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[pct-l] Fabric for making clothes help
- Subject: [pct-l] Fabric for making clothes help
- From: web@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Cox)
- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:09:06 -0800
- In-Reply-To: <F0975F4C5A2E3D4F94AA1091570ACDD8BEA4@fender.rlcconsulting.com>
Hey everyone,
I am trying to make some clothes for hiking and I am having trouble
choosing the right fabrics. I have read the specs on these fabrics, but
I was hoping to get some experiential feedback from people who have
used/made clothes with these fabrics. I am defiantly looking for
function over form in this - so I don't care what the fabrics look like,
as long as they perform.
Also pointers to patterns for these would be helpful - again I can find
the Green Pepper biking shorts pattern, but has anyone used it (repeat
for all projects listed below)
I will list my projects and my potential fabrics. I would appreciate any
help you can give. I am cross-posting to PCT-L and BackpackingLight -
sorry for the repeat for those on both.
Thanks for the help!
-R
Rain jacket/pants
Goretex 3 layer
Extreme 3 layer
Ultrex 3 layer
Xalt
Stretchy hiking shorts/pants (like bike shorts/pants with no padding)
Ultrex Lycra
Nylon/Lycra
Poly/Rayon/Lycra
Supplex/Lycra
Spandura
Lycra
Heavy, med weight
Fleece vest/jacket
Polartec 100
Polartec 200
Polartec 300
Polartec windbloc
4 way stretch lycra fleece
Shell pants/jacket - sun/bug protection
Breathable ripstop nylon 1.9 oz
Solarweave
Supplex
Taffeta
Wicking shirts - long and short sleeve
Capilene
Coolmax
Wickaway
Adidas Wickaway
Dryskin
Powerdry
Stretch supplex
Wickaway supplex lycra
I have the following sources for fabric - others would certainly be
appreciated
Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics
http://www.owfinc.com/
RockyWoods
http://www.rockywoods.com/index.htm
Quest Outfitters
http://www.questoutfitters.com/index.html