Soft Washed Linen & Cotton Basket Weave - Lime Ash

Specifications:

Weight: Light / Medium

GSM: 214

Composition: Linen & Cotton

Width: 142cm / 55.9inch

Colour:

Shades: The face of this fabric has an allover mottled grey appearance, akin to cloudy skies or limewashed wood. The reverse is a softer, light grey.

Design: A fine, complex basket weave creates a midgrey shade on the face and a light grey on the reverse. The face side displays the characteristic allover striated, sketchy look of artisanalstyle linens, almost worn, like limewashed wood.

Overall: A classic and timeless palette in an equally sophisticated weave and fibre. This fabric is perfect for smart styles with twotone and turnback details.

Properties:

Texture: This softwash basketweave linen and cotton has a fine, complex structure that produces excellent visual and textural detail.

Handle: A malleable and springy hand with structure along the length and width, and a generous bias ease.

Drape: A soft and flowy drape quality; this fabric doesnt boast the classic crisp characteristics expected of traditional linen and cotton.

Garment Suggestions:

Types: This fabric is the perfect weight for semistructured separates and standalone garments. It will drape, tuck, and gather, forming areas of fullness and body, perfect for creating voluminous sleeves and skirts.

Create unique shirts and blouses, shirtdresses, tunics, and the most elegant and wearable dresses you will return to season after season.

Patterns: Consider patterns such as the Cordelia Trousers, Elodie Dress, Charlie Caftan, Naia Pants, Shepherd Skirt, Factory Dressand Florence.

Other Uses:

Accessories: Create matching slouchy shoulder bags with a two-tone turnback

Furnishings: This fabric would be lovely used as rustic throws around a country-style cottage.

Upcycling: Use to imitate a cloudy sky in scenic craft projects or use scraps as rustic parcel ribbons.