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From: sbowen@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Susan Bowen)
Subject: A Question About Where to Find Japanese Cotton in SF
Keywords: cotton, japanese
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va.
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 14:22:45 GMT

I will be in San Francisco Bay area at the end of April and in Monterey
in early May. I was lucky enough to find the posting on fabric stores in
the Bay Area (and was thrilled to find a mention of Far Out Fabrics,
which I had visited once before). However, on my last visit to Seattle,
I found a Japanese department store that had a small selection of
japanese cotton fabric. It was wonderful and I bought two pieces.

I have searched the DC area and found only one place that sells the
cotton fabric. (It was actually picked-apart kimonos, I think.) So I am
headed to the West Coast with grim purpose and intent.

The Cotton Patch in Lafayette, CA was recommended *but* I don't know
where that is in relation to the Bay area - tho I would be a quick
learner! But it seems there must be places within SF's public
transportation system that would also sell Japanese cotton. ("Somewhere
- over the rainbow..."?)

If anyone could share information and directions to the appropriate
stores, I would be extremely grateful.

With many thanks,

Sue Bowen
sbowen@gmuvax.gmu.edu
     
 
 
 
C
where that is in relation to the Bay ar
From: caroline@sco.COM (friend of a fiend)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Rayon -- care of
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 92 23:03:39 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.


In article <1992Apr7.192755.8305@cbnewse.cb.att.com> jeana@cbnewse.cb.att.com (jean) writes:

>What is the appropriate care for this fabric?  <rayon>
>Some of the directions say "dry clean only",
>some say "hand wash" -- what to do?

I always just wash all my rayon clothing in the washing
machine along with the rest of my clothes.  Use COLD water
only and never dry them in the dryer -- always just hang
them up to dry.

If you put rayon in the dryer, or get it too hot, it is
likely to shrink.  I have had this happen, unfortunately
with a shirt I really liked, pre-shrink that is.  :-(

The good thing about hanging the item up is that you will
probably not have to iron it much, if at all.  If there is
a wrinkle or two, use a low temperature iron.

When you first take your rayon clothes out of the washer,
wet, to hang them up, they may feel very stiff compared
to what they feel like when they are dry.  It's really an
odd transformation.  You may think, the first time, that
you have wrecked your clothing.  But don't panic.  When
the fabric dries out, it gets wonderfully soft and drapey
again.

I've never taken a rayon item to the dry cleaners.

=caroline=

-- 

It's been a bloody odd day.... not even a two plus two equals five kind of
day, more like two plus two equals ... fish ... or something.

						-- from 'Cages'
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: MAHE@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu
Subject: Re: old fabric
Organization: Yale University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 17:05:45 EDT

The best way to tell synthetics from cottons is by a burn test.
Take a match and burn a very small area of the fabric.  If
there's a flame and ashes are left, it's cotton.  It it sort of
melts and there's a hard bead left, it's synthetic.  The smell is
also very different, polyester has a definite plastic undertone.
 
Your mom however will not be happy if you burn the house and
yourself down while testing her fabric.  This is best done in a safe
place, like over a bathtub.  If a large proportion of the fabric
may be polyester, you'll save your lungs and your liver by doing
this outside.  Also it's easiest if you just get the match close to
the fabric rather than try to burn down a whole specially-cut
little piece, but that implies you have good control of the whole
piece and can easily put it out if it gets out of control.
If you've ever seared the edges of nylon fabric to control fraying,
you'll find the process very similar.  A candle can be used for                 ery similar.
better fire control.
 
Marie-Christine
mahe-marie-christine@yale.edu
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From: bell@pooh.cs.unc.edu (Andrew Bell)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,alt.sewing
Subject: purple wooly thread
Keywords: cotton, japanese
Date: 13 Apr 92 21:19:31 GMT
Followup-To: rec.crafts.textiles
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Does anyone know where I can get purple wooly threat for
a serger?

err - that's thread ...


