fabric or material?
#51
Originally Posted by grammy25
Why is it when we quilt, we call it fabric and when we sew, we call it material?
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Originally Posted by caliquocat
I think the answer lies in how old one is & the local custom where we live.
#56
Originally Posted by kathidahl
Originally Posted by caliquocat
I think the answer lies in how old one is & the local custom where we live.
#57
Oh boy, am I showing my age??? I remember as a little girl, my mother used to call the fabric stores, Dry Goods store. A few of our old time fabric stores here still call themselves Dry Goods store and I remember them being in business from my young days.
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Fabric is only one kind of material. There is also wood, brick, insulation. Those are all material (for building-- can you tell I am married to a former contractor?) There is also landscaping material, roofing material, get it? Material is what you use to do a job, but it's not always fabric. Fabric, however, always means fabric. I never ask for material, as it's too general a term. If I mean fabric, I say fabric.
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