Hi all, I just got my copy of "Petite Dames du Mode" and it is all I had hoped for. It sure is inspiring for attempts of replication of by gone fashion.
Also, my small crank pinker is Wonderful. It is about the size of a meat grinder that screws on to the table. There is a thumbnail guide re the spacing of the fabric being pinked. This helps the fabric to self feed as you crank...in the like manner of the early sewing machines. I prepared strips of fabric the other eve to be rusched and ran about 4 yards through the pinker in about 2 min. The fabric I was using was a very soft Egyptian cotton. The edges are somewhat feathery but uniform. Using a stiffer textile, I got the sharp zigzag one would expect. Martha Washington's Robe Anglais is looking very spiffy. Kathleen _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
