Sewing chirimen

Hi all!
Sorry to bothering you, I'm new here, and I write from Italy.
I'm not a "sewing mistress" so I'm searching some information about
a japanese fabric named CHIRIMEN.
I have a project with this fabric but I can't find the right needle
and the right stitch to sew together chirimen cloths. I've always sewn
cotton!!!
This chirimen (hope you know it) is a rayon fabric with waving thread,
medium weight
here http://tinyurl.com/yrqsp I found scan of chirimen: all the
horizontal lines are the waving thread.
Can you please suggest me something? In some italian mailing lists
nobody knows chirimen °_°

thankyou very much!
elena


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VALAR MORGULIS
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Welcome Elena!
I never heard of this before -it's very pretty! What are you planning to
make with it? I would imagine that an ordinary needle and cotton thread
would work just fine, although this fabric might ravel quite a bit if you
sew by hand.
The site had an email address to answer questions -you could always contact
the manufacturer!
Roberta in D

"RuMiKa" wrote in message
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Hi all!
Sorry to bothering you, I'm new here, and I write from Italy.
I'm not a "sewing mistress" so I'm searching some information about
a japanese fabric named CHIRIMEN.
I have a project with this fabric but I can't find the right needle
and the right stitch to sew together chirimen cloths. I've always sewn
cotton!!!
This chirimen (hope you know it) is a rayon fabric with waving thread,
medium weight
here http://tinyurl.com/yrqsp I found scan of chirimen: all the
horizontal lines are the waving thread.
Can you please suggest me something? In some italian mailing lists
nobody knows chirimen °_°

thankyou very much!
elena


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VALAR MORGULIS
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I'm not sure if I've used the same fabric, but the way you describe it
sounds the same. I used my regular sewing machine needle and thread to sew.
If you are sewing with a hand needle (not with a sewing machine), you should
just use a regular needle and thread, but take a backstitch every inch or so
to secure it as you sew. This material is less stiff than cotton. You could
try using a starch stiffener to make it easier to work with. I used a
fusible interfacing with mine, but that was because I was combining it with
cottons in a quilt.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"RuMiKa" wrote in message
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Hi all!
Sorry to bothering you, I'm new here, and I write from Italy.
I'm not a "sewing mistress" so I'm searching some information about
a japanese fabric named CHIRIMEN.
I have a project with this fabric but I can't find the right needle
and the right stitch to sew together chirimen cloths. I've always sewn
cotton!!!
This chirimen (hope you know it) is a rayon fabric with waving thread,
medium weight
here http://tinyurl.com/yrqsp I found scan of chirimen: all the
horizontal lines are the waving thread.
Can you please suggest me something? In some italian mailing lists
nobody knows chirimen °_°

thankyou very much!
elena


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VALAR MORGULIS
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Ciao Elena,

non ho mai sentito dei 'chirimen' dunque non posso aiutarti. Pero
comunque posso dirte Benvenuta a RCTQ!

Marissa

RuMiKa wrote:

Hi all!
Sorry to bothering you, I'm new here, and I write from Italy.
I'm not a "sewing mistress" so I'm searching some information about
a japanese fabric named CHIRIMEN.
I have a project with this fabric but I can't find the right needle
and the right stitch to sew together chirimen cloths. I've always sewn
cotton!!!
This chirimen (hope you know it) is a rayon fabric with waving thread,
medium weight
here http://tinyurl.com/yrqsp I found scan of chirimen: all the
horizontal lines are the waving thread.
Can you please suggest me something? In some italian mailing lists
nobody knows chirimen °_°

thankyou very much!
elena


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