Fabric..Different Types & Weaves To Use For Your Primitive Items!!!

There are more than one type of fabric to use in making your dolls, snowmen, rabbits, santas, crows, sheep etc....Here is a list of fabric I have used and I hope it will give you some ideas to try with your prim crafting....

Muslin: muslin comes in different thread counts…I like the cheaper muslin (lower thread count) for a lot of my work, because it turns out so primitive looking..
Osnaburg: which is also cotton but coarser
Canvas Painters Floor Cloth: from Home Depot/Lowes
Linen: one of my favorites
Kettle Cloth/Weaver’s Cloth:
Canvas:…buy at Joann’s Fabric
Chenille: makes some lovely snowmen..
Sheets: from thrift stores/yard sales
Wool: white or off white
Fleece: Awesome snowmen, and animals
Cotton Flannel: makes great snowmen & gingerbread men
Burlap: great for crows, watermelons
Damask: table cloth or napkins
Terry Cloth: or old towels from thrift stores/garage sales
Flour Sacks: from wal-mart
Cotton Twill:…Have made some awesome prims from this—the texture was truly primitive
Plain Natural Cotton Homespun:—Walmart often has this and it gives a more rustic look
Cotton Crepe: watch for textured cottons in white or off white when you shop.
Monks Cloth: You can find at wal-mart or Joann"s Fabric
Warm & Natural Cotton Batting:
Baby Cordroy: wrong side out it has a very interesting texture
After you’ve explored these possibilities, you’re going to start looking at nearly all fabrics with a new eye.

Now here are three items that are new and hot in the quilting world...I just like to use them for displaying in my home...

What is a "Layer Cake?" A Layer Cake is a professionally cut bundle of 40 - 10 inch by 10 inch squares of fabric. A "Layer Cake" will feature a 10 inch by 10 inch square of each piece of fabric in a particular collection.

What is a "Jelly Roll?" A jelly roll is a professionally precut bundle of fabric from the same collection rolled and tied up with a ribbon. A jelly roll usually contains 40, 2.5 inch by 44 inch strips. Each jelly roll contains approximately 2 3/4 yards of fabric. Jelly rolls are great for scrap quilts, log cabins or any project requiring strips that are less than or equal to 2.5 inches in width. Many of the new patterns today are suggesting the use of jelly rolls. A great addition to any stash!


What is a "Charm Pack?" A charm pack is a professionally cut bundle of 5 inch squares of fabric. A "Charm Pack" will feature a 5 inch by 5 inch square of each piece of fabric in a particular collection. Many times there will be two squares of the same print so be sure to read each individual pack for details.

"How to Print on Fabric"!!!

I was searching the internet and found this tutorial and thought you could use it...

"How to Print on Fabric"
Supplies:
*Freezer Paper
*Scissors
*Muslin
*Iron
*Sheet of printer paper (or ruler)

Step 1: Gather your Supplies

Step 2: Take your muslin, lay it out flat and trace around your printer paper onto it. Now cut out your fabric. It should be the same size as your printer paper, or slightly smaller. Larger will not work, so make sure it is just slightly smaller than your piece of paper. Now, you will also trace your printer paper again, but onto your freezer paper, making it the same size as your printer paper. Cut out both your fabric and freezer paper.

Step 3: You are now going to "fool" your printer into thinking it is printing onto paper! What you need to do is take your iron, set it on hot with NO steam. Take your freezer paper and with SHINY side up, place your fabric onto it. They should be an almost perfect fit. Now iron your muslin onto the freezer paper. They will adhere to one another. That is the reason for the shiny side being up, as this side sticks to your fabric. I just work the hot iron around the fabric checking the edges to see if it is stuck together. This doesn't take long.

Step 4: Once your fabric and paper are one. You are now going to feed this into your printer as you would any piece of printer paper. Just remember as to which side your printer prints onto, as you see mine goes in upside down.

Step 5: Now the fun begins, printing onto your fabric! Choose whatever now it is that you want to print onto your fabric. You can print out vintage images, sayings, quotes, doodles...the sky is the limit! And all you need to do is hit....PRINT! Your printer will feed your fabric thru just as if it were printing onto paper!

Step 6: Pull your fabric from the freezer paper. Now you can cut or tear away your images, stitch your doodles, or make them into small pillows, etc. The sky is the limit!!!!