Thanks,
Leslie Bell
bell@cs.unc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: susan@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Susan Kenzler)
Subject: Knitting on Consignment
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 10:09:41 GMT

There is a local women's clothing manufacturer who produces some of their
knits on consignment.  They provide the yarn and pattern and contract you to
produce a number of pieces (around ten) within a limited time period (usually
a couple of weeks).  They pay something like $40 per vest and up to $250 for
some sweaters.  Items can be knit by hand or by machine.

Has anyone ever done machine knitting on consignment?  Is it worth it?  Any
suggestions or comments?  

Thanks,
Susan
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: jmacdonald@mta.ca
Subject: Braiding Books ?
Reply-To: jmacdonald@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:05:20 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am posting this for my mother who is just finishing her first braided rug. 
She would like to hear about your recommendations on books about braiding
(techniques, materials to use, etc).  

Right now, as she is just completing her first rug, advice about how to best 
take care of the ends in finishing is welcome.

Thank-you in advance,

Jane
(jmacdonald@mta.ca)
From: Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: scrap fabrics
Date: 16 Apr 92 18:24:06 GMT



>Last weekend when I went home, my mom was doing major cleaning
>and told me that I could have any of her old fabric that I wanted!!!
>This was wonderful because we have very different tastes and now
>I have all kinds of fabrics that I never would have chosen, but
>be great for scrap quilts.

>The problem I'm having is that I need a foolproof way of telling
>whether the fabric is 100% cotton or not.  I don't care so much for
>my own quilts, but I'm in the Internet Quilt Block Exchange and I 
>wouldn't want to use something that wasn't 100% cotton for someone
>else.  My mom said to throw the fabric in the washer and dryer and 
>"if it wrinkles all up" then it's cotton.  Anyone have a better way?
<
>Also, she was worried that some of it might be rotten.  It LOOKED 
>OK, does that mean it is?
>
T>hanks in advance to all you "fabric gurus!"
>
>Cris Letourneau
>cris@cblpe.att.com
>(614) 860-7398

Hey, I'm in the internet block exchange and I know I sometimes use
fabric that isn't "100% cotton"! No complaints yet :-) 

 I've heard of ways you can test
by burning a bit of the fabric, but I hardly think it's necessary to be
such a purist. Wrinkling is a good sign, but some 100% cotton might
be treated so it won't wrinkle (and some non-cotton fabrics like rayon will
 wrinkle a lot, but that doesn't mean they are good for quilting! 
They are usually too stretchy.)

The rotten business could be more serious. Washing and drying the fabric
might help weed out the worst offenders. But I don't really know of a 
good way to tell if a fabric is going to fail--if in doubt, don't use it
is my only advice.

By the way, congratulations on your treasure trove! Even if you don't use
it for internet blocks (you can use it for mine!) you'll have many hours of
fun, making your own quilts with those precious old fabrics.

--marina
 


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From: cris@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (cristine.a.letourneau)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: old fabric
Date: 15 Apr 92 20:18:49 GMT
Organization: AT&T

Last weekend when I went home, my mom was doing major cleaning
and told me that I could have any of her old fabric that I wanted!!!
This was wonderful because we have very different tastes and now
I have all kinds of fabrics that I never would have chosen, but
be great for scrap quilts.

The problem I'm having is that I need a foolproof way of telling
whether the fabric is 100% cotton or not.  I don't care so much for
my own quilts, but I'm in the Internet Quilt Block Exchange and I 
wouldn't want to use something that wasn't 100% cotton for someone
else.  My mom said to throw the fabric in the washer and dryer and 
"if it wrinkles all up" then it's cotton.  Anyone have a better way?

Also, she was worried that some of it might be rotten.  It LOOKED 
OK, does that mean it is?

Thanks in advance to all you "fabric gurus!"

