How to Determine Fabric Content with Fire: AKA Burn Test

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Welcome back to another Sew Along Sunday! Today is our breather week in between actual sew alongs and I’ve had some requests for a video on how to do a burn test on mystery fabric. I hope you enjoy this one and, as always, leave any questions you have in the comments below!
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@goddesspa Месяц назад

Thank you so much for this. I've been burning and looking for basics, but this rounded out my knowledge a little.

@TomKatStitchery Месяц назад

I'm really glad it was helpful!

@loriar1027 4 года назад

I'm surprised you didn't have an aluminum pie plate or some non flammable surface to protect your cutting mat. This was really helpful!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I like to live on the edge 😂. I’m glad you liked it!

@pollymaxwell5585 4 года назад

Thank you Whitney, it helps to see someone actually go through the process instead of just reading about what to look for and smell, at least that’s how I learn. Thanks for the tip on the fabric sewing guide, I found it on thrifty books for $10.00 with shipping.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Fantastic! It’s a great book for your sewing library!

@ameliacarey3315 4 года назад

Thank you, I'll have to watch again. Really good.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

@janetdarrah1222 4 года назад

That was very interesting, I heard of burn test before but never saw it done. Thank you Whitney, I learn a lot of important stuff from you. Have a great week

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad!

@mumsie2739 4 года назад

Very helpful...thank you! Love the color of your blouse!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Thank you!

@andreanneabel3464 4 года назад

Very interesting ! I love buying mystery bundle of second hand fabric and I often do burn test! thanks for sharing!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@k3of5ks 4 года назад

This is really good. Thank you Whitney!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

@DoloresDeeBodnar 4 года назад

That was great, so interesting

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

😂

@charlotteanderson3727 4 года назад

I never knew those traits of fabric-super helpful. Thank you.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m glad you enjoyed this one!

@mariamacksoud3080 4 года назад

So informative. I have always wondered about this test. Thank you.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m glad you found it helpful!

@mariamacksoud3080 4 года назад

@@TomKatStitchery Funny coincidence - I was watching Antiques Roadshow and the expert was doing a burn test on a prayer rug to determine whether it was silk or mercerized cotton and I knew it was silk by the burn test before he announced it all thanks to YOUR VIDEO!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Maria Macksoud that’s so funny! It’s a useful skill in many areas of life!

@sewlolita8845 4 года назад

Thank you for the video. I always wondered about the fabric contents

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I hope it was helpful!

@donitatoavs 4 года назад

This is great information, thank you!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@evalucilledixon3879 4 года назад

Greatest scientist on Earth! LoL Thank you. ...no more dealing with mystery fabrics for me! I learned a lot: good teacher. Thanks. ~ L

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad!

@myralorraine 4 года назад

Great video! I needed this because I don't always have the content of fabrics in my stash! Thank you!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad it was useful!

@seestellysew8472 4 года назад

This was very helpful. Thank you.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@carmenfringer4740 4 года назад

Thank you for this video. I get lots of mystery content fabric at our local swap shop for pennies and this will help so much .

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Oh good!

@annsinclair6709 4 года назад

Must not, must not, must not take a lighter to my clothes! Fascinating lesson. I joined the Minerva club and get sent samples every so often. Although they say what the fabrics are, I will use them along with your tutorial to help me smell and feel as you described. Another grateful thank you Whitney x

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That’s a great idea!

@kscheuerman5378 4 года назад

Whitney, thanks for the very useful information! Please take care and God Bless.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@bellatomsett4753 4 года назад

That's such a helpful video! I often pick up mystery material in charity shops!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Yes! This will be perfect for those thrifted finds!

@nadiasews Год назад

This was helpful, I have a pile of thrift store fabrics that I think are wool but will be curious to test them now! Thank You!

@TomKatStitchery Год назад

Oh good! Wool is one of the easiest to spot as it smells like burnt hair!

@chrischevalier1980 4 года назад

Good information, there is a burn chart on Fabric Mart’s website, at the bottom of the page under info links. Looking forward to Tuesday, planning a trip myself to Florida. So much fun doing the module sew along.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad you’re enjoying the module challenge! Thanks for the heads up on the chart. It makes total sense that that would be out there on the web!

