Looking forward to watching these. Still being fairly new to sewing and not living near many fabric shops I buy most of my fabric on line which obviously means I can't handle the fabric to feel what it's like. These videos will hopefully help me make better fabric choices. Thanks for spending the time to make them. Much appreciated. X
Y’all did an excellent job explaining. I watched this video over a year ago and I was lost because I’d just started my journey into sewing. Now I’m back because I remembered the details you were sharing and appreciate the information so much .
How charming you both are! This is exactly what I was looking for when I decided today that I really needed to learn more about fabric. So great to have found this series. Thank you so much!
this has been very helpful, im planning to make a wardrobe for 2 weeks in singapore. i knew what i was looking for, by the FEEL, but not the terminology. i think ive narrowed things down to 3 fabrics, open weave linen, lawn cotton and voile cotton, because it'll be 25-35celcius and humid. the chart was especially useful, thankyou!
I've never heard weft called woof but it is also called fill! There are two ways we were taught to remember in school: the first is warP, the down bar on the P is the direction of the warp while weFT, the cross bars on the F and T go across like the weft! Also weft and fill both have an F, and it's easier to remember how the fabric is being woven because it gets "filled" in along that direction. The ways we remember course and wale in knits are even funnier 😆
I found this video by accident and was looking for something WAY lower level (Joanns/retail) info. You totally got me!! Your very intriguing and not too over the top. I learned so much info that I will and won't use (I sew to keep calm and keep seizures away😅) ... I know exactly who to look for when in need!!! Thanks a million!!
So happy to see this happening. I have recently started sewing again and fabrics have changed. There are so many new varieties. I will be learning all over again...Thank you, pretty ladiesxx.
Surely the simplest way to distinguish WEFT from warp is that the word WEFT is derived from the word, WEAVING, where a thread is laterally interwoven between the fixed threads of the longitudinal framework called warp.
love watching you girls , you remind me of myself and my best friend . I love sewing my mom's mom was a schooled seamstress , after school she went to sewing bridal gowns , she taught my mom , and I learned from my mom. I wish I could have known my grandmother , mom says I remind her of grandma because of the way I can see a garment design finished when I see a piece of fabric . I love to take articles of clothing and remake it to suite my needs. I love the challenge , and it's just my artistic mind. I have watched all your videos , and look forward to new ones , have even watched your videos more than once, when you have one that talks about something I haven't yet learned. this particular program is one I needed, I have never learned the technical name and proper use for each fabric , this is a 5 star from me because it is just what I've needed . thanks
What a great video for beginners and no doubt some of those already sewing. You reminded me of my lecturers years ago who explained all this to us. They weren't half as pretty as you two, or as much fun to watch. Chuckle x
Amazing.thank you for the details . My daughters just decided to have a sewing machine(my Christmas present) so I will be directing her to your vlogs.This way she can refer to the sections she wants,when she wants.im a long time sewist but I'm also learning.I love the way you look,refer,to each other ,you really are a team(sisters).
Oh brill, I've been looking forward to these videos since you said you were doing them last year. I want to stay in bed and watch them all now and not go to work, but needs must. Look forward to catching up with the rest at the weekend. Fab video as always ladies x
I found this vid really interesting. I've been sewing for 50 years and I thought you were just talking posh when you were going on about gabadine...lol
as for Gaga, fabric shops are a couple of bus rides away and not close. I am hoping that your series will help me in choosing my fabrics online. Just the first 5 minutes of this one I learnt new terminology and understood terms I had already heard of but wasn't sure what they meant. 😀 I also wanted to ask a question - if you have a quantity of material that is a cut of (or say reclaimed from clothing) - how do you tell where the selvedge would have been?
Well I couldn't help myself and watched the first one last night. Really helpful information regarding terminology. I buy a lot of fabrics off the internet because of where I live and then collect them when I visit the UK which is usually once a year so this will help me immensely. Okay going to sit down and start watching the rest with a nice cup of tea while I get on with knitting some socks!
