Chelmsford Silk Damask Fabric

Chelmsford Church Vestment Fabric is a small, useful, and easy pattern to work with liturgical damask fabric. Created in the Geoffrey Webb style, the pattern on this silk damask is a small turnover reversible design which dates to the 1920's. 

When to Use Chelmsford SIlk Damask Fabric

The size and scale of the design in this church fabric makes it ideal for use in constructing all types of liturgical vestments, from clergy stoles and priest chasubles, to copes, altar hangings and more. This ecclesiastical fabric, made from silk and viscose fibers with its small floral motif, makes the perfect background for liturgical hand embroidery projects worked in gold and silk threads. The fabrics has a soft, drape and hand that falls in lovely folds.*

Silk Damask Fabric Colors: Ivory, Red, Green, Violet
Width:  56" (143 cm) 
Pattern Repeat: 6 ½" (17 cm)
Fiber Content: 58% Viscose, 42% Silk

Chelmsford is is also suitable as a fabric for use in creating period costumes, wedding gowns, historical garments, Home Decor, Collegiate or University Gowns, and theatrical costumes due to the accuracy and quality of the fabric design motif. The silk fibers make this a truly special fabric.