i love this cloth!
Published: Wednesday, November 28th 2007
I am very lucky to be able to keep saying this, but I have been very busy lately making lots of garments in superb fabrics.
I am sure when I consult with clients, discussing the benefits of this fabric over that one, that occasionally my client thinks I am saying anything for a sale!
The reason I say this is because I just LOVE cloth, there is nothing else to it!!
I genuinely mean it when I say to clients I think the fabric they have have chosen, or may be considering, is fantastic and will be beautiful when finished.
I often find myself saying "oh, yes I have had that one myself", or, "yes that would be perfect, lovely"!
Fabric is a real passion of mine, not the actual making of which I know very little, but the textures, colour, feel, and other endless things I love about cloth.
And the pictures that follow below make everything above make sense.
The reason is, this fabric is just ANOTHER example of my love of cloth, good cloth with real character.
No, It is not mine, but one that a client chose for himself for an odd jacket.
I knew it was a good choice for him colour, texture, durability etc and all the other tailoring boxes I tick for clients with my head and not my heart.
It was not until I actually got the cloth onto my cutting table that the decission was made, I must have a length for myself!
I need another cloth length like I need a hole in the head, but my sheer love of cloth made it impossible to resist, again!!
Many may see this cloth as a plain Jane, a 16oz grey herringbone all wool from my local cloth merchants, but not me, I see a stunning cloth.
It is from the same bunch as my most favourite jacket of all time, the jacket I made myself for America
Make your own mind up from the pictures.
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