Specifications:

Weight: Light

GSM: 74

Composition: 100% Cotton

Width: 136cm / 53.5inch

Pattern repeat: 14cm x 12.5cm / 5.5inch x 4.9inch

Colour:

Moorish Morris is aclassic Pima Lawn printed with a botanical design, ofelegant flowers and far-reaching fronds, creating movement and energy in this gorgeously soft lightweight viscose. This vintage colour palette is perfect for sensible yet quirky styles that can be both dressed down and up, in a range of versatile pieces. An inspiring print that is easy to care for and easy to wear.

The darkest navy blue hosts antiquated cream foliage, that seems to be pushing its way (growing) throughout the fabric. Outlined in a complementary mid-blue that gives clear definition and an easy-on-the-eye classic Morris-themed flowing floral.

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:

Moorish Morriswill 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. SitMoorish Morris with perfect navy and cream stripes, ginghams and small florals for a carefully curated navy and cream-based patchwork collection.

Specially selected matching buttons, pom-pom trim or ricrac 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Pima lawn is considered a very high-quality fabric originally made in South America, but has found its way to all corners of the globe due to its excellent strength, breathability and amazingly soft feel and weight; akin to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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