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With all of the gorgeous quilting cottons out there, it’s easy to forget that there are actually other types of fabric you might want to use for a sewing project. Particularly for garments, where weight and drape and feel are just as important as the color and design printed on them. Rae from Made By Rae tells her five favorite fabrics for sewing clothes – and not one of them is a quilting cotton. Go there to see what they are. What are your faves?
[photo from Made By Rae]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.
Loved reading about the fabric choices for clothing. Never had I thought about the dbl gauze as anything other than “summer dress and window coverings”, before…but now, eyes wide open and will definitely take a look see next time I hit Fabricland. I am Canadian.
The voile and lawn fabrics have always been of interest to me and I used to love wearing rayon’s; just hated what happened to them after they were washed and became a ball of wrinkles. I’m sure new technologies and manufacturing has created better, wrinkle resistant beauties to try once again; just NOT ALL HAWAIIAN prints.