Please help me, who makes these fabric? Have picture, no info on selvage...

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06-20-2013, 08:05 AM

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bearisgray

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Originally Posted by mom-6

A lot of the nicer fabric I have purchased at Walmart thru the years has been Cranston VIP.

Some of the VIPs are among the NICEST fabrics I have - especially some of the older ones.

Cranston also makes some other nice lines.

I will admit, though, that some of the prints are nicer and seem to be higher quality than others.

06-25-2013, 04:39 PM

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kiffie2413

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Thanks again! Its 100% cotton...and it is a good quality fabric.
Mom-6 and bearisgray, totally agree! I also have more of the older VIP/Cranston fabrics, they are all nice quality...not thin and such..
Regards,
Kif

06-30-2013, 02:53 PM

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OzarksGma

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The poly blend fabrics will have a hard ball where it was burned and the cotton will have a white/gray ash.
The hard ball is the plastic from the poly, which may give off black smoke.
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06-30-2013, 07:57 PM

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I remember buying VIP fabric in the early 70's in a LQS and paying $2.97 (gasp!) a yard for it. I made a long peasant dress out of it and wore it a long long time as a lounging dress!!!

07-01-2013, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by OzarksGma

The poly blend fabrics will have a hard ball where it was burned and the cotton will have a white/gray ash.
The hard ball is the plastic from the poly, which may give off black smoke.
OzarksGma

Other things to consider: Often the frayed threads around the edges of a cotton/poly blend are thinner than the same threads on an all cotton piece of fabric. I also prewash and when ironing, use the hottest setting on the iron (cotton or linen), which is too hot for a cotton/poly blend, so the cotton/poly blend will give off a light pungent odor. 100% cotton never smells like that---it only smells clean or like nothing at all. You can also shine a blacklight over the fabric, because polyester will glow in the blacklight, cotton will not.