# Brits -- especially sewing people -- ever heard of jacinet (a fabric or interfacing)? (possibly not correct spelling) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290 "2024-01-18T20:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290/1 "2024-01-18T20:49:26Z")
I specify Brits because it was a Brit who brought it to my attention, but of course anyone who recognizes what this is please respond. This Brit was teaching a workshop in book binding. We used it instead of mull for stabilizing the book spine, and I found I prefer it, but I can’t seem to find it by that name. He’s the one who spelled it out that way. He said it was also called by another name (which I neglected to write down) and that it had sometimes been used on its own to make things like christening outfits for babies. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to reach him and he is back in the UK by now. When I called it that at a US fabric store (Joann) they had never heard of it. My little scrap, about 2x3.5", weights about half a gram. My micrometer measures the thickness as 0.25 mm. Description: tightly woven, might be cotton-poly mix, it has no give in either direction, very crisp, as if it had been starched or sized or something. Since I mentioned interfacing, I will mention that it would be the sew-in kind, not the fusible kind. It seems to be similar to Pellon Shir-Tailer but I could only find that with the fusible glue on it. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290/2 "2024-01-18T20:56:27Z")
Probably [Jaconet.](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jaconet) AKA Cambric. (I’ve never heard of it !) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290/3 "2024-01-18T20:57:44Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Pellon Shir-Tailer Try searching for buckram. Comes in many weights and finishes. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-especially-sewing-people-ever-heard-of-jacinet-a-fabric-or-interfacing-possibly-not-correct-spelling/996290/4 "2024-01-18T20:58:05Z")
Thank you, that’s probably it, and I do get hits on that in the search engine.