Hi, Bjarne! The transparency sounds like something your new linen fabric shares with the silk gauze, but what about linen's tendency to ravel fiercely? I'd imagine you sure could use it for trimmings, but you'd probably have to hem all the bits and such, instead of pinking the edges. Of course, I'm coming from the standpoint of someone who doesn't know much of value about 18th century clothes, but I do recall seeing some pinked stuff in some of my books. So I guess it would depend on two things: 1. What kind of trimmings you're talking about, and 2. Whether or not linen trimmings are authentic for your time period (and whether or not you care, too, come to think of it).
In the meantime, I'm sticking my tongue out at you, across all of the continent and an ocean or two, in pure envy. I'd roll over and play dead for linen that fine! --Sue, in Montana, where it's really, really cold and she wishes like the dickens that she could just stay home and be cozy instead of venturing out into sub-zero (farenheit) temps and going to work..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 6:56 AM Subject: [h-cost] linnen kammerdug > Hi, > Sorry i keep on with this subjekt, i managed to get the fine linnen from my > old embroidery shop. > The linnen is very very fine and transparent, and i wondered could i use > this for trimmings two on gowns, in stead of silk gauge? > > Bjarne > > > > > > Leif og Bjarne Drews > www.my-drewscostumes.dk > > http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
