Thread: Have you ever worked with chenille?

Any tips and tricks working with this fabric? Should I just stay away?
I would love to make a robe with this but if it's too much PITA I won't.
FYI, by chenille, I mean this type:
http://www.fabric.com/apparel-fashio...-chenille.aspx

just use your serger. For extra easy sewing try a kimona style robe instead of set in sleeve type.

Thank, Tanya. I suspect prewashing would be preferable? Does it shrink a lot?

Originally Posted by EasyPeezy

Thank, Tanya. I suspect prewashing would be preferable? Does it shrink a lot?

I automatically preswash everything I sew with unless it is drycleaning. I would serge the ends first. I've had chenille robes and they have shrunk when washed in hot water and dryed in hot dryer by mistake. LOL

​I've pieced teddy bears out of chenille and I don't own a serger. I didn't have any trouble sewing it. It would be extra nice to have a serger to do a bath robe so that the inside is nicely finished.

I made a baby quilt with chenille and flannel. I washed both of them several times. The quilt came out great and the grandbaby loves it, but, it was a huge mess to work on and it ended up packed into the bobbin case of my dinky mechanical Brother. I didn't realize this til months later but the machine never skipped a beat. So other than washing it first, do check your machine frequently and clean it out, not doing what I did.