Midnight Spruce - Double-Faced Check

Specifications:

Weight: Medium

GSM: 317

Composition: Viscose & Polyester

Width: 140cm / 55inch

Pattern repeat: 5.5cm / 2.1inch

Introduction:

Midnight Spruce - Double-Faced Check This fabulous spruce green and classic navy checked fabric has many attributes: a classic colour combination and the added benefit of its double-faced construction are but two. Read on for more info, hints and tips on what to make and more.

Colour:

Classic midnight navy blue yarns sit alongside dark and moody spruce green to form the traditional block check on the face of this superb fabric. The reverse boasts solid midnight navy, offering the opportunity to create garments with contrasting collar cuffs, button bands etc.

Properties:

Midnight Spruce has the feel and weight of two fine worsted fabrics cleverly woven together. The clever blend of viscose and polyester yarn produces a cool, soft feel, very malleable and almost squishy, with a reassuring weighty drape. The closely woven fabric has excellent stability width-wise and slight ease down the length plus a versatile bias stretch.

Garment Suggestions:

Put this medium-weight fabric to use for suit-like separates and stand-alone pieces, Fit and flare dresses, '50s wiggle dresses with flirty peplums and fishtail hemlines, simple A-line 60s silhouettes, neat pencil skirts or skirts with pleats, check out The Pattern Stash - Amelia Skirt is ideal.

Create super comfy trousers from neat cigarette pants to wider-legged Cordelia Trousers. Create stylish jackets; from classic blazers - Closet Core - Jasika to bomber jackets, utility-worker jackets- Closet Core - Sienna Maker Jacket, Friday Pattern Co - Ilford Jacket.

Other Uses:

This versatile fabric will even form soft gathers and drape elegantly for longer-style buffet dresses and gently tiered styles like the Megan Neilsen - Protea Capsule Wardrobe Set 

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