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The Emporia => Fun with Fabric => Topic started by: Surest1tch on May 16, 2018, 17:25:05 PM
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I'm trying to track down a type of fabric I used to use many years ago but can I heck as remember what it's called. It looks a lot like moss crepe but it's a lot thicker and you can't see through it, I just used to refer to it as crepe in the 60's but there are so many kinds now and I've sent for sample after sample I'm sick of seeing them!
Does anyone know what it is or can help please?
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Would it be wool crepe?
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Double crepe?
I know what you mean about crepe fabric, i have recently bought 2 so called crepe fabrics on line but when they arrived they were more like chiffon.
I do have a piece of heavy double crepe in a sort of bluey/grey colour (washed) 2 metres i think, that i got from my local shop. What are you making? Would my piece be any good to you? I could send you a sample if you want.
Amended: you don't mean crimplene (https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=crimplene+fabric) do you?
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@Efemera, it definitely wasn't wool, I'm allergic to it, but thanks.
@sewmuchmore I want to make a tunic type v neck top, a sample would be brilliant please if you are sure you're not going to use it. I'll pm you. Thank you.
P.S. No it's definitely not crimpolene, that stuffs dreadful.
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I was thinking you may be thinking of double crepe too. I have some in quite a few plain colours in my stash, so am more than happy to send you some samples if it helps.
I am off to the Post office around lunchtime tomorrow so pm me your address and I will send them tomorrow. Think the fabric is polyester.
lizzy
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@Lizzy777
Thanks so much for the offer but it's definitely not double crepe. A 2mt length of what was supposed to be double moss crepe arrived this morning and it's so sheer it's almost like a thin voile :'(.
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@Lizzy777
Thanks so much for the offer but it's definitely not double crepe. A 2mt length of what was supposed to be double moss crepe arrived this morning and it's so sheer it's almost like a thin voile :'(.
Mine isn't sheer at all. It is nothing like that. I'm not selling it! I was just offering to send you some samples(at my own expense) to show you what a proper double crepe in polyester is like and it certainly isn't sheer or thin like a thin voile. We aren't talking about the same fabric here, at all, as this is a totally different weight.
Good luck with your search but the offer of having some samples still remains.
lizzy
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Thanks Lizzy, I'll try and get a photo of what they sent me and let you see how sheer it is. It came from Minerva and was written up as heavy double moss crepe, I've definitely fallen out with them for now.
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Thanks Lizzy, I'll try and get a photo of what they sent me and let you see how sheer it is. It came from Minerva and was written up as heavy double moss crepe, I've definitely fallen out with them for now.
I think the term moss crepe is not equal everywhere. Some places refer to it as fine and lightweight and others as medium.
Mine isn't classed as moss crepe but it has that texture that you were referring too and it is classed as double crepe.
But it is medium weight and ideal for dresses, tunics, skirts etc. I'm not a great fan of polyester but I decided to buy as the prices were extremely good and the colours fashionable too. Nice feel to the fabric as well.
I did buy some fabric recently, from a site that was recommended on the forum. The site was more expensive than i normally would pay but one of the fabrics I got was so thin, that I just had to send it straight back as it didn't appear to be what I thought it would when I saw it on site. I'm glad I paid with Paypal. No quibbles on refunds!
lizzy
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Thanks Lizzy, I'll try and get a photo of what they sent me and let you see how sheer it is. It came from Minerva and was written up as heavy double moss crepe, I've definitely fallen out with them for now.
This is were my so called crepe came from, again described as medium weight but like chiffon, it went straight back.
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Try Fabric Godmother, she has lots of crepe and sends samples. http://www.fabricgodmother.co.uk/search.php?Search=&search_query=crepe
I bought some and made a nice pair of trousers with it, it feels lovely on and doesn't need much pressing.
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This is what they are classing as heavy suiting/dress weight moss crepe. I hope it shows properly, I had to take my son to the dentist urgently due to an abcess this afternoon so the best of the light had gone when I got back but you can clearly see my hand through it.
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Fabric land has what is described as moss crepe suiting fabric (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/crepe-moss-suiting-fabric/), but moss crepe looks like this
(http://all-fabrics.co.uk/WebRoot/Store25/Shops/e22e97bd-1a24-4c64-aca2-d922001976ea/58DB/B3C4/2E27/07FC/B2E8/0A48/355E/05FF/JMK_PINK_CR_MOSS_CREPE.jpg)
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Crepe is a very general term for any fabric with a crinkly surface - achieved by a combination of the way it's woven, with some threads having floats of 3 or 4 threads instead of the plain one-over, one-under weave, or can be combined with a satin weave on the other side. The threads from which crepe is woven are highly twisted which makes them want to curl up and twist back in the other direction.
It can be made of any fibre type, and any weight, so georgette is a very lightweight crepe, crepe de chine (any fibre, not just silk) is light weightcrepe backed satin in usually mid range, and I think that triple crepe is the heaviest.
