100% Merino Wool District Check - Grassland Quail
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: Medium
GSM: 197
Composition: 100% Merino Wool
Width: 156cm / 61.4inch
Pattern repeat: 6cm x 4cm / 2.4inch x 1.7inch
Colour:
Soft sandy beige the colour of finely tilled summer earth is intersected with almost black navy and rich rusty tan brown, producing a truly natural palette akin to the plumage of tiny ground-dwelling quail, hiding in the peaceful swaying grasslands of the British countryside.
Country style that’s certainly not drab!
Properties:
Lightly brushed cosy merino wool woven in a close weave classic district check to produce a medium-weight fabric that's stable yet softly malleable, cosy and drapey. Perfect for separates and stand-alone apparel.
This supersoft wool has a pedigree of the finest qualities. Merino wool is perfect for sensitive skins, naturally soil and water-resistant, odour-resistant, and hard-wearing.
Perfect for adding an indulgent and bespoke touch to your sewing projects.
Garment Suggestions:
Grassland Quail is the perfect weight for creating classic jackets - light overcoats, peacoats, blouson/ bomber jackets with a Retro style, elevated worker jacket styles, capes, Ruana wraps etc.
Create the classiest, neat French-Couture style suit; collarless boxy jacket and matching neat pencil skirt such as The Amelia Skirt. If trousers are more your style, choose the Cordelia Trousers wide-legged and seriously stylish with an optional paper bag waistband.
As merino wool is non-itchy you may choose to not line your trousers. Neat shift dresses and pinafore dresses will have a classic or preppy style depending on how you accessorise and team them with blouses or roll-neck tops. Create an alternative Brit style with a nod to Viv Westwood using tucks bias draping and edgy details - buckles, zips etc.
Other Uses:
Put all your offcuts to use for matching hats, caps, bags etc.
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!
