At 12:48 23/03/2006, you wrote:
Hi Saragrace,
Yes pleated peplum and gathered sleaves, that is how i would like it.
Do you think i should tea dye the bobbin lace? Or is it just the old
garment wich has yellowed in time?
The taffeta of the jacket is very nice isabella colloured.
Greyish cream.
Bjarne
A lace collecting friend of mine, (who coincidentally lives in
Copenhagen,) explained to me that old lace is not usually dyed with
anything, but is made with either bleached or unbleached linen
thread. The Victorians began the habit of tea dyeing in order a) to
make it look "old" and b) to make it resemble old master paintings,
which of course had become dirty and yellowed with age. If you look
at well cleaned paintings, before and after, you can see why they
made the assumption.
Also, she has shown me original lace, and I have a few pieces of my
own, and they are very pale, off white in colour. You can tea dye if
that is the effect you want, but it would not enhance your embroidery
in my opinion.
Suzi
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