stretchy and not stretchy together

[dafyddcoch]

Hi. I am making a fox scarf (think 'cute imitation stole'   https://www.prettyprudent.com/diy-fox-scarf-with-free-pattern/  ) for my wife as a Christmas pressie and got her to choose the material. Cream/white for the underside and red/brown for the other. Unfortunately, my wife purchased some cream polyester fleece-type material that has no stretch at all and some weird brown stretchy fleece material that is VERY elastic in one way but less so in the other. Can I stich these two materials together to make one garment or will they 'fight' each other? It isn't a problem if I can't use it as it was a ready made blanket/throw so we can just use it on a bed and I'll purchase some more polyester fleece material but in brown/rust/terracotta.

Thanks/Diolch   

[Ohsewsimple]

It would be easier to deal with if both fabrics were the same.  It’s possible to use both but they won’t behave the same and it could cause problems. 

[realale]

It's certainly possible to do and I have done it but it is a real pain. I'd avoid if you can and use either both stretch or both non stretch, much easier. 

[dafyddcoch]

Thanks/Diolch both. As I suspected. I'm seeing that you are all actually 'cloth engineers'. I'm able to bring quite a few transferrable skills over from my past life as a steel-fabricator, builder, etc., and I'm sure it likely works the other way around as well. Working with sheet steel is definitely a transferable skill with uses in working with cloth.

Thanks again.   

[Ohsewsimple]

@dafyddcoch i think we could envisage the next messages…….'help it doesn’t work!'
And we’ve probably both been there, done that and know better.   

[Ouryve]

Your combination of stretch and non-stretch might work if the non-stretch was on top so providing the majority of the structure but you wouldn't get a tidy finish with the stretch on top, being fox.

[HenriettaMaria]

Could you stabilise the stretchy stuff with something?  I'm thinking stretch interfacing but maybe the hive mind has some better suggestions?

[Ohsewsimple]

I think it might be difficult with it being a fleece type material @HenriettaMaria otherwise that would be an option.