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To: MayflowerMadam
Most stores rarely have fabric suitable for clothing, with only crafting stuff — 100% cotton, fleece and flannel. Some stores have NO blends for clothing.

We hardly make any apparel fabrics in the USA any more due to minimal demand. Fabric is made where the clothes are made. It is expensive to import, and since sewing is now a lost art few companies bother bringing in anything suitable for garment making.

11 posted on 01/09/2025 5:14:21 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Mr. Jeeves
We hardly make any apparel fabrics in the USA any more due to minimal demand.

It's a vicious cycle. As globalism brought in low-quality goods to replace American textiles, who wants to buy it or wear it?

The fabrics made in Far East Asia (with some exceptions from India) are horrible, and even the print designs are foreign to American tastes -- especially to women who once knew American calico and "feedsack" cotton prints. The manufacturing standards are lower, so that the warp and weft are not anywhere near 90 degree angles to one another, and the polyester sleaze is not worth wearing.

20 posted on 01/09/2025 8:18:38 AM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

We hardly make any apparel fabrics in the USA any more due to minimal demand. Fabric is made where the clothes are made. It is expensive to import, and since sewing is now a lost art few companies bother bringing in anything suitable for garment making.


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21 posted on 01/09/2025 8:19:20 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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