Fraying Fabric?

Question

What kind of fabric do I use and how can I fray the fabric to look like the edges of the logo on this hat

http://www.jenningsequipment.com/storepi...

or like the logo on this shirt

http://www.abercrombie.ca/anf/onlinestor...

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

Answer 1

For a piece of fabric that is easy to fray, you lay it out, and with a pin, take one thread at a time and pull it off the piece of fabric, you can use a pin to separate it off. Pull until you have the frayed amount you want.

Obviously if you wish to use the selvage side of the material, you have to cut off the selvage.

Answer 2

Neither of the URLs is available. Please try again. I tried both of them because I really wanted to be able to make a suggestion.

Woven fabrics rather than knits usually fray just like cutoff jeans. The threads along the raw edge work their way off.

Edit:

p**p! I had written an explanation that I just lost. Those sandals seem like the fabric is fairly heavy so it would need to be cut with scissors. Even lighter fabric should be cut along a thread in the weave rather than torn because tearing can stretch and mess fabrics up terribly. I made that mistake a lifetime ago.

You can use a fingernail, fork tine, turkey skewer or whatever to loosen the first few rows in the fabric. You could do it in the clothes washer but those threads might clog your machine. Best ravel by hand and give the fabric that worn-look after you attach it to the shirt. If you allow email in your profile then you can reach me directly.

Good Luck with your project and try to figure out how to post a pic. I'd love to see it.

Answer 3

If I know I am going to fray fabric, I run a stitch that is tight enough to hold the fray, but yet loose enough to pull the fabric for the effect.  I would say set your machine to stitch setting 10, which is just above a basting stitch.  Or you could use washable fabric glue just above where you want to stop the fraying.  Sorry, I couldn't view the links, so this is a basic instruction that I have used.

Answer 4

Cotton fabrics will fray very nicely. Yes you can tear or rip the fabric. Cutting it works too. Woven fabrics....the fabric that you can actually see the different threads running horizonal across the fabric piece are easy to fray as those are the threads that you will pull from the fabric to fray it.. Practice...Cut a rectangle, or a strip...Larger than you want the finished piece to be..(You first link did not work) Per the 2nd link on the thongs...that is a strip probably about 1-1/2 " wide and the length needs to be a bit longer than you actually want to sew it down to the other part of your project.

Lay the cut piece down flat on a sturdy surface, and take a pin, or something small and pointed to start working the threads out of the fabric. Keep taking the threads out one by one...until the length of the frayed part is the length you want.

Just practice...it is so easy to do, and be patient. Your project will come out great.

Answer 5

Your fabric need to be woven, any cotton fabric will do

Cut your shape out, then throw it in the washer. It should fray it out.

The only other way is to cut the fabric and then take tweezers and pull out the horizontal threads.