Very cool about the moths! my friend Griet would love to have had that
happen to her clothing!
I could see a mixture of repair styles done, as long as then were done
cleanly, to the best of you ability. Mended clothes were a good think, as
they were so expensive in the first place, not at all like today. Even just
a few decades ago, a little thing like a hole in your tuxedo jacket went to
the menders to be darned or rewoven.
They would take a piece of matching cloth and fray the four edges so that
you had a solid piece in the centre that was the size of the hole, and
frayed thread ends to weave back into the cloth.
Therese de Dillmont's book on hand work shows great examples of how to do
this kind of mending. I can't exactly remember the title of the book, and
it's at home...sorry.
BTW, can I send you a riding habit to hang out in your attic for a
while???;->
Kelly in Nova Scotia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joy Shillaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:27 AM
Subject: [h-cost] mending techniques
Hello,
I would be very gratefull for advice as to how to sort out my 1670
midwives clothing which I've just retrieved from storage to discover a
fair bit of moth damage. The whole set, boddice, and two pleated skirts
all wool lined with linen ,the design based on Vermeer's mikmaid has to be
remade anyway as I've dropped from english size 20 to a 10. Re-making the
kit is no problem but how should I repair the moth holes? I can darn and
patch.I have lovely woolen yarn in a matching colour for darning and also
scraps of the cloth for patching. Should I use a mix of darns and patches?
I'm hoping to make the repairs part of the costume part of my
presentation. My character is a respectable midwife, licesnsed by the
Bishop, well repected etc etc but not hugely wealthy.Any ideas gratefully
recieved.
Not downhearted about this as the kit is beggining to look like real
clothing as oppossed to a costume, and making kit smaller is easier than
making it bigger.
sorry about my speelling mistakes.
regards
Joy
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