Fabric
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In most cases our fabric is on the shelves as yardage and we sell it in some cut sizes that we have found work well both for stitcher's and for us. The fabric catalog has the name of the cut (e.g. Stitcher's Quarter) and for that particular fabric what the cut will be (e.g. 18x27). A "Regular" cut means it runs selvage to selvage. So a Regular Quarter is 9" by the width. When we apply the term "Stitchers" it means the cut is twice the length of a regular cut and 1/2 the width. So a Stitcher's Quarter is 18" by half the width of the fabric. In most cases a Stitcher's cut proves to be more suitable for stitching projects but not always. There are a few fabrics already pre-cut by the vendor or pre-finished to a certain size (e.g. a tablecloth). If when you order, you are unsure of how much you need make an educated guess and there is a text field for the each fabric where you can give us your stitch count. We can figure out the best cut and let you know what that is if it's not what you selected. Fabric can be serged and since not everyone may wish that to be done, we have provided a place on the for you to indicate that. Simply checkmark the box and that notation will get added to your piece of fabric. There is no charge for this service. |
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With all hand-dyed linens the colors will vary slightly from dye lot to dye lot. If you are doing more than one piece from the same color be sure to order enough at one time to get the same dye lot and make a note of that in the Special Instructions. Also be aware that the color it looks like in a photo for a given design may bear little relation to the actual color. Some colors photograph very differently than they look like in "real life" and dye lots differ as well. Lakeside Linens and Birds of a Feather should be able to get wet. With any hand-dyed fabric you should test a sample first before either steam ironing or washing. Many other brands recommend dry cleaning but can get wet if it's done carefully (no machine washing allowed!). R&R Reproduction fabrics definitely cannot get wet so even steam ironing is a no-no. If you must clean R&R fabrics they should be dry cleaned. However there are few dry cleaners that have clues about needlework so take care when you're stitching to not have to do this. We are now only ordering a few R&R fabric in 30, 35 and 40 count. Check with our Sister Shops (Acorns & Threads, Attic Needlework and Stitchville USA) if we don't have what you need - or if you want a minimum of a half-yard we will check in to doing a special order for you. Weeks Dye Works is now dyeing both 30 and 35 count linen in several of their popular thread colors and all these have been added to the online catalog. Birds of a Feather has sold their business and the new company for their hand-dyed linens is called Linens by Design. For the time being we will continue to list it as Birds of a Feather linen to avoid confusion. The fabric is still being dyed and we are still carrying it! Hand-dyeing the fabrics causes them to shrink slightly. Some vendors take this into account before they dye it so we get a full yard when we order. With others a yard comes as 35" or so. if it is critical that your piece be a certain size please note that in the special instructions so that if we cannot accommodate this, we can suggest a different linen. |
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searchable fabric database contains a reasonably up-to-date listing of all the
fabrics we carry. You can use either of the methods below to search the fabric database. Because of how the search is done you will sometimes get more results than you might think. Searching for "30" will also get you not only the 30 count items but those that have a price of $30.00. Fortunately this isn't usually a problem but it will explain why you will occasionally get a match that isn't apparent. If you have not used pull-down lists often all you need to do is to click on the downward facing triangle to see the other items in the list. Most browsers will let you type in the first character and take you to that section of the list, so you don't need to always scroll down to get to the bottom. |
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list of the fabrics by type and vendor on the main Fabric page, where you can
click on a fabric and the search engine will bring the results back for you.
The methods below let you do your own search. The General Search is useful if you want to find a fabric by its name vs. color or anything else. So you can search for "Tattersall" and it will return fabrics with that as part of their description. If you want to search for more than one keyword type each keyword in and select whether it should look for ANY of those keywords or ALL of them. A search for Aida White 14 with return different results depending upon whether you select the ANY or ALL keyword match. With the search set to ANY you will get matches where either of the keywords exists - a lot more than you probably want. For most search you probably want to search for ALL keywords and that is set as the default. If you want to find any of the Discontinued fabrics we have in stock, search for DISC. We now have most of the fabric vendor's part numbers listed as part of the description so you can search for those as well. Specialy fabrics like Skirtex and Linen Twill are also listed in the on-line catalog. |
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The Search by Type, Count Vendor and/or Color is useful if you want to see what a particular vendor has available, or what fabrics come in a particular color. You can do the same things in the General search, this just makes it more convenient to choose from a list of options. If you find something you think might be in the list,try typing a portion of the description in the General Search above. Sometimes the search algorithm gets a little confused but we think we've got most of the search bugs worked out. If you find something in the general search you can't find with this one, let us know so we can fix it. Prices for Lakeside Linens reflect this new pricing.
Double-Dyed colors (Amethyst, Autumn Gold, Autumn Red, Black Forest,
Charcoal, Green Slate, Midnight, Renaissance Red and Sienna Night)
have gone up by at least $50/yd due to the overhead in the dyeing process.
Stitcher's Thirds, Regular Halves and Regular Yards each have a surcharge
associated with those cuts for all colors and counts and they are calculated
into the price you see in the catalog. We also carry custom cuts for some
popular designs so check with us if you think one is available. If we have the
fabric you want in stock at the old price, we will honor the older price. But
new orders will be charged the price in the online catalog. |
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