A soak in Polident helps.
Patty
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] stains on stored linen?
I have had good luck soaking
An overnight soak in baby shampoo and OxyClean (and a lot of rinsing) cleans
antique linen superbly and safely. Specifically, a dirty, stained handwoven
tablecloth. I was actually shocked -- it was pristine.
Dede
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Back at the Reed Homestead... the ladies and I are pulling out old petticoats
that have not yet been cataloged. Nancy Wexford never got to this pile.
We cleaned a corded petticoat last week. Date-wise, we're guessing maybe...
1840s -1860s? That's what I wrote down, anyway. We have pieces
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Yes. I own an original petticoat made from manufactured corded fabric
and have information on several others. I also have patent information
on several designs of corded fabrics. My original has the cords in
groups,
No, never heard of it, but I want some!
Sharon C.
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Subject: [h-cost] Corded petticoat conundrum
Back at the
Curious minds want to know: Is the cording in the warp or in the weft?
Ginni Morgan
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Curious minds want to know: Is the cording in the warp or in the weft?
That is an excellent question. As I was writing the description, it occurred
to me that I don't remember. I will pull it out next time I'm there!
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We discovered one of these in our collection several years ago. I learned that
Saundra Ros Altman wrote an article on these, Stick-Out Petticoats. It was in
MIMCC Magazine, 1994, Vol. xv, no. 2. She did a search of patents, among
other things.
Ann Wass
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The original I own has the cording in the weft. I've examined other originals
that had the cording either way. I'll check my spreadsheet his evening.
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On Jun 17, 2013, at 1:34 PM, WorkroomButtons.com
westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote:
Curious minds want to
I just sent an email to a close friend--the one who took me to the UNH
Exhibit last fall when I was up visiting her to performat the Haunted
Overload attraction! The book ismarvelous, the little bit of I've been
able to go through--I just got mine today too!
Yours in costumign,L isaA
On Mon, 17
Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like to buy a
few, but am coming up stumped on where I've seen them for sale! Thanks :)
Rebecca Schmitt
aka Agnyss Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire
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I got mine at Lacis
http://www.lacis.com/
Kim
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Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:20 PM
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Subject: [h-cost] where to buy lucet?
Where do people purchase their
Boy, I sure don't see the kind I like...
http://www.spanishpeacock.com/lucets.htm
I like mine with straight shafts and a handledo you have a preference
to the sort you like?
Sg
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Rebecca lotsofteap...@charter.net wrote:
Where do people purchase their lucets
http://www.etsy.com/listing/151108688/handmade-lucet-cherry?ref=cat_gallery_1
If you spin, stalk that site for spindles - they're amazing. But the lucets
are awesome too.
Guenièvre
On Monday, June 17, 2013, Rebecca wrote:
Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like to
On 06/17/2013 08:19 PM, Rebecca wrote:
Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like to buy a
few, but am coming up stumped on where I've seen them for sale! Thanks :)
Google is your friend on this one. Really.
Here's a few of the places I've seen them. Which ones you
On the ones I have, both been gives and bought, a good final polish with fine
grade steel wool makes them smooth as glass. You want your loops to pull along
smoothly. I don't recommend the cheap ones cut with a hack saw from thin
plywood however. You may be putting a significant amount of
I looked at my survey of six original corded petticoats. Four have the
cords woven into the fabric; two have the cords sewn into the fabric. Of
the four petticoats with woven cords: the cords are on the weft on three of
them, on the warp on one of them.
Details of the petticoat in my
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