Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread . .
http://www.joann.com/jiffy-grip-11-x24-white/prd10283/?_requestid=7021852 Jiffy Grip is what you want. It is that white stuff with the rubber swiss dots. They had yards of it a couple of months ago at my local Wally World. I bought a yard to make some slippers for myself. It works much

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread aquazoo
The stuff I got some years ago was also dyeable. The dots came out a tad lighter, but the base fabric was great. It's slowly coming back to me -- I used it for the soles of a Spiderman suit. -Carol http://www.joann.com/jiffy-grip-11-x24-white/prd10283/?_requestid=7021852 Jiffy Grip is what

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. I remember wearing ones with this stuff on the feet so I shall give it a try!. Now to see if I can drag my husband to JoAnns, yet again. LOL! Cheers, Danielle At 02:50 PM 12/14/2012, you wrote:

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Hi Carol, Interesting to know that set you made of flannel fell apart due to strain fairly quickly. I'm planning to make mine double layer to hopefully avoid that and make them warmer. I'm also contemplating trying a pair where the outer layer is polar fleece and the in layer is flannel -

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread Lynn Downward
Like so many other things, flannel comes in several weights. I noticed that the stuff I bought at JoAnn's labeled Quilters' Flannel was a heavier weight than the stuff that was the Snuggle Flannel (or something like that). The really expensive Spiderman flannel i bought (due I thought to it being

[h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-13 Thread Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Greetings, I'm not able for much sewing these days but I'm attempting adult-sized footie-pajamas. The problem I haven't solved yet is, what to make the bottom of the feet out of. My original thought was suede but I've never sewn with leather or suede so I have no idea how it washes (I have

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-13 Thread annbwass
: Thu, Dec 13, 2012 4:37 am Subject: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions? Greetings, I'm not able for much sewing these days but I'm attempting adult-sized footie-pajamas. The problem I haven't solved yet is, what to make the bottom of the feet out of. My original thought was suede

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-13 Thread Hanna Zickermann
Hi, how about this rubber-stuff you can paint on knit-and-felt-shoes? It doesn´t give extra warmth, though, but it gives good traction. Hanna At 10:36 13.12.2012, you wrote: Greetings, I'm not able for much sewing these days but I'm attempting adult-sized footie-pajamas. The problem I

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-13 Thread aquazoo
I think the pattern I used (many years ago) called for terrycloth soles. Which sounds kind of slippery. I remember the store-bought jammies having sort of a dotted swiss, only it was rubber dots on a sturdy fabric. Ultimately I used a firm cotton for the whole thing, with the same fabric for the

Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-13 Thread Sharon Collier
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Danielle Nunn-Weinberg Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2012 1:36 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions? Greetings, I'm not able for much sewing these days but I'm attempting adult-sized footie-pajamas. The problem I haven't solved yet