Source for wide fabric?

[cjackson9357]

Anyone know where I can find fabric wider than 5'? Has to be downproof and breathable. Anything over 60" wide.

I've already checked the regulars like RSBTR and Dutch.

Thanks guys.

edit: can't believe I typed 6' there. I of course meant 5'

[daneaustin3]

I believe you can get tablecloth blanks bigger.

[cjackson9357]

I believe you can get tablecloth blanks bigger.

Yes you can but I need downproof, calendered material.

[BrianWillan]

Anyone know where I can find fabric wider than 6'? Has to be downproof and breathable. Anything over 60" wide.

I've already checked the regulars like RSBTR and Dutch.

Thanks guys.

Have you looked at diygearsupply.com? That site isn't mentioned my these days, however, Scott has been a long time vendor on this site.

Cheers

Brian

[cjackson9357]

Have you looked at diygearsupply.com? That site isn't mentioned my these days, however, Scott has been a long time vendor on this site.

Cheers

Brian

Yes I have. Thanks though.

[cjackson9357]

I found some downproof 1.1 ripstop at diygearsupply.com that is 64" wide.

Sweet.

[Caminante]

Hopefully that met your project needs. I have connected calendered ripstop with simple felled seams for a quilt application and that worked really well and was actually pretty easy. So if you wind up needing wider, it wouldn't be crazy to join to pieces of fabric.

[cjackson9357]

Hopefully that met your project needs. I have connected calendered ripstop with simple felled seams for a quilt application and that worked really well and was actually pretty easy. So if you wind up needing wider, it wouldn't be crazy to join to pieces of fabric.

I think that is what I will have to do. Didn't want the seam but can't find fabric wide enough. Need 72" wide. Just didn't want a seam, that's all.

[BrianWillan]

I think that is what I will have to do. Didn't want the seam but can't find fabric wide enough. Need 72" wide. Just didn't want a seam, that's all.

Make the quilt multi coloured. That way the seams become features. UGQ has shown several examples of multi coloured top quilts.

Cheers

Brian

[Caminante]

If you go that route, what I did was just a very simple seam with the right sides of the fabric together, then I laid that seam down and just top stitched it to one side. Use matching threads and it can even look nice IMO. Here is how I did it: