I, too, used ribbon with a wire edge, but I left the wire in. Really easy to pleat!
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of E House Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 10:47 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] metalic organza, for a pleated frill I haven't ordered the metallic organza from any of the places you've talked about, but have a couple of comments. First, at FFC we got some metallic silk organza, and had some _rust_ problems with it, so my instinct tells me that a copper metallic content would be a big plus. (Ok, maybe you'll get verdigris problems, but I kind of doubt it.) Second, for the pleated edging on my not-yet-finished headwear, I wound up using some wired-edge metallic gold ribbon from walmart, with the wire pulled out. This left me with a nice clean edge on the frill, with much less bother. (Not the woven foil-looking type, but the woven wire that looks like metallic organza but coarser.) Since the frill from my era is generally much wider than the later 16thC stuff, I used the ~1.5" width, and it worked well, though I wound up having to finger-press the pleats into place. The silk/metallic would probably look better, but since I honestly have no idea what they used (does anyone here know? I do early 16thC, but I expect the material used would be the same as mid/late 16thC) I don't know which choice looks more authentic. -E House _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
