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    Hey boys,

    I'm lookin for blaces that sell good fabrics as in
    wool
    cotton
    checked cotton patterns
    silk
    and any other type of period fabric, any links-help I can get will be GREATLY appriciated, thanks
    Kyle (Cuffie) Pretzl
    The Tater Mess

  • #2
    Re: good fabric vendors

    You may want to check Charlie Childs website.Hope this helps.
    Shawn Sturgill
    Governor Guards
    SCAR

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    • #3
      Re: good fabric vendors

      thanks pard, anybody else? ha ha I'll definantly check his site...
      Kyle (Cuffie) Pretzl
      The Tater Mess

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      • #4
        Re: good fabric vendors

        Hello,
        Yes check out Ben Tart or Pat Kline(Family Heirloom Weavers) you can google both of these and find their webpages.

        cheers!
        Kaelin R. Vernon
        SOUTH UNION GUARD


        "Do small things with great love" -Mother Teresa

        " Put your hands to work and your hearts to God" -Mother Ann Lee

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        • #5
          Re: good fabric vendors

          Hi,

          Here are some links, to where I get my fabric:

          County Cloth http://www.crchilds.com/

          W,W, and Company http://www.wwandcompany.com/

          Homespun Wares http://www.homespunwares.com/sub/ind...able%20Fabrics

          I hope this helps Kyle.

          Andrew
          Andrew Kasmar

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          • #6
            Re: good fabric vendors

            Does anybody have any info on buying cloth directly from Family Heirloom because I can't seem to find anything on their sight and haven't bought any from them in quite some time.
            [FONT=Georgia][FONT=Georgia]Very Respectfully,
            Charlie Gerkin
            Rah Virginia Mil '11
            Tar Water Mess-GHTI
            VMI CWRT[/FONT][/FONT]

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            • #7
              Re: good fabric vendors

              I would recommend getting familiar with locally owned fabric shops in your area. All too often there are great resources right under your nose. For example, there is a quilt shop in my home town (http://www.quiltersharvest.com/) that offers a wide variety of homespun cotton and reproductions of period PRINTED fabrics (something you don't see a lot on reproduction clothing very often!!).

              I can't find a website, but 96th District Storehouse has a HUGE friggin' selection of cottons, silks, and the other items you mention. Here is some contact info, but I don't know how current it is:
              96th District Storehouse/ Dennis Earp - 864.366.9600 - storehouse96@wctel.net

              Keep it up wit dem bones, Kyle!

              Charlie - FHW doesn't sell fabric retail any more. They simply (as I understand it) provide a weaving service. Individuals are on their own to provide yarns and get the goods finished. Some vendors have FHW make up fabrics (like Scott Hanes) which they then offer for sale.
              John Wickett
              Former Carpetbagger
              Administrator (We got rules here! Be Nice - Sign Your Name - No Farbisms)

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              • #8
                Re: good fabric vendors

                96 District Storehouse is here: http://www.96storehouse.com/index.html

                When it comes to fabric, the actual website is about useless. The telephone is not. Pick up the phone. Sometimes you'll get Peggy or Dennis, unless they are on the road. If they are gone, you'll get Peggy's Mama--and she's forgotten more about fabric than most of us will ever know.

                I have on occassion called, and simply told them what I wanted to accomplish, and for what time period. The fabric cut I purchased was perfect--and came to me sight unseen, just based on phone discussions.
                Terre Hood Biederman
                Yassir, I used to be Mrs. Lawson. I still run period dyepots, knit stuff, and cause trouble.

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                Wearing Grossly Out of Fashion Clothing Since 1958.

                ADVENTURE CALLS. Can you hear it? Come ON.

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                • #9
                  Re: good fabric vendors

                  Needle and Thread in Gettysburg can be one stop shopping for FHW, Charlie Childs and Ben Tart material. Not to mention wool tape, cottons, osnaburg, webbing, buttons, etc.

