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From: MTjumpnJX
Date: 06-28-2007, 12:20 PM (1 of 7)
| My mother use to make all of us girls dresses out of kettle cloth. Do they still make kettle cloth or is there a fabric similar to it? Those dresses wore like iron. |
User: MTjumpnJX
Member since: 05-17-2007 Total posts: 29 |
From: paroper
Date: 06-28-2007, 01:23 PM (2 of 7)
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Does it EVER! It is one of my all-time favorite fabrics!!!!! You don't see it very often. I'll occasionally see it at Wal Mart. I don't recall seeing it at Hancocks. I had a dress I made as a junior in high school about 1969, basic empire dress with an a-line skirt, military style that buttoned down the front, double top stitched. I wore that garment into the work force after college. The last time I remember wearing it was 1976. Everything looked wonderful except for the buttons that were a little worse for wear...still washed well, could be hung up out of the dryer and worn without a second's bother. I had several things made out of it but that dress, a denium blue with orange top stitching was my favorite! pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: MTjumpnJX
Date: 06-29-2007, 12:57 PM (3 of 7)
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Thanks for your reply... I guess I'll just have to look a little closer when I go to Wally World or shop there more often. I wasn't even sure if they made it anymore. |
User: MTjumpnJX
Member since: 05-17-2007 Total posts: 29 |
From: lendube
Date: 06-29-2007, 01:01 PM (4 of 7)
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I remember that type of material. Boy, it was almost like a light canvas. Isn't broadcloth similar?? Lennie |
User: lendube
Member since: 08-06-2006 Total posts: 1548 |
From: paroper
Date: 06-29-2007, 05:07 PM (5 of 7)
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Broadcloth is lighter. Sailcloth was close but Kettle cloth had a special weave that looked a bit like linen.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 06-29-2007, 07:58 PM (6 of 7)
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Is twill similear to kettle cloth? Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: paroper
Date: 06-29-2007, 08:10 PM (7 of 7)
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Maybe a bit in weight, but I think of it as a little lighter in weight, it is crisp. Even in the "olden" days when everything still needed to be ironed, it wasn't a fabric that needed a lot of ironing. My favorite was denium in color but it came in several colors. I even had some neon green at one point...and when I was pregnant I had a light blue jumper made of it. It is just a great sport weight fabric.
pam
Bernina 200e, Artista V5 Designer Plus, Explorations, Magic Box, Bernina 2000DE & 335 Bernette Serger, Bernina 1530 Sewing Machine, Bernina 1300 DC Overlock (with coverstitch) |
User: paroper
Member since: 02-03-2004 Total posts: 3775 |
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