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   solosmocker | Jan 27, 2008 01:59am | #1

   Hopefully someone will correct me here if I am wrong. It's been a while since I have worked in Ultrasuede. The only weights I am aware of are the Ultrasuede and a lighter weight called Facile. I think either would serve you well in this instance and my preference would be for the heavier Ultrasuede, given the use. solo

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   sewingkmulkey | Jan 28, 2008 10:11pm | #2

   I agree with you, solosmocker.  I too am curious to know if there's another weight of quality man-made suede other than ultrasuede or facile.

   How are the twins?

   Karen

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   user-60627 | Feb 02, 2008 09:38am | #3

   Actually, I have seen three weights of Ultrasuede: the lightweight Facile version, the regular weight Ultrasuede that we are all familiar with, and there is an upholstry weight that is a little heavier than the regular weight (its visibly stiffer and thicker).I have a winter coat that I made in 2003 out of 200 weight fleece, I faced the front edges and the pocket edges with some regular weight Ultrasuede. The coat has been washed many times and the Ultrasuede still looks pretty good.If you are going to do buttonholes in Ultrasuede, its best to do either a leather patch type buttonhole or a bound buttonhole. Doing a regular buttonhole in Ultrasuede is doable, but its not easy, no matter how nice/good a buttonhole your machine does.