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What is gazar? What is the hand of it, if anyone has ever handled it....?
Eli Intermediate CO USA Member since 2/7/04 Posts: 568	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/3/07 6:12 PM My pattern Vogue 2942 calls for gazar fabric (as belt and trim). I have never touched or seen gazar but I checked online and here is what I found: "Gazar [no pronunciation listed] "Silk or wool fabric with crisp hand and flat, smooth texture. Plain weave with high-twist double yarns interlaced as one. Similar to organza, gazar is a sheer, stiff fabric." If any of you have ever handles gazar, what does it feel like? Does it have the hand of silk, lining fabric? I got something from Joann that is called silk dupioni but is semi sheer has more the hand of lining than of typical silk dupioni and wondered if it would work. It is only iridescent like dupioni. SB does not say anything about this fabric as far as sewing tips. Can gazar be inyterfaced and with what? Can it be washed? Is it washed like silk? Thank you, Eli ------ http://theprincessseam.blogspot.com/
GoSewGirl   Advanced NY USA Member since 4/14/04 Posts: 396	Login to reply to this post In reply to Eli Like this post Date: 3/3/07 6:35 PM Hi Eli, I've never seen or touched wool gazar, but the silk gazar I've used feels like a weighty and stiff silk organza. It is just as sheer as organza but heavier and more crisp. As a comparison...silk gazar is to silk organza what cotton organdy is to cotton voile. I hope that makes some sense. As for interfacing, I would avoid interfacing this fabric or use self-fabric. I would wash like you would wash silk organza. If I read the pattern info correctly, the recommendation for the gazar is for the jacket trim and the belt? The fabric you saw at Joann's would probably work, as long as it had some body and stiffness to it. Liz H. ------ Liz
Marji Advanced MO USA Member since 9/19/06 Posts: 1866	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/3/07 7:06 PM gazar, rhymes with bazaar Personally I would avoid washing it, as one of the desirable characteristics of gazar is its super crispness, which I think would be lost in the washing. It could be used as an interfacing - expensive interfacing. I think if I were to interface it with something other than itself, I would use organza. I too have never seen or heard of a wool gazar. check out target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>this link ohhh, that's interesting, I just followed your link. I have that pattern on the top of my stack - I'm contemplating 3 diff fabrics, including an Anna Sui fabric that I picked up from Fabric Mart last month, for the dress. In their suggested fabrics, I'm thinking that the only reason they would suggest gazar is because that is what Donna Karan used in the original garment. Until very recently Eunice Farmer fabrics had a gazar in stock in that cafe au lait color. -- Edited on 3/3/07 7:10 PM -- ------ Marji http://fiberartsafloat.blogspot.com
janlorraine Advanced GA USA Member since 10/6/04 Posts: 146	Login to reply to this post In reply to Eli Like this post Date: 3/3/07 8:18 PM I think I've only seen gazar a few times, but it seemed lighter and sheerer than organza. I think it originated in Gaza and we get our word gauze from it since it was used for veils.
dresscode   Advanced FL USA Member since 7/28/04 Posts: 2464	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/3/07 8:23 PM I have about 5 pieces of gazar...all purchased at fabric outlets. It is rarely found in normal (?) mainstream fabric stores. Similar bouncy feel as organza. When folded, you get a roll instead of, well, a "fold". Also more of a satin finish. I did see some printed gazars at B&J fabrics in NYC. They were included in the hanging silk samples, toward the south window.
els Expert/Couture NETHERLANDS Member since 1/28/03 Posts: 1979	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/3/07 9:22 PM Silk gazar fabrics from fashionfabricsclub.com ------ http://thesewingdivas.wordpress.com/
MaryLynn in Long Beach   CA USA Member since 7/2/04 Posts: 1725	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/3/07 11:31 PM Dupioni is not sheer, so I'm wondering what JAs has labeled as duiponi. ------ Mary Lynn (Who's finally sitting up and taking nourishment) Design Degree??? I prefer my artistic license "A woman who works with her hands is a laborer; a woman who works with her hands and her mind is a craftsman; but a woman who works with her hands and her brain and her heart is an artist." (St. Thomas Aquinas, modified)
Eli Intermediate CO USA Member since 2/7/04 Posts: 568	Login to reply to this post In reply to MaryLynn in Long Beach Like this post Date: 3/4/07 0:27 AM Yes, only the iridescency was dupioni-ish. The hand was much lighter, not crisp like dupioni, similar texture though, stubs and all. You may say it was super light weight dupioni-ish silk:) ------ http://theprincessseam.blogspot.com/
Eli Intermediate CO USA Member since 2/7/04 Posts: 568	Login to reply to this post In reply to Marji Like this post Date: 3/4/07 0:29 AM Marji, have you gone thru the instructions? I don't exactly understand them when it comes to the trim. It seems like it is supposed to be raw edge single layer trim? If that is the case, I might have to do something else, maybe piping... In any case, if the instructions make more sense to you, pls share (here or you can PM me):) ------ http://theprincessseam.blogspot.com/
Nancy K Advanced NY USA Member since 12/28/04 Posts: 7584	Login to reply to this post In reply to Eli Like this post Date: 3/4/07 11:54 AM I have only ever seen silk gazar and it is a heavier weight of silk organza. Same hand, ie no drape. ------ www.nancyksews.blogspot.com

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