seaming stretch to no-stretch fabrics ?

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- robb
  
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15 years ago

Sat, Mar 7, 2009 4:01 PM

i am experimenting with some ideas for water-wear after i oredered some patterns for swimwear and rashguards etc ... one experiment involves seaming some swimwear spandex with a woven poly or nylon fabric as a either a reinforcement or wear guard or design feature and so on

has anyone had any experience with this or any advice on the problems with doing this ?

I know i could just do it ! and then see what happens but i like to avoid any troubles that may be obvious to the experienced and experts

thanks for any helpful comments

robb

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- Kay Lancaster
  
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15 years ago

Sat, Mar 7, 2009 10:42 PM

Standard swimming suit patterns are cut with negative ease; if you sew a woven fabric to it that doesn't have the same amount of stretch, it's equivalent to making it up in the woven... i.e., it'll be too small. And wovens in the water usually wind up stretching and bagging out when wet -- try swimming in your tightest jeans and shirt sometime. Not a good plan, unless you want lots more exercise than you'll get in a swimming suit.

One of the easiest ways to make a suit last longer is to use two layers of the fashion fabric instead of one and a lining.

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15 years ago

Sun, Mar 8, 2009 5:45 PM

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Thanks Kay,

for the advice. I see i forgot to mention that the wovens i was planning to experiment with would be nylon supplex or similar (if that makes a difference ?). I do not know if those nylon wovens stretch much in water but there is still the concern of seaming a non-stretch to stretch fabric.

thanks again for the help, robb