Polycotton fabric

[leaky5]

For the life of me I can't find any medium weight polycotton fabic in olive green. I found one advertised in Khaki in the weight I want on a fabric shop website and it was only about 10 miles from me. But when I rang them up they said they have nothing in that colour and don't know who put it up on the web site.

I have got a sample of uncoated 700D Cordura coming from Extrem Textile in Germany, it is advertised for making clothes, but I have only ever used coated Cordura for bags before, so will have to see what it is like.

Has anyone on here found anywhere that does this colour in poycotton ?

 

[Toddy]

Pointrnorth are usually pretty sound.
https://www.profabrics.co.uk/pages/fabric-od

and Maggie's Fabrics have an awful lot more fabrics than she lists on eBay. Well worth a quick email to ask.
http://stores.ebay.co.uk/MAGGIES-FAB-FABRICS

 

[leaky5]

Pointrnorth are usually pretty sound.
https://www.profabrics.co.uk/pages/fabric-od

This is the sort of texture / colour / weight I am looking for. I might give them a call and see if it is breathable, not sure if it will or not being waxed.

https://www.profabrics.co.uk/collec...erain-sahara-waxed-cotton?variant=48273888070

 

[Toddy]

They are known to be very helpful, and they often have 'bits' that aren't on the website.
Can't hurt to contact them and ask. Good people

M

 

[leaky5]

They are known to be very helpful, and they often have 'bits' that aren't on the website.
Can't hurt to contact them and ask. Good people

M

It was worth a call to them, you are right and they do get odds and ends in. But this time they did not have anything suitable.

The Millerain Sahara sounds promising and I have some samples on the way.

 

[scottisha5]

Leaky,
Im currently using the Millerain material to sew upright walls into my Polish Lavu. Great material to work with, marks quite easily and does have a slight wax feel to it. Im giving it a thumbs up anyway. Hope this helps.
John
Happy new year

It was worth a call to them, you are right and they do get odds and ends in. But this time they did not have anything suitable.

The Millerain Sahara sounds promising and I have some samples on the way.

 

[leaky5]

Leaky,
Im currently using the Millerain material to sew upright walls into my Polish Lavu. Great material to work with, marks quite easily and does have a slight wax feel to it. Im giving it a thumbs up anyway. Hope this helps.
John
Happy new year

Thanks John and a happy new year to you as well.

It is good to have some feed back from someone who has used it, as it is not really a mainstream hobbist product. I have seen lots of jackets made from it since looking at it and they do say it is breathable.
I was not after this to be water proof / resitant, I like the look of the fabic.

Can you tell if it would seem breathble to you ? I know it might be difficult to tell, but I am only going to get some small samples to try and guage from.

Its probably going to be between this and uncoated Cordura.

 

[Jared]

Regentex is a polycotton brand from these folks http://www.jtinglis.com/regentex/regentex.html

Also here https://www.esvocampingshop.com/en/

 

[leaky5]

Got the Millerain samples today, loverly material, but a little thiner than I was hoping for. Very similar to Fjallraven G1000. Does seem to be waterproof and breathable.
I shall see what the uncoated Codura is like before making a final choice

 

[MikeE]

I use Point North a lot and they have always been excellent.
Their products and turn around are very good and they chased up a delivery that became awkward recently.
I can't fault them, if they have it in stock they deliver really quickly.

 

[leaky5]

I shall see what the uncoated Codura is like before making a final choice

The uncoated Cordura feels quite nice, is the right colour, sheds water OK and is resonably cheap. I have some cotton drill on the way as well.