My turn to look for fabric

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Uh, did you consider buying a Tigers t-shirt and cutting it up? I can't think of anything else. Or perhaps a second-hand one...

U.

Thefabricfairy.com has a black and orange baby stretch fabric on the second page of striped fabrics - cost $9.99 and international shipping available. Jennifer in Ottawa

This place does ship internationally. The fabric is a cotton spandex blend. It does not specify a ratio, but usually such blends are around

Watch out for line wraps in the urls.

This is "coral" and black zig zag stripes, and I don't know if that suits, but they do ship internationally so I toss them to you anyways.

Now the first fabric is available from other vendors, but this place is the least expensive that does international shipping. They appear to be running short on it at this minute, which is why I mention this.

I perhaps presumptuously assumed that for baby clothes you would want cotton or bamboo, jersey, rib knit, or interlock, so that is what I looked for.

Good luck!

Barbara

I did, but the stripes are too big and the shirts too expensive. :D

Thanks so much to everyone for the suggestions. Unfortunately, the cost of postage is going to make an overseas purchase ridiculous. I'll just have to find something in Australia. Grumblegrumble...

Is there such a place as a 'Thrift Shop' available to you? Our daughters have delightful success in finding gently used or never used clothing and other Good Stuff at those. Mr. Esther must wear long-sleeved white dress shirts for his lawn/pasture/grove projects and he is very well-dressed because of my finds. Maybe some fellow has been gifted a striped shirt that he's sneaked over into the donation bin. Polly

Hah! Of course there is! Thanks for that suggestion, Polly. As it happens, we have lots of thrift shops locally, so surely I'll find something.

And if there isn't, perhaps you might interest some other quilters or sewing moms to place an order with the Fabric Fairy, then you would be able to share the shipping cost. I found myself sorely tempted when looking there, I must admit. ;-)

U.

I just did a yahoo.au search for fabric shops in Australia and came up with hundreds of locales - perhaps one of those owners could put you in the rig ht direction to find a source in your own country? Don't forget eBay or et sy stores also with Australian sites. Jennifer in Ottawa

hundreds of locales - perhaps one of those owners could put you in the right direction to find a source in your own country? Don't forget eBay or etsy stores also with Australian sites. Jennifer in Ottawa

Yep, I've googled till I'm blue in the face, but no luck so far. Our one local fabric shop (Spotlight) is about as useful as pockets in a singlet in terms of 'getting things in'. I will prevail, however. I'll just have to find a garment and unpick it.

Shheesh! 'Pockets in a singlet' reminds me of the time I told the joke about the piñata and the bungee jump. That tale shot straight over the shoulder of our Pat on the Green. What on earth, or at least Australia is a pocket in a singlet? Begin with what is a singlet. Polly

A vest? (sleeveless under-top, in case I got that name wrong) A runner's top might also be called a singlet, afaik.

Hanne in DK

Den 02-06-2013 06:53, Polly Esther skrev:

ROTFL!!!

A singlet is indeed an undershirt made from light ribbed cotton knit. It's sleeveless with a scooped neck in most cases. Variants on the theme include the tiny ones that every Australian baby wears for the first year or so of life to the navy blue ones worn characteristically by plumbers, bricklayers and garbage collectors. In fact, a very nice gift for a new baby might be half a dozen tiny singlets embroidered nicely with grub roses or cross-stitched motifs.

The closest pic I could find is this one from ebay:

Owing to the 'underneath' nature of singlets, pockets in such a garment would be signally useless. Hence the term 'as useful as pockets in a singlet'

I should add that 'a singlet top' is quite different from 'a singlet'. Singlet tops are simply tops with narrow or rouleau straps.

HTH, ;D

Oh what a language!! - In the UK a vest is underwear worn on the top half of the body and pants are underwear worn on the bottom half ( i.e. knickers/undershorts/panties). In the US they are a waistcoat and trousers. Could be embarrassing! A Singlet is a style of UK vest, sleeveless with a scooped neck, originally white and only on show when a labourer took his shirt off because he was hot. Now made in all colours and worn as outer wear by runners and when its hot (if it ever is!).

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

I simply cannot resist the urge to say that a pocket would be 'singularly' useless as well >g<

I so agree with Sally and our 'un-common' languages. You can perhaps imagine the trouble I got into when I first started teaching in Canada .... (N.American language!). Double meanings were my total downfall...

Pat on the Green (and I remember the pinata/bungee joke debacle; but now I can't remember what the pinata is any more >g< Sorry Polly.)

Spare a thought for us! We're caught halfway between. Sometimes a vest is under, sometimes outer. Sometimes pants are under, sometimes outer. 'Underpants' almost exclusively belong to men, while women wear 'pants' or 'knickers'. Everyone wears 'undies'. Singlets are quite popularly worn outside over here because, obviously, it gets very hot very often. The only time I'm aware of people wearing waistcoat/vests is to weddings. Of course, we have regional variations too, so that might differ in other parts of the country.

Loving this discussion! :D

I had to ask DH what a 'wife beater' was after seeing it on an American TV show. A 'wife beater' is an Australian singlet, although whe worn as outerwear they are usually coloured/pattered/printed.

Dee in Oz

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