Eyelash fabric

I have never sewn eyelash fabric, but would immagine that you deal with it as you would a fur.....cutting from the back side into the backing only and perhaps using a gntle tape to tape the lashes away from the seamline if necessary. Use a wire brush to "pluck & lift" the lashes that gt caught in the seam after stitching. This would be my guess. Joy

You may just cringe when I tell you how I cut it out, and if you are having a bad day don't do this because it could be tempting to use the implement on not only your self but others as well *wink, wink* Clear the children out of the house. I lay the pattern out on the back side of the fabric, make a whole pattern if it says to put half on the fold and lay it flat, pin it down well, then get a NEW razor blade and very gently cut the fabric (sort of like you are sketching) around the pattern with just the tip of the blade, just deep enough to cut fabric, not the lashes underneath......I do faux and real fur the same way... I've been doing this for a long time and for me it works better than scissors...kinda scary, huh! LOL As you pin the fabric together I brush (coax) the lashes to the inside so they don't catch in the seam. Make a test, depending on the density, sometimes I brush half in and half out, sometimes it makes a thick ridge in the seam, just depends, you have to see what your fabric will do.

my question...does anyone have a SOURCE for eyelash fabric??? my daughter would love a jacket out of it...

betsey betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children"

I saw some at

Plenty of knit eyelash on fabric.com, but don't know about wovens.

:) Trish

Thank you everyone for your advice. My suspicions were right... this is not going to be easy. This will be a test of patience!

Jean