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The420Guy
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Q: On a whim, I bought some hemp fabric last summer and am now pondering sewing it. It's medium weight, suitable for a jacket or pants. How does it handle?
– J.A. via e-mail
A: As its texture may suggest, hemp cloth behaves much like linen both during construction (easy!) and in wear, where it creases a little less. It's washable but hard to press and can lose dye; I'd dry-clean darker colours, at least. Use woven fusible interfacing to crisp a jacket. Hemp takes topstitching brilliantly. It's a new classic.
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Copyright © 2003, Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.
Betty Ann Crosbie, Toronto Star
Extracted
Provided by: www.globalhemp.com
– J.A. via e-mail
A: As its texture may suggest, hemp cloth behaves much like linen both during construction (easy!) and in wear, where it creases a little less. It's washable but hard to press and can lose dye; I'd dry-clean darker colours, at least. Use woven fusible interfacing to crisp a jacket. Hemp takes topstitching brilliantly. It's a new classic.
Thursday, February 27, 2003
Copyright © 2003, Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.
Betty Ann Crosbie, Toronto Star
Extracted
Provided by: www.globalhemp.com