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This is what they are classing as heavy suiting/dress weight moss crepe. I hope it shows properly, I had to take my son to the dentist urgently due to an abcess this afternoon so the best of the light had gone when I got back but you can clearly see my hand through it.
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I agree with you, that isn't moss crepe as most people know it. It may well be a crepe of some sorts but certainly not moss crepe.I would just complain and send it back and demand your postage be paid for too! It certainly isn't suitable for heavy suiting. Think they mixed up the descriptions?
I've seen something called Rio crepe firstly on the Sewing quarter (SQ) and liked the look of that. I've sent you a link already to show pictures of it and that is more like the moss crepe a lot of us recognise. (I noticed some sites are selling a satin backed rio crepe too but thats not the one I am referring too). On the SQ, they did make an item of clothing from it (sorry but can't remember which one it was) and it will be on youtube but I can't remember the date it was on, but it was this year.
Samples of the double crepe I mentioned on their way :)
lizzy
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Fabric land has what is described as moss crepe suiting fabric (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/crepe-moss-suiting-fabric/), but moss crepe looks like this
(http://all-fabrics.co.uk/WebRoot/Store25/Shops/e22e97bd-1a24-4c64-aca2-d922001976ea/58DB/B3C4/2E27/07FC/B2E8/0A48/355E/05FF/JMK_PINK_CR_MOSS_CREPE.jpg)
That is so pretty, but it's not it I'm very tempted though
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To be honest Lizzy, I've been looking at Rio crepe, I've ordered a sample from Abakhan. I don't recall the stuff I'm looking for having any stretch to it but I'm getting obsessed now
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What colour are you looking for SS? I'm in the farbic shop this morning so I'll check out what crepes they have.
Jessie
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I'm sorry Jessie, I haven't had time to get on the computer until now but next time you go if you wouldn't mind looking for me please, its whites, ivory/creams, reds, pale blues.
I even had a look where Abakhan is located last night as I got a nice sample from them, it's not the one but I like it :D. How I'd love to get in that shop but DH says it's too far to go for a "lump of cloth" :S, I was hoping there would be one in Bradford or Leeds but nope :'(.
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There’s one in Preston
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He says it's over 100 miles away
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Is Manchester your nearest Abakhan @Surest1tch ? It's quite near Piccadilly station. :devil: Also Fabworks is very near Dewsbury station - 10 minutes from Leeds. I don't know if Fabworks has what you want but they have a huge selection of lovely fabrics at good prices. Most of it is not on their website.
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@Tamnymore as much as I'd love to clear off on my own, it'd be no good me going on the train because I'd go mad and buy so much I honestly wouldn't be able to carry it. I'm plotting now on how to get him to take me to Dewsbury's fabricworks, that's not as far :D
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SS, I had a look on Saturday, but nothing looked useful. However, I will look again next week, especially now that I have an idea of colours.
Saturday was very busy in the fabric shop and so no-one available to help me root, next weekend should be quieter. I think everyone turned out early to get home for The Wedding.
Jessie
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Thanks @b15erk, I would appreciate that <3
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Update on that fabric Minerva sent me.
I sent Minerva a rather short but very much to the point email telling them off about the misleading description. Lo and behold they sent me a free returns label and were very apologetic. It's made me feel really guilty now for having a go at them :ninja:
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Update
Got a full refund including the postage, profuse apologies. I also noticed they had removed the "suit weight" from the description.
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That is good - so often in a case like this, if you do manage to get a refund you see a company carrying on selling whatever it is with the original false description. It certainly suggests a genuine mistake.
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Update on that fabric Minerva sent me.
I sent Minerva a rather short but very much to the point email telling them off about the misleading description. Lo and behold they sent me a free returns label and were very apologetic. It's made me feel really guilty now for having a go at them :ninja:
Minerva offer free returns as a matter of course, you just need to print off a returns form which comes attached to the order dispatched confirmation email.
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I had a look at my local on Saturday, but nothing was quite right. It's a bit difficult to be specific, as fabric isn't in any particular order, just a vague 'sort of similar' order.
My little friend should be back next week (she's a photographer, and often has to do weddings on Saturdays), and she knows where EVERYTHING is! :D
Jessie
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What about this, pricey but gorgeous. I quite fancied making a jacket with it.
https://clothspot.co.uk/product/nash-silver-grey-stretch-triple-crepe-fabric/
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I had a look at my local on Saturday, but nothing was quite right. It's a bit difficult to be specific, as fabric isn't in any particular order, just a vague 'sort of similar' order.
My little friend should be back next week (she's a photographer, and often has to do weddings on Saturdays), and she knows where EVERYTHING is! :D
Jessie
Thank you, it's very much appreciated
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What about this, pricey but gorgeous. I quite fancied making a jacket with it.
https://clothspot.co.uk/product/nash-silver-grey-stretch-triple-crepe-fabric/
That's really nice and would make a lovely jacket but sadly it's not it :'(