Fabric sheet and shopping list
Every fabric you buy, with what its bolt end said, how you preshrank it and what the shrink test showed, and a shopping list seeded from the project you chose.
For a first pass, one row on the fabric sheet is essential: fiber, width and care copied from the bolt end, and the shrink test from Choosing and preparing fabric. The shopping list is a convenience; it was seeded for your project and can be edited or ignored.
Fabric
Copy fiber, width and care from the bolt end or the online listing before you leave the shop or close the page.
Shopping list
Seeded with the fabric and notions for the project you chose. Buy the buttons before you size a buttonhole, and measure a pillow form before you buy fabric for it.
How to use these sheets
- Copy the bolt end in the shop. Fiber content, width and care are printed on the end of the bolt or in the online listing. Once the fabric is cut and home, nothing on it says what it is. A phone photo of the bolt end works too.
- Width as measured. Record the width the bolt end states, then the width you measure after preshrinking in the shrink test column. Calculators use the measured one.
- The care column becomes the care note. In Your project the care note for the finished item is written from this column.
The starter rows are Dana's quilting cotton and Marcus's flannel. Dana's bolt end said 100 percent cotton, 44 in, machine wash warm, tumble dry low. Her 6 in test square measured 5 7/8 in along the lengthwise grain and 5 13/16 in crosswise after washing, so she plans with about 42 in of usable width. Marcus's flannel measured 42 in selvage to selvage after preshrinking. The measurements are invented for the examples.
The sheet records what the label said and what your test showed. It does not identify a fiber the label does not name, and it does not say whether a fabric meets any flammability or labeling standard; those rules govern items made for sale (Choosing and preparing fabric).