Cranberry colored linen would go very well for a modern dress for you, given your coloring <g>, but if you just can't bring yourself to do it, feel free to send it to me! I would imagine that you'd have to coordinate several different tracks of thought--increased use of linen as outer garments, cross-referenced with times when strong, bright colors were fashionable, and then further refine it by the colors you own. I've got a whole bolt of pin-striped linen (black with narrow, white stripe) that I'm going to make into some sort of modern outfit some day. Just couldn't resist buying it, even though I had no (SCA) use for it. Ditto the bolt of linen with the mustard/gold background and 18th centuryish print on it that I got cheap. Might be okay for some 18th century stuff, but I don't *do* the 18th century! (lol!) --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: What periods for these fabrics?/17th c. linen outergarments > > And I'm still wondering when the strongly-dyed stuff would have become > available and fashionable! I'm thinking that I'd better use the > cranberry-colored length for a modern dress... > > --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
