Organic Cotton Crinkle Fabric

This crinkle cotton gauze fabric is a lightweight gauze that is perfect for shirts, layered dresses or skirts, costumes, and more! Features 10% mechanical stretch across the grain due to the crinkle texture. Crinkles are available in cotton, silk and polyester. These fabrics are made by tightening the weft threads and modifying the heat settings. They usually have a backing fabric to help hold the crinkle in place. The sub types of fabrics are Dyes, color treatment and washing characteristics Draping properties : Cotton crinkle has a tendency to bag out at the seat and knees under conditions of wear. Polyester crinkle does not need preshrinking but the natural fibre crinkles do. Preshrink silk crinkle by passing a steam iron 1/2" (1 cm.) above the fabric. Preshrink cotton crinkle by machine washing in warm water and tumble drying in a permanent press cycle. The fabric will lose width and length from washing and appear very narrow and pleated - you will need to press it slightly to return its appearance to something close to what it was at purchase. The fabric is quite heavy and will tend to bag. Sewing challenges : Interface with fusible tricot. Always push the fabric towards the pressure foot to prevent stretching during sewing. A walking foot is the foot of choice. Do not topstitch. Serge raw edges and hand hem. Example creations : Uses worldwide : Medium width pants, unstructured shirts and blouses, underlined jackets.