How to do a Fabric Burn Test - (Tutorial)

[@Made_by_Julia]

Really like the fact you have loads of natural fibers and also that you actually have plenty of environmental friendly fabrics.

[@me_mysew_andmyms]

That’s was great, thank you. Really good to understand this kind of thing 😊

[@brendazenteno7455]

I love your sourcing more eco friendly fabrics! Thanks for this information! Excellent!

[@sarahstockman8025]

Thank you was great, really interesting looking forward to trying that out for myself, thanks ☺️

[@Joanna-sewingreloaded]

Wonderful lesson on fabrics! Thank you so much!!!

[@maureencullen1008]

that was brilliant.Very detailed and understandable

[@janebrettell1737]

Brilliant I always learn something from your videos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😍

[@SewMeSunshine]

That's wonderful to hear, thank you!

[@pollybee7129]

Extremely useful!

[@cassandrasingleton3267]

T hanks for the information! This was very informative and interesting! 💐

[@thibaut5345]

At home, I tried to burn cotton (from two old t-shirts from different brands) and linen (from three trousers from different brands). Everything burnt in the same way, with the same smell, but the ashes are different: the two cotton fabrics give gray hashes. Two of the linen fabrics give black hashes. One linen fabric gave gray hashes. I'm confused.

[@LostMyThread]

A lot of them seem to burn the same. I can't see what the difference would be between cotton, linen and viscose. Do you have any way to differentiate these, apart from the feel/look of the fabric?

[@SewMeSunshine]

Hiya, we have a blog post with more details here: sewmesunshine.co.uk/blogs/sew-me-sunshine/fabric-burn-test-tutorial

[@LostMyThread]

@@SewMeSunshine that's really helpful, thank you!

[@tracyfrost]

Thank you

[@catherinerw1]

Ideal location: bathroom sink! Fireproof location (usually), water on tap, easy clean.

[@MossyMozart]

Actually, you meant to say that the nylon self extinguishes, not self ignites (YIKES!).

[@SewMeSunshine]

Yes :) we put a correction at bottom of the screen at 16mins 28secs!

[@tracyphoenix8]

What about hemp fabric? How can I tell say if it's hemp or a blend of cotton and hemp? How about bamboo fiber? I'm into eco fabrics.

[@SewMeSunshine]

So bamboo is a type of viscose so that'll be the same as the viscose burn test. With hemp it does burn similar to cotton but the smell is more like linen, more like burnt wood than paper, and unlike cotton there is no afterglow. hope this helps 🙂