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Bengaline help
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January 15, 2019, 15:08:10 PM »
Sorting through my stash and I have a piece of bengaline fabric. Not a fabric I have used before. As you know it has a stretch down the grainline but it is a heavyish fabric so is it likely to drop a lot if I make a dress. Or would you use it crossgrain so the stretch goes across rather than down.
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January 15, 2019, 15:25:26 PM »
I've never used it (or, for that matter, come across it) myself, but I know that Style Arc seems to recommend it for a lot of their patterns - trousers in particular, I think.
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January 15, 2019, 15:41:09 PM »
Definitely use it cross grain, I've made trousers and dresses that way and it is a nice fabric to wear.
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BrendaP
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January 15, 2019, 21:45:50 PM »
I have a length maturing in the stash which is intended for trousers and I will definitely cut it on the cross grain. All garments need the maximum stretch going around the body.
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