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Posted by NightMist on January 21, 2006, 9:54 am
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:37:29 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to
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>What kind of apparel fabric is considered denim weight (and as
>sturdy/durable/whatever as denim) but is not denim, or else that comes
>in some color other than blue (*retch*)?
Sounds like you want a heavy twill or a light duck.
Denim comes in a full range of colors. I bought some in red a few
years back to make gear carry totes for a rock band.
NightMist
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The wolf that understands fire has much to eat.
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Posted by joy beeson on January 21, 2006, 10:48 am
On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:37:29 -0800, Melinda Meahan - take
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> What kind of apparel fabric is considered denim weight (and as
> sturdy/durable/whatever as denim) but is not denim, or else that comes
> in some color other than blue (*retch*)?
Which weight of denim is "denim weight" -- I've seen
everything from denim as thin as sheeting to denim you could
make into a trampoline. And denim comes in every possible
color.
I think my sheets are heavier than my denim shirt, come to
think of it, but they are made of a heavy muslin.
The heavy indigo-dyed denims used to be called "work denim",
but all I've seen advertised lately is "bull denim" --
glossaries are coy about exactly what "bull denim" means;
one website said "bull" meant dyed after weaving, but the
piece of bull denim I have was woven with black warp and
undyed weft, just like the indigo warp/undyed weft denims I
used to know. Well, it is rougher and doesn't wash soft --
as if the threads had been twisted too much in the spinning.
I made jeans from undyed cotton duck once, but they didn't
hold up very well -- and I thought I was coming down with
some mysterious skin ailment until I found the splinter of
steel that had been spun into one of the threads.
The most durable jeans I've made so far were made from an
all-cotton herringbone twill -- not nearly as thick as the
duck was, but very tightly woven. I bought it, alas, very
cheaply because it had been discontinued -- but I bought
enough that I should be able to make two more pairs of
jeans.
Lately I've been using only linen to make jeans -- but it's
more likely than not that a random "linen" will really be
tow -- the lint combed out of linen fibers and once
considered valuable mainly for starting fires with flint and
steel is now known as "cottonized linen"; tow makes a lovely
and comfortable fabric with a strong tendency to turn back
into lint. But I got a lot of wear out of jeans made from
the gray linen that Jas. Townsend & Sons sells for making
haversacks. (I sure hope that they still get it from the
same mill, and that the mill hasn't updated its equipment,
because the pants have finally worn out and I want to make
another pair.)
http://jas-townsend.com/ the haversack linen
http://fabric.com/ the twill
http://www.dharmatrading.com/ the muslin sheets
Joy Beeson
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joy beeson at earthlink dot net
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Posted by Olwyn Mary on January 21, 2006, 5:58 pm
joy beeson wrote:
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> I think my sheets are heavier than my denim shirt, come to
> think of it, but they are made of a heavy muslin.
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> Joy Beeson
Where did you find them? My brought-from-England wedding present ones
are finally all wearing out, and I'd love to get some more. I did make
a couple of top sheets from expensive muslin from the quilt shop, but
would love to find bottom sheets ready made if they are available.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans
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Posted by joy beeson on January 22, 2006, 4:49 pm
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:58:41 -0600, Olwyn Mary
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> Where did you find them? My brought-from-England wedding present ones
> are finally all wearing out, and I'd love to get some more. I did make
> a couple of top sheets from expensive muslin from the quilt shop, but
> would love to find bottom sheets ready made if they are available.
At the time, the only wide fabric I could find (aside from
an expensive and fragile quilt lining that lasted only a few
months) was Dharma's "scenery muslin". Since it's meant for
painting backdrops, it's really a very light canvas. But
they'll wear for ages -- the sheets had been around a long
time when we moved five years ago -- and they did wash soft.
One sheet has expired, but I suspect cat-claw damage. I
patched the hole and tore the sheet into pillow cases.
I don't distinguish between top and bottom sheets. When
you've been making beds for sixty years, flat sheets are
easier to tuck in than "contoured" sheets.
If these sheets ever wear out, I'll look at the wide fabrics
at Phoenix Textiles/fabric.com.
Joy Beeson
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http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeeson594/ROUGHSEW/ROUGH.HTM
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joy beeson at earthlink dot net
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Posted by WB on January 21, 2006, 12:02 pm
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send wrote:
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> What kind of apparel fabric is considered denim weight (and as
> sturdy/durable/whatever as denim) but is not denim, or else that comes
> in some color other than blue (*retch*)?
Choose a hemp fabric or hemp/cotton blend in similar weight as denim and
you'll be happy with the result: easy to sew and wears like iron, looks
and feels good. Available in colors and many weights. JPBill
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>sturdy/durable/whatever as denim) but is not denim, or else that comes
>in some color other than blue (*retch*)?