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Posted on: 6/3/08 8:53 AM ET
This fabric here...is is really, really sheer? I'd love t use some for a blouse but rather not have to wear a camisole underneath.
Anyone ever use this? Is cotton lawn similar as far as transparency?
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Anyone ever use this? Is cotton lawn similar as far as transparency?
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Posted on: 6/3/08 9:39 AM ET
I bought a dotted swiss type blouse and if it gets worn out of the house there will be something under it.
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Marilyn
January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
January 2009 to January 2010 81 yards out and 71yards in January 2010 to the present 106.7 yards out and 146.5 yards in. January 2011 to the present: 47 yards out and 69 yards in.
Posted on: 6/3/08 10:11 AM ET
In reply to Phisch
yes what she said:-)
Nina
Nina
Posted on: 6/3/08 10:25 AM ET
This is a coincedence. I was just asking a friend yesterday if she remembered Dotted Swiss Cotton. I haven't seen it in years. I remember having a dress out of it when I was about 12 (a very long time ago). It was Navy blue with white dots. It was sheer and I remember either it was lined or I wore a full slip under it. Yes, it is sheer. Unless you are an exhibitionist, you would need something under it.
Posted on: 6/3/08 10:35 AM ET
That's an interesting dotted Swiss.
Typically dotted swiss is on a fine cotton lawn.
This one is produced by Kaufman, which is (to my knowledge) primarily a home dec fabric house.
And from the description, they're suggesting it for pillows and quilt applications, although they're calling it semi-sheer.
I've got a black and a white cotton dotted swiss White dot swiss black dotted swiss and you can see in these large photos how sheer they are. They are photographed draped over a dress form covered in a white shell.
Definitely not quilt or pillow material.
I also have a silk dotted swiss that is as sheer as a chiffon.
I just can't think that this Kaufman dot fabric is that sheer.
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Typically dotted swiss is on a fine cotton lawn.
This one is produced by Kaufman, which is (to my knowledge) primarily a home dec fabric house.
And from the description, they're suggesting it for pillows and quilt applications, although they're calling it semi-sheer.
I've got a black and a white cotton dotted swiss White dot swiss black dotted swiss and you can see in these large photos how sheer they are. They are photographed draped over a dress form covered in a white shell.
Definitely not quilt or pillow material.
I also have a silk dotted swiss that is as sheer as a chiffon.
I just can't think that this Kaufman dot fabric is that sheer.
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Marji
Posted on: 6/3/08 10:37 AM ET
In reply to Morningskywoman
Farmhouse Fabrics FHF dotted swiss has the dotted swiss you remember.
High quality stuff.
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High quality stuff.
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Marji
Posted on: 6/3/08 12:39 PM ET
Hrmmm...don't think I'll get that, then. I want white, but the point is to wear one layer. It's summer! I don't want to have to wear a camisole.
Posted on: 6/3/08 1:05 PM ET
In reply to Phisch
Why not underline it with a light cotton batiste or lawn?
Posted on: 6/3/08 2:25 PM ET
You'd probably only have to underline the front bodice.
Marji, Kaufman is also well known as a high quality quilt fabric supplier. They also make a lot of well known basic fabrics, such as a line of solid colored percales and Kona cotton, etc. I'm not familiar with their current quilt lines, but in the past their quality has been nearly equal to the Hoffman International and California lines.
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Marji, Kaufman is also well known as a high quality quilt fabric supplier. They also make a lot of well known basic fabrics, such as a line of solid colored percales and Kona cotton, etc. I'm not familiar with their current quilt lines, but in the past their quality has been nearly equal to the Hoffman International and California lines.
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Posted on: 6/3/08 2:44 PM ET
In reply to goodworks1
Thanks, I did not know that!
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Marji
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