At 04:27 AM 2/6/2006, you wrote:
Hello,
I would be very gratefull for advice as to how to sort out my 1670
midwives clothing which I've just retrieved from storage to discover
a fair bit of moth damage. The whole set, boddice, and two pleated
skirts all wool lined with linen ,the design based on Vermeer's
mikmaid has to be remade anyway as I've dropped from english size 20
to a 10. Re-making the kit is no problem but how should I repair the
moth holes? I can darn and patch.I have lovely woolen yarn in a
matching colour for darning and also scraps of the cloth for
patching. Should I use a mix of darns and patches? I'm hoping to
make the repairs part of the costume part of my presentation. My
character is a respectable midwife, licesnsed by the Bishop, well
repected etc etc but not hugely wealthy.Any ideas gratefully recieved.
Not downhearted about this as the kit is beggining to look like real
clothing as oppossed to a costume, and making kit smaller is easier
than making it bigger.
sorry about my speelling mistakes.
regards
Joy
I would recommend that any holes above 1/2-inch or so should be
patched. Anything smaller could be darned fairly easily. And it
goes without saying that you would make the repairs as unobtrusive as
possible (which will be much easier than patching a cotton print
dress since there is no matching of patterns to worry about, just
matching the grain). Congratulations on your weight loss.
Joan Jurancich
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