At 05:52 PM 6/23/2006, you wrote:
I need to pick your brains again.
I am coming down the homestretch on the garb for my
son. (Good thing, dress rehearsal is 7/1!!!) The slops
and doublet are done except for tacking the lining in
the doublet and although I like the over all look, I
don't like the way the front closure looks. I had
planned to use hook/eye, but now I think the front
looks too bland.
It is too late to sew loops into the front seam for
buttons and I have braid trim running along both
sides, so no place for lacing holes.
If I had my son make some monkey fist knots out of
metalic gold cord and then did a froggy loop kind of
thing over the braid, would that be appropriate?
Any other ideas or notions?
Rebecca Burch
Center Valley Farm
Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA
You can do what I did for my doublet gown, use buttons as decoration
and use hooks and eyes to close it. I have buttons down each side of
the center front and on the cuff. None of them are functional. I
found some 3/8-inch ball buttons that have a molded woven pattern
rather like a monkey fist knot. I used gold; they are also available
in silver. Just found a card of gold ones: JHB International, style
1106; they were 3 per card for $2.00. The SKU on the back is 38562
93244. The back of the card says that they are washable and dry
cleanable. I cleaned out my local Joann's and had to special order
some when the gown was made; now, every time I'm in there I look and
see if there are any and clean them out again :-D (I don't think they
carry more than 4 or 5 cards of them at any one time). That way I
will always have a supply.
You can think of decorative buttons as little jewels to be sewn on.
Joan Jurancich
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