11oz Eco Denim - Soft Wash Blue
Only 19m of this product left in stock
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: 378 (11oz)
Composition: 80% Recycled Cotton & 20% Recycled Polyester
Width: 152cm / 60inch
Colour:
This soft wash style denim sports a pale blue hue, the colour of a cool cloudless sky. Its natural-hued base displays tiny cotton seed residue within the yarns and produces a pleasing natural style. Denim fabrics with this washed palest dye effect have an easy-going style. Easily dressed and fashioned into smarter silhouettes with sharp detailing - neat top stitching and gleaming metallic hardware. They are also the perfect base for statement embroidery, applique and fabric painting.
Properties:
Soft Wash Blue boasts (as its name suggests) a soft pleasing absorbent cotton hand which feels almost lightly brushed. This medium-weight denim is stable, hard-wearing and will drape at length, making it suitable for a wide range of practical purposes.
Garment Suggestions:
This reliably sturdy medium-weight denim will make superb clothes for the whole family. Denim jackets, coats, and work-wear styles-from The Ilford Jacket to dungarees, like our Pattern Stash - Lynsey Dungarees overalls, boilersuits dungaree style pinafore dresses etc.
Be bold - you can be your own fashion designer, by adding colourful contrasting top-stitching and different kinds of hardware; studs, buttons and zips you can create your unique style. For some classic denim aesthetic-designed patterns, take a look at Merchant and Mills. There are so many other excellent patterns available too.
We love the The Pattern Stash - Lynsey Dungarees and The Avid Seamstress - The Blazer.
Other Uses.
Create cute soft furnishings with offcuts and scraps from cushions and bean bags to blinds and storage pockets.
Denim & Drills/Twills
Denims, Drills and twills are practical and hard-wearing fabrics thanks to their close weave construction with lightly raised diagonal ridges. These fine twill weave, stable handle, (often with slight ease width-wise) mediumweight, reassuringly heavy drape and pleasing cotton feel, these fabrics make perfect for a plethora of hard-wearing fun and fab garments.
These fabrics boasts excellent strength, stability and a versatile handle. They will drape well (when used at length) and has a pleasing malleable hand, yet will hold crisp details such as collars and top-stitched panels: characteristic of jeans and utility styles.
