Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Artisan 100% Wool Crepe - Berry Shadows
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: Light
GSM: 268
Composition: 100% Wool
Width: 146cm / 57.5inch
Colour:
Shades: A warming palette of glowing embers and fireside warmth makes this finely woven suit-weight fabric the perfect transitional fabric. Fitting easily within the seasons, from autumn through to early spring. The finely blended melange yarn has hints of gold, rust and all the hues of red hot flames with a grounding shade of bark brown, creating subtle cross-hatch-like striations throughout the weave
Design: Superfine melange yarns are woven into a smooth, refined flat weave, allowing the nuanced colour variations to emerge naturally. The delicate striations lend complexity and movement to the surface, giving the fabric a sense of artistry while remaining timeless and wearable.
Overall: Rich, warming and quietly distinctive, this natural fibre fabric offers versatility with character. Equally suited to everyday wear or more elevated styling, it is an expressive yet understated choice for building thoughtful, long-lasting garments with depth and personality.
Properties:
Texture: Smooth to the touch with subtle visual texture created by the melange yarns, offering interest without compromising refinement.
Handle: Light/Medium weight with a stable yet comfortable handle. The fabric has a reassuring structure balanced with enough ease for movement and wearability.
Drape: Drapes fluidly with a soft, natural fall, making it ideal for garments that benefit from movement, gathers or gentle shaping.
Garment Suggestions:
Types: Perfect for dresses, skirts, softly tailored trousers and waistcoats. It also works beautifully for oversized shirts, shirt dresses and modern layering pieces.
Patterns: We suggest patterns such as the Elodie Dress, the Fender Smock, the Florence Dress, the Jenna Shirt, the Jemima Waistcoat, the Protea Capsule Wardrobe and the Shepherd Skirt
Other Uses:
Accessories: Ideal for coordinating accessories such as scarves, fabric belts, soft bags and statement pieces.
Upcycling: Excellent for contrast panels, trims, facings and smaller creative projects where its depth of colour and texture can be showcased.
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
