Dear Sue,
When i was in Sweden last visiting a friend who also reenacts, i helped her
with a gown she is making. She wanted scalloped sleave ruffles, and i tryed
to use the fray check to the edges.
I didnt like it, because it dyes the edge darker than the original collour
of the silk.
The trim i have in mind is just a strip of material pleated and sewed 1/3
from the edge, about 2 inches wide.
I think i want to stick to Suzis advise in using organza, more easy to work
with.
Its a trimming i have made before some years ago i made the blue dress with
chenille embroidery:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/kostumer6.htm
I used my hem seamer from the machine, and it didnt look that bad. Only 1-2
mm. wide.
The trim is for the anglaise dress i make right now, as you can see of the
drawing, i am going to add a little pleated trim to the skirts.
And speaking of the anglaise dress, i changed the corset front and the
result is much better, just finnished the boning with 84 bones alone in the
front piece!
I took off some of the sides at the armhole, and then i changed the angle of
the center front, where i took in a little center front, and also changed
the bone angles to vertical in the front.
Much better.
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sue Clemenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] linnen kammerdug
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/
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