Watching this just now, during covid. My local fabric shop has signs up asking people not to touch the fabrics, and I found it so hard I ended up shopping with my hands tucked under my arms to stop myself 😂
I am quite new to sewing and am sort-of teaching myself as I go along. I am not really familiar with fabric types, so will be saving this series 😉. Do you have a recommendation on where to find something like a book that contains little pieces of fabric that you can feel, as well having descriptions on what type of fabric it is?
Lucy Kelland if I prewash fabric that I think will fray like crazy I do a quick run over the raw edges with an over locker...a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine would do either. Hope that helps 😬
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I live on a boat in the Med and do my fabric shopping online. I've been making bags for about a year using craft cottons but have been watching sewing vloggers for months poised to make garments. At Christmas I bought a Cashmerette Concord top pattern and have been dithering over the fabric I need. I've also just had delivered Tilly's book, 'Stretch'. Knowing different fabrics is so difficult when you can't physically touch the material and although I'm waiting for a Spoonflower swatch book to arrive, seeing you handle and explain the fabrics makes it much easier to understand. I've binge watched and saved all your videos in this series for future reference. Thanks again. Gail a.k.a. @landgirlafloat
Iam from india..i want to know that what type of fabric used for boys and girls T-Shirt, then what type of fabric used for track pants please reply me as a subscriber request or put a video
Crepe is a weave as well and interests me a lot since I love to sew on the bias and this is apparently the best for that. It has a twist in the weave process and comes in different fibers like wool and silk - does it come in other fibers do you know? I don't think there is such a thing as cotton crepe is there? I'd love it if you spoke about this a bit :) Thank you so much for this video and series! I learned more here than in any book I've read!
Kathleen Meadows thank you! We know of crepes in silk, wool and polyester, and also crepe jersey. We've not ever come across a cotton crepe, but we'll look into whether there are any other kinds x
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Looking forward to watching these. Still being fairly new to sewing and not living near many fabric shops I buy most of my fabric on line which obviously means I can't handle the fabric to feel what it's like. These videos will hopefully help me make better fabric choices. Thanks for spending the time to make them. Much appreciated. X
Gaga Knits your very welcome ☺️
Y’all did an excellent job explaining. I watched this video over a year ago and I was lost because I’d just started my journey into sewing. Now I’m back because I remembered the details you were sharing and appreciate the information so much .
i have only recently come across Stitch Sisters, and how brilliant they are in explaining about fabrics. Thank you so much. xx
Thank you so much! You have a lot of videos to explore but also check out our website www.thestitchsisters.co.uk
I am so happy you are doing this! I'm new to garment sewing, and with so many fabric stores now on-line only, I'm overwhelmed knowing what's what.
Watched your first two videos excellent information thank you.
Glad you like them!
How charming you both are! This is exactly what I was looking for when I decided today that I really needed to learn more about fabric. So great to have found this series. Thank you so much!
this has been very helpful, im planning to make a wardrobe for 2 weeks in singapore. i knew what i was looking for, by the FEEL, but not the terminology. i think ive narrowed things down to 3 fabrics, open weave linen, lawn cotton and voile cotton, because it'll be 25-35celcius and humid. the chart was especially useful, thankyou!
Ladies, this series is awesome and something I've been trying to educate myself on forever. Thank you so much!
I've never heard weft called woof but it is also called fill! There are two ways we were taught to remember in school: the first is warP, the down bar on the P is the direction of the warp while weFT, the cross bars on the F and T go across like the weft! Also weft and fill both have an F, and it's easier to remember how the fabric is being woven because it gets "filled" in along that direction.
The ways we remember course and wale in knits are even funnier 😆
I found this video by accident and was looking for something WAY lower level (Joanns/retail) info. You totally got me!! Your very intriguing and not too over the top. I learned so much info that I will and won't use (I sew to keep calm and keep seizures away😅) ... I know exactly who to look for when in need!!! Thanks a million!!
What a great idea for a series! I think this will be helpful for newbies and experienced sewists as well.
So incredibly helpful. Thank you so much
glad I found you both - working my way through your videos. Weft is left.
