Sapphire Meandering Maze - Virgin Wool Flannel
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.
Specification:
Weight: Medium
GSM: 201
Composition: 100% Virgin Wool
Width: 152.4cm / 60inch
Pattern repeat: 1cm / 0.3inch
Introduction:
Sapphire Meandering Maze - Wool Flannel is suitable for a wide range of seriously smart or smart/casual clothing depending on the patterns and styles you choose to create and has a designer pedigree.
Originally made by Italian craftsmen for the same designer as our SOS Collection, it's equally stunning and perfect for cross-seasonal wear - after all, wool is naturally temperature-regulating!
Colour:
Rich multi-tonal midnight sapphire hues dominate throughout this first-rate Italian woven 100% wool flannel. Woven in a mesmerising diamond weave design that emulates the Greek key or meander design, the combination of sapphire blue and black luxuriously soft, lustrous yarns produces an illusion of rows of tiny maze motifs.
Properties:
Sapphire Meandering Maze has a super soft, brushed, lightly felted feel with a stable handle and delicious drape that will keep you cosy and comfortable while helping you to maintain an air of relaxed sophistication.
This classic woollen fabric shouldn’t only be consigned to a gentlemen’s wardrobe, it has a wonderful soft drape quality that is also perfect for ladies’ clothing and shows off the gorgeous sheen - a true sign of quality yarns! A great all-rounder to put to use for a host of sewing projects.
Garment Suggestions:
Tailors, rejoice: this is a tailoring classic - perfect for jackets, trousers and waistcoats. Update it for sports luxe styles like bomber and Harrington style jackets with gleaming zips and stud details, or create cosy utility-style over-shirts and blouson jackets with a retro vibe.
For feminine styles Sapphire Meandering Maze is ideal for most skirt styles, pinafore dresses, shift dresses and dresses which require a good drape quality. Merchant and Mills - The Trapeze & The Rugby are superb dress patterns that will look and feel fabulous made in this divine wool flannel. it is excellent for layering with roll-neck sweaters. This fabric is also perfect for hats, flat and baker boy caps, bags and crafts etc.
Team your Sapphire Meandering Maze makes with one of our SOS Collection fabrics, they're perfect for lining jackets and skirts as well as for your statement waistcoat backs.
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Customer Reviews
A beautiful fabric...
This fabric is absolutely gorgeous. It is one of the best wools I have ever worked with that wasn't a Melton or boiled wool. It does not fray much at all and it cuts very well. I like nice sharp and smooth lines when I cut and this fabric gives me this. It suits the coat pattern I am making perfectly. The photo is of the shell completed. With this fabric it took me a total of six and a half hours to get it done.
It is smooth on my very irritable skin and feels like silky feathers but still gives warmth. It is lighter than I thought it would be but I don't mind that as I don't like wearing coats. This feels more like a protective cardi. It suits the pattern I am making perfectly. I'm thinking of getting the grey as well.
I also will say Fabworks is THE BEST for good quality wool fabrics for coats and jackets. It is the first place I turn to for good home made wools.
As usual, Fabworks is FAB!! Thanks for getting my order to me quickly.
Great service and speedy delivery.
Beautiful dark blue with a hint of pattern. Very soft. will make a lovely coat with some interlining.
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!
