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Went with a cotton-linen blend instead of pure linen for a summer dress pattern
I was designing a mid-weight summer dress last spring and couldn't decide between a 55/45 cotton-linen blend or straight 100% linen for the fabric. I picked the blend because I was worried about the pure linen wrinkling too much during a full day at the farmer's market. Has anyone else tried mixing fibers like this and regretted it or found it worked better than expected?
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gavina732mo ago
Yeah the blend holds up way better through a whole day of wear.
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riverreed2mo ago
You ever seen a friend's shirt go totally limp by 2pm? My buddy Dave wore a 100% cotton button-down to a cookout and by the time we ate, the collar looked like a wet noodle. He spent the whole afternoon tugging at it trying to look decent. That blend stuff actually keeps its shape, even after you sit in a lawn chair for five hours.
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juliag101mo ago
And that's EXACTLY what I was worried about with the pure linen, @gavina73 - the whole day sag factor. But here's what gets me: doesn't the cotton-linen blend feel a bit... off? Like it's trying to be something it's not? I need to know, did you find the blend had that weird kind of fuzzy texture that pure linen never gets? Because I've handled some blends that felt more like a dish towel than a dress fabric, and that's a HARD pass for a summer piece.
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