Hair canvas interfacing ?

Robb, no there is not a substitute for real hair canvas interfacing. There is no point in going to all the work on your kilt and not using good notions, IMHO. You can order Hymo haircanvas here:

64" 60% Wool/ 40% Goat Hair

And:

" 60% wool / 40% goat hair. Medium weight. Don't let the price/yard turn you off, it's wide so you won't need much. Do not let anyone sell you the 22" or 24" hair canvas, way too much waste.

Also, sorry I have not responded to your other thread yet. The glass shower surround is being installed RIGHT NOW! The toilets will be back in place by tomorrow night. The remodeling job is wrapping up, if you still need help, just give me another whistle here.

Beverly

Did you look in the interfacing rack anyway? Just because the craft drone doesn't know it's there.... (I've seen it at various stores, usually in with the interfacing, although once it was over with the aida/home dec notions.)

not really.

jenn

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No.

None of these is anything like it. Hair canvas is made of wool or a wool mix and has goat or horse hair woven in to give it springiness.

Tailoring suppliers on line may be your best bet. I got my last lot from Dainty Supplies, Washington, Tyne & Wear! And they didn't know they had it until I spotted it!

No there is no substitue for hair canvas. All those interfacing you nominate are just way too soft and lack the body of hair canvas.

Robb,

Try here:

Thanks Beverly,

I ordered from the vogue fabric store shortly after you posted it and it just arrived.

Which direction do the goat hairs lie ?

The instructions say to cut along the lengthwise grain .. but it says to cut it with straightwise/lengthwise grain parallel to teh length of the kilt ?

Does that mean apron to apron length or the length as in waist to hem ?

Thanks for the info and help,

robb

I recall struggling with that too. ;-) I decided they meant for the straight grain to be VERTICAL when sewn into the kilt.

My recollection is that you cut the three pieces (or more if necessary) pieces of hair canvas in strips across the

*width* of the canvas. The "straight grain" (parallel to the selvedge edge) of the canvas will run vertically, top-to-bottom, when applied to the upper portions of the kilt.

You'll need one for the upper apron, another for the underapron, and the third (or more, pieced), which you'll shape with several darts for the back pleated area, from the top edge to the bottom of the fell. Each strip will be approximately 8" to 10", depending on your particular waist-to-bottom-of-the-fell measurements.

It sounds like you are making great progress, I'm so sorry I got involved with my remodeling and wasn't available to help you out more.

Beverly

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Thanks Beverly,

For the helpful info.

And you have helped with everything that i have needed help with... so, it does not seem like you were un-available.

Thanks again , robb

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Thanks for you help,

I did look at the interfacing section first. I asked for help out of desperation. I was already anticipating they would never have heard of hair canvas.

Which was surprising i thiought they would at least have heard of it. When i described the use they said oh you want pellon, Then they did not believe i had a pattern/book that said do not use pellon for that application.

delayed thanks robb

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Thanks Kate,

That pretty much wraps it up in a pretty (no) nut shell :)

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Thanks Fran,

I was hoping one you many experienced sewists might have some trick to producing something like it.

An example, I was thinking of fusing two pieces of "pellon fusible tailor elite" to both sides of a piece of duck cloth, linen or even buckram. and then it would have the grab, weight and body to work ??

but i just went with the real stuff as everyone suggests.

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Thanks for the helpful info Serge,

robb

You're very welcome, Robb. Now, where are the PICS??? ;-)

Beverly

Well what a disappointing lot we all turned out to be :-)) I'd have been delighted if anyone did manage to come up with an idea that would do the job like real hair canvas, but alas, not one of us did.

OK Robb, now you've seen and experienced the real thing, do you see why we all gave you the advice we did?

Fran

Hi all, Sorry to butt into your completed discussion but I, too, have a pattern calling for hair canvas. However, my project is just a handbag and not apparel so I'm not sure why it calls for such a high-end interfacing. Is there a reasonable sub for hair canvas in this application? I would think that the idea is for the bag to have some body to it so that it retains its shape??

Thank you Jennifer

body to it so that it retains its shape??

Try a couple of layers of fusible weft. The idea is probably to make the bag fabric more resilient.

I have has good results using fusible batting inside a handbag, to give it a little body.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.

nice name, nice quote; thank you