A Beginner's Guide To Fabric Types

Welcome to this beginner's guide to costuming fabrics! If you're interested in starting to sew your own costumes for LARP, cosplay or historical wear you've come to the right place. In this video, I'll go through the most popular fabric types for costumes and their pros and cons to help you choose the best materials for your next sewing project. I'll go over everything from the differences between natural and synthetic fabrics to cotton, linen, wool, jersey and more. Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced costumer looking to expand your knowledge, this video has something for everyone. If you are curious where I buy my supplies you can check out this writeup here: https://ko-fi.com/post/Where-I-buy-my-fabrics--new-video-O5O0J5BRN And yes only after upload did I realise I misspelled linen during the video. Well, now you know the Dutch word for it. My awesome new endscreen was commissioned from https://brenna-ivy.tumblr.com/tagged/my art! And thanks to @TextielstadNl013 for letting me film at their store! All fabric store footage and bolts of fabric that I didn't have at home were filmed there. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:30 Synthetic vs natural fabric 2:46 Stretch fabrics 3:41 Cotton 4:51 Linen 5:56 Wool 7:35 Leather 9:42 Jersey 11:34 Spandex and scuba 13:38 Velvet 15:00 Synthetics 16:24 Fabric buying tips 18:16 Outro Music attribution: Lofi Hiphop Intro 26 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9479-lofi-hiphop-intro-26 Bright Colors Of Life by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/7855-bright-colors-of-life Ascending the Vale by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3384-ascending-the-vale Uplifting Electronic Indie by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6552-uplifting-electronic-indie Yesterdays Illusion Of Tomorrow by Sascha Schulz Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3152-yesterdays-illusion-of-tomorrow Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time Chill W