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07-23-2011, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by carolynbb
Why is it always referred to as "fabric"? My mother always said "material". Is it old fashioned to call it material now-a-days?
07-23-2011, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by carolynbb
Why is it always referred to as "fabric"? My mother always said "material". Is it old fashioned to call it material now-a-days?
It's all clothe.
07-24-2011, 02:44 AM
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We called it material too. I don't buy the explanation that fabric is more specific. Fabric is just structured substance.
Another old word for it was "stuff"
Maybe the lesson is that whatever it is called, that word soon gets applied to a much broader selection of, em, material?
Another old word for it was "stuff"
Maybe the lesson is that whatever it is called, that word soon gets applied to a much broader selection of, em, material?
07-25-2011, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by virtualbernie
I think it depends on where you live. I always called it material until I started quilting then lots of people called it fabric so that's what I call it now.
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