Sewing wool

[quartz pebble]

Hello, I have a question for anyone who has sewn with wool (herringbone wool specifically) as I have a project in mind that will utilize it. Do I need to sew it in any specific way or can I treat it like any other fabric for sewing purposes? For context I mainly sew with cotton duck canvas, waxed canvas, bull denim, and cotton twill.

[fickle aspen]

Perhaps channel #make-it-sew can help

[lament flax]

It really depends on what you have in mind to make with said wool. What do you have in mind? I may be able to help you there

[quartz pebble]

I am going to be making a coat, well I have two coats in mind specifically at this time.

[lament flax]

so certain sections of a jacket may need an inter-lining like horsehair sew in interfacing (which can get pokey or scratchy if you're going this historical accurate for the 1800s route), or you could use something like a canvas to stiffen those parts. Its common for the front lapells of coats , and especially in things like military uniforms historically speaking. As for the wool itself, so long as you can actively sew through it, that's the main thing. To make it look really good, you will want to use the herringbone in a way like a plaid, where you may need to do some cleaver texture matching. If you're not that worried about texture matching, then I can't see why not

[quartz pebble]

Yes the brown on the historical looking one is going to be a waxed canvas, and I have yet to decide what the grey fabric will be, I want to be soft which I found a good match of what I want on Fabric Wholesale Direct but they don’t make a grey. And I have the liner I want to use and have had luck with it in my first project.

[lament flax]

If you're looking for it to be warm, you could go with a "melton" or "boiled" wool, if you're also looking for natural fiber

[quartz pebble]

Well the first one is based on the Back to the Future jacket so I kind of want it to have a slightly “shiny” kind of feel which I found with the double knit suede scuba on FWD, but I’ll probably have to find something else. For the spots I have colored orange I am going with a red herringbone wool, as I found a good source of high quality soft wool that isn’t too bank breakingly expensive.