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Eyelet Ruffle
Saturday’s Stash: Eyelet Ruffle Eyelet (pronounced aye-lett) is a lightweight cotton or cotton blend that’s decorated with shaped holes bound with thread, much like buttonholes or eyelets (hence the...
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Shot Cotton
Saturday’s Stash: Shot Cotton With shot fabrics, two different colors of yarn are woven together, so that the weft threads are of one color and the warp threads are another. If the two colors are...
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Burnout Chiffon
Saturday’s Stash: Burnout Chiffon Burnout chiffon is a lightweight fabric where a pattern is chemically burned away, leaving a raised opaque area and a burned away sheer area. Often the pattern is...
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Taffeta
Saturday’s Stash: Taffeta Taffeta is a luxury fabric that’s lightweight and crisp. It tends to have a slight sheen to it, and it makes a characteristic rustling sound when it moves. Many taffetas are...
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Cotton Flannel
Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Flannel Flannel is an extremely soft, napped fabric, usually made of cotton, but sometimes of wool. In some cases it can be napped on both sides, but usually it’s smoothly...
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Cotton Sateen
Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Sateen Sateen is a fabric that’s been made with a satin weave, where more of the cross threads are on the surface of the fabric, producing a slight sheen. Sateen is usually...
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Point d’Esprit
Saturday’s Stash of the Day: Point d’Esprit Point d’esprit (pronounced pwan deh-spree) is a finely woven net lace. Most often found in black or cream, it resembles a soft tulle, but with dots woven...
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Inheritance Lace
Saturday’s Stash, Special Edition: Antique Lace This special edition of Saturday’s Stash isn’t going to feature any tips or tricks, since I am still learning how to work with fragile lace myself. I...
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Cotton Voile
Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Voile Voile (pronounced v’wall or sometimes voy’l) is an extremely lightweight, semi-sheer fabric. Polyester voile is often used for curtains or curtain linings, but cotton...
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Silk Habotai
Saturday’s Stash: Silk Habotai Silk habotai (also known as China silk) is an extremely lightweight silk. It’s often used for linings, but it can also work for floaty summer skirts, thin blouses, and...
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