How to choose the RIGHT stretch fabric for your sewing projects - make sure your clothes will fit!

This video goes over the different characteristics of stretchy knit fabric, and how to choose the right one for your project, so you can make sure your garments fit correctly and look good. Fabric choice is a huge part of fit, so make sure you know how to evaluate and pick the right kids!
I filmed this video at the warehouse of one of my favorite online fabric shops - L'oiseau Fabrics in Calgary Canada - bit.ly/loiseauyoutube
For more information on how to measure stretch percentage, click here: apostrophepatterns.com/pages/...
I used a couple of patterns as examples in the video, and you can find them here:
Peak Pullover for adults - sewpdf.com/product/peak-pullo...
Sugar Pea Tunic for kids - sewpdf.com/product/sugar-pea-...
And if you're looking for the DIY course on knit fabrics (with daily emails and homework) that I mentioned, you can find it here: sewpdf.com/diy-sew-stretchy-b...
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[@oatyotaku5279]

This was super useful, thanks

[@SewPDF]

Glad to hear!

[@Jin04115]

Love your hair. This video is right on time. I have bought soooo much knit fabric since they are on sale now.

[@SewPDF]

Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful 🙂

[@taukitanukiqq]

Thank you so much for the video! I am a beginner and this is really useful!

[@SewPDF]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Ms.Mel.Creates]

Oh hey! Hello from also in Calgary! Lol! I’m brand new to sewing and hadn’t yet heard of this store so I’ll go check it out. GREAT content ❤

[@SewPDF]

Hi neighbor!! Thank you, so glad you enjoyed it :)

[@saraaronzon4562]

Can you define "grain meaning"?

[@SewPDF]

It's the direction of the weave or knit of the fabric. Pattern pieces have a grain line on them and it's important to align this with the fabric grain.

[@udhe4421]

The video is very quiet and my volume was turned to the highest! Pls work it should be louder. Tia

[@SewPDF]

That's very odd, do you have this problem with other videos or just this one? I can hear it just fine at 25% of my computer's maximum volume. Turning it up made it very loud. Perhaps you had some headphones plugged in and forgot, and were hearing the sound from the headphones without realizing?

[@katielove9932]

There is nothing wrong with your sound. I was lowering and raising the tone at times.@@SewPDF