                  1-717-334-4011

                  Regards,
                  [FONT="Georgia"][I]Marc Averill[/I]
                  Dirigo Grays
                  CWT[/FONT]

                  [I][COLOR="Blue"]"Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal." [/COLOR][/I]
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                  • #10
                    Re: good fabric vendors

                    Online fabric stores like Fashion Fabrics Club have pretty good selections. I've ordered cottons, silks, linen, and knit wool from them in the past. You may also want to check out Vogue Fabrics in Chicago and the Field's Fabrics chain of stores throughout west Michigan. Some of my stock fabrics that I've been using for years have come from Field's, which seems to carry an inexhaustible supply. Field's Fabrics also has some of the cheapest prices around; wool seems to perpetually be priced at 40% to 60% off. Yoder's Department Store in Shipshewana, IN has a pretty nice selection including tons of linens, kersey, broadcloth, flannel, knit woolens, historical prints, woven plaids, silks, and sometimes worsted wool and silk trim. If you go with Vogue, Field's, or Yoder's you will want to call them and ask for samples of what you're looking for...their online stores absolutely do not compare to what they have available in their shops.

                    Links:

                    http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/

                    http://www.fieldsfabrics.com/

                    http://www.voguefabricsstore.com/sto...log/index.html

                    http://www.yoderdepartmentstore.com/

                    Good luck!
                    Brian White
                    [URL="http://wwandcompany.com"]Wambaugh, White, & Co.[/URL]
                    [URL="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wambaugh-White-Company/114587141930517"]https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wambaugh-White-Company/114587141930517[/URL]
                    [email]brian@wwandcompany.com[/email]

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                    • #11
                      Re: good fabric vendors

                      I think some of this forum have used Manhattan Fabrics (http://www.manhattanfabrics.com/) before. I haven't but they occasionally have nice and less expensive things. Generally, expect to pay for it.

                      I just haven't found THE fabric I want yet. Will keep looking.
                      Sincerely,
                      Emmanuel Dabney
                      Atlantic Guard Soldiers' Aid Society
                      http://www.agsas.org

                      "God hasten the day when war shall cease, when slavery shall be blotted from the face of the earth, and when, instead of destruction and desolation, peace, prosperity, liberty, and virtue shall rule the earth!"--John C. Brock, Commissary Sergeant, 43d United States Colored Troops

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                      • #12
                        Re: good fabric vendors

                        These posts have been truly helpful in my uniform projects. I do have a question about broadcloth though. I am looking for high quality cadet grey broadcloth which will not "fuzz" when it is washed. I am trying to construct an artillery officer’s jacket for our living history program here at Vicksburg. Could anyone direct me in the direction of a good provider of such a fabric?

                        Thanks
                        Michael Mumaugh
                        Interpretive Ranger Mansfield SHS
                        Independent Rifles

                        "Fall of the Rebellion"
                        Outpost III
                        Pickett's Mill
                        Bummers

                        "Desertion of Alabama troops in the Civil War was a manifestation of sectionalism in the state, due largely to the prevalence of poverty"-Bessie Martin

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                        • #13
                          Re: good fabric vendors

                          I don't know many places that offer cadet gray material, Jarnigan's material isn't bad, Hainsworth might also carry that color. But regardless of what you get you should not be washing it. If you want to preshrink the material you could take a piece of cotton the same size as the piece of wool, dampen it, lay it on top of the wool, and roll it up until its dried. Afterwards you will want to iron the wool. But completely soaking the wool is usually a bad idea, and you don't even want to think of using a machine drier. Good luck finding the material!
                          Wade Rogers

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                          • #14
                            Re: good fabric vendors

                            Kyle try PeriodFabrics.com
                            Dan Stilley
                            Tater Mess/ Holmes Brigade
                            [COLOR="#0000FF"]Proud descendant of Elijah and Nathan Mosher- 3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry
                            Henry Hollenbeck- 11th Kansas Cavalry Co. B
                            Greenberry Kelly- 2nd Iowa Infantry
                            John Riley Stilley- 128th Illinois Infantry
                            Thomas Freeborn-72nd Illinois Infantry Co. I[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FF0000"]Killed at Franklin, Tennessee[/COLOR]

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                            • #15
                              Re: good fabric vendors

                              I'm sorry not PeriodFabrics.com here is the link



                              They don't have online ordering but they have a lot of different fabrics to choose from
                              Dan Stilley
                              Tater Mess/ Holmes Brigade
                              [COLOR="#0000FF"]Proud descendant of Elijah and Nathan Mosher- 3rd Iowa Volunteer Infantry
                              Henry Hollenbeck- 11th Kansas Cavalry Co. B
                              Greenberry Kelly- 2nd Iowa Infantry
                              John Riley Stilley- 128th Illinois Infantry
                              Thomas Freeborn-72nd Illinois Infantry Co. I[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FF0000"]Killed at Franklin, Tennessee[/COLOR]

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