Give the fan motif room to unfold across your work.
St. Nicolas brings Ottoman and Gothic influences together in a generous fan design. William Randoll Blacking created it for the War Memorial Chapel hangings at St. Nicolas Church, Guildford, drawing on a sixteenth-century Turkish textile. Give the pattern space on a cope, chasuble or frontal, or choose a section of it for a smaller piece.
Projects and possibilities
Consider St. Nicolas for vestments, altar hangings, banners and paraments. The larger motif also lends itself to historic costumes, academic or formal garments, and decorative textiles when the scale suits your pattern.
Fabric details
- Fiber content: 58% viscose / 42% silk
- Approximate width: 143 cm (56½ inches)
- Approximate vertical repeat: 69 cm (27 inches)
- Approximate horizontal repeat: 28.5 cm (11¼ inches)
- Pattern repeats across the width: 5
Widths and repeats are approximate guides and may vary slightly by color and weaving batch. If your layout depends on a particular usable width or matching panels, please check with us before ordering.
Available Colors
- Ivory
- Red
- Rose
- Green
- Violet
- Black
- Blue
- Gold
- Roman Purple
Planning your project
Begin with the fan motif: where would you like it to sit on the finished piece? Plan the main panels, seams and smaller cuts together. Allow extra fabric where centering or matching this large repeat calls for it.
Ordering fabric and swatches
Select By the Yard for fabric yardage or Swatch for a sample, then choose your color where offered. Swatches are approximately 4 × 6 inches and are intended for checking color, texture and feel; they may not show a full pattern repeat.
Ordering multiple swatches: If you order two or more swatches, we will fulfill your order as swatches in the colors and quantities selected. Ordering several swatches does not order fabric yardage. Please order yardage separately using the By the Yard option.
Please review your selected option and quantity before checkout. Swatch orders are final sale once processed.
For our complete terms, see our return and refund policy.
Fulfillment time: Swatches are usually in stock and are generally fulfilled within 1–5 business days. If fabric stock needs to be ordered, please allow 7–14 business days for fulfillment.
Shipping transit time: Carrier transit begins after your package ships and is additional to fulfillment time. Transit time varies with the shipping service selected at checkout.
Care and preparation
Before you begin, test your chosen pressing, backing and cleaning methods on an offcut. Plan the care of the finished piece around the damask, lining, embroidery and trims together. If you are unsure about your combination, please ask us before cutting.
Questions from the sewing room
Will a swatch show the whole fan motif?
A 4 × 6-inch swatch is a color and texture sample and will not show the full large repeat. Use the listed repeat measurements to plan your layout.
Can St. Nicolas be used for a stole?
Yes, but choose the motif placement carefully. Lay the stole pattern over the fabric before cutting so you can see which part of the fan will show.
Bring your project together
Gather your pattern, lining and trims before settling the final yardage. These are useful places to begin:
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Send them a FREE $10 just for checking us out! Give them the code ”REFERRAL10” for $10 off their first order!
If you haven't used the code yet, it will work on your first order as well! Just make sure to pass it along to your favorite priest, pastor, or seamstress!
Give the fan motif room to unfold across your work.
St. Nicolas brings Ottoman and Gothic influences together in a generous fan design. William Randoll Blacking created it for the War Memorial Chapel hangings at St. Nicolas Church, Guildford, drawing on a sixteenth-century Turkish textile. Give the pattern space on a cope, chasuble or frontal, or choose a section of it for a smaller piece.
Projects and possibilities
Consider St. Nicolas for vestments, altar hangings, banners and paraments. The larger motif also lends itself to historic costumes, academic or formal garments, and decorative textiles when the scale suits your pattern.
Fabric details
- Fiber content: 58% viscose / 42% silk
- Approximate width: 143 cm (56½ inches)
- Approximate vertical repeat: 69 cm (27 inches)
- Approximate horizontal repeat: 28.5 cm (11¼ inches)
- Pattern repeats across the width: 5
Widths and repeats are approximate guides and may vary slightly by color and weaving batch. If your layout depends on a particular usable width or matching panels, please check with us before ordering.
Available Colors
- Ivory
- Red
- Rose
- Green
- Violet
- Black
- Blue
- Gold
- Roman Purple
Planning your project
Begin with the fan motif: where would you like it to sit on the finished piece? Plan the main panels, seams and smaller cuts together. Allow extra fabric where centering or matching this large repeat calls for it.
Ordering fabric and swatches
Select By the Yard for fabric yardage or Swatch for a sample, then choose your color where offered. Swatches are approximately 4 × 6 inches and are intended for checking color, texture and feel; they may not show a full pattern repeat.
Ordering multiple swatches: If you order two or more swatches, we will fulfill your order as swatches in the colors and quantities selected. Ordering several swatches does not order fabric yardage. Please order yardage separately using the By the Yard option.
Please review your selected option and quantity before checkout. Swatch orders are final sale once processed.
For our complete terms, see our return and refund policy.
Fulfillment time: Swatches are usually in stock and are generally fulfilled within 1–5 business days. If fabric stock needs to be ordered, please allow 7–14 business days for fulfillment.
Shipping transit time: Carrier transit begins after your package ships and is additional to fulfillment time. Transit time varies with the shipping service selected at checkout.
Care and preparation
Before you begin, test your chosen pressing, backing and cleaning methods on an offcut. Plan the care of the finished piece around the damask, lining, embroidery and trims together. If you are unsure about your combination, please ask us before cutting.
Questions from the sewing room
Will a swatch show the whole fan motif?
A 4 × 6-inch swatch is a color and texture sample and will not show the full large repeat. Use the listed repeat measurements to plan your layout.
Can St. Nicolas be used for a stole?
Yes, but choose the motif placement carefully. Lay the stole pattern over the fabric before cutting so you can see which part of the fan will show.
Bring your project together
Gather your pattern, lining and trims before settling the final yardage. These are useful places to begin:
Who else do you know that might like our company?
Send them a FREE $10 just for checking us out! Give them the code ”REFERRAL10” for $10 off their first order!
If you haven't used the code yet, it will work on your first order as well! Just make sure to pass it along to your favorite priest, pastor, or seamstress!
