Broadcloth....or solids
07-25-2008, 04:34 AM
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Not all solids are broadcloth and not all broadcloth is solid. The term broadcloth comes from the extra wide looms that were originally used to weave wool in England. It is a weaving process, originally with wool, but now also cotton (man-made fibers cannot be used), that results in a densely woven, smooth, strong, soft material with a slightly lustrous finish. Because of the higher thread count, it has a heavier texture than regular quilting cotton, meatier some call it. It is a quality fabric and the solids, like any vat dyed goods, have no right or wrong side. There will be a difference in visual color saturation between crosswise and lengthwise grain, however, because of the thread count each way.
07-25-2008, 05:41 AM
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Kettle Cloth is no longer made.
This is info from Springs Industries, makers of Weaver's Cloth, the closest thing to it according to all I have been able to find out.
"The Kettlecloth Story
In the late 1960s-early 1970s Concord Fabrics developed a cloth that was made from a poly/cotton blend and comber noils waste. Cloth was woven to emulate osnaburg, an all cotton trash cloth which had irregularities and was inconsistent from lot to lot. Once developed this cloth became an all-purpose cloth which was used in children's apparel, sportswear and home furnishings. With its linen-like look, Kettlecloth went into a variety of end uses. Sometime during the middle 1980s, the fabric was discontinued.
Soon after, M. Lowenstein & Sons developed a cloth with the same construction which it called weavers cloth in the apparel and OTC trades and Harvest Cloth in the home furnishings specialty area. When Springs Industries acquired Lowenstein in 1985, this cloth was added to the Springs family of products.
Springs produces weavers cloth in a 55% poly, 45% cotton blend in 45" width. Fabric is finished in two locations. The Grace facility finishes in white and oyster; at the Lyman facility, fabric is jet dyed in solid colors such as navy, maroon, hunger, khaki, wheat and denim. Although many companies have tried to copy this cloth, none have been able to duplicate its look with any success. Weavers Cloth is sold at leading fabric and store chains such as Joanne Fabrics and Walmart."
JoAnn's online has it http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...=search#select
My only question is this: What color is Hunger??? :shock:
This is info from Springs Industries, makers of Weaver's Cloth, the closest thing to it according to all I have been able to find out.
"The Kettlecloth Story
In the late 1960s-early 1970s Concord Fabrics developed a cloth that was made from a poly/cotton blend and comber noils waste. Cloth was woven to emulate osnaburg, an all cotton trash cloth which had irregularities and was inconsistent from lot to lot. Once developed this cloth became an all-purpose cloth which was used in children's apparel, sportswear and home furnishings. With its linen-like look, Kettlecloth went into a variety of end uses. Sometime during the middle 1980s, the fabric was discontinued.
Soon after, M. Lowenstein & Sons developed a cloth with the same construction which it called weavers cloth in the apparel and OTC trades and Harvest Cloth in the home furnishings specialty area. When Springs Industries acquired Lowenstein in 1985, this cloth was added to the Springs family of products.
Springs produces weavers cloth in a 55% poly, 45% cotton blend in 45" width. Fabric is finished in two locations. The Grace facility finishes in white and oyster; at the Lyman facility, fabric is jet dyed in solid colors such as navy, maroon, hunger, khaki, wheat and denim. Although many companies have tried to copy this cloth, none have been able to duplicate its look with any success. Weavers Cloth is sold at leading fabric and store chains such as Joanne Fabrics and Walmart."
JoAnn's online has it http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...=search#select
My only question is this: What color is Hunger??? :shock:
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