I'm new to garment sewing, and have perused internet fabric stores like emmaonesock.com, fabric.com, etc., and the fabrics all LOOK beautiful, but I don't have any idea what they would feel like/drape like or what kinds of garments they would be appropriate for because I don't know fabrics by name. Wool doubleknit? Onionskin? Buttermilk? When I look in the labels of ready-to-wear, all they tell you is fiber content so that's no help either. I have NO IDEA what this stuff is! I have Sandra Betzina's Fabric Savvy books and they are a great help to me once I've purchased fabric from a "bricks and mortar" fabric store as far as getting suggestions for sewing with that fabric, but my dream reference book would be something like Betzina's book that included a little swatch of each fabric type in there as well -- does anyone have a book like that? Does it even exist? That would help me identify my favorite fabrics from my closet so that I could find fabric to make more of what I like. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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17 years ago