You have probably saved me another hour of tinkering. I am quit amazed at the new tools for dealing with paper and wish someone would produce the same sort of thing for textiles! I remember the discussion on re discovering pinking tools and could yet hope that historical costume interest would come up with something that would more than "DO".
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Laning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] embroidery supplies > I've been experimenting with making similar things -- see this page for my first attempts: > http://claning.home.igc.org/bezants/bezants.htm > > None of the things I've sewed these onto so far have seen much wear, but the edges of the metal are definitely _not_ sharp enough to cut fingers, and they don't seem to be doing any damage to the fabric they're sewed onto. > > The 32-gauge soft brass sheet I've been using can be cut with ordinary scissors and pierced by a needle, but I would not expect a punch designed to work on paper to be sharp enough or sturdy enough. A leather punch does work (the kind that is mounted on a straight rod that you hit with a hammer). One of my friends tried using some scrapbooking embossing-templates on this metal, and found that while she could get a design, the plastic template wasn't sturdy enough and got pretty well mashed in the process. > > Ideally, of course, one would use jewelry-making tools of hardened metal, but the softer metal tools designed for leather do work, though they probably won't last as long. > > If there's interest, I have a longer article on bezants that I can post on that web page as well. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lloyd Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 3, 2005 1:23 PM > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] embroidery supplies > > Would it be possible to use one of the new fancy punches that are currently > the vogue for scrapbooking? I have tried a "corrugated press" for paper and > have found that if the fabric is crisp enough, it will pattern the > fabric.(This is another scrapbook item). I suspect that the foil sequins > will be 'buried' in the embroidery enough that the rough edges will not be a > problem. > > Kathleen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:30 PM > Subject: RE: [h-cost] embroidery supplies > > > > If you cut your own shapes you will need something to smooth down the > edges. > > > > De > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Hi, > > It was oval seaqins i was after, doesnt seem to be in fashion these days. > > I looked at your link and found this: > > German Silver Sheet Metal - 28 Gauge, 6"x12" > > Wich is thin silver plate wich you could cut out yourself. > > Perhaps that would be a solution. This was very much in use in 18th > century > > to cut out special shapes and add to your embroidery. > > > > Bjarne > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > ____________________________________________________________ > 0 Chris Laning > | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > + Davis, California > ____________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
