Just to warn you, this is *way* past my period, however....My Great-Grandmother made a quilt of fabric scraps from dresses that she'd made for her kids and grandkids, and shirts for her husband and her sons-in-law. I rebacked the quilt and got to examine a lot of the fabrics. The pattern on your sample is almost spot on for a cotton chintz, that came from one of her mother's dresses. The main difference, is that your fabric is matte, and you can see the weave, Great-Great-Grandma's dress, was a glossy and *very* tightly woven cotton (or, it was just pressed within an inch of its life, not exactly sure, it was so shiny and solid that it resembled a very lightweight vinyl) but the pattern itself, looks exactly like what I remember.
Hope this helps Robert of Stonemarche ps. for dating purposes, Great-Grandma Tibbets died at the age of 92, in 1973. I can't find when great-great-grandma Boyd died. However, GGT was the youngest child > From: WickedFrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Okay-I am WAAAAY out of time period that I know anything about, but I > found this beautiful calico that I just HAD to have. I have a book on > appropriate patterns on order from ILL, but I just can't wait! :-D > I am sure it certianly isn't a reproduction calico...I was just curious > what folks do for calico dresses. Is there enough reproduction calico > that you all aren't wearing the same prints, or do you kind of go for > what "looks okay?" > > I don't know if I REALLY want to know the answer to the next question, > but I'll ask anyway. :-\ > What do you think of this pattern and colors for a 19th century gown- > *http://tinyurl.com/8z7dn _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
