Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book, Second Edition

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We are a second generation family business offering both traditional and innovative presentation solutions to ensure your fabrics and hides are wonderfully presented. Our inherent understanding of sampling solutions has enabled us to grow as a business and be present in the pattern book industry for over 125 years. A handy tip to help against fraying and curling edges, add a strip of tape before you cut out your swatch. She has written sewing Eguides and patterns, been a featured teacher at Rebecca Page’s Sewing Summit and Jennifer Maker’s Holiday Maker Fest and her work has appeared in Seamwork and Altered Couture magazines.

I share it with this caveat: It’s my opinion that this book is maybe not the most helpful for someone starting out sewing. A key thing to remember is that some of these fabrics will fray – you can use a number of techniques to stop your swatch from fraying. With your own fabric swatch book at hand, you’ll always have a great reference to help you demystify fabric! Fabric swatches are a cheap or free way for you to get your hands on a veritable mountain of fabric!interior décor, marine and automotive, The Swatching Company provides the solution to beautifully present your product range. Tip: I usually start my project with my fabric and then use a small off cut that is too small to use as my swatch for my book.

As someone who has collected my own little mountain of swatches over time, I know that they need some help in the organization department. I thought I'd share a bit about the process and notes on how and why you should create a swatch library.It took me a weekend of pre-washing all the unwashed fabrics + the ones I was unsure about and created a template to keep everything organized. You can sign up to get access to the Fabric Swatches Online Guide at the bottom of this post when you sign up for the newsletter. Julie’s Picks from Fabric Mart, the Minerva swatch club, and Vogue Fabrics Catalog are some of the popular swatch clubs out there. The double stick tape will work for most of the swatches, but if they are falling off, use a stapler.