Wool Flannel

[Gerkin]

Gentlemen,

I have been wanting to make a wool flannel shirt for some time. I am having a good deal of trouble finding any. Family Heirloom Weavers has none, neither does County Cloth. I have been to all of the fabric stores around here and have found none. Does anyone know where I can get some. I would prefer to get it in a natural color, and dye it myself, but I would be more than willing to buy it allready dyed. Any help?

Respectfully,

[Texian]

Re: Wool Flannel

You might check with Tart, Brantley, & Benjamin. http://www.bentart.com/ The last swatch samples I received had some wool flannel, although already dyed. Hope this helps.

[Oldewalnut]

Re: Wool Flannel, possible source

You might try this guy. http://www.carolinacalicoes.com/framed.html

It's Carolina Calico's, he supplies a lot of fabric to the better F&I thru 1812 crowd. He has much more than his website shows. I've gotten both gray and blue off him in the past. Just have to give him a shout, never know what he has. One color I can tell he doesn't have is "RED". Red wool flannel seems non-existant right now?

[Trish Hasenmueller]

Re: Wool Flannel

Last fall I bought a piece of really red Pendleton flannel at Textile Fabrics in Nashville, TN. It is indeed hard to find red flannel this year!

Trish Hasenmueller

[Radical Unionist]

Re: Wool Flannel

Needle and Thread should have some.

Jeff Boorom

[Miche_Todd]

Re: Wool Flannel

Last fall I bought a piece of really red Pendleton flannel at Textile Fabrics in Nashville, TN. It is indeed hard to find red flannel this year!

Trish Hasenmueller

And Textile Fabrics does mail order as well. I didn't look for red in particular yesterday when I was in there, but there was some fawn colored flannel, it may be worth a call, here is the contact info.

Textile Fabrics
4051 Hillsboro Pike
Nashville, TN 37215-2718 Phone: (615) 297-5346

[Masked Battery]

Re: Wool Flannel

I've got some good gray flannel, if you're interested in that color.

[GreencoatCross]

Re: Wool Flannel

I get my flannel from B. Black & Sons. The stuff they supply to the local stores here in Cincinnati is priced around $20 a yard, but they sell it wholesale for a much better price. I think I have one of their flannel sample packets if you want me to mail it to you I will. Just shoot me an e-mail at brianwhite@cinci.rr.com.

By the way, red flannel is all over the place! I found three kinds at a fashion fabrics store; Black & Sons wool flannel (twill-woven, common wool flannel), Black & Sons camel hair flannel (plain-weave, soft finish and pretty thin...very nice stuff), and a bolt of what looked like canton flannel but it was wool rather than cotton. This wool canton flannel stuff was a dark red color and very very expensive ($49.99/yard).

The same store also has about two dozen kinds of knit wool goods in all colors and thicknesses...maybe good for undershirts.

Brian White

[Trish Hasenmueller]

Re: Wool Flannel

Mr. White,
Maybe the difficulty some of us have in finding good wools, especially flannels, is a regional problem. I'm glad to hear that red flannel is all over Cinncinatti, but it's hard to find in middle Tennessee.

Thank you for telling us about B. Black & Sons. Unfortunately when I found their web page it had no listings for any kind of flannel. They listed wool gabardine, wool crepe and wool tweed. There is also the problem of their being a wholesaler and not being able, as a consumer, to be able to order less than ten yards of their fabrics.

If anyone in the area of middle Tennessee has seen red wool flannel, please let me know. Last time I was at Textile Fabrics they were sold out. My hope is that they re-stock. I don't know where Gerkin is but maybe you'll help both of us.

Trish Hasenmueller

[Gerkin]

Re: Wool Flannel

Thank you all very much. Mr. White, I live near Richmond Indiana, about 1 1/2 hours from Cincinatti. I get down there on a regular basis, and I may be able to get to a few fabric stores next time. Thank you all very much.