Wow! I was at my local Joanne's (Everett, Washington USA) and they had *whole* bolts of the 90" and 120".
Where are you located? > (Sorry for the cross-post. I wanted everyone to know what I've found > out in case it pertains to you.) > > Over the next few months, I will need to make the ruffles for Truly > Victorian's Grand Bustle (took the class at Costume College but we > didn't have time to make the ruffles) and make two, maybe three > Victorian petticoats The bolt of muslin I bought a couple of years ago > is finally gone, so I needed to buy more. I decided that getting the > 90" or 120" high-quality muslin with my JoAnn's 40% coupon would be > the best use of my time and energies (fewer seams on the ruffles, less > cutting and tearing), so I went to my neighborhood JoAnn's. They had > very little of the 90" muslin and none of the 120" muslin. They had > about 8 yards of the 200 count 90" muslin over three bolts. The > Ron-Lok is disappearing too. When I asked at the cutting table, the > lady said that JoAnn's now has their own label of muslin and will be > selling it exclusively once the "old stuff" is gone. I fingered that > stuff, and it wasn'g good enough for my needs. I bought what I could > of the 200 count stuff and went to the farther away JoAnn's on Sunday. > They had none of the 200 count muslin at all and very little of the > Ron-Lok, and I'm talking the 45" width too! And it wasn't UNbleached, > but it certainly wasn't the usual white bleached color either. > > The JoAnn's brand of muslin is fine for making practice clothes > (muslins) and probably fine for flat lining, but I didn't like it for > a whole petticoat, and I certainly wouldn't wear bloomers > (pantilettes, whatever) out of it. Perhaps once the sizing was washed > out of it and it was shrunk down with some really hot water, it would > look better, but I won't buy any of it if it's going to be near skin. > > At any rate, if you want good-quality muslin from JoAnn's go NOW. Or > find a new supplier. I was really disappointed because I love the 200 > count bleached muslin I have bought there before. And for all I know, > this is old news to most people. As I said, I had my own bolt of > muslin for the past couple of years and I hadn't bought any recently. > I guess I'll go back to Discount Fabrics for bolts again... > > I don't hate JoAnn's as many people do. I'm lucky enough to live in a > big city where there are lots of other places to go for the fabrics > that JoAnn's doesn't carry. > > LynnD > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
