Black Gold - Felted Wool Melton
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.
Specifications:
Weight: Heavy
GSM: 681
Composition: 100% Wool
Width: 160cm / 62.9inch
Pattern repeat: N/A
Colour:
This quality 100% felted wool melton comes to you in classic black, like its namesake as dark as coal. Classic for a reason, it goes with everything, conveys an air of serious style and is the basis of most wardrobes. The solid black tone has a subtle lustre thanks to the quality yarns used in its manufacture. Create the perfect classic overcoat, pea coat and so much more.
Properties:
Black Gold - Felted Wool Melton boasts a strong and stable hand and a reassuringly heavy drape quality. Felted wool fabrics of this weight are suitable for a multitude of uses and are perfect for hard-wearing coats because the wool can be steamed and manipulated for tailored details. The excellent stability makes the fabric easy to sew for beginners - it quite literally, stays put! Satisfying to sew and is super cosy and warm thanks to wool's natural temperature-regulating properties. Felted wool fabrics are treated/finished with a felting machine which knits the fibres together to create a denser and more hard-wearing fabric. Black Gold has a very dense and its closely compacted finish is lightly brushed and with a classic melton finish.
Suggested Uses:
Dressmakers, Reenactors, Costumiers, Interior Designers and Craftspeople you will find a plethora of uses for this first-rate melton fabric, taking you through Autumn/Winter and into Spring.
Dressmakers: This fabric is ideal for fashioning classic outerwear pieces and hard-wearing separates, these meltons will keep you especially warm and dry without being too heavy or bulky. Start with simple gilets and waistcoats or stylish wrap skirts for a quick make. When your sewing skills are more established, jackets, coats and capes will give you all the sewing satisfaction you could wish for, try classic pea coats, duffle coats and oversized statement coat styles. Choose a complementary woven lining fabric to give a sophisticated finish to garments that will soon become perennial favourites. This hard-wearing felted wool fabric is also ideal for field-style jackets and country clothing.
Reenactors & Costumiers: Delight in the natural hues of this 100% wool. A hard-wearing fabric superb that is for outerwear, with a classic weave that is naturally weatherproof, full of natural fibres and colours and with a classic wool feel.
Interior Designers: A wool fabric featuring that typical rugged look will help you to create a range of cosy but quirky nature-toned soft furnishings. Cushions, throws, blinds and curtains will all look subtle yet striking in the home.
Craftspeople: Appliquéd cushions, bag making, door stops, draught excluders, hats, caps, neck warmers, mittens & wrist-warmers, throws & blankets and much more. Whatever this fabric inspires you to do!
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!
