New to me-lawn fabric
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New to me-lawn fabric
A newsletter I receive has an appliquéd piece using lawn fabric. Is it a form of quilting cotton, more costly. Also a recent email ad from JAF listed apparel cotton on sale......different from quilting cotton?...
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Lawn is a softer, more loosely woven cotton fabric. I think I've seen it at fabric.com.
I don't know about apparel cotton, but cotton is cotton. I would guess that it is only different from quilting fabric because of the print or how densely it is woven, but I don't really know.
bk
I don't know about apparel cotton, but cotton is cotton. I would guess that it is only different from quilting fabric because of the print or how densely it is woven, but I don't really know.
bk
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I personally only use lawn fabric for clothes although I know a lot of people do use it for quilting as well. My experience with this is that it has been wider than the 42-44 of quilting cotton. It's been a while but I think it was 56 inches wide. Personally I think it's too expensive for use in a quilt.
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Lawn is very fine, almost sheer usually cotton. Think of rich Victorian ladies in soft flowy dresses. I have one blouse that I have had for years in a lawn print but it is not something that we seem to see very often, at least here in B.C.
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I backed a quilt with lawn a couple years ago, and I love it! The lawn is very soft and smooth. I've also made a couple summer shirts out of it.
Cotton lawn is woven from finer thread than quilting cotton, but the threads are usually closer together, so it's not open like a gauze. I wouldn't use it in a utility quilt because it will probably wear faster than quilting cotton, but for a couch throw it's very nice. I like it for backing because it is generally 55ish inches wide, so you can make a wider throw without piecing the back.
Cotton lawn is woven from finer thread than quilting cotton, but the threads are usually closer together, so it's not open like a gauze. I wouldn't use it in a utility quilt because it will probably wear faster than quilting cotton, but for a couch throw it's very nice. I like it for backing because it is generally 55ish inches wide, so you can make a wider throw without piecing the back.
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I love cotton lawn! I actually lined my wedding dress with it. We were married in early September and it was hot. The outer part of the dress was a poly microfiber (pink!), so I lined it with cotton lawn for a bit of coolness and softness against my skin. It was very soft and smooth. I also have a few blouses I made from cotton lawn. They're perfect for summer (and sunburns ) because the fabric is so lightweight, breathable, and nearly sheer.
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