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Post by lyn on Aug 19, 2014 21:52:20 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 22:22:35 GMT
Thank you Lyn for the wonderful tutorial.
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Post by zed on Aug 21, 2014 13:09:53 GMT
I did try your tutorial a couple of months back, Lyn and it worked really well, I kept adding stuff to the left over dye for at least a day.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Aug 21, 2014 13:13:50 GMT
Nice tutorial, Lyn! I will try it once I’ve restocked my cheesecloth, which got the indigo treatment this week!
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Aug 21, 2014 17:18:30 GMT
Pardon my ignorance, but is cheesecloth the same as muslin?
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Post by lyn on Aug 21, 2014 21:12:16 GMT
Hello Leonor - I'm hoping someone else can help us with this question.
Muslin is a cotton fabric so can be dyed in exactly the same way as the scrim in the tutorial.
However, the only muslin I'm familiar with has a much tighter weave than scrim. Does anyone on the forum have any experience of muslin?
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Post by MTRuth on Aug 21, 2014 21:17:21 GMT
The problem is that everyone calls these type of fabrics different things. Muslin is usually a tighter weave than cheesecloth but cheesecloth has various weights too. So it's hard to tell. Do you have a photo of it Leonor?
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Post by lyn on Aug 21, 2014 21:54:34 GMT
Hello Leonor This is the scrim we use: SCRIMI've just taken a snap photo of it with a ruler (showing inches) to give you an idea of scale. How does this compare to your piece of muslin?
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Aug 21, 2014 23:54:33 GMT
The muslin I’m familiar with has a tight weave and is sometimes used as back for quilting projects. Cheesecloth also is sometimes called gauze, but once again, there seem to be a wide variance on what folks call this fabric.
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Post by Shepherdess on Aug 22, 2014 2:47:05 GMT
Gauze comes in many different weights. I think what is usually called cheese cloth( used for wrapping cheese) is a little looser than those gauze squares the doctor used for wounds.
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Post by zed on Aug 22, 2014 8:54:52 GMT
Here, we measure thread count, how many left to right (weft), how many top to bottom (weave). Gauze is the most open weave, it's the medical stuff you get for cuts, mine has a thread count of 30, it is slightly more open weave than Scrim, and scrim is slightly more open weave than Cheesecloth. Real cheesecloth is used for straining and wrapping cheese. Mine is around 40 thread count. Muslin is more suitable for straining jam, mine has a thread count of about 80. Top row: Muslin and Cheesecloth, bottom row is gauze. Cathy, what you described sounds like what we call Calico here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_%28textile%29
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Aug 22, 2014 12:50:35 GMT
For all of you historians out there, and adding to Zed’s info:
In the UK, Australia and New Zealand:
Calico—simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton. Muslin—a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric. Muslin gauze—muslin. Gauze—extremely soft and fine cotton fabric with a very open plain weave. Cheesecloth—gauze.
In the US:
Calico—cotton fabric with a small, all-over floral print [11] Muslin—simple, cheap equal weft and warp plain weave fabric in white, cream or unbleached cotton and/or a very fine, light plain weave cotton fabric (sometimes called muslin gauze). Muslin gauze—the very lightest, most open weave of muslin. Gauze—any very light fabric, generally with a plain weave Cheesecloth—extremely soft and fine cotton fabric with a very open plain weave.
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Post by Leonor (of Eleanor Shadow) on Aug 22, 2014 15:20:37 GMT
Haha, got to love the different references. Thanks for the explanation, everyone!
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Post by halay on Aug 22, 2014 15:39:19 GMT
Thanks you ladies for the explanations - very useful.
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Post by koffipot on Aug 23, 2014 6:28:56 GMT
Leonor, I have a huge roll of scrim and would be happy to post some to you if you'd like to try it. It's taking up a lot of room and I know I'll never get around to using it all.
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