The fabrics are the headache of all designers and seamstresses. Choosing an incorrect fabric can change a garment completely.
In this post you will see how I chose a fabric for a dress.
In this post I want to show you how to choose the perfect fabric for your clothes. This is the method that I use.
For me shopping is not going to a mall to go from store to clothing store by looking at dresses shoes or bags. For me it is to go to the fabric stores to watch gossip see what’s new.
I could spend 2 hours in a store just looking at taking notes, doing some quick sketch, inspiring me to create new dresses or patterns that I already had or that I wanted to find some fabric that strikes me that, afterwards, I have not bought because I have a lot at home and I do not get anything else.
I’m sure it happened to you too. Well for those who are a little new or the world of fabrics and haberdasher gives you a little fear I created this entry. I will explain everything very slowly and well so that you understand it and lose that fear.
Fabrics by season
The first thing is to know for what season we are going to want the boss. The same pattern can be valid for several seasons with just changing the fabric.
If you choose a viyela or flannel for a winter dress you may have some cold. And this also influences.
And in the summer it can happen the other way around. There are cottons or linens that are almost transparent and we can have some displeasure by teaching something we do not want.
Fabrics by color and pattern
The color and the pattern also conditions us when choosing a specific fabric. There are not any in all the prints and colors we want.
To choose a color not only we must be guided by our personal taste, we must choose colors that are easy to match with the clothes in our wardrobe and for the occasion.
You can not go with a white dress to a wedding, or use a psychedelic print at a gala dinner.
Characteristics of our garment
We have decided on color and season, now we will see how we want that fabric to be. I explain. We want it to be rigid or light, heavier or semitransparent.
If it is of a model that we have seen in a magazine or we have it in cloth it is easier to list the properties that our garment will have. If we only have one drawing, as in the case of cosplay, it is more complicated but it can be achieved.
In Burda, the name of the cloth comes to us and that’s to be thankful for, but in many countries these fabrics do not exist or come by different names.
If you want to fly, the fabrics have to be light. This is ideal for layer skirts. If the fabric weighs, it will not create that flight like waves when turning. Imagine Marylin Monroe with a cloth cloth the mythical scene of the sewer. The scene would have been a failure.
Make a list before going to buy with all the features. Going around several stores, compare prices, colors, fabrics and qualities. If you have doubts about any feature ask a worker. They know a lot and will advise you very well.
Let yourself be advised by the dependents or a friend who has already used that fabric. And also from the clothes in your closet. The composition tells you a lot.
How do you choose the fabrics?