> I would recommend actually trying a few of them, and take your own
> fabrics to test with, samples of the things you typically sew. We
> use such different fabrics than the general population that even if
> the store has anything other than the stiff cardboardy test fabric,
> it won't be anythin
This is an odd thing, but hopefully useful to someone. There
is free fleece available in Northern Virginia (DC area). I think it
may be angora goat. Someone raises them and has been shearing and
collecting the fleeces, but not doing anything with them. This is
info I'm getting fr