A gorgeous, semi-sheer fabric that makes a lovely alternative to net curtains where you wish to maximise the natural light into a room but limit visibility from outside. Our Lara Voile in Grey is a soft. light grey colour with a distinctive, lose weave that gives it a wonderfully tactile texture and uniform appearance yet is weighty enough to create a beautiful drape.

Voile comes from the French term for veil. It is a soft, sheer fabric, usually made of 99% cotton or cotton blended with linen or polyester. Because of its light weight, the fabric is mostly used to make sheer curtains and lampshades.

We strongly recommend that you order a swatch before ordering any of our fabrics to help you decide if it is right for you.

Kindly note: Colour variations can occur between different batches of fabric and is to be expected with any natural fibre. If you are using this fabric more than once in the same room, we recommend ordering the whole amount needed in one go to ensure that it comes from the same batch (this includes matching to any shades previously purchased from us). If this is not possible, please ask for a stock cutting from the current batch and check the fabric on receipt as, once cut to length, our fabrics are non-returnable unless faulty.
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PRODUCT INFORMATION

Fabric: 30% linen 70% polyester
Width: 280cm
Care Instructions: dry clean only

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FAQS

WHAT IS VOILE?

Voiles or sheers refers to any lightweight, transparent or semi-opaque fabric rather than a solid one. They can be plain or patterned, with woven or printed detail and are designed to look light, floaty and sometimes even dreamy at your windows. Some patterned or textured voiles give an attractive, dappled-lighting effect to the room as the strong sunlight passes through them creating interesting shapes and shadow patterns.

WHAT ARE VOILES USED FOR?

The beauty voiles is that they allow plenty of natural light into a room while limiting visibility from outside, so they are most commonly used on their own or alongside heavier curtains as an elegant alternative to the old fashioned, fussy ‘net’ curtains of yesteryear.

WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF VOIL?

Today’s lightweight voile fabrics have two valuable dual purposes – protection and privacy. As well as preventing your interior being visible from outside, they will block out some of the heat and glare of sunlight preventing furniture and soft furnishing from fading and helping to keep your rooms cooler.

WHERE WOULD YOU USE VOILS?

They can be used on their own to soften the look of a bare window, or used in conjunction with curtains in a layered arrangement which usually involves the sheers being hung first – closest to the window – and then fabric curtains over the top. Voiles can be used on any scale of window (and in any room), but are particularly effective on large scale windows. They provide a practical level of privacy without taking away too much valuable daylight. From inside you can still see a good deal of the outside; but from outside the view inside is obscured.

DOES VOILE WRINKLE?

Cotton voile will wrinkle. The same properties that gives the fabric it’s sheerness and crispness, will also make it wrinkle easily. Ironing on a high cotton setting will easily remove any wrinkles prior to hanging.

IS VOILE EASY TO CLEAN?

Cotton voile is easy to clean but may shrink if it becomes too hot. We always recommend dry cleaning our fabrics as they have not been tested in a washing maching. But most sheer fabrics can be washed on a gentle or delicate washing machine programme at home and hung up to dry naturally. We do not recommend drying them in a tumble dryer.