You ladies are amazing and just have me in stitches 😂.
Trying to buy fabric online as a beginner, this video is so important. I plan to watch the entire series.
Thank y'all so much for making these videos!!!!
So happy to see this happening. I have recently started sewing again and fabrics have changed. There are so many new varieties. I will be learning all over again...Thank you, pretty ladiesxx.
So incredibly helpful for me as I plan fabrics for my wedding dress. Thank you very much!!
Surely the simplest way to distinguish WEFT from warp is that the word WEFT is derived from the word, WEAVING, where a thread is laterally interwoven between the fixed threads of the longitudinal framework called warp.
Hello ladies. Great videos. I always remember that weft fabric goes weft to wight .... left to right..
Linda Sutton haha that’s a great way to remember it !
Me too Linda! 👏🏼😊
You guys are amazing...3 years and I'm still learning
love watching you girls , you remind me of myself and my best friend . I love sewing my mom's mom was a schooled seamstress , after school she went to sewing bridal gowns , she taught my mom , and I learned from my mom. I wish I could have known my grandmother , mom says I remind her of grandma because of the way I can see a garment design finished when I see a piece of fabric . I love to take articles of clothing and remake it to suite my needs. I love the challenge , and it's just my artistic mind. I have watched all your videos , and look forward to new ones , have even watched your videos more than once, when you have one that talks about something I haven't yet learned. this particular program is one I needed, I have never learned the technical name and proper use for each fabric , this is a 5 star from me because it is just what I've needed . thanks
Thank you for this series, its really helped my home sewing and I understand more about what fabrics to look for when starting my projects.
I just found you on RUclips, and am grateful that I did. I'm very much looking forward to more videos. Thank you.
Oh wow this is exactly what I need! I’ve been making my own clothes for over a year now and the different fabrics totally baffle me! Thanks so much 🙌😘
Such a great video, easy to understand! Thank you so much. Keep em coming.
What a great video for beginners and no doubt some of those already sewing. You reminded me of my lecturers years ago who explained all this to us. They weren't half as pretty as you two, or as much fun to watch. Chuckle x
aww thats so sweet, thank you for watching xx
Amazing.thank you for the details . My daughters just decided to have a sewing machine(my Christmas present) so I will be directing her to your vlogs.This way she can refer to the sections she wants,when she wants.im a long time sewist but I'm also learning.I love the way you look,refer,to each other ,you really are a team(sisters).
Maureen Cullen thank you...i sometimes forget we are filming and think it’s just us chatting like on normal days !
Thank you! I've been needing something just like this for way too long, ladies! Bless your big beautiful hearts!
thank you so much !
Oh brill, I've been looking forward to these videos since you said you were doing them last year. I want to stay in bed and watch them all now and not go to work, but needs must. Look forward to catching up with the rest at the weekend. Fab video as always ladies x
Agnes D thank you ☺️
I found this vid really interesting. I've been sewing for 50 years and I thought you were just talking posh when you were going on about gabadine...lol
as for Gaga, fabric shops are a couple of bus rides away and not close. I am hoping that your series will help me in choosing my fabrics online. Just the first 5 minutes of this one I learnt new terminology and understood terms I had already heard of but wasn't sure what they meant. 😀
I also wanted to ask a question - if you have a quantity of material that is a cut of (or say reclaimed from clothing) - how do you tell where the selvedge would have been?
Well done 👏
Very interesting video.
Omg!! It's 8pm here in my Oman so i am going to save these to watch tomorrow with a coffee 🤗🤗🤗. Yay 😍😍
hehe, let us know what you think once you've finished Binge Watching :)
Well I couldn't help myself and watched the first one last night. Really helpful information regarding terminology. I buy a lot of fabrics off the internet because of where I live and then collect them when I visit the UK which is usually once a year so this will help me immensely. Okay going to sit down and start watching the rest with a nice cup of tea while I get on with knitting some socks!
Thank you for doing this! Having this knowledge and vocabulary makes our sewing world so much vaster!
Ladies, this is fantastic!! Thank you for doing this!
This is incredibly helpful! Thank you so much.
