blue, smoke grey, natural fleece white, bark brown, russet, copper orange and autumn gold the joyful colours of autumn, wearing her departure outfit for another year.
Properties:
Suppose you thought this style of fabric was familiar. In that case, the reason is that this is the same weave and pattern construction as our other Fancy Basket Weaves but, if they are the Lambswool offspring (soft, fine smaller scale) then these are the parents, larger scale, more traditional wool feel and pleasantly rustic.
The use of an assorted palette of heavier gauge all-wool yarns and clever weave techniques produce a satisfyingly tactile handle to this bespoke Avoca creation. The fabric boasts semi-loose areas of weave because of the arrangement of groups of yarns creating pocket-like areas of 'stitches'.
This combination of differing tensions in the supersoft lambswool yarn produces a malleable hand and reassuringly heavy drape quality, (predominantly stable width and lengthwise) plus natural bias ease.
Garment Suggestions:
Rustic Fall Check will make superb fancy tweed couture styles, edge-to-edge jackets and coats, but care will have to be taken by the wearer to not catch and pull the yarns. A top French fashion house has made this particular style its trademark and its iconic styles have been worn since its first arrival in the '50s.
The use of fabric interlining will help stabilise this fabric. Alternative styles to create are loose silhouettes; ponchos, cape styles, wrap and blanket-style unlined coats and cardigans. Use the fringed selvedge as a detail on leading edges and cuffs. Add velvet trim to your edge-to-edge jackets for true designer style.
Other Uses:
Add the rustic charm of autumn to your home by creating texturally interesting pieces which add comfort and style. Decorative cushions, bed throws and other visual treats are ideal projects to create from this quality woollen.
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
