Cotton Poplin

Im buying my boyfriend western boxers and i need to choose between what would be more comfortable. And i thought some guys would know since ya'll wear boxers. So....Does Cotton Poplin or Cotton Knit feel better?? Thanks people!

Cotton knit! MUCH more comfortable!

2008-07-02 10:51:53 by shelby b

Buy Now: www.hsn.com Button-Down Cotton Blouse with Tie Belt byDG2 Stretch cotton poplin. Solid red. Shirt collar. Long sleeves with French cuffs ...

Want to be sure before I order the material.

Should work fine. Would not recommend it for a full size sofa/chair.

2008-01-15 09:37:39 by AliciaVR6

Price: $132.00 $132.00

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i'm making a swing tag for a pink dress made from 100% cotton poplin and was wondering can you bleach it?

Home bleaching tends to finish up patchy. And if it's a dark pink, you've got no show. I'd look for an alternative if it was me.

2008-11-13 01:22:39 by js

Price: $795.00 $795.00

can you classify it as that or is it 100% cotton poplin?
thanx
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Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet), is a fabric consisting of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn. As the weft is in the form of a stout cord the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives depth and softness to the lustre of the silky surface. It is made with wool, cotton, silk, rayon, or any mixture of these, though originally made from silk. The ribs run across the fabric from selvage to selvage. Poplins are used for dress purposes, and for rich upholstery work. They are formed by using coarse filling yarns in a plain weave. Shirts made from this material are easy to iron and do not wrinkle easily.

In recent years, Poplin has come to be associated with 100% cotton shirts and it is commonly used for high quality garments. Medical Uniforms almost exclusively use Poly/Cotton blended Poplin fabrics. The term is also frequently used while rendering and is most commonly associated with the construction of wallets.

The term poplin originates from papeline, a fabric made at Avignon, France in the 1400s. The fabric was so named for the papal residence there.

2008-11-09 01:51:17 by js

I know what cotton jersey, cotton poplin and cotton flannel is but what is cotton quilting fabric?

The best way to experience the difference in the cotton choices you named would be if you could see and feel the difference.

Cotton jersey, as you know is stretchy, mainly used in T-shirts, sometimes in stretchy bedding.
Cotton poplin is normally of medium to heavy weight, a durable fabric, mainly used in clothing manufacturing. It is stiffer than quilting cotton.
Flannel is a very soft, woven fabric that is napped on one side. Quilters tend to shy away from flannel, because most flannels seem to be a bit stretchier than cotton quilting fabrics, due to the differences in the weave of the warp and weft threads (warp threads are the lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven) and the fabric can shrink differently in the length and cross wise direction when washed. Some quilters use good quality flannel in their quilting, but recommend pre-washing the fabric, before cutting the shapes and sewing it, to pre-shrink the fabric and not have surprises later. To put some more body back into the fabric to make it easier for handeling/piecing you can spray starch it.

Cotton fabrics for quilting are normally carried in quilt shops and online quilt stores that specialize in quilting fabrics, in a wide variety of prints. These are of a light to medium weight woven fabrics, that normally have a print on one side. I say normally, because you can also purchase hand dyed fabrics for quilt making (I dye my own fabrics for this) which would be usable from either side, because the color bonds to the fibers, coloring the fabric all the way through on both sides. Then there are also cotton batiks, which have a denser weave and would be harder to hand quilt, but they are fantastic for hand applique, because these don't ravel on the edges as much when you turn under the edges. Batiks, due to the way they are fabricated, also don't have a "right or wrong" side like the printed fabrics, so they can be used either way. http://www.dharmatrading.com/info/batik. html

Here's a link for you with many different fabric choices:
http://www.fabric.com/quilting-fabric-sh op-by-category.aspx?Source=LeftNav

I hope this explanation helpl.

2008-11-16 05:56:40 by Indigo