Close-up of a pale birch cream plain weave fabric with fine textured surface

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Sanderson

Helena Birch

Name: Helena Birch
Brand: Sanderson
SKU: SAF0173-02

Helena Birch is a calm, lightly textured plain weave with a soft birch-toned cream ground. The close weave gives the surface a neat, understated finish with a gentle natural look.

soft birch cream plain none relaxed both

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About this fabric

Helena Birch from Sanderson’s Melford Weaves collection is a plain fabric with no pattern repeat, making the texture and tone the focus of the design. At 220gsm and 34 threads per cm, it has enough substance for versatile furnishing use while still reading as a clean, even cloth. The colour is a warm, pale birch cream with a softly mottled woven appearance rather than a flat white, so it feels quieter and more grounded than a stark neutral. The 139cm usable width makes it practical for a range of interior projects, and the 30m standard length suits larger room schemes.

How to use it

Use this birch cream as a restrained base with pale oak, linen, and putty tones for a layered neutral scheme. Its soft warmth also works well beside darker timber or muted bronze accents, where the light woven surface will keep the room feeling open.

A quiet natural neutral that works well as a calming base across both upholstery and curtains.

Sanderson Melford Weaves Fabric

Specification

Horizontal repeat: 0 cm
Standard length: 30 m
Threads per cm: 34
Usable width: 139 cm
Vertical repeat: 0 cm
Weight: 220 gsm

Specification as published by Sanderson. We will confirm the current details with them before you order.

Made up by us

Every metre we order is cut, sewn and fitted in our own Heybridge workshop, with Simon over every stage. Reupholstery, bespoke pieces, curtains, blinds and headboards.

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