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Thickness of Matte Vinyl

Posted by: Stacie on: 2010-02-08 19:37:42

I need to make gloves and alter boots with the black matte vinyl, but I need to know how thick it is before I go trying to make gloves out of it.

I don't have time to order a swatch due to time constraints. Do you think I'd easily be able to make gloves?

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Topic: Gloves

Posted by: Joe on: 2010-03-20 16:16:10

I've been making gloves and boots for many years now from a variety of materials, and for gloves the best is a soft, stretch vinyl, like you want. I use an ordinary home sewing machine, nothing special, but I do have a great technique that really works for fancy dress gloves. I'm putting together a tutorial for it right now, and I think I'll either be using soft matte vinyl like you want or perhaps some PU rubber, which also works fantastic. I wouldn't be afraid to try it. After all, it's still much cheaper than leather. Go for it!