Category Archives: Saturday’s Stash

Silk Habotai

Posted on May 2, 2015 by

Saturday’s Stash: Silk Habotai   Silk habotai (also known as China silk) is an extremely lightweight silk. It’s often used for linings, but it can also work for floaty summer skirts, thin blouses, and evening wear, provided you line it … Continue reading →

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Cotton Voile

Posted on November 8, 2014 by

Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Voile  Voile (pronounced v’wall or sometimes voy’l) is an extremely lightweight, semi-sheer fabric. Polyester voile is often used for curtains or curtain linings, but cotton voile can be used for garments, especially summer dresses. It’s also ideal … Continue reading →

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Inheritance Lace

Posted on January 4, 2014 by

Saturday’s Stash, Special Edition: Antique Lace This special edition of Saturday’s Stash isn’t going to feature any tips or tricks, since I am still learning how to work with fragile lace myself. I will attempt to make up for this … Continue reading →

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Point d’Esprit

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Saturday’s Stash of the Day: Point d’Esprit Point d’esprit (pronounced pwan deh-spree) is a finely woven net lace. Most often found in black or cream, it resembles a soft tulle, but with dots woven into the mesh. Because it comes … Continue reading →

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Cotton Sateen

Posted on November 17, 2012 by

Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Sateen Sateen is a fabric that’s been made with a satin weave, where more of the cross threads are on the surface of the fabric, producing a slight sheen. Sateen is usually made of cotton, or sometimes … Continue reading →

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Cotton Flannel

Posted on October 6, 2012 by

Saturday’s Stash: Cotton Flannel Flannel is an extremely soft, napped fabric, usually made of cotton, but sometimes of wool. In some cases it can be napped on both sides, but usually it’s smoothly woven on one side and very soft … Continue reading →

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Taffeta

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

Saturday’s Stash: Taffeta Taffeta is a luxury fabric that’s lightweight and crisp. It tends to have a slight sheen to it, and it makes a characteristic rustling sound when it moves. Many taffetas are shot, that is, cross-woven with different … Continue reading →

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Burnout Chiffon

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

Saturday’s Stash: Burnout Chiffon Burnout chiffon is a lightweight fabric where a pattern is chemically burned away, leaving a raised opaque area and a burned away sheer area. Often the pattern is floral, with the space in between the floral … Continue reading →

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Shot Cotton

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Saturday’s Stash: Shot Cotton With shot fabrics, two different colors of yarn are woven together, so that the weft threads are of one color and the warp threads are another. If the two colors are similar, the eye will often … Continue reading →

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Eyelet Ruffle

Posted on May 7, 2011 by

Saturday’s Stash: Eyelet Ruffle Eyelet (pronounced aye-lett) is a lightweight cotton or cotton blend that’s decorated with shaped holes bound with thread, much like buttonholes or eyelets (hence the name). Sometimes they’re round holes with a simple floral motif around … Continue reading →

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