EmmaOneSock fabric and service

[roegge]

Wonderful new fabrics posted on Emmaonesock tonight (9/08/07).

[DeniseM]

She just keeps on adding more and more beautiful fabrics. Good thing I'm on a moratorium. I just get swatches and pet them.

[Sewshopper]

Just a 'heads up', my EOS viscose/lycra knit fabric arrived today and is just wonderful both in texture and print.  Very nice.

Karleene 

[BetsyV]

The ones I like best are often the $50/yard ones and I refuse to go there!

I am considering some of the power mesh and was it 4-way stretch? knits to stash as lining fabrics for a few upcoming knit projects. A couple of the fabrics I recently bought are a bit sheer and boldly patterned so I can't use them to line themselves.

[KathleenB]

Thank you to everyone who saved me from buying my favorite piece of that Missoni knit 

[SewingLibrarian]

You and me both, KathleenB. I had it in my shopping basket twice but just couldn't justify the price at this point in my sewing/stash ratio.   It sure looked beautiful, though.
Linda

[Deirdre]

You and me both, KathleenB. I had it in my shopping basket twice but just couldn't justify the price at this point in my sewing/stash ratio.   It sure looked beautiful, though.
Linda

I just had a look at this Missoni sweater coat

http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/22809

and at the price asked  , the EOS fabric is a bargain.

Deirdre

[vtmartha]

Deirdre, I have some similar knit from an earlier purchase which I have draped over my dress form for inspiration.  I don't have enough to make a coat this long but it's nice to see how the stripes are placed.

[DeniseM]

Ack  I'm going upstairs to pet my Missoni knit right now. And to think I hesitated to purchase it because it was expensive.

[joan71]

I was snoop shopping a few weeks ago in the Designer Dept. of Nordstrom and I saw a very simple wrap dress of this same Missoni fabric and the price tag read $1160.....(no decimal ).  I really looked long and hard at EOS fabric, but decided it would look down its nose at its neighbors that reside in my stash closet and make them feel paltry and insignificant.

[cmarie12]

I really looked long and hard at EOS fabric, but decided it would look down its nose at its neighbors that reside in my stash closet and make them feel paltry and insignificant.

Joan ~ thank you for a very good laugh!   

[fzxdoc]

Yeah, Joan, I hate it when a fabric gets uppity.  Doesn't it know it was a mere thread once? 

Kathryn

[Martha Domke]

Joan---

[Gorgeous Things]

Whenever one of my fabrics starts getting uppity, I just show it the shears.  That takes it down a notch!

 

Ann

[BetsyV]

somebody talk me out of this Cavalli silk jersey PLEASE !

[marciae]

somebody talk me out of this Cavalli silk jersey PLEASE !

Beautiful fabric!! My colors and style of fabric!!!   But you'd have to hand wash or dry clean - do you really want to do that??  (Well, I tried to talk you out of it!!)

[KathyB]

Betsy, it is narrow so you will have to buy more yardage. At $29/yd that could add up. There, how's that  .

[sweet petite]

Betsy,
I received swatches of that fabric today in the brown and plum colorways. They are lovely. Oddly though, the textures are different, with the brown being much more stretchy than the plum. Once I decide which color I prefer I am planning to put it on my holiday wish list. I've never wished for fabric before, but there is always a first time for everything.

Added...
I just saw that the brown is sold out, so that leaves the plum and the teal.

[BetsyV]

Lisa thanks for the info. I was debating between the teal and plum anyway, as I don't wear much brown.

It's rainy here today, might have to "go" shopping ... I've been thinking about a few of the stretch linings too to stash. I have a couple of sheer or semi-sheer knits to make up and will need something at least for the bodice or to put a shelf bra in a Jalie camisole top, not the sleeves so much.

[DeniseM]

I'm not trying to enable, but EOS sells out very quickly. Sorry, Betsy, I could say it's too expensive and too narrow and what about all that other fabric in your stash? Does that help?

[BC Designs]

Hey Y'all, I couldn't help but sneak in here!  I've always LOVED Linda's fabrics and service. I'm still wearing several pieces I made from her fabrics years ago!
 I'm all for enabling!    Probably shouldn't hock the house or kids (unless they have been very, very bad  ) for a piece of fabric, however I see nothing wrong in treating yourself every now and then!  Especially if you are going to love it and wear it forever. 

No affiliation yada yada.

Brenda

[BetsyV]

I should have known no one could talk me out of that piece of silk jersey. I just wanted it too much! I decided the plum was a better overall wardrobe choice than the teal. I love teal but the plum will combine with more garments I already have. I also took the opportunity to get some of the stretch linings in pale neutrals to line a few future projects and took advantage of the free shipping on orders >$100, so at least I saved the $10 or 15 shipping cost.  Not sure what top I am actually going to make out of the silk jersey but I ordered 2 yards so that should be plenty even at 40" wide.

Guess I better pick my next project and clear some room out for this box ...

[DeniseM]

Betsy: You might look at the Pamela's Pattern Perfect T. It has long and short sleeved versions and has gotten raves on fit. With winter coming that knit in long sleeves would look great.

[BetsyV]

The slik knit and the power meshes were home today when I got there! I didn't really expect them until tomorrow.

Lisa/Sweet Petite you were right. The plum doesn't stretch lengthwise hardly at all and the crosswise is only moderately stretchy. I have a silk knit cardigan (RTW) that is very very stretchy and I have to be very careful when I wash it.
Warning: I washed it in baby laundry soap (dreft) and the color (mainly the brown/taupes) ran and ran and ran and ran and then ran some more. I must have rinsed it 20 times before the water was only lightly colored. At that point I felt guilty about all the water I was wasting so I rolled it up between 2 towels, twisted to squeeze out excess water, and hung it up between a few hangers so it was supported. The dye running does not seem to have altered the color any; there's no streaking or fading or migration of color into an area where it wasn't before. It just was very saturated, I guess.

