Specifications: Weight: Very Heavy GSM: 570 Composition: 100% Wool Width: 154cm / 60.6inch Chevron repeat: 6cm / 2.3inch Colour: Rust boasts a warm orange-brown hue like toasted pumpkin, cinnamon spice and autumn leaves. This spicey tone immediately conveys a feeling of warmth and richness. Try wearing your garments made with other rich jewel tones: Teal, Rich Sapphire, Mallard green, mustard and purple/plum hues. For classic simplicity team with classic cream, white and beige key pieces for super chic style. Interpret how you choose and create unique pieces of your own. Properties: This Italian-manufactured quality all-wool fabric is a hard-wearing, heavyweight yet comforting and soft woollen fabric. This closely woven, jumbo herringbone (6cm wide) is felted to give it a dense, lightly brushed quality and is less prone to fraying. Double-faced, seriously weighty creation that is closely woven in the finest soft lambswool yarns to produce a dense 3mm thick, double-faced fabric where the main feature the textured jumbo herringbone sits proudly on the face side and an obscured, softly brushed and felted version forms the reverse, very much like duffle coat fabric. Boasting a super sturdy and stable handle, this all-wool fabric has a surprisingly soft wool feel and a very heavy but soft drape quality. The characteristic chevrons of the herringbone weave are still apparent in this densely felted fabric. You can see the craftsmanship shining through! Garment Suggestions: Create the cosiest and certainly smartest overcoats from this fabric or take the style down a peg and create your favourite winter jacket or classic duffle coat. Add some leather to attach the toggles and cord. Hard-wearing field coats and jackets (with lots of useful pockets) made up in Rust will team up perfectly with country tweeds. This heavy fabric is also ideal for worker/donkey jacket styles with leather or waxed fabric yokes. Team your garments up with weathered green leather / wax fabric for a superb combination. Utility-style Shackets are another excellent choice to make, these unlined coats/jackets are a satisfying make and you don't have to neaten the seams thanks to the properties of minimal fraying! Use top-stitching to add detail and strength to seams, and chunky buttons and you have the perfect throw-on smart/casual garment for winter. Historical costume makers and reenactors; this traditional woollen fabric is perfect for a profusion of hard-wearing costumes! Other Uses: If clothes making isn't your forte, use Rust for upholstery and soft furnishing projects such as seat pads, boxed cushions and footstools. You could also appliqué with rustic country tweeds and leathers for a traditional gentlemen's club vibe!
