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Help from the fabric detective squad

Started by Auryn, November 17, 2011, 12:28:45 PM

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Auryn

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Thats what I think we are all part of after all the successes finding fabrics.
I am enlisting you guys for some more help please.

I am trying to find a white sheer fabric with similarly thin white stripes as the one shown below.
I have no intention of paying $150/yard for the original film used fabric so I have to do all the embellishing myself.

I am open to any fabric content and source aka curtains.
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Lady Kathleen of Olmsted

I will keep an eye out for fabric tht meets the requirements you are looking for, Auryn.
"As with Art as in Life, nothing succeeds like excess.".....Oscar Wilde

Auryn

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gem

Try searching for "sheer dobby voile" (or a combination of those search terms)

http://www.weiku.com/Textiles-Leather-Products/buy-voile-dobby.html

That's a wholesaler site, but at least you can see that the fabrics are out there.

If you don't mind synthetics, go look in the window treatments department of Bed, Bath & Beyond; I know I've seen striped sheers like that.

isabelladangelo

On Ebay, thin stripes

Ribbon, you can piece together this with the black floral ribbon.  It would take a while but so will sewing the ribbon to fabric.

operafantomet

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There's also this black ribbon with white daisies:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-8-GROSGRAIN-RIBBON-BLACK-DAISIES-3-YARDS-DAISY-/400129716482?pt=Ribbons_Bows&hash=item5d2996f102

OK, the spacing is different, but it's still a fairly good match. Price is US $1.75 for three yards, and there are more than 10 available (I assume more than 10 rolls of three yards).

ETA: the spacing could probably be manipulated by a permanent textile marker...