{"id":342,"date":"2016-09-05T08:25:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T15:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fashionistasketch.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2024-01-15T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T20:40:09","slug":"buying-fabric-fashion-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fashionistasketch.com\/buying-fabric-fashion-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying Fabric for Your Fashion projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think they should design a collection and then choose fabrics. That can only bring you a headache, because you don&#8217;t want to create beautiful designs for a particular color and drape and then realize you can&#8217;t find the right fabric.<\/p>\n<p>Buying fabric for your fashion projects may seem as pure fun. But before you make any real choices it is important to understand properties of selected fabrics &#8211; how they are made, how they behave in different patterns and how much you will need to create your designs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Checklist for Buying Fabric<\/h3>\n<p>When you are buying fabric, there are some important things to consider so you have all the information you need to decide which fabrics are suitable for your project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"Fiber composition\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">Is it a woven, knit or neither?<\/li>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"Width of the fabric\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">What is the straight grain\/cross grain and how do selvages look?<\/li>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"Right and wrong side of the fabric\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">Does it stretch and in what direction? What percentage of stretch?<\/li>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"One-way fabric?\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">Is it preshrunk and if not what percentage of shrinking can you expect?<\/li>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"Estimated yardage for the garment\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">How much of the fabric is in stock?<\/li>\n<li \"=\"\" style=\"\"Do you need lining or interfacing?\/lili \"=\"\" style=\"\">Can you use any trims and notions to make the style more appealing?<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most people think they should design a collection and then choose fabrics. That can only bring you a headache, because you don&#8217;t want to create beautiful designs for a particular color and drape and then realize you can&#8217;t find the right fabric. Buying fabric for your fashion projects may seem as pure fun. 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