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Hi, in the seventies I used to make my nightgowns out of a cotton
fabric with narrow bands of flat fabric and narrow bands of bubbled
fabric between them. It often came with small roses printed on it.
That fabric was THE BEST for nightgowns, but I haven't seen it in
years. My sister thinks it is called Pleisse or something like
that. pronounced PLEAZAY does this ring a bell ot anyone? anyone
know how to spell it? I've done an internet search with that
spelling and come up with a river in Germany, so I know I'm wrong
somewhere. LOL any help would be gratefully appreciated.

thanks, Kitty

looking for an old type fabric
 

Kitty wrote:
Hi, in the seventies I used to make my nightgowns out of a cotton
fabric with narrow bands of flat fabric and narrow bands of bubbled
fabric between them. It often came with small roses printed on it.
That fabric was THE BEST for nightgowns, but I haven't seen it in
years. My sister thinks it is called Pleisse or something like
that. pronounced PLEAZAY does this ring a bell ot anyone? anyone
know how to spell it? I've done an internet search with that
spelling and come up with a river in Germany, so I know I'm wrong
somewhere. LOL any help would be gratefully appreciated.

thanks, Kitty

Try a search for "plisse fabric"
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK

looking for an old type fabric
 

Kitty wrote:
Hi, in the seventies I used to make my nightgowns out of a cotton
fabric with narrow bands of flat fabric and narrow bands of bubbled
fabric between them. It often came with small roses printed on it.
That fabric was THE BEST for nightgowns, but I haven't seen it in
years. My sister thinks it is called Pleisse or something like
that. pronounced PLEAZAY does this ring a bell ot anyone? anyone
know how to spell it? I've done an internet search with that
spelling and come up with a river in Germany, so I know I'm wrong
somewhere. LOL any help would be gratefully appreciated.

thanks, Kitty

We call it searsucker in the U.S.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

looking for an old type fabric
 

Kitty wrote:
Hi, in the seventies I used to make my nightgowns out of
a cotton fabric with narrow bands of flat fabric and
narrow bands of bubbled fabric between them. It often
came with small roses printed on it. That fabric was THE
BEST for nightgowns, but I haven't seen it in years. My
sister thinks it is called Pleisse or something like
that. pronounced PLEAZAY does this ring a bell ot
anyone? anyone know how to spell it? I've done an
internet search with that spelling and come up with a
river in Germany, so I know I'm wrong somewhere. LOL
any help would be gratefully appreciated.

"Plisse"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/plisse

http://www.hancockfabrics.com/viewfd...sse&numHits=24

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...DID=xprd810636


Similar to seersucker:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seersucker

NAYY, HTH,

Beverly

looking for an old type fabric
 

Plisse? But it sounds more like seersucker to me.

Kitty wrote:
Hi, in the seventies I used to make my nightgowns out of a cotton
fabric with narrow bands of flat fabric and narrow bands of bubbled
fabric between them. It often came with small roses printed on it.
That fabric was THE BEST for nightgowns, but I haven't seen it in
years. My sister thinks it is called Pleisse or something like
that. pronounced PLEAZAY does this ring a bell ot anyone? anyone
know how to spell it? I've done an internet search with that
spelling and come up with a river in Germany, so I know I'm wrong
somewhere. LOL any help would be gratefully appreciated.

thanks, Kitty

looking for an old type fabric
 

Seersucker is different from plisse. Seersucker is woven puckers;
plisse is an embossed fabric, and these days stays permanent if it has
synthetic fibers in it. Seersucker is also a bit heavier.

The fabric I remember with tiny roses was dimity, but dimity doesn't
have puckers--it has solid woven stripes next to sheer stripes, with
the tiny roses printed.

Teri

looking for an old type fabric
 

On Dec 15, 12:46*pm, gjones2938 wrote:
Seersucker is different from plisse. *Seersucker is woven puckers;
plisse is an embossed fabric, and these days stays permanent if it has
synthetic fibers in it. *Seersucker is also a bit heavier.

yes, that's what I thought too. Seersucker that I've found is more
of a bottom or suit weight. light enough for summer, but still to
heavy for a nightgown. still, the fabric I'm thinking of did have the
woven puckers in it cause the bubbled fabric stayed bubbled through
the wash for many months but would eventually become almost even
toward the end of it's life. LOL

Maybe it was a tissue weight seersucker or maybe plisse was made
differently back then?
I appreciate all the links. Unfortunately the ones I've seen so far
show plisse made of 65 percent poly. NOT nice for nightgowns. I
forget all about glistening in that much poly and go straight to
SWEAT!!! LOL Kitty

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On Dec 16, 11:12*am, Kitty wrote:
Just did a search for Plisse Cotton and got this link which looks like
what I was talking about except for this is 50/50
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/b...20270/I/f07632

Hope that comes out as a link. FWIW, kitty

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Ok, thanks for the help ladies, I found what I was looking for.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-COTTON-Q...ayphotohosting

Is this plisse? that's what she's calling it. if it's not, what
would you call it? thanks, kitty

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Yup, Kitty, that's it. And your experience with it is what happens--
the puckers come out as the fabric is washed and dried. Seersucker
doesn't do that, but it's also too heavy for nightgowns. Too bad you
don't like the synthetic blend, because the puckers stay in. Oh,
well, we all have to make choices, don't we? Anyway, you'll get
exactly what you want if you order this.

Teri