raedar63

SD? cooooold winters, I think I would use it in a quilt :)

#1piecemaker

I agreee with the other ladies. It is a workable fabric for quilting.

MarySews

I love the feel of corduroy fabric for clothes, pants or skirts even shirts.

But to the point, The first quilt I ever made, I used a poly blend for the background and then appliqued small corduroy animals. I thought I was inventing something new. I sewed all by hand with a blind stitch and did that fabric ever ravel. I look at it now and cannot believe it.

I do not recomend using if for applique and it makes a somewhat heavy quilt. It can be used in large pieces to back or just to have different textures.

writerwomen

Be sure to check it for stability. Years ago my mother bought yards of cord. on sale in many colors and sent me several pairs of newly made pants at college. Thankfully it was a relativly small campus and the dorm close- One after the other split without warning in areas they really shouldn't have. When we held the fabric up to the light we could se uneven light area which were the weak areas

marymay

I made mug rugs out of mine. light weight cordoroy

MamaYitu

I have made several totes out of cordoroy--they set up nicely and last for a long time, through many washes.

VickyS

I like to make totes and backpacks from wide wale corduroy, and like the thin wale for clothing.

The material really wears well if washed first and dried hot (like jeans) so it felts up a bit - stops some of the fraying.
That said, sew the weight bearing items with french seams (completely covered raw edges). You will find the material wears like denim.

Love the stuff and haven't seen much of it in Joann's lately in our area (Bay Area of California). Now that cordless corduroy has come out (aka cotton velveteen) it gets used in a lot of locations in place of velvet.

cjsparks

Definitely make purses.

G'ma Kay

I liked it for a denim raggy quilt. Backed the denim, no batting needed.

GailG

Oh--- I had almost forgotten about those things. I used to make those by the dozens. I would give the parents a pattern and also give them the option to buy one of mine. What do you think most of them chose? I used heavy denim. Some of the parents did use corduroy.