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| Stacey |
Which fabric for a homemade kimono style wrap/dressing gown?I want to make myself a short, kimono style wrap/dressing gown thingy. I will probably have to buy the fabric online. I was looking at kimono silks and brocades but they look like they might be a bit heavy for the swishy type thing I want (girls do you know what I mean?) What type of fabric should I be looking for?
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| tahir |
Brocade'll be a bit catchy too. Do you want it to be shiny? | ||||||
| Stacey |
Not necessarily - just swishy iykwim (or something else that begins with 's'  )
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| wellington womble |
Slinky, sexy, slidy, silky, slippy, seductively, sensuously, swirly........
Sorry - can't help with the fabric, couldn't resist all the S words, though! |
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| marigold |
Silk taffeta might swish satisfactorily, though I think long would be better than short if you wish to swish... | ||||||
| Stacey |
Long would probably be better - it depends on how expensive the fabric is 
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| tahir |
Budget? Lots of polyester prints about that'll swish | ||||||
| marigold |
What about viscose? That can be wonderfully swishy and should be cheaper than silk. | ||||||
| Stacey |
Really? I'm not fussy that it has to be silk
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| tahir |
If we were going fabric shopping anytime soon we'd get you some, not expensive | ||||||
| Stacey |
Sweet though, thanks
I'll have a snoop about online for some polyester then. |
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| tahir |
The only thing with polyester is that some really feels crap, how does online fabric supplyu work, can you send stuff bacvk if you don't like it? I'd go for a polyester satin. |
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| Stacey |
It was this one which caught my eye
Looks quite swishy in the photo
http://www.cheapfabrics.co.uk/thestore/product_info.php/cPath/94_736/products_id/1713 |
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| marigold |
Looks scrumptious (though personally I think viscose is nicer to wear than polyester)  .
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| tahir |
Looks nice, doesn't look too catchy either, mind you it might have big floats on the back. | ||||||
| tahir |
Agree, but you need a nice viscose jersey for swish |
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| Stacey |
Hmm, good point |
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| gnasher |
Actually it mainly rayon is cellulose acetate not polyseter 
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| marigold |
Que? |
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| tahir |
rayon is viscose as far as I know | ||||||
| marigold |
That's my understanding too - all I said was that I think that viscose nicer to wear than polyester (though I do have some nice polyester satin camisoles). I don't understand gnasher's comment at all, sorry. |
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| gnasher |
It wasn't important - just a little joke ... I work in a museum specialising in plastics ....
The material in the link is 12% silk and 88% rayon (a synthetic silk - the same as viscose, these are just fancy names - trade names sometimes for a material which is technically Cellulose Acetate). |
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| marigold |
Ah gotcha now - Stacey said she was browsing for polyester fabrics and I assumed that was what the link fabric was made of (I just looked at the pattern and the price ).
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| Nell Merionwen |
habotai or charmeuse silk would be ideal for the light floaty swishy feel. not heavy at all...can be in the pricy side but you can get some lovely fake charmeuse. | ||||||
| Stacey |
Oooohh habotai 
I'm going to Fabric Land in Bristol on Friday so I'll see what they have there. |
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| Nell Merionwen |
try evilbay too |
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| marigold |
:envy: |
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| Stacey |
I am now the proud owner of some very beautiful brocade. The main one is chocolate brown with a turquoise embroidered pattern and the one of the shawl part is oyster coloured with a pale blue embroidered pattern. Best of all it was £3.99 a metre!! Pics will follow when the robe is complete.
I also purchased some black material with pink skulls to make a glasto frock  and some different black with pink skulls to make a dress for my imminent grandaughter. Can you buy biker boots for babies?
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