Cotton linen combines the cool handle of linen with the easy care of cotton. The fabric comes 145 cm wide and brings 115 g/m² to the scale. Its composition reads 69 % cotton and 31 % linen. Residual shrinkage comes to 5 %. Allow accordingly more yardage and wash before cutting.
Blue carries pattern well without covering it — which makes the tone the favourite ground for prints. An abstract pattern commits to no theme and so suits adult clothing as readily as decor. It also suits patchwork and quilting: it cuts precisely and does not distort.
What Baumwoll-Leinen Adria Abstrakt Blautöne von Swafing is suitable for
- blouses and shirts
- children's clothing
- bags and pouches
Frequently asked questions
What do I do with offcuts?
Keep them, especially patterned ones. In patchwork the small cut is the rule, and narrow strips still serve for pocket bags, appliqué or binding. Narrow strips make bias binding, wider offcuts become pocket bags.
Why does the fabric fray at the edge?
Because a woven is made of crossed threads that loosen at a cut edge. That is normal. Finish with zigzag, an overlocker or an enclosed seam — otherwise the edge unravels further with every wash.
What do I watch for when cutting?
The grain. Pattern pieces are aligned parallel to the selvedge, otherwise the finished piece distorts. On patterned goods the motif direction comes on top. The grain line appears on the pattern piece as an arrow; it runs parallel to the selvedge.
How do I press it?
At the usual cotton temperature and slightly damp. Before cutting it pays off especially: a smoothly pressed fabric cuts precisely, a creased one does not.
Care instructions:
Daten und Pflege
- Fabric type
- Cotton-linen / Linen
- Colour
- Blau
- Weight
- 115 g/m²
- Width
- 145 cm
- Material
- 69 % Cotton, 31 % Linen
- Residual shrinkage
- approx. 5 %
- Pattern
- Abstrakt
- Base colour
- Blautöne
- Artikelnummer
- 801027683