Cris Letourneau
cris@cblpe.att.com
(614) 860-7398
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Wanted Known  
From: Dawn_Scotting@kcbbs.gen.nz (Dawn Scotting)
Date: 10 Apr 92 22:22:54 GMT
Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand

If anyone could give me *ANY* information about the following product and   
where it might be obtained I would be eternally grateful. A friend of mine has
obtained (and nearly finished embroidering) a packet of 6 quilt blocks that   
can be cut up and made into a quilt. She now finds that it was made in 1976   
(probably stuck in someone's cupboard for years) and the firm that made it has
now gone out of business! She has written to her cousin in America who is   
having no luck in finding anything similar so I said I would give it a go   
here. The following is all the information that is enclosed in the kitset:-  
Iinside is a Sheet (size 36"x54") of material that is divided into six blocks 
each with a transfer of the same pattern to be embroidered, the pattern she is
after is called Americana 1976. The following is printed on the front page of 
the booklet enclosed:-  
                                     PERMA-PRESS  
      WonderArt                  Q U I L T  B L O C K S  
   Creative Needlcrafts              TO EMBROIDER  
  
         1976  
  
                  "New Rose" 1971    "Violets" 1975  
                     Picture            Picture  
                       of                 of  
                      Rose              Violets  
  
                     Picture            Picture  
                       of                 of  
                   "Americana" 1976  "Grecian Key" 1977   
  
           This Package  
              Contains: SIX 18in x 18in Blocks of one design stamped on  
                        one piece of 50% Polyester/50% Cottom premium  
                        quality sheeting.  
  
                        SHEET CUT SIZE: 36in x 54 in  
Needlecraft Corporation of America        MACHINE Wash and Dry  
3900 North Claremont Ave.,                69in x 102in QUILT for twin beds  
Chicago, Illinois 60618                       requires 4 packages  
                                          85in x 102in QUILT for double beds  
                                              requires 5 packages  
                                          This product is unassembled.  
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   
Please, please if ANYONE has any information on a similar product OR what   
happened to Needlecraft Corp. please email me at:-  
  
  
                                                   
  pandora@kcbbs.gen.nz OR Fidonet 3:772/90         
  Kia Ora from The Land of the Long White Cloud    
                                                   
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Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: annet@hob6.prime.com (Anne Tormo)
Subject: Re: Sources for Japanese Cotton
Keywords: japanese cotton, cotton, indigo
Reply-To: annet@hob6.prime.com (Anne Tormo)
Organization: Prime Computer
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 17:45:27 GMT

Ok, my curiosity has finally gotten the best of me --
I don't know that I've ever seen Japanese cotton.  What makes it different
or special?  And where can I see it in the Boston area?

Anne
(please post instead of replying as I seem to have a flakey mailer)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: maureen@Cadence.COM (Maureen Herran)
Subject: Re: What the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival *IS*
Keywords: wool, sheep, fiber
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:22:50 GMT

sbowen@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Susan Bowen) writes:

>The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is an event where fiber people can
>indulge in satifying all their fiber needs - plus a few they didn't know
>they had. There are sales booths for all types of fiber tools and
>widgets - including looms and wheels....

>This year I will miss it all, being in Monterey at the CHI '92
>conference. *Sigh*. Two of my favorite events scheduled over the same
>weekend.

The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is too far for me, but your comment about
'Two of my favorite events' made me curious...What is CHI '92?  Does it have
anything to do with textiles?  If so, where in Monterey and when exactly is it?

Thanks for the info.

maureen

Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
From: tianas@Ingres.COM (Tiana Scott)
Subject: button shop address and fabrics
Reply-To: tianas@Ingres.COM (Tiana Scott)
Organization: Ingres, an ASK Company, Alameda CA 94501
Distribution: na
Date: 6 Apr 92 01:12:50 GMT

Megan was right. There is a great button shop in El Cerrito. It's 
called 'Exclusive Button Co'; its address is 10252 San Pablo Ave. He 
(the owner) has lots of antique buttons and many, many old buttons (that is,
not old enough to qualify as antique, but from 40's and 50's i believe). The
store is on the East side of the street less than a mile north of El Cerrito
plaza (a shopping center). Ph number - 524-5606.

As for fabric stores, has anyone mentioned Kasuri Dyeworks yet? This is a 
small store in Berkeley that has, among many things, a large selection of tra-
ditional Japanese fabrics. This place is in the block above university ave. 
on Shattuck.

Hopefully helpful,
tiana
:q
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Thursday, 9 Apr 1992 09:58:53 EDT
From: Jennie <JXT109@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Directions to Verna's Fabric shop

I promised this a long time ago.  Verna's Fabric is run by an amish woman; her
father built her the shop.  She has just about everything under the sun that
a quilter could wish for, including fabric at prices that make other shop
owners wring their hands in despair.  She accepts only cash and checks, no
credit, and owning the building and using family as employees keeps her
overhead, and prices, very low.

