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Posted by ruth on January 25, 2006, 9:59 am
Thanks for the good advice , Threads is a resource I should have thought of
for my self Ruth
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>>I am making a lightweight gabardine jacket to wear over a fancy dress for
>>a wedding. I need more warmth than the gabardine and a silky lining will
>>provide. I was thinking that either a layer of quilt batting quilted to
>>the lining
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> That might work if you use a very thin batting such as ThinsulateT,
> although even ThinsulateT might be bulky in the sleeves.
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>> or a layer of cotton flannel as a inter lining would work but I have
>> no idea how to secure the interlining into the jacket.
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> Cut the underlining exactly as you do the fashion fabric, and join the
> flannel and fashion fabric at all edges, then treat as a single piece as
> you seam the garment pieces together.
> http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00010.asp
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> HTH,
>
> Beverly
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