100% Linen 'Checkmate' - The Country Road - Clearance Fabric Sale 30% Off

30% Discount Applied at the Checkout

Fabric is sold in units of 50cm (.5m; ½ m). Eg. for 2.5m, enter the Quantity ‘5’.
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100% Linen ‘Checkmate’ – The Country Road

• 140cm wide
• French Flax Linen.

The Four NEW additions to the Checkmate range are: The Country Road; The Brook; The Village; and Hinterland.

‘The Country Road’ check features a mix of Terracotta (burnt orange), a dusty blue, olive, beige and white.  The colour combination makes it perfect for separates, and coordinating with your wardrobe.  It would also be stunning in a dress in its own right.  Have fun and mix these new checks together, or have a look in your scrap box and play with contrasting fabric for collar bands, plackets and cuffs. Be sure to look at our expanding button range to finish off your garment.    

This fabric is a tiny bit transparent if you put your hand underneath (in daylight/under light), but when the cloth is around your body as a garment, this always seems to decrease that perception. Select flesh toned undergarments and you will be fine.  Skirts may need a light lining, but probably not if there is some volume.

For your cloth edit consider:  semi-fitted or looser shirts, blouses, tops and tunics; dresses (eg. wrap, fit and flare, tunic, shirt dresses); skirts (eg. wrap, midi, gathered, pleated).  It would be great in pants or shorts in summer also.

We stock so many beautiful sewing patterns that would be a perfect match with this fabric. Here are some Indie Pattern suggestions:

• Sewing and the City - Essex. Mercer, Ludlow.
• Merchant and Mills - Edie, Ellis and Hattie, Ellsworth, Factory, Florence, Shepherd, Winnie
• Now and Then - Beach Pyjamas, Tilbury, All Seasons, Hepburn, Revere, Amelie
• Atelier Jupe - Lynn, Zoey, Liv, Sienna, Frida, Tilda, Olivia, Emily, Chloe, Pippa, Lottie/Kate, Solange, Savannah.
• The Avid Seamstress - The Blouse, The Everyday Shirt, The Raglan Dress, The Day Dress, The Pyjama Bottoms
• Atelier Scammit - Petites Choses, Artesane, Astree, Vertige, Zephir 
• By Hand London – Anna, Hannah, Liz, Sandeep, Tamzin
• Closet Core Patterns – Cielo, Elodie, Charlie, Carolyn, Pauline, Kalle
• Folkwear Patterns – Mexico Dress (and Top), Hapi and Haori, Japanese Kimono, Walking Skirt
• Friday Pattern Co. – Sagebrush Top, Square Neck, Top Wilder Gown, Davenport, Hughes.
• Homer + Howells – Cissy, Ingrid.    
• I AM Patterns – Barbara, Cassiopee, Gaia, Jain, Joy, Juliette, Lucienne, Sherazade, Cinderella, Irma, Octarine, Aura, Helios
• Maison Fauve - Tilda, Penelope, Zenith, Atlas, Lauren, Mia, Niki, Byzance, Violette, Marissa, Soho, Skyline, Chelsea.
• Named Patterns – Helmi (Tunic or Blouse), Reeta Shirt Dress, Ninni, Valo, Hali, Syli, Taiko
• Papercut Patterns – Array, Nexus, Sequence, Tide, Ashling, Estella, Tula, Celestia, Pinnacle, Meridian
• Pauline Alice Patterns – Calvari, Cami Shirt Dress, Lliria, Ibi.
• Pattern Fantastique – Mersis, Vali, Calyx, Celestial, Vali
• The Assembly Line – Cap Sleeve Shirt, Cuff Top, Cuff Dress, Oversized Shirt

Cloth Care

We recommend a gentle machine wash or hand washing linen.  It is important not to wring the fabric or garment, so if you are handwashing, roll up in a towel to press out excess water.  To ensure the long life of a garment, don’t tumble dry as this breaks down the fibres.  If you do tumble dry the cloth, then do so on a cooler setting.  It is preferable to wash inside out.  Wash colours separately.   Shake out the wet garment and dry flat (or on a hanger) in the shade. Use a warm/hot iron and spot test. You may need a water spray bottle to get rid of the wrinkles when you are ironing, or just embrace the beautiful crumpled look of the cloth ;-).  Linen softens upon wearing and laundering.