A Joyful Sewing Community
panoramic domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home2/katrine/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
Good evening,
I am attemping to make era 1910 to 1915 costume for a wedding taking place in mid October. The pattern calls for dotted swiss,, contrast material of lawn or Batista. What would you recommend as a substitute for these?
And should I get a yard more for shrinkage?
These are all great, lightweight cottons: dotted Swiss, lawn and batiste! They are substitutes for each other. You could look at cotton dimity or shirting fabrics. I highly recommend Farmhouse Fabrics for all these fabrics. Harts Fabric carries wonderful lawn in solids and prints, too, and I recommend them. And yes, you nearly always want to allow for shrinkage if you’ll be washing the finished garment. Usually no more than a 1/4 yard is necessary. Then again, I highly recommend getting an extra yard or two anyways for “user error” or cutting issues. Best of luck with your project!