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Offline Feline Costumier

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Re: fabric
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2010, 15:58:40 PM »
We use a medium weight calico for all our sampling work in college (practising different garment construction techniques), it is indeed great stuff.

I get it for £1.90 per metre I think, or could be £2.50. I too have have made my own catnip sacks with it and as yet, they haven't been destroyed and they've been on the go for months ;D Just run up on my domestic sewing machine.

I would say the Catac sacks are actually a lighter weight than what I used. Maybe I should start selling them, I do need to up my income and the second job hunt isn't going anywhere at the moment :evillaugh:
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Offline perrywalsh14

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Re: fabric
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2010, 15:43:51 PM »
now these days fabric use with some different shades of different designs
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Re: fabric
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2010, 11:44:37 AM »
Yep, that's the stuff - good firm weave to allow kitty claws to grab, but not pull threads and thus destroy. It comes in several different weights too - I got the middle weight for versatility, but upholstery weight would be better for cat toys I suspect.
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Re: fabric
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2010, 11:41:37 AM »
That's what the catac sacks are made from (or is it canvas?). Maybe someone can prove me wrong, but AFAIK, they are indestructible. Alice has a collection of them. I usually add one to my VetUK orders so she has a fresh one, but she loves lying on a pile of them. They make great little kitty pillows  :)
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Re: fabric
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2010, 09:45:19 AM »
No spare fabric here - but I recently bought a bolt of unbleached calico - 20 metres for $40.00 (or £20 in your money) which is a wonderfully versatile thing to have around - lavender bags, catnip toys, cushion linings, curtain linings, bags for drying herbs, bags for hanging meat or bacon flitches, pudding cloths, straining jellies - you name it - wonderful stuff. ;D
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Re: fabric
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2010, 09:39:49 AM »
Fabric is always useful for me to  make nip bags - nip mice and any other kitty things I can knock out. send them over to rescues to sell in their shop. I only have to buy the nip, but I have a secret stash.

SHHHhhhhh dont tell my Zeb I have a secret stash of nip  :shify:
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2010, 21:59:44 PM »
I have some fabric going spare would anyone like it it's not a lot but enough to make some decent cat toys with.  ;)
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