Anyone Here Sew their own Scrubs?

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Have you found a decent white fabric that's heavy enough to allow you to forego worrying about underclothing?

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Walmart also has some good white pants that are like $10-12 & way cheaper than making. If you want a skirt have you thought about lining it in something like tricot or poly? You'd attach it only at the waist.

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You could also try lightweight denim, which (in white) probably wouldn't look like "jean" and shouldn't be see-through!

I had the intention of sewing my own scrubs and using the money I'd save to buy a nicer lab coat, but when I priced fabric yesterday, I realized it would cost me more to make the scrubs than it would to buy the scrubs!

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They sell Trigger (spelled correctly) at Hancock Fabrics and sometimes at Walmart.

I use it for culottes and it can't be seen through. I haven't looked for it in white though, but have used it in numerous colors. You'll find the word Trigger on the end of the bolt.

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I had the intention of sewing my own scrubs and using the money I'd save to buy a nicer lab coat, but when I priced fabric yesterday, I realized it would cost me more to make the scrubs than it would to buy the scrubs!

Wal*Mart has a ton of $2 a yard spring fabrics in. And JoAnn's - use that coupon!

:)

I don't want to wear pants. I like skirts, and I like the response patients give a nurse in a skirt. Esp. the oldies on the med ward.

;)

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I wear "little" shorts under my scrubs, in addition to my underwear (TMI?). There are more to the shorts than boyshorts, but just enough to cover what I don't want showing!

Any recommendations where I should purchase patterns for scrub tops?

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Any recommendations where I should purchase patterns for scrub tops?

Anyplace that sells fabric sells a $1.75 Simplicity scrub pattern - tops and bottoms.

WalMart, JoAnn's, any fabric department or store.

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wearing white nursing support hose is great too, for not showing anything under white pants AND my legs don't feel like white hot pokers of fire after 12 hours : )

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Wal*Mart has a ton of $2 a yard spring fabrics in. And JoAnn's - use that coupon!

Are you talking about the fabric a lot of folks use for quilting? I need solid navy blue only, but the $2 fabric I found was see-through! I'll look for Trigger next time...but what is the fabric content of the fabric you suggest from walmart? (Cotton/Poly?)

What do support hose do for your legs (beside support them , LOL) specifically, I am wondering about that "white hot pokers of fire" thing

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Are you talking about the fabric a lot of folks use for quilting? I need solid navy blue only, but the $2 fabric I found was see-through! I'll look for Trigger next time...but what is the fabric content of the fabric you suggest from walmart? (Cotton/Poly?)

Wal*Mart has two lines of solids that are always in, a cotton/poly blend at I think $1.79 a yard and a cotton at under $3 a yard.

Some of the $2 quilting cottons are really nice and others are really, well, cheap. And thin.

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