My Grandmother recently passed away, and I inherited her kilted skirts and some unfinished kilts in hopes I could reuse the fabric, etc. One thing I noticed is that she used not hair canvas, but pillow ticking-Looks exactly like this-

http://www.onlinefabricstore.net/tic...fabric-47-.htm

-Seems to do the job, and after so many years the stuff seems to still be stiff. I went to JoAnnes and looked at it and its EXTREMELY heavy and stiff. Anyone ever used this as a substitute?