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Swim and Activewear Fabric on Amazon

April 1, 2019 mallory donohue 5 Comments

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Look like a royal, shiny mermaid in these foil covered prints.

I love florals and print designs that look like they’d be at home on a woven, but then they surprise you by being on stretchy activewear fabric!

Mix these prints with some reliable solids and some sheer meshes to get the most bang for your buck.

This picture looks uninspiring, but it’s the heavy weight power shaper net that we used to stock.  It’s perfect for lining or for creating lovely sheer accents.

This fabric is just “power mesh”, not power shaper net.  It’s stretchy and has good recovery, but it will not provide control.  It’s great for decorative sheer elements!

Go get your Prime on and get some activewear fabrics in those smiley envelopes!

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Comments

  1. Roberta says

    April 4, 2019 at 11:21 AM

    I would love to sew activewear with the fabrics that you showed, but I don’t understand why anyone would want to get all sweaty in something that you can’t throw in a washer or wear into a swimming pool.

    Reply
    • mallory donohue says

      April 4, 2019 at 11:25 AM

      Some of these are absolutely appropriate for swimwear- I used the power shaper net on swim bottoms last year. I wash most of my spandex garments on cold and line dry for longevity.

      Reply
    • Roberta Koniuchowsky says

      July 5, 2019 at 10:41 AM

      I have the same issue. Why would I buy that kind of fabric and what could I possibly use it for other than a Halloween costume.

      Reply
  2. Renee Maxwell says

    May 11, 2019 at 8:49 AM

    Hi Mallory!

    I loved the swimwear podcast. I’m going to make a suit or two for a cruise I’m going on and I would like to use power shaper net in the tummy area. I know you and Zede said it wasn’t as desirable as the power mesh, but can you give me more details? Is this a hard no? I want to use the bombshell pattern with the ruching. Any advice is so appreciated.

    Reply
    • mallory donohue says

      May 14, 2019 at 7:26 PM

      Renee,
      We LOVE the Power Shaper Net for this- please use it! I’ll try to clarify this in the show notes!

      Reply

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