{"id":68939,"date":"2025-12-21T07:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T15:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=68939"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:51:20","slug":"weird-substrates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/weird-substrates\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird Substrates"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Sewing<\/a>
Sewing the Cosquilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have bought several different fabric substrates lately. You saw that I replenished my supply of vinyl. Cutting and sewing that is no problem. The only thing I think about is whether I need a dedicated vinyl rotary cutter.<\/p>\n

As I was sewing the vinyl this time, I used Tim’s Teflon foot. Honestly, the foot felt like plastic to me, but it was a GREAT. It really did work. I didn’t have to use any tissue paper. Don’t get me wrong, tissue paper works great and you don’t have to buy a new foot.<\/p>\n

I made a lunch bag as a gift and decided to use ripstop nylon for the interior. I wanted it to be somewhat water resistant, though I knew it wouldn’t be very water resistant. <\/p>\n

What a pain.<\/p>\n

I followed Lynette’s directions for  pressing the ripstop and it got all bubbly and didn’t look as flat and perfect as hers did. Mine might have been thinner. Or lesser quality. I don’t know. Not sure I’ll make another project with ripstop. This and the Falabella<\/a> might be my limit, though I have more of the fabric. We’ll see. <\/p>\n

\"Sewfisticated<\/a>
Sewfisticated substrates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the Sewfisticated<\/a> sale, I also bought some different substrates to try make more robust bags that wouldn’t get as dirty and would hold up under pressure of daily use. I want to make the Pandora Charisma for a gift and I want it to be sturdy. One of the substrates was VibrantVue Canvas (see below). Something easy and\/or small to see how my machine handles it? The other was Diamond Quilted Vinyl. I don’t know what I will sew with the former, but I will use the Diamond Quilted Vinyl for the Pandora Charisma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Vibrant<\/a>
Vibrant Vue Canvas from SewfisticatedVibrant Vue Canvas from Sewfisticated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not exactly substrates, but I also bought of their Sewfisive Foam Stabilizer. I don’t know that I would buy it again as it looks and feels the same as Soft & Stable. I am reserving judgement until I sew with it. <\/p>\n

It is good to try new things. I am looking forward to trying out these different substrates, assuming my machine behaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have bought several different fabric substrates lately. You saw that I replenished my supply of vinyl. Cutting and sewing that is no problem. The only thing I think about is whether I need a dedicated vinyl rotary cutter. As I was sewing the vinyl this time, I used Tim’s Teflon foot. Honestly, the foot … Continue reading “Weird Substrates”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[315,560],"class_list":["post-68939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-fabric","tag-sewfisticated"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68939"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70544,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68939\/revisions\/70544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}