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GailG 07-23-2011 05:57 PM
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?
At home and in high school we called it material. Then in college it was fabric. I think fabric stuck with me, but I do use material occasionally.

CAS49OR 07-23-2011 06:50 PM
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 like the difference between "movie" and "film", one is more "artsy-farty" than the other.

It's all clothe.

noveltyjunkie 07-24-2011 02:44 AM
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?

winter012 07-24-2011 05:33 AM
Back in the day we always referred to cloth as material. Now that I quilt, it's called fabric. I think it's partially the times we live in, & the region we live in also.

donnalynett 07-25-2011 08:20 PM
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.
Same here but I never even thought about it until now.

DebbyT 07-25-2011 08:32 PM
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Material can refer to just about anything from sheetrock to concrete. Fabric is specific.
Ditto.

M.I.Late 07-25-2011 08:35 PM
Is that anything like:
Couch
Sofa
Davenport
Divan

MissJMac 08-08-2011 05:27 PM
I think perhaps it has something to do with the area you were raised and the term that was used by your mentors/teachers, etc.
Cotton by any other name is still "Cotton"


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