@georgianasstudio 4 года назад

Thank you! Loved this. I can now test some vintage fabric I have that I think is wool!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

How exciting!

@Cynthia2v 4 года назад

I do believe that was the book used in my textiles class (or one very much like it) during my undergraduate life. It was the most expensive book our bookstore had at the time, and it came with a packet of samples for doing burning or chemical tests to determine fiber content. It was $120 new (paperback, too!) and it was the first year it was used. I wish I had held onto it! After you did the tests, you glued or stapled the swatches into the book. Thanks for doing this, it was a trip down memory lane! PS, yes, I’m old, the year was 1975 or 76.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That’s amazing! I so wish I had gone to school for textiles. I would have LOVED that! Instead I have a boring old Accounting and Finance degree 😂.

@jimsmith3535 4 года назад

Back to my DH's login-this is ladylouse... Ramie cotton blend sweaters are my favorite-I can't find them, any more!! :+( However, I did locate some Ramie Cotton blend on fabric.com-I'll have to check and see if any of it is knit, though... Ramie originated in Asia. Derived from a plant called "Chinese Nettle" (Boehmeria nivea) _it has been used for over 5 thousand years in China, India and Indonesia making it older than cotton!! It was also used to wrap mummies in Egypt-5000-3000 B.C.!! Thanks for the "burn test" review!! Good reminder for my old brain!! :+) Have a great Sunday, and thank you again for inviting us into your home-and sharing your time and skills with us!! :+)I look forward to Tuesday!! TY!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That is so fascinating! I can’t believe I haven’t heard of it before. Thank you!

@jimsmith3535 4 года назад

@@TomKatStitchery You're most welcome!! :+)

@aleciacope3503 4 года назад

Well done. Thank you!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@lavadajenkins2955 4 года назад

Very interesting, thanks for doing thst.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My pleasure!

@Joy4650B 4 года назад

I already told you but I LOVE that top on you. The color is great!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Awww! Thanks, Joy!

@seamsuneven7824 4 года назад

Whitney THANK YOU SOOO Much for this it was very helpful!!! I was given some fabric from my mum's friend whom is 94 yrs. I didn't know what it was and BURNED THE HECK OUT OF MY FINGER!😅 Because of what you just showed I know I have silk! Thanks a bunch!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That’s great!! I’m so glad this helped!

@grannaboo03 4 года назад

I didn’t know this would be so interesting. Now I want to make a little swatch book of burned swatches of my future projects, lol.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That’s a good idea!

@valclements7092 4 года назад

Thank you Val🇨🇦🇬🇧❤️

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

❤️

@ceceliaharris5660 4 года назад

I’ve done quite a bit of burn testing myself as we get lots of fabric donated at Textiles West, the nonprofit where I teach. I’ve seen another chart that has the helpful information about whether the fabric self-extinguishes or if it must be blown out. Protein fibers will self-extinguish and plant fibers must be blown out. I’ve found this to be helpful when my nose is a little confused. I don’t know where the chart came from.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That’s a great descriptor!

@whatmardimakes1152 4 года назад

Thank you Whitney! Now to get out the fire :).

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Yes!!

@rebeccaturner8340 4 года назад

This was extremely timely! I just bought a mystery bundle of fabric at the thrift store and I wanted to figure out if this one fabric is natural or not so I can dye it hopefully 🤔 Off to burn things!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Yay!

@texasproud8822 4 года назад

Interesting.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

❤️

@olajordan9951 4 года назад

Best teaching info I’ve seen. I have a lot of mysteries; heading for the flame. Grateful. Questions: ..what is the shade of your lipstick? ..is there a pattern for your shirt? ..I was surprised at the very sheer fabric being cotton!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

My lipstick is warrior by Hourglass (from Sephora), my shirt is the v-neck blouse from Bootstrap Fashions Patterns (I did a video on it on Friday), and I was surprised about quite a bit of the fabric I inherited, especially the ones that ended up being cotton!

@maryenos91 4 года назад

I use to buy raime fabric made up skirts....summer-type fabric-light...not sure of contents but it was so nice to wear.Ramie has been grown in China for many centuries, and farmers in ancient China are known to have used the fiber to weave clothing.Ramie was used to produce an open-weave fabric called mechera, used for shirts and dressing gowns suitable for warm climates. The French painter Raoul Dufy designed in the early 20th century patterns for prints on mechera used by the French shirtmaker Charvet.[5]

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Wow! Thank you! Mystery solved!

