Today’s National Sewing Month Project (a video lesson) is brought to you by Angel Peterson from FleeceFun.
Angel Peterson is in the AllFreeSewing studios again, this time she will explain all the different types of fabric. Learning what all the different types of fabrics are will help you with what to choose for specific sewing patterns. Learn what type of fabric is the easiest to sew, which fabrics are the most challenging and more!
Whether you are a beginning sewist or an experienced seamstress, there is plenty to learn about fabrics.
Now that you’ve discovered all the different types of fabrics and what they are good for, check out this selection of reader favorite tutorials. You’ll be able to easily determine which fabric to use with which project! Have fun!
Twenty Minute Tote
Great gift idea!
Bean Bag Chair
Your teen will love you!
Cotton Candy Pleated Skirt Tutorial
Can you imagine all the compliments you’ll get?
The Scrap Bucket Basket
Useful and uses up those scraps!
Heather Sewn Top Pattern
How very pretty!
Today’s DAILY PRIZE is a great selection of fabulous quilting books! To enter, answer the question below in the comments and we’ll randomly pick a winner.
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What is your favorite type of fabric?
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My favorite type of fabric is a quality cotton fabric. I love the feel and working with it is a dream!
We must have been typing at the same time! great minds think alike lol. Funny we both said cottons are a dream to work with! 🙂
We must both be dreaming of cottons! Funny!
my favorite fabric is plain old cottons! They are a dream to work with.
I like a lot of fabrics. I like to sew with cotton and linen but I love how the soft drapey dress fabrics feel like silks and rayon.
I love quilting cottons too! My favorite sewing fabric is rayon for tops, skirts and pajamas.
I like flannel the most.
I really like cottons to sew and quilt with. Flannels are good also. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I like using Cottons…but Flannel is my “Addiction”!!! Love Love Loooove Flannels!! 🙂
I am a fabricaholic and love all kinds of fabric lol My husband can attest to that.. Since I do a lot of machine applique I tend to use a lot of fabrics that are tightly woven such as fleece. cottons, and denim,
I am fairly new to sewing so am sticking to cottons and poly cottons at present as they are easy to work with.
100% cotton, easy to sew on, wash, iron and dry.
I love quilting cottons but this time of year I can gravitate towards flannel.
Good Quality 100% cotton!!
Quality cotton quilting fabric!
My favorite type of fabric is good ol’ quilting cotton!
Cotton is my favorite fabric because it’s so easy to work with. Thanks for a great giveaway.
Art Gallery cottons. I also cannot resist a cozy flannel (we have long winters here!).
I like sewing with quality cotton best, but I love the drape of silks and challis.
I love great quality cottons for quilting; it makes all the difference!
My favorite fabric is cotton blends. I am just learning to quilt and they seem to work the best. Cotton and cotton blends are comfortable to wear.
I like a good quilters cotton. I also like how projects with recycled denim turns out but the fabric isnt always the easiest to work with.
I like to work with Cotton with a bit of stretch the best of both worlds .
Quilters cotton I always buy bright colors
I love cotton and cotton blend
I prefer quilters cotton for its colors and textures
My favorite fabric is 100%Cotton fabrics.
cotton or cotton blend
Quilters cotton for the crispness and quality
100% cotton
I love 100% cottons. This time of year you can find lots of beautiful fall fabrics. Thanks for the giveaway of quilt books.
It depends what I am making, but for quilting, I prefer a high quality cotton.
My favorite type of fabric is a cotton fabric. I’m allergic to polyester so I usually just get cotton
My favorite kind of material to sew with is whatever I can afford at the time of my projects.Whatever I have is the best because I sew for my grandbabies. So whatever makes them happy is the best.
What else could I love on my birthday besides 100% cotton?
My favorite fabric is actually panne velvet. I used to do lots of costume sewing and loved the rich feel of those fabrics. Now I love cottons for quilting. Thanks
Love cotton and flannel
I love quilting cottons, lol cause I make quilts.
Love quality cotton for all my quilting projects.
Love 100% cotton that feels like silk. You can always find it at all your Quilt Shops. This is why I love to touch all these beautiful fabrics, makes me happy.
Nothing like beautiful cotton prints and a good cotton batting. This combination makes lovely quilts
My favorite is cotton
A good soft cotton is my favorite.
My favorite type of fabric has got to be a soft wool blend, that I could make a nice blanket with. Brrrrrrrrr, I get chills just thinking about a nice snowy day wrapped up in a quilt made of this. Thank you for the nice chance to win. 🙂
Cotton batik highly starched with Mary Ellen’s!
I am a 100% cotton lover.
Cotton fabric is my favorite, such beautiful colours and prints.
It depends on what I’m making but a nice cotton is pretty versatile!
My favourite type of fabric is 100% cotton. I love the feel of it.
Cotton or cotton blends are the easiest to sew with in my opinion. Love knits too but a bit more time consuming to work with.
Would love to win, thanks
Good quality cotton is my favorite since most of my sewing is quilts. I also like flowy fabrics, linen, and other nice fabrics for clothing.
Cotton.
Cotton. Also fleece.
It seems like all the answers are from members of the Council for Cultivating Cotton! I like cotton a lot, but anything that is soft and drapey attracts me…including cottons.
Since I do mostly quilting I love good cotton, but I also like working with flannel.
100% cottons. Always
Great tutorial! Thanks for the tips!
Oops! Cotton and flannel is mostly material I use!
Cotton….it’s a no-brainer!
I had only used cotton to do quilts until recently and made one out of flannel and it feels and looks great
Being a quilter, my heart and hands love working with wonderful and beautiful cotton fabrics. There are so many wonderful lines of fabrics out there to choose from and it’s a joy to start beginning to plan a new quilt with all of today’s dreamy cottons.
My favorite fabrics are natural fabrics that breathe.
Cotton seersucker.
batiks for quilting of course
I love flannel, nothing is better for warmth and comfort. Especially curled up in a flannel quilt on a cold winters night.
Cotton at the moment. I do a lot of quilting. My second is knits, but I broke my serger that I had just gotten fixed and so I am back to a straight stitch machine sewing/quilting for a while.
I prefer using cotton in all of my quilts. I also enjoy incorporating material from gently worn clothing into my projects.
I love a good quality cotton best. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com
I love so many types of fabrics…as my stash will show! But I work with quilting- quality cottons most of the time for items I sell and give as gifts…so I’d have to say cottons are my #1 choice to work with. And thanks for this great giveaway opportunity!
Sorry – I got my dates mixed up…please delete since it’s too late for this entry.
I love cotton, and wool for skirts. Wool is absolutely beautiful to sew with.
My favorite is good guality cotton fabric. I am a quilter and the fabric is very important for the results I want.
I mostly use cotton fabric because I make quits and quilted purses.