Liberty Style Cotton Pima Lawn - Ginko Leaf Shadows

Specifications:

Weight: Light

GSM: 85

Composition: 100% Cotton

Width: 140cm / 55inch

Pattern repeat: 10.5cm / 4inch

Introduction:

Ginko Leaf Shadowsis a delightful Pima cotton lawn, printed with anall-over block print/styledesign that has versatile appeal. This subtle yet detailed design consists of an interlocking and sinuous design of Ginko Biloba leaves.

Colour:

The almost Arts and Crafts style of nature-inspired motifs (favoured by Morris and Liberty) is printed with a complementary palette of; a classic navy blue background, and leaves featuring smoky lilac and mist grey tones with an almost striated formation. Classic denim blue hues make for a perfectly put-together palette and make it ideal for sharp shirts and other up-to-date classics.

Properties:

Seriously soft, finely woven, lightweight, yet with excellent opacity and good stability plus a soft and elegant drape quality. This fabric will gather, tuck, pleat and form elegant fullness. For crisp details like collars, cuffs and button bands we recommend the use of a light/medium weight iron-on interfacing.

Garment Suggestions:

Ginko Leaf Shadowswill make classic shirts and blouses, pretty dresses, the cutest little girls’ dresses and baby rompers. Don’t forget all those superb homespun patchwork styles around too.

Pattern suggestions? For a delightful grown-up dress style, create theWildergown – Friday Pattern Cofor a bohemian prairie-style dress – make this pattern up with full gathers and layer up with cosy tights, boots and a cardigan to get even more wear from it. For a similar style; The Megan Nielsen Protea- Capsule Collection of dresses, skirts and topshas round and square necklines that you can easily layer and wear with a roll-neck top underneath.

Other Uses:

Crafting? Add this perfect Pima lawn to your crafting stash for fun homespun makes. Sit Ginko Leaf Shadows with perfect navy stripes, ginghams and small florals for a carefully curated blue-lilac patchwork collection.

Specially selected matching buttons, pom-pom trim or ric-rac and other sewing notions will add a customised style to your makes.

Pima lawn is considered a very high-quality fabric originally made in South America, but has found its way to all corners of the globe due to its excellent strength, breathability and amazingly soft feel and weight; akin to lightweight silk. This is real luxury cotton.

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