Yes, dotted Swiss is very expensive on most of the heirloom sewing
sites. I suppose people only buy a little bit of fabric to clothe
children and dolls, therefore it does not seem too expensive. The
Baltazor $15/yard Swiss batiste is the most reasonable I've run across
in all cotton, although I've seen similar prices for cotton/poly (which
I don't think I can dye).
I think what with eyelet so in fashion, other fabrics with embroidered
textures may be so soon. Or maybe not.
I became interested in it when I bought some embroidered cotton kebayas
from Indonesia whose ground fabric was basically dotted Swiss, although
the seller did not call it that (I think they just called it "cotton").
It's just a really nice sheer fabric for summer.
Fran
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
I was looking for dotted swiss for a show I was costuming last fall. It
was impossible to find white on white at a reasonable price. I don't
think the fabric has been in style since the 1950s when my play took
place. Lots of little girl dresses were made of it then. I finally
found 1 yard on an auction website.
Sylrog
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