@maryjackson5906 4 года назад

Have you done a segment on what you consider "essential" titles in your sewing library....asks a retired librarian and someone back to sewing in a major way!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I haven’t, but that would be a good one!

@madelinestage1887 4 года назад

I love that color shirt on you! Makes your eyes look green too! green blue? I guess I'm not even sure what color it is. but it's gorgeous!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

😂 thank you, Maddie!

@annekelman6856 4 года назад

💗

@charlenejutras1595 4 года назад

Great video! Thank you for sharing. I don't know if anyone has mentioned this, but there is a free printable burn chart on the Home page of Fabric Mart-scroll to the bottom and it is listed under Info Links. Maybe not as detailed as Claire Schaeffer's chart, but good info.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

That is a great resource. Thank you!

@peggyriordan9857 4 года назад

Thank you for this information! I have done burn tests before. The natural fibers always confuse me but I know the synthetics right away. Do you smell it while burning or right after the flame is blown out? Thank you.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I smell it right after I blow it out. Be careful not to sniff hot ash up your nose! Ask me how I know 🙄.

@MicheleBonna 3 года назад

I was testing out some free knits I was given from some Walmart sale I think, so I assume they were all just poly or some other plastic type fiber.. but one of them flamed up and would not go out (I Had it over the sink.. ). Since I cook often, I do not believe I will be making any loungewear out of it, because it does have some plastic fiber in it too.. so highly flammable plus melting are a very bad combo for people who dance near flames LOL. My guess it it has a small bit of cotton going on in there too, but not enough to make it breathable enough for me. It is hard for me to tell by the smell because the burning plastic overwhelms any more subtle odors from the test. NO MORE PLASTIC FIBERS (outside a bit of stretch of course) LOL :)

@TomKatStitchery 3 года назад

This is very true. Anything blended with a poly can be hard to determine over the melted plastic smell. I

@anessaharris9947 4 года назад

😃

@heatherjsews 4 года назад

Thanks for that! No I want to go burn little scraps of my mystery fabric! LOL

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

Yay! Go do it!

@lindaebersole4723 4 года назад

Very interesting video. I was wishing you had used tweezers to hold the fabric since you had a earlier "burn" incident.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

😂 sorry if I made you nervous!

@valeriehofmann2615 7 месяцев назад

Will fabric burn differently if it still has the sizing in it and how does cotton burn?

@TomKatStitchery 7 месяцев назад

I don't think the sizing makes a difference as it would burn off pretty quickly. Cotton burns quickly and has the smell of burning paper/wood. It's a natural fiber so it doesn't melt, but leaves behind ash.

@garyomglol Год назад

Very informative video! Can you describe burning 98% cotton 2% spandex/elastane? What it smell like and how do you distinguish from burning 100% cotton? I have spandex induced skin allergy and I need a way to identify as I'd came across fabric labels that don't tell the truth. Thanks..

@TomKatStitchery Год назад

As a general rule of thumb, 100% cotton (knit) will have some mechanical stretch, but won't have the recovery. This means that it won't bounce back after being stretched. If you do the burn test and get some hard bits (the synthetic part), it's most likely spandex. If you burn and just get ash - you are good to go!

@garyomglol Год назад

@@TomKatStitchery Awesome! I do notice a sticky residue if I burn cotton with Spandex in a greater mixture like 20%. But that recovery, you are right on. It bounces like rubber band.

@TomKatStitchery Год назад

@@garyomglol if it bounces like a rubber band, then there’s Lycra/spandex in there.

@conniesmith9989 4 года назад

Hi. Hello. Howdy. I like your lipstick. What do you use? Thank you for your information. Later.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

The color is Warrior by Hourglass (I bought it at Sephora).

@patriciaoswalt6464 4 года назад

Thanks Whitney, too bad we can’t have smellavision.

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

😂

@Sister-Kate 4 года назад

I've been looking for this information for some time! Thanks for sacrificing your fingers for us....LOL I found Claire Shaeffer's book on halfpricebooks.com for a STEAL! I'm so excited. Thanks for your awesome videos. You are an inspiration!

@TomKatStitchery 4 года назад

I’m so glad!!