Shirtings - What Does This Mean?
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Shirtings - What Does This Mean?
I have a class coming up, fabric requirements list "tans or shirtings" fabric, I have no idea what that means? Can anybody help? Is it like cotton, or a shirt?
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Location: Bosque County, Texas
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You had better call and find out for sure what they mean. I would hate to spend money on fabric just guessing on what the instructor wanted. Tans sounds like a color. Shirtings sounds like a light weight fabric for men's shirts. Neither is anything I've heard of in any quilting book, magazine or discussion. Let us know what the definition turns out to be.
#3
Yes please let us know. I have a ton of shirting material that was cut from shirts. I did it sitting in the nursing home with my sweet aunt. Wondering what to do with it. Most of it is 100% cotton but I know a lot of shirts are made from a poly cotton combination.
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I'd like to know as well because I'm doing a mystery quilt (pattern online) and it calls for a light colored fabric and suggests shirtings or pastels. I picked a color that would work with my focus fabric though but am considering starting another one as well
#7
The mysteries I've done that called for shirtings, meant lighter colors of quilting cotton. Whites, creams, light tans. They could have small prints too. This blog has a photo: http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2011/...-progress.html
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it is best to be safe and contact the shop or the teacher. the term shirting can be misinterpreted. To me it is not a term that is generaly used and identification known. If I went out and look for it I would relate it to the shirt fabric made and worn in the early 1890's - a reproduction type fabric. So everyone may have a different take on what the word means. It is better to describe the pattern and color. This is what causes confusion with students.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: howell, Mi
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I was looking for shirting fabric and was told it was white or off white with a small print on it. I looked in 2 different shops and one didn't have it and the other had a couple. It seems to be hard to find. I thought that I would look at the Salvation Army Store. They had lots of shirts, but they were $4.99 each. Thought they were kinda expensive. Then thinking about it--did I really want to use shirts that were worn? I decided to go with white on white and ecru prints. I needed 9 yards of assorted fabrics. The difference is, I knew what the quilt looked like. I would ask at the shop where you are taking the class. They should have the fabric.
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