The weft goes right to left is the way we were taught
This is great! ive taken to ordering samples to try and see the differnce,if only i had found this sooner!
Thank you. It is all getting clearer.
Watching this just now, during covid.
My local fabric shop has signs up asking people not to touch the fabrics, and I found it so hard I ended up shopping with my hands tucked under my arms to stop myself 😂
I remember it because the weft goes weft to right xD channeling a bit of Jonathan Ross lol
Like the video, thanks. Have fun sewing, later.
Yay! I've been looking forward to this and the first video is already promising everything I've been hoping for.
I am quite new to sewing and am sort-of teaching myself as I go along. I am not really familiar with fabric types, so will be saving this series 😉. Do you have a recommendation on where to find something like a book that contains little pieces of fabric that you can feel, as well having descriptions on what type of fabric it is?
Oh my goodness this is fabulous - just what I needed! Thank you 😘😘
Hello Ladies Thank You for this brilliant information. Love your videos x
Thank you Sarah
brilliant! Such useful info! Thanks so much for all your effort in putting these videos together 😊
wonderful! love these types of videos. i dont think ill get to work today:)...thx and look forward to watching the rest.
Glad you are enjoying them !
Great video, I've never used scuba so ill look out for that video.
thank u for this videos
Brilliant vlog! Thanks ..really useful!
Thanks for this. Just what I was looking for.
Thanks so much for this great information....looking forward to other videos on fabric!
Thanks for watching, all the vlogs are now up for you to watch. Enjoy !
Great summing up! 👏👏
Would like to know should we do anything to woven fabrics before washing to prevent fraying etc. Thanks.
Lucy Kelland if I prewash fabric that I think will fray like crazy I do a quick run over the raw edges with an over locker...a zigzag stitch on the sewing machine would do either. Hope that helps 😬
Thank you for this information. Can you talk about rayon or viscose, if you haven’t already?
Iwavva O we discuss rayon etc in our synthetics vlog
This is brilliant!
I remember weft by saying weft goes left...makes sense to me...probably no one else...sorry...I’ll get my coat 😛
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I live on a boat in the Med and do my fabric shopping online. I've been making bags for about a year using craft cottons but have been watching sewing vloggers for months poised to make garments. At Christmas I bought a Cashmerette Concord top pattern and have been dithering over the fabric I need. I've also just had delivered Tilly's book, 'Stretch'.
Knowing different fabrics is so difficult when you can't physically touch the material and although I'm waiting for a Spoonflower swatch book to arrive, seeing you handle and explain the fabrics makes it much easier to understand. I've binge watched and saved all your videos in this series for future reference. Thanks again. Gail a.k.a. @landgirlafloat
Landgirlafloat so glad you found it useful - thanks for watching 😍
Iam from india..i want to know that what type of fabric used for boys and girls T-Shirt, then what type of fabric used for track pants please reply me as a subscriber request or put a video
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Crepe is a weave as well and interests me a lot since I love to sew on the bias and this is apparently the best for that. It has a twist in the weave process and comes in different fibers like wool and silk - does it come in other fibers do you know? I don't think there is such a thing as cotton crepe is there? I'd love it if you spoke about this a bit :) Thank you so much for this video and series! I learned more here than in any book I've read!
Kathleen Meadows thank you! We know of crepes in silk, wool and polyester, and also crepe jersey. We've not ever come across a cotton crepe, but we'll look into whether there are any other kinds x
Thank you Kathleen ! Its been a mammoth task but we hope you all think its a useful tool for your sewing :)
Seasalt describe some of their fabrics as cotton crepe - I haven’t bought any (yet!) but the close up image on the website does look like a crepe.
Thank you Yvette!! I will check that out right away!
Is there somewhere I can get a hard copy of the chart - weight, drapery, stiffness?
Sage Preaumx here is the link blog.colettehq.com/inspiration/choosing-fabric-weight-vs-drape
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It's an old one, but I was taught that the weft goes weft (left) to right. I imagine that is no longer PC these days 😂
So it goes weft n wight lol