I tossed the power meshes and the 4-way stretch piece in the washing machine on delicate, warm water with some dreft and tossed them in the dryer on low. I will need one of them to line the silk knit. I am leaning towards the top from this popular fall 07 Vogue pattern.V2987

BTW this silk knit's selvedges are serged or overlocked or something. I can't really tell the difference between those two but I sure noticed that right away. I am going to assume that this knit will have to be serged. Good thing a friend of ours picked one up at the MIT flea market for me for $25 

[sweet petite]

Betsy, I was thinking about the difference between the 2 swatches and after reading about your experience with the jersey I'm wondering if now that so much of the excess dye has been rinsed out if it is any stretchier? It seemed to me that the brown had more stretch because it had less dark dye and a lighter background. Not sure if this makes sense or is actually possible. 

[BetsyV]

Interesting thought, so I got up and checked to see if it was any stretchier. It seems to have "loosened" up a bit lengthwise but is still very manageable. As I noted, it seemed that the browns/taupes are what ran and ran and ran. Some plum ran right at first, but it was only taupe-y water in the tray after the 3rd rinse. I would be interested to hear about the teal if you choose that over the plum. And did anyone get a piece ofthe brown before it sold out? Have you pretreated it yet?

[karent]

Has anybody tried sewing with the faux persian lamb?  I'm ogling it, but the $$$!  My mom had an old mouton when I was a kid, and I've been thinking of re-creating that with a faux, but I don't want the fluffiness.  I'm thinking the persian lamb would be nice, as it's flatter, but at the price I want to be sure.  I don't know that I've ever sewn any kind of furry thing, and I'm wondering.  K

[simonfreep]

Hi Karen,
I made a jacket of faux persian lamb and I didn't do anything special.  I just sewed it up like any other fabric and it turned out beautifully.  The only thing I noticed was that when this fabric is cut into, it makes a million tons of fuzzies.   I had fuzzies everywhere - my poor sewing machine was coated in them - inside and out!!

[karent]

Cool!  I have three dogs and two cats, and two more dogs who stay here regularly.  I'm used to hair, so fuzzies wouldn't bother too much.  My vacuum may think differently however!  I'm waffling on the color, but I'm itching for a new coat and this may just fit the bill.  Thanks.  K

[Georgene]

Be sure to wear a mask to cover the nose and mouth while working with faux fur, both cutting and sewing. Those fibers are not good in the air passages, and the fur does fly. Not at all like your animal fur. This is tiny bits  of polyester. To pre-clean before vacuuming, you can use a lint roller or packing tape wrapped around your hand. Like any artist using potentially dangerous materials, please protect yourself.

[karent]

Thanks so much Georgene, I never would have thought of that.  You're right, I don't want to be snorting polyester.  My wild days are over.  Just kidding, really, thanks so much for the warning.  K

[fzxdoc]

I have less fur fly if I cut faux fur on the wrong side of the fabric with a scalpel type tool, cutting just deep enough to get through the backing.  However, with the Faux Persian Lamb, you probably have to use shears or rotary cutter to get through the curliques.  Have fun making the coat, Karen.

Kathryn

[lessalt]

I made a coat from the faux persian lamb that fabricmart had some time ago. I don't think it was as heavy as the one emmaonesock has. Mine was more like a very heavy velvet. I would recommended that you use a pattern with simple lines. There were places where I had several layers of the fabric which made it somewhat hard to handle.

[karent]

I'll find out soon enough how heavy it is.  I ordered the olive.  I waffled over the color, almost ordered my usual black, but then decided "let's really go faux!!"  No olive fur I know of in nature.  I love all shades of green, olive, sage, even lime.  I've been in such a sewing slump for at least a year, I guess since around December 2006 when I made a valiant effort to try the Timmel Swap.  I had a pretty good storyboard (still have it) with stash fabrics, partly made one jacket, and was deciding on what to buy from Julie when the hip problem hit full force.  Then my aunt died and I got all ensnared in her stash, sewing related yes, but took a lot of emotional toll plus turned my sewing room into a disaster.  Now it''s suddenly dark in the evening, cold (40s tomorrow, and it was 70 today!) and I've straightened up the sewing room.  The past few weekends I've gone on a bit of a fabric ordering binge, and I guess it's time to leap out of this fog.  The persian lamb will be here soon, and I've selected a few patterns that I think will work, but need to see how heavy this is.  Perhaps I can finally have photos to post, so I'll be a "real" contributor!  K

[Terri K]

Georgene, thank you for posting about the hazards of tiny fibers.    This is also true for silk velvet and other pile, and even knit fabrics.  I was working with some silk velvet Monday night and tear as much as possible to keep the pieces straight.   Then I use my rotary cutter to keep it from wiggling.   I took the fabric outside on my upstairs balcony to tear it and keep my vacuum close to vacuum the cutting surface and around the serger & machine, basically all over. 

A photographer friend of mine in the northern VA area was tearing some of this for a backdrop some years ago and the fibers got into her tear ducts and caused a very serious infection condition.   It took four different M.D.s to figure out the problem - the last one was an opthamologist.   I used a breathing apparatus when working with that Malden Mills lightweight fleece last winter because I saw all these thousands of fibers all over.   I purposely left the wood floors in the sewing room unfinished and uncovered, so they clean up better, and keep my entire sewing room scrupulously clean, vacuuming after every project because those tiny fibers in fabrics of known and un-known origin bother me and I don't want them sucked into my house ventilation system.

Messy sewing space is nothing to brag about because it could be hazardous to your health, especially if you cut and sew as much as I do!