Deredere, One of the advantages of using cotton embroidery skeins is that each skein is made up of 6 strands. These can be broken down to the strand width that is more pleasing to your taste. However, it has been my experience in doing white-on-white that three or four strands will probably be necessary to create the texture that is expected in the designs you have presented. Floss is softer in look and use than, say, crochet cotton (Which comes in differing thicknesses.) I suspect that the floss of the time was probably less malleable than what we have at our convenience now.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Deredere Galbraith" <trands will [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: [h-cost] Regency embroidery question > Hi, > I am planning on making a regency gown. > http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/god1/hob_1983.6.1,07.146.5.htm > And I have found the perfect cotton voile. > > But know I am wondering what kind of embroidery thread I should use. > The discription says heavy white cotton thread. > It looks not very tightly spun. > Has anyone any idea what I could use? > > I wish I had some close up pictures of this type of embroidery. > There is one in the Kyoto book but that embroidery is too heavy to my taste. > Like the subtle smaller patterns better. > > Greetings, > Deredere > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