                Verna's Fabric
              RD 1 Box 267A
                 Mifflinburg, PA  17844
              Mon-Fri 9am-9pm
              Sat 9am-5pm


  DIRECTIONS:

     Take rt 15 to Lewisburg
     Pick up rt 45W through Mifflinburg (1 mile)
     11 Miles to a crossroads with a white garage on the right, a white church
           on the left.  There's a little tiny sign that says Verna's Fabric
     Turn right at the crossroads; it's a dirt road
     First lane on the right [trees painted white on the bottom]
     Follow to the end of the lane


This shop is really worth a trip, I promise!!  And wear your quilting pins!

 --Jennie
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From: gjw@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Mr Garry J. Wardrope)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,soc.culture.celtic,soc.roots
Subject: Re: Clans & Tartans
Date: 7 Apr 92 17:25:05 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

Most people now wear a tartan that they like rather than one they have traced.
In case it helps though the Lyon Office is at New Register House, Edinburgh, UK
you could write to them and see what they can they can tell you.  Mail to
the above address will get there.

		Garry

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From: Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Japanese cottons
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:16:48 GMT

>Ok, my curiosity has finally gotten the best of me --
>I don't know that I've ever seen Japanese cotton.  What makes it different
>or special?  And where can I see it in the Boston area?
>
>Anne
>(please post instead of replying as I seem to have a flakey mailer)

The Japanese have several very distinct ways of producing patterns on
cotton cloth. Off the top of my head, there are things like tie-dying
(they tie thousands of knots in a yard and create very intricate patterns)
and woven geometrics, as well as printed florals, flying cranes,
pine trees, etc. Many of these designs are done in a deep indigo blue
and white, altho red and white, brown and white, and multicolored
patterns are also quite traditional. These all have special names which
I can't remember, of course :-) One technique involved tying bundles of
warp thread in carefully measured sequences, dying them, and then weaving
the "tie-dyed" warp thread into fabric. And there are lots of stencil
dyed fabrics, too.

Dover has published some terrific books of Japanese fabric designs--
they are printed in black and white so you'll just have to imagine the
effect in indigo and white.

--marina
From: futor@llnl.gov (randy j futor)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: I screwed up!  Help if you can.
Date: 10 Apr 92 16:23:38 GMT
Organization: ccsg @ llnl


I'm in serious need of one hank of Rowan's 4-ply fleck, color 17 -- that's
the medium orange with the colored flecks of cotton along the wool ( hence
the name ;-).  If any of you happen to be in one of your favorite yarn em-
poria any time soon & spot some of this stuff, I would be more than happy
to reimburse you for both the wool & the postage!

I'm a little over 80% done with a runner I've been making for a Parson's
table of my mother's & I find I've misjudged how much orange I was going to
need.  I have plenty of everything else & really only *need* less than a
quarter of a hank to finish, but I'm stuck in the middle of this stripe,
y'see . . .

              -- thanks in advance if you can help --
 ___________.__.___________________________________.__.___________________
 -- randy    \/   all generalizations are flawed    \/   futor@llnl.gov --
Organization: Office of the Dean - CFA, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 13:29:34 -0400 
From: Liz Fox <lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: sewing tape bags


My fiance has a band and they are planning to put out a cassette tape.
They thought that for a different case they would make small drawstring
bags to put the tape and the materials in and then mail them out.

We are going to look for some cool fabric to use and perhaps I will
fabric paint a logo on them.

WHat I need are suggestions for finding cheap interesting fabric and
also how to make the drawstrings easily if we don't have access to a
sewing machine.

Thanks for the help!

