Cloth Fringe

anpetuwe-trader · 08-13-2007, 06:19 PM

What kinds of materials are best to make the wide, cut, cloth fringe on Fancy and Grass dance outfits. How do you stop the material from fraying?

Thanks for the help!

Lakota Wiyan · 08-13-2007, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by anpetuwe-trader

What kinds of materials are best to make the wide, cut, cloth fringe on Fancy and Grass dance outfits. How do you stop the material from fraying?

Thanks for the help!

We just used a polyester material, I cut it and it never frayed. It was kind of springy, but it was so easy to work with.

**WocusWoman** · 08-14-2007, 01:32 AM

YUP, double knit polyester. I cut up a bunch of fringe for a little boys spider man grass outfit this summer, and it worked
well for that use.

**spottedeagle** · 08-14-2007, 06:34 PM

You can also use ribbon, which comes in many sizes. I used 1/8" ribbon on my tradish set I just finished. I took a piece of cardboard, wrapped my ribbon around the cardboard. Then I layed a small strip of heatbond lite under the ribbon, folded it over the top and ironed it. I cut the ribbon in the same place on both sides of the cardboard, giving me to sections of ribbon fringe. Then I laid them on my material, ironed them, then sewed them down. The heatbond held everything in place, nice and straight until it was sewn down.

Blackbear · 08-17-2007, 02:55 PM

Hey..that's a great tip Spot! I'll have to remember that one.. that would probably work great for shawls as well!

**spottedeagle** · 08-17-2007, 07:43 PM

I can't take credit for that great tip, I picked it up from Whisphering Winds a few issues ago. But man it made fringing my new outfit a breeze!!!!!

wyo_rose · 08-20-2007, 04:27 PM

Oh man! I never thought of doing it that way. And I just spend 3 hours cutting and sewing ribbon on a little guy's outfit. Next one - Heat and Bond!!

08-13-2007, 06:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
anpetuwe-trader Pow Wow Visitor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Missouri Posts: 1	Cloth Fringe What kinds of materials are best to make the wide, cut, cloth fringe on Fancy and Grass dance outfits. How do you stop the material from fraying? Thanks for the help!

08-14-2007, 06:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,495	You can also use ribbon, which comes in many sizes. I used 1/8" ribbon on my tradish set I just finished. I took a piece of cardboard, wrapped my ribbon around the cardboard. Then I layed a small strip of heatbond lite under the ribbon, folded it over the top and ironed it. I cut the ribbon in the same place on both sides of the cardboard, giving me to sections of ribbon fringe. Then I laid them on my material, ironed them, then sewed them down. The heatbond held everything in place, nice and straight until it was sewn down. __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

08-17-2007, 02:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blackbear Space Cowboy Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Alaska Posts: 9,621	Hey..that's a great tip Spot! I'll have to remember that one.. that would probably work great for shawls as well! __________________ Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear... just sing, sing a song.

08-17-2007, 07:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
spottedeagle FANMAKR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Soaring over you Posts: 4,495	I can't take credit for that great tip, I picked it up from Whisphering Winds a few issues ago. But man it made fringing my new outfit a breeze!!!!! __________________ The things you are doing today are the traditions of twenty-five years from now. -Daryl Baldwin: Miami

08-20-2007, 04:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
wyo_rose Teenah's Too Cool Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fort Washakie Posts: 8,034 Blog Entries: 2	Oh man! I never thought of doing it that way. And I just spend 3 hours cutting and sewing ribbon on a little guy's outfit. Next one - Heat and Bond!! __________________ Don't take life so seriously! It's not permanent.

08-14-2007, 01:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
WocusWoman N8tiffUmatillaMAMA Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Interior Alaska Posts: 2,737	YUP, double knit polyester. I cut up a bunch of fringe for a little boys spider man grass outfit this summer, and it worked well for that use.

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