Stiff........ wadding?!!!!

[bright&beautiful]

I am making some small fabric storage tubs/boxes & have been using thick quilting fibre inside. I was wondering if there is something a little stiffer I could use so the tub is a little less floppy, any ideas?

[LadyLora]

;)Hi
I have made fabric boxes before from a book called 'Sew Pretty Homestyle'- it said to use thick fibre felt- i never found any but i used the thickest felt i could find and it held up pretty well.
Hope that helps!!

[saraeden]

I have used heavy weight interfacing on the mini tubs i have made and they always seem to stand up pretty well !!

[silvermaid]

You could use some stuff called buckram which is used inside tie backs and pelmets as well as the wadding but it's usually only 4 or 6 inches wide. There are several sellers on ebay.

Melanie

[bright&beautiful]

Thanks everyone, I shall experiment with all the suggestions.

[Pelenna]

Try a search on pelmet interfacing, you can get it ar 30cm wide. Also there's a product called 'fast 2 fuse' the heavyweight version is similar to interfacing but has iron on adhesive on both sides.

[bright&beautiful]

I tested out some iron on vilene which seems to have produced pretty good results.