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I am just starting out and don't know how to identify fabrics suitable for dress making? What are key words to look out for? I'm searching hancock's site currently- are all of these quilting fabrics? Are there strict rules as to what certain materials should be used for? Premium, Kona, Wide, Laundered Cotton?? Please help me understand what to look for.

2007-10-03 00:35:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation Hobbies & Crafts

(Hancock's of Paducah)

2007-10-05 02:17:08 · update #1

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You can make clothing out of pretty much anything, providing it doesn't have a rubber backing or anything like that. Natural fibres will be more comfortable than synthetics, of course. Quilting fabric is just cotton with funky designs. If you fancy the pattern, you can make clothing out of it. I'm only new to dressmaking myself. Since we do historical re-enactment (SCA,) I've only used linen and wool so far. They're nice to wear. If I were you, I'd go hunting through your town to see if there are any shops cheaper than the large chains. Actually, your local SCA group probably knows where to find cheap fabric :) We only have a large chain shop here in town, so I do a big buy up when I'm down in the city. It usually costs me about 1/4 of the price :) Also, look in op shops (thrift stores) and sometimes at markets.
It's a good idea to learn to tell which fabric is which. One simple test is to burn it! Yep, rip off a few threads and go out the front of the store and set fire to it! If it burns, it's a natural fibre. If it melts, it's not. Often you get blends, and you'll be able to tell if the blend is more or less natural by how much of it burns to ash and how much melts. Yeah, I'm a non-smoker, but I carry around a cigarette lighter for this purpose :)

2007-10-03 18:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by Rosie_0801 6 · 1 0

the cloth - I believe the previous. that's a question additionally of promoting. duvet shops sell to quilters, and sell tiers that flatter one yet another for team spirit in a duvet. I used dress fabric particularly fortuitously before. Quilting thread could be a thick one for hand quilting, yet some are marked for the two hand or device use. i locate the hand quilting threads particularly functional additionally for stitching on buttons as they're particularly hard.

2016-10-10 05:28:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

From their website, pull down the fabric menu and go to "fashion fabrics" rather than to "quilting and cotton fabrics". That simplifies things. Some of the quilting fabrics may also be useful, but it'll be easier to begin with the "fashion" area if dress making is your goal.

Relative to woven fabrics, my personal preference is to use 100% cotton that is *not* permanent-press for quilting and similar applications and to use permanent-press fabric for anything that whines "iron me".

2007-10-03 00:58:50 · answer #3 · answered by h_brida 6 · 2 0

I don't think there's really a difference between dress cottons and patchwork cottons. I think the producers have seen the market for quilting stuff and filled it with either American cottons or imported stuff. People managed to make quilts for centuries using dress materials. But if you want to make summer clothes, go ahead. Good luck.

2007-10-03 00:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by derfini 7 · 1 0

Quilters like to use 100% cotton fabrics. Sometimes the quilting fabrics don't have any sizing.

You can use quilting fabrics for garments but I prefer permanent press. Shoot, all the scraps end up in my quilting stash anyway, even if they ain't coton.

2007-10-03 14:26:29 · answer #5 · answered by bdancer222 7 · 2 0

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