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#22
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Originally Posted by Glassquilt
Regional differences
My ex used to call it cloth, and that sounded like nails on a blackboard to me!
Jan in VA
#24
My Mom always called it material....she sewed clothes for years. I called it material when I was sewing my children's clothes, but now that I'm quilting I call it fabric. Could the use be the differnce?
#25
I made a scrappy quilt for a friend a few years back who replied, "did you sew all those little pieces of cloth together?". I about fell over laughing. Goes to show you that most people don't really know the difference between something printed and something pieced. Much less the difference between "cloth" and "fabric".
#26
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Back in the day when everyone I knew called fabric 'material' the word was NOT used to refer to lumber, stone, concrete, etc. I have only heard 'material' used for building supplies in the last 20 years. It could be a regional thing. But you never see a 'materials store.' It is a building supply store, a lumber yard, stone yard, etc. That said, the definition in the dictionary cover anything of substance.
Isn't there a blog called 'Material Girls'? Or am I confused with something else?
Isn't there a blog called 'Material Girls'? Or am I confused with something else?
#27
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There is a quilt shop (or fabric shop...never been there)
in Wichita called "Material Girls".
And..when I was in grade school a lady on our block called fabric "goods". Everybody around her seemed to know
she meant fabric. I think way back it was called 'dry goods".
in Wichita called "Material Girls".
And..when I was in grade school a lady on our block called fabric "goods". Everybody around her seemed to know
she meant fabric. I think way back it was called 'dry goods".
#30
I like the way my mom describes it! Material is for clothing - Fabric is for quilts. I think it just puts it a higher plane.
Mom was a seamstress and bought material to make our clothes when we were kids and for herself. She made herself a quilted vest (which is now mine - all mine) that she made with fabric.
Maybe it is our location culture - Pop, soda, type of thing that was mentioned before.
And again, people go to the fabric shop to buy material for a new dress. Go figure!!!!! And one step further - where does yard goods fit in????? (I go to Treadle Yard Goods to buy fabric for my quilts). Edie
Mom was a seamstress and bought material to make our clothes when we were kids and for herself. She made herself a quilted vest (which is now mine - all mine) that she made with fabric.
Maybe it is our location culture - Pop, soda, type of thing that was mentioned before.
And again, people go to the fabric shop to buy material for a new dress. Go figure!!!!! And one step further - where does yard goods fit in????? (I go to Treadle Yard Goods to buy fabric for my quilts). Edie
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