Comments on: Laminated Cotton Sewing Tips

By: mystery shopper

mystery shopper — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:22:43 +0000

An impressive share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a friend who was doing a little research on this. And he actually bought me breakfast simply because I stumbled upon it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thanks for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending the time to discuss this issue here on your web site.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:28:39 +0000

What great ideas. I am wondering if anyone knows if I could use this to make slipcovers for dining chairs?

By: Tam

Tam — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:17:16 +0000

I bought a large piece of laminated cotton to make a tablecloth for my longer-than-average table. But rather than hemming it (I want to get to “fun” projects sooner!), I did a serged finish that I’m quite happy with: using a 3-thread overlock, I used pearl rayon in the upper and lower loopers (diff. colors) and widened the stitch width. I increased the stitch length a bit and loosened the looper tensions as well.
The pearl rayon is a bit shiny, like the fabric, and is as decorative a finish as it is functional.

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:03:21 +0000

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By: Sophie

Sophie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:27:15 +0000

Thank you so much this article was awesome and thanks to Anna-Maria Horner as well.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:31:02 +0000

Thanks for this have always been a bit nervous about ironing oilcloth and have just laid it flat and waited for the creases to drop – will attack with the iron now !
J

By: Melissa@A Time for Everything

Melissa@A Time for Everything — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:07:21 +0000

P.S. I don’t sell laminated cotton. Just wanted to make that clear.

By: Melissa@A Time for Everything

Melissa@A Time for Everything — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:06:00 +0000

I’m sure Kathy will email you as well, but I thought I’d toss in my point of view since I work with a lot of laminated cotton. I think it would be an excellent choice for recovering your chairs, but be aware that not all laminated cotton has the same “feel.” Depending on the manufacturer, the coating on some is thicker (which makes the fabric stiffer) while the coating on others is thinner and there’s more drape. A thinner one might make it easier to get the fabric to lay smooth as you staple it, but some of those are a bit tacky feeling, which would not be pleasant for sitting on the chairs in shorts!

If you can, I would recommend feeling some fabrics first so that you can make sure you’re not getting one of the sticky ones. If you’re not able to find them locally (which I know is very difficult), please feel free to contact me if you have questions about particular ones. I think I’ve worked with laminated cotton from just about every manufacturer!

By: Heidi R

Heidi R — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:14:38 +0000

Your posts about laminated cotton have been so helpful! Thanks! You seem to be pretty experienced so I’ll test my luck and hope you return an email…would you consider recovering kitchen/dinning room table CHAIRS in laminated cotton? I originally had black leather but there are several rips and it’s too expensive to recover 8 chairs. I have 3 young children. What would you suggest. I really don’t want to go to vinyl.

By: Richelle Cloud

Richelle Cloud — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:40:35 +0000

I love this article. I’ve been wanting to try out some of this laminated cotton for a while but have been hesitant to do so. I will definitely give it a go now!