Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book, Second Edition

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This is also great if you are looking for fabrics to compliment each other from colours to tectures to designs. You can have a swatch in your book and take it to compare alongside other fabrics. Details To Include In Your Fabric Swatch Book In my Resource Library, I have a companion guide to the Ultimate jumbo mega guide to online fabric stores that is a list of online stores that offer swatches. Many are free, but most are fairly low cost options for getting your hands on swatches. You can sign up to get access to the Fabric Swatches Online Guide at the bottom of this post when you sign up for the newsletter. Join a fabric swatch club Another option would be to use an accordion file folder / expanding file organizer to hold the paper with swatches.

Pure Linen soft washed by the yard for sewing, 100% pure linen fabric, eco-friendly washed linen-flax fabrics by meter, Ship from the U.S. Fabric books, Wallpaper books and Co-ordinate books. Pike Textiles create a sampling solution that is in line with your brand and crafted with consideration to your customers.No- one needs a fabric swatch book but they are extremely handy to have. Especially if you are new to sewing and can often get mixed up and confused with the different fabrics and materials for sale. For this project, you’ll need the Fabric Swatch Book Template. I just added it to the Resource Library.

Linen fabric remnants (Set of 5 in one color) - LINEN Scraps Bundle for quilting - Washed-colored LINEN Offcuts Bundle For Craft Projects We are a second generation family business offering both traditional and innovative presentation solutions to ensure your fabrics and hides are wonderfully presented. LinenBuy Summer Floral Linen Fabric Digitally Printed Medium Weight Pre-Washed Fabric by The Yard M2-0210-0195I’ve taken a couple of classes from Sarah Veblen on Patternreview. One is Understanding Knits and another that’s she’s not currently teaching on sheer fabrics. In each of those, there’s a kit of swatches for the class. Before we get into making your own DIY fabric swatch book, let’s talk about how to collect a good set of swatches. How to collect fabric swatches I like to use a rotary cutter fitted with a pinking blade here. This will keep the edges from fraying on you. 2. Print out the Fabric Swatch Book Template If you are buying fabric and creating a swatch for the pattern alone, I would try to make a sample as large as the pattern is (without repeats). If the pattern is quite large, include a photo. Hopefully by now you’ve got swatches on your sewing radar. With your own fabric swatch book at hand, you’ll always have a great reference to help you demystify fabric!

I share it with this caveat: It’s my opinion that this book is maybe not the most helpful for someone starting out sewing. I say that because it’s #1 more expensive than most sewing books. #2 The designer fashion pictures in the book might not be the most relatable for someone just starting out sewing. #3 There’s also not a lot of helpful sewing information particular to those fabrics.

The easiest source of swatches is what you already have. Whatever fabric you’re using, save a scrap for the future. You can do this with every fabric you sew. That is everything for how to make a fabric swatch book, I hope you have found this useful and helped you get started on making your own and documenting your sewing journey. This template is designed for US letter paper but it will fit A4 paper too, there will just be a bit more empty space at the bottom. When you press “print”, make sure the paper size says “A4”. If you want to remember what’s in your fabric stash, here’s a free swatch book template for you to print at home! Firstly, you might not fully understand or get the concept of a fabric swatch book. They are essentially a diary or log of the different fabrics you have bought, used or are documenting.

I'm Helen Harrison and I started this blog as a way to document & share my passion for sewing with the world. I feel this is especially important for those who are making a fabric swatch book to learn more about different fabrics and understand more of what each can do. If you already own a piece of fabric, or you've already used it up for a project, it's still smart to save a swatch of your fabric. You can use it as a reference for future projects or when you're looking for similar qualities online. How do you obtain fabric swatches from (online)stores? You can alternatively use any kind of notebook or diary, ring binder folder or folder system. Whatever you have and works best for you, use it. Keep collections to yourself or inspire other shoppers! Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.Beautiful A5 (14.8 x 21cm, 5.8 x 8.3 in) binder made from strong card complete with 25 card inserts, that’s room for 50 swatches! As someone who has collected my own little mountain of swatches over time, I know that they need some help in the organization department. Book Blanket, Vintage Books Blanket, Soft Cozy Throw Blankets, Gift For Reading Lover, Bookworm, Velveteen Plush Blanket, Blanket Gift Care instructions – how to wash it, temperature, dry clean only and ironing – this will help make your fabric last longer. Welcome to The Swatching Company, your solution for the manufacture of swatch books and swatch cards.