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Member since 10/14/06
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Posted on: 10/11/10 4:03 PM ET
I have a large piece of cashmere fabric which is limp and needs some sort of iron-on interfacing to give it body. I have seen ready to wear jackets in which the fabric is fused to an interfacing of some sort. When I have examined them it looks to be some sort of woven type iron-on. Any ideas as to what type of interfacing this is?
  
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Posted on: 10/11/10 4:19 PM ET
Personally, I would opt for sew-in interfacing over fusible for cashmere. Is there a reason you want to avoid sewing it in?

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Posted on: 10/11/10 4:47 PM ET
Do you want to completely underline instead? Use silk organza which is stiff.

  
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Posted on: 10/11/10 7:29 PM ET
Okay, this might sound completely and utterly stupid, BUT I just read an article a while back that discussed the "rage" in manufacturing double-faced fabrics. They really ran a gamut that seemed ... crazy.

Is it possible that what looked like interfacing in RTW might have been a double-face?

(Please, bear in mind that I am quite dopey from flu meds at the moment!)
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Posted on: 10/11/10 8:49 PM ET
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I am going to agree with Eve and suggest that you underline with a non fusible to give support. If it is light weight cashmere, use silk organza. If this is a coat or jacket you can consider washed cotton flannel or cotton batiste. You can fuse to the underlining and I recommend interfacing from Pam at Fashion Supply. It's very high quality. here
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Posted on: 10/12/10 7:38 AM ET
Please, please don't fuse cashmere. Try what everyone else said.
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Posted on: 10/12/10 9:03 AM ET
Depending on what you want to make with the cashmere, you can also use light weight Hymo to underline it. Oh and cashmere should not lose it's wonderful drape. I examined a high end cashmere coat at Saks a while back and they used the drape instead of trying to change it. Perhaps you need a different pattern.
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