Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Felted Wool Blend - Bavarian Green
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
Weight: Medium / Heavy
GSM: 400
Composition: Wool & Polyester
Width: 154cm / 60.6inch
Colour:
Bavarian Green is a wonderfully pine-infused green like taking a hike through the Bavarian forests. These finely needled evergreen trees appear to have an almost blue aura and this dark forest blue-green fabric is commonly used for traditional alpine-style clothing.
Properties:
This super cosy, brushed fabric is finely woven with a stable and hard wearing weave at its base, which on the reverse side resembles a waffle like weave. The face side of this quality woven woollen with a little added polyester has a lightly brushed and densely felted finish with a subtle lustre. Stable width and lengthwise with a reassuring medium weight and heavy drape quality and is perfect for creating a range of classic and contemporary styles.
Garment Suggestions:
Add a touch of classic Alpine style to your wardrobe with semi-fitted puff-sleeved jackets- perfect with full corduroy dirndl skirts and boots. Create classic men's blazers and high collared alpine jackets or simply classic blazers, waistcoats, gilets etc.
Add a versatile worker jacket (with useful pockets) or a semi-casual overshirt to your wardrobe- these easy-to-make pieces are perfect for layering over winter jumpers.
Other projects to make include overcoats, hooded parka styles, bomber jackets, Gilets, Pea coats and neat boxy jackets.
Other uses:
Hats, caps, messenger bags etc.
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
