Boiled wool

I have a bit of a thing for boiled wool, but don’t tell anyone 😊 I had a search on the internet for boiled wool jacket patterns and I was pleased to discover Tessuti Berlin jacket pattern, wh…

Boiled wool jackets and coats look sensational—and expensive. Their textured fabric is timeless and lends itself to silhouettes from body-skimming to full and swingy. With boiled wool, you can create…

Orange wool jacket with asymmetric front button fastening and tie belt

Last month, my husband ticked off the one and only thing on my Christmas wishlist--a woven leather bag in the most gorgeous dusty rose shade. It inspired me to sew a matching coat or jacket so I browsed online for the perfect fabric match. I found the perfect match in this solid boiled wool from Mood Fabrics. It is a blend of 60% viscose/40% wool in Deauville Mauve. I searched for coat/jacket patterns that had boiled wool as part of the recommended fabrics and settled for Simplicity 1540. I…

Let's talk about boiled wool shall we?! I've been interested in this fabric for a while, primarily because sewing with it allows many shortcuts for the lazy amongst us (of which I am queen!) For those of you who aren't familiar with boiled wool, it's a wool fabric that's pre-shrunk by boiling at high temperatures (the clue's in the name!) This process causes the fibres to compress and interlock, resulting in a soft, springy felt-like fabric. Because of the tightly woven fibres, boiled wool…

Boiled Wool is a natural fabric which is easy to sew and makes lovely coats, jackets, blazers, dresses, skirts and tunics.

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This boiled wool jacket was such a treat to sew. Here are some tips for sewing with boiled wool and sewing the Pona Jacket in this fabric.

We have some lovely 100% boiled wools at The Drapery for this first time this year. The care of these fabrics was a bit of a mystery to us a...

Last month, my husband ticked off the one and only thing on my Christmas wishlist--a woven leather bag in the most gorgeous dusty rose shade...