rosebrand has sent me two swatches. one athena,ifr and one encore ifr. no indication of manufacturer. barbizon quoting on cotton. old curtain in cotton velour 25 oz, unlined.Tell us about your old curtain. Cotton and poly are available in similar weights but feasible you have something much heavier than what many consider normal. Also are you comparing lined to unlined?
Opacity tend to vary proportionally with weight, so don't get sold on a lighter weight of poly than your existing cotton is and expect similar opacity.
I like Charisma as Van suggests, almost always unlined. It's in the 23-24 ounce per yard range, like KM Memorable (cotton) before. On occasion Magic - 32 ounce cotton - for a main. Have not tried the KM Royal - 32 ounce poly - yet but would.
I have not been very impressed with the Krieger fabrics - they seem to have or sheen and less opacity. I gave in on one project and accepted them so I will see if they are noticeably inferior or not this fall.
Oops caught me. Yep at home. You are correct Encore is F Krieger, however my statement about colors stands Both Encore and Charisma from Rosebrand have names that are the same as what is offered directly from the the manufacturer but are, in fact, different colors. <Which is really annoying when you have an architect looking at and specifying colors from their webpage...>I thought Encore was Fred Krieger. https://www.fredkriegerfabrics.com/encore-c1e7p if it's KM, what do they call it? No Encore on their site.
I've done a lot of mains of unlined Charisma and no complaints.
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