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Tools of the Trade => The Haberdashery => Topic started by: Quiltingcat on May 16, 2018, 12:32:50 PM

Title: Buckram
Post by: Quiltingcat on May 16, 2018, 12:32:50 PM
Does anyone know what  buckram is?
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: fajita on May 16, 2018, 12:39:35 PM
Mr. Wiki does.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckram
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Quiltingcat on May 16, 2018, 12:52:48 PM
So would an heavyweight interfacing work?? It's a bag that I'm making..McCalls fashion accessories pattern M5822.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: b15erk on May 16, 2018, 12:57:34 PM
I used buckram for the holdall type bag I made.  It looked good, but made for great difficulty going through the sewing machine.

I've recently been introduced to decorators foam covering by a friend, I used this to stabilise Lilya's Mermaid purse, and it worked very well indeed.

Jessie  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: BrendaP on May 16, 2018, 13:49:24 PM
So would an heavyweight interfacing work?? It's a bag that I'm making..McCalls fashion accessories pattern M5822.

I doubt if ordinary heavy interfacing would be stiff enough to hold the shape of those bags.

Buckram is the stuff that's often used at the top of curtains to hold pencil pleats or goblet pleats in place.  A bag will probably need wider than curtain heading so something like
https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/white-buckrum-fabric/ (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/white-buckrum-fabric/)
is what you need.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Quiltingcat on May 16, 2018, 15:07:19 PM
Thanks...x :meow:
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: wrenkins on May 16, 2018, 16:36:52 PM
@Quiltingcat you can get stuff called Bosal In-R-Form but that can be expensive. I also know that people use scrim or car headcloth which can be bought cheaply form ebay.  :)
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: StitchinTime on May 16, 2018, 16:47:51 PM
Mrs H did a useful blog post a couple of years ago about different types of foam stabiliser:
http://handmadebymrsh.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/foam-stabilisers-comparison.html
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: wrenkins on May 16, 2018, 17:08:45 PM
Brilliant SiT. Thanks for that.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Quiltingcat on May 16, 2018, 17:13:16 PM
Thank you everyone! I love the mermaid purse x
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Surest1tch on May 16, 2018, 20:17:54 PM
Lovely bag, the buckram I've used in the past was used for making pelmets.  It looks like a kind of really thick sacking but stiffened to the point it feels like hardboard but it's more flexible.  I would say it's way too stiff for a project like that.  You may be able to get a lighter weight version but I've never seen it.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: HenriettaMaria on June 20, 2018, 21:04:21 PM
Empress Mills specialise in this kind of thing.  See

https://www.empressmills.co.uk/bag-making-supplies/

Not buckram, but easier to sew.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Gemma on June 20, 2018, 22:29:32 PM
I use the fabric land one for hats and bonnets - it's more like a stiff card than interfacing in texture.
Title: Re: Buckram
Post by: Nicola1968 on June 21, 2018, 09:56:06 AM
I use buckram in curtain making - as someone else said its a bugger to sew through - I have an assortment of machines at home modern to ancient and not one of them could sew through it with any reliability so I was forced (forced I tell you) to purchase yet another machine - a Janome 1600p which I knew was up to the job.

I buy it by the roll in different thicknessess but a whole roll would be far too much for your needs

Does that help at all?

Nik