Liz Fox
lf01@andrew.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: Quilting books by Jinny Bayer [Beyer]?
From: omeara@skcla.monsanto.com (Kathy O'Meara Magnuson  (708/982-4596))
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:24:03 GMT
Followup-To: alt.sewing
Distribution: na
Organization: Searle, Skokie, IL
Nntp-Posting-User: omeara

In article <1992Apr6.173522.19612@cbnewsk.cb.att.com>, mnj@cbnewsk.cb.att.com 
(madhuri.jarwala) writes:
> 
>  I saw a quilting book about borders by Jinny Bayer [Beyer]; I think I 
>  would like to have it as a reference. Does anyone know its name? 

I'd bet you're referring to "The Quilter's Album of Blocks and Borders",
1986, 280 pp., Illus. pap $18.95,  ISBN 0-914440-32-2,  EPM Publications

>  I remember reading on the cover that there are two books by this 
>  author.  Has anyone read these books? Are they good?

I _do_ like the above book.  I also really enjoyed her Portable Palette 
video!  Her other books are:
    - 	"Medallion Quilts: The Art & Technique of Creating Medallion Quilts,
	Including a Rich Collection of Historic & Contemporary Examples", 
	1982, $18.95
    -	"Patchwork Patterns", 1979, $24.95/17.95pap
    -	"Patchwork Portfolio: A Presentation of 165 Original Quilt Designs",
	1989, $44.95
    -	"The Scrap Look: A Past and Present View of Designing and Piecing
	Multi-Fabric Quilts", 1985, $19.95
    -   "A Six-Minue Mile: A Beginning Runner Tells How at Age 40 She
	Tackled...A Six-Minute Mile...And How You Can Too!, 1984, $4.50
	(I haven't verified that this last one is the _same_ Jinny Beyer!)
	
>  Thank you for your help.
>  Madhuri Jarwala, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Princeton, NJ

You're very welcome!  Happy Reading!
Kathy O'Meara Magnuson  OMEARA@SKCLA.MONSANTO.COM			-kom-
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles,soc.culture.celtic,soc.roots
From: albion@bnr.ca (Alan Buchanan)
Subject: Re: Clans & Tartans
Originator: albion@bcrks63
Reply-To: alanbu@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd, Ottawa
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 15:29:30 GMT


In article <1992Apr8.105916.12940@pcsbst.pcs.com>, billp@pcsbst.pcs.com (Bill Potter) writes:

> in 1740 by the 43rd Regiment, the Black Watch.  This came about only 
> because an early commanding officer made a passing remark that it would 
> be pleasing to the eye if the sett were uniform.
> 

> 
> It is acceptable and appropriate to wear whatever you want.


Your history is interesting and reasonable. I am however concerned about the
advisability of the last statement.

What I would like to know is how my family got the 'emetic' colour combination 
of the standard version.

It seems to be popular with Japanese and French clothes designers as well as 
the cheepo souvenir goods. I have even seen one American wearing a whole suit
of the material without bursting into flames, although I am sure that people
in the streets were diving for cover.

The so-called hunting version is more muted but could probably still benefit 
from a year or two in a bog.

I am not planning to lie around when I am dead in case they apply some
of it to me.

                    

                                    Alan

> =============================================================================

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From: Marina.Salume@Corp.Sun.COM (Marina Salume)
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
Subject: Re: sewing tape bags
Date: 14 Apr 92 19:49:57 GMT

>My fiance has a band and they are planning to put out a cassette tape.
>They thought that for a different case they would make small drawstring
>bags to put the tape and the materials in and then mail them out.

I hope there is going to be some other packing material as the fabric
bags won't protect the tapes from the post office machinery. Also tough
to get a mailing label to stay on the fabric.

>We are going to look for some cool fabric to use and perhaps I will
>fabric paint a logo on them.

Sounds fun, if a bit labor-intensive. But I assume the quantity is low.

>WHat I need are suggestions for finding cheap interesting fabric and
>also how to make the drawstrings easily if we don't have access to a
>sewing machine.

All I can think of is to use some iron-on hemming tape (fusible stuff).
You'd have to fold over the edge of the fabric, insert the fusible tape
between the two pieces of fabric you wish to join, and press with an iron.
I guess you can use fabric glue, too. Then you slip the drawstring thru
the casing--attach a safety pin to the end to make it easier to feed
it through the casing.

Or you can handstitch the casings--shouldn't take any longer than the
hand painting you're planning to do!

--marina