Triumphal Tweed - Wool Blend Check
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: Medium
GSM: 333
Composition: Wool & Polyester
Width: 154cm / 60.6inch
Pattern repeat: 2cm / 0.78inch
Introduction:
Triumphal Tweed - Wool Blend Check is a wonderfully traditional wool blend of checked tweed with a vintage style that's as timeless as tweed itself. These iconic fabric classics purvey an air of understated British elegance and have become synonymous with literary icons to movie stars, from Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple to Dr Who and Dr Henry - AKA Indiana Jones.
Colour:
Triumphal Tweed boasts intersecting bands of warming red, earthy, brown, soft beige and dove grey, to form a pleasing natural palette with a relaxed country style.
Properties:
Triumphal Tweed is stable, closely woven and has a lightly brushed traditional wool feel and reassuringly heavy drape. The small check has a wonderfully hazy look that, is not at all shouty or loud and exudes an understated confident style.
Garment Suggestions:
This classic sports jacket style tweed fabric is perfect for traditional riding style jackets, coats, and waistcoats like The Pattern Stash - Jemima Waistcoat and blazers. Add neat pencil skirts, smart pinafore dresses and classic shift dresses. Team up with Fair Isle knits, chunky wool tights, classic tan boots or the perfect pair of brogues and you will have the most versatile cosy and stylish A/W wardrobe staple.
Classic British styling is a hot trend that will never date. For a softer feminine style team up with heritage wildflower prints in drapey feminine styles.
Other Uses:
Hats, caps, handbags, tote bags, holdalls, crafts, toy making, door stops and draught excluders.
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!
