> Sorry to hijack your topic, but I've got a question on the same topic - > I'm about to make an upper-class Elizabethan Gown and am looking > for a lovely rich brocade to use in earthy colour combinations - can > anyone recommend a place online that I might go to that would have a > design that is close to period accurate and is of a natural fibre? Also > which is better/cheaper to buy, use and sew - linen/silk or linen/wool > blend? > Many thanks, Aylwen >
Aylwen, I have some brocades that might work for you. They are 50% cotton/50% polyester and there are several in earth tones. I am trying very hard to find an all cotton/linen/wool brocade supplier but I am not having much luck and when I do find a lovely fabric, the price is outrageous. The blends that I have were a very good deal so I figured that at least 50% cotton was better than nothing ;~> Take a look at what I have: http://www.renaissancefabrics.net/products.php?int_style_id=3 (Click the "next" button to see the second page) Let me know if you are interested in anything and I can send you swatches if you like. Just tell me which ones and what address to send them to.... Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
