Poly/Rayon fabric at Joann Fabrics

[12stones]

When you're in-store, sign up for their mailing list (usually at the cash register/check-out counter). They'll send 'em right to you, usually better coupons (longer expiration dates) than you get in paper or online.

Will do. Thanks!

[Friday]

JoAnn Fabrics, A.C Moore and Michaels are all crafts stores in the Maryland area and they all take each others coupons. The manager at Michaels said that the stores would only honor one of their own coupons per order but they would also honor one coupon from the other two stores for the same order. Michaels often has 50% off coupons.

[dowofbuchanan]

oi thatll doo you can usually find stewart and mackenzie tartans at joanns around here as well as black watch i think i saw a wallace as well ... they even have a kilt pattern from mccalls i believe i was wondering if someone could look at the patteren and tell me if its rubbish
its a halloween costume but it almost looks convincing

[Friday]

For the perfect reverse Kinguisse kilt the pattern should be reversible - so if the left side has stripes (for instance) of red blue white, you can make the right side stripes run white blue red, so that if you pleat to the red, then the blue is behind it and the white shows when the pleat is opened up.

Don't worry if you can't make the pattern work that way - it is just a thought for the perfect RevK kilt.

Baroness Anne the mirthful of Fritterton on the Heath

Meinfs got some of the same fabric and posted this picture:



What I have is the fabric on the left. I have not decided how to pleat it yet. what come to mind is a pleat where the red strip is hidden and flashes when you walk. I'm not sure if or how to do this until I spread it out and play.

[sydnie7]

What I have is the fabric on the left. I have not decided how to pleat it yet. what come to mind is a pleat where the red strip is hidden and flashes when you walk. I'm not sure if or how to do this until I spread it out and play.

That sounds yummy. Pleat to the right-hand thin black/yellow/white vertical would be my first guess. If you have a scanner, fold some up and scan it in different configurations, lets you look at various pictures to decide (and I think colors stay more true in scanning than in photo, but that's just my own opinion/experience).

I'll be at Joanne's next week. . . for drapery materials. . . but that red/gray is tempting. . .

[sydnie7]

OK, so I bit on the red/gray. Be aware that the sett isn't the same at each selvedge, that is, you will have to trim one of the edges before hemming the entire length. Assuming that you are treating this as double width fabric and splitting it/joining it to make the kilt length.

[sirdaniel1975]

In this line of tartans that are for sale at the Joann's where I live are:

Royal Stewart
Stewart Black
Black Watch

Several fashion tartans: one is a Stewart based one (the gray one shown), a red and blue pattern one some that are all cotton..

there is a MacLeod Hunting that is too thin.

Now the cotton stuff is fine for other projects besides kilt making and Joann's often has quite a lot of tartans:

Dress Gordon, MacQueen, MacBeth, Royal Stewart, Stewart Black, Black Watch, Rob Roy are at the Joann's by me. However I bought all the MacQueen they had.

Check your fabric stores, like others have said. I have seen tartans like Wallace or Wallace Hunting, MacKenzie, Thompson Camel, Ramsay Red & Blue... over the years.

[Aldisimo]

I just saw some very nice polyester-rayon tartans at Hancock Fabrics here in Austin. They're not on sale, but they're double-width at $US7.99/yard. Sorry, I don't recognize them yet (except the ubiquitous Black Watch). They seem to be the same weight as those I saw at Joann's last week.

[Aldisimo]

I was just at a JoAnn's here in Austin. All their PV tartans and plaids are on sale, no coupon needed, 30% off. 45" width regular price is $7.99; 60" width is $9.99-$12.99 (the one I bought). I don't know whether this is a nationwide sale, but it might be worth checking out if you're looking to score some fabric.

[Doomsday]

Some were light, the material I got was a medium weight similar to some material I have already used and liked.

I personally have only found very lightweight material at Joann's. Sounds like it's time to go back and look again.