In Search Of...

[PrincessSara]

I thought I'd try this thread again since the last one died and I've noticed a few people asking about fabrics and such lately.

So, if you're looking for anything costuming/sewing related - fabric, boning, patterns, notions, buttons, beads, trim, whatever - ask here and hopefully one of our sewing gurus can help you find what you're looking for.  This thread is designed to be a more specific search function than the Online Fabric Stores and Trim Sites Round-up threads.

So, to start things off, I'm in search of some good quality, fairly thin woolen fabrics.  Colour doesn't matter right now, I'll pick from whatever colours I can find.  I'm looking for fairly thin stuff, since I'm using it for lined gowns that I don't want to be too heavy.  So if anyone has found any online (or has seen some in their local fabric store and is willing to ship to me) I would greatly appreciate the help.  Thanks!


ETA: Right, well, I meant to start a new thread, but it just posted in the old one.  Whatev.

[operafantomet]

ETA: Right, well, I meant to start a new thread, but it just posted in the old one.  Whatev.

Reviving the old one seems like a better choice than starting a new topic. As much as I love this forum, I think there's way too many new ones started, stuff that could have been gathered into existing threads. Might be fun at the moment, but it makes it very hard to navigate later on, cause the info is so spread.

ETA: wish I could help you on those fabrics! Hope someone else will have good tips/advices.

[gracefulcarrie]

Actually, I just mushed the two topics together into the one.  It seemed more fitting to me to have one topic of that name and order than to have an old one and a new one.
So it is the new one, just melded with the old one.

[gem]

Bumping this up, as requested.

I know it's the off-season for this, but I'm looking for a charcoal grey wool flannel. Renaissance Fabrics has nothing (well, not *nothing,* just no grey!).

Any leads?

Gramercy!!

[act2redux]

I would really like to find some kind of pattern for an attifet (spelling??   its seen in tudor era art- has sort of a heart shaped/wired? front.   I think it would be perfect for my "look" but cringe at the idea of drafting a pattern for it myself!

I could have sworn that I saw some lightweight charcoal wool on Fabrics.com...been about 3-4 weeks, so not positive at this point~

[gem]

Attifet patterns:

Lynn McMasters has one (click on "patterns" and scroll almost all the way to the bottom).

Margo's Patterns/Elizabethan Accessories has one.

and Tudor Tailor has a variation on the heart-shaped bonnet.

Fabric.com has no wool at all anymore this season, alas!

[Genievea Brookstone]

Too funny! I just ordered the Attifet from Lynn McMasters and Basic Buckram Hat Kit from Judith M Millinery to make it.