Thursday 23 August 2012

What is the easiest fabric to sew?

I would say 100% cotton or curtain material upholstery fabric. It is so easy to handsew or machine sew these fabrics so why not give it a bash!

The reason these are so easy to sew with is that they are sturdy and tightly woven to give you a smooth sewing session compared to say CHIFFON! If you want to make things a little easier for youself then stay away from chiffon for a bit until you are more experienced at least.

If you are new to sewing I would suggest buying some curtain lining to practise on. You should be able to buy a metre/yard of curtain lining for €2-€5. The colour of these fabrics are generally cream or white.

The great thing about practising on curtain fabric is that if you make a mistake it is no biggy because it was no major expense to purchase and you did not ruin a cool fabric that you were looking forward to making something out of. I have done this too many times, bought gorgeous fabric and instead of practising a new challenge on curtain fabric I used the cool new fabric, made a mistake, had no material left to redeem the garment and was left frustrated and down a couple of quid that it cost to buy the fabric and most annoying of all was being left with no garment! Not cool

So your best bet is to revert to the basics eg: if making a skirt practise on curtain material or white cotton then when you feel you have constructed it well, go out buy your fabric and perfect it second time around and then you will have a great result. Happy Sewing <3

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