A true red from madder is difficult, you will get a better red if you use a second dye bath of cochineal or lac after the madder. Wendy
-----Original Message----- >From: Deredere Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: May 30, 2007 11:05 AM >To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [h-cost] 16th century dress question embroidery > >I would love to embroider it by hand but knowing myself I would never >finish it :-( . > >So I have a few options. >Totally embroider it by machine..... >Or appliques of wool or silk and gold cord stichet on by machine. >(I know it is not period but probably the only way for me to make a >beautiful dress within reasonable time. And having fun making it. >although I am not happy having it to do it this way) > >Silk velvet would be very nice. >The cheapest I found is around 60 euro for a meter.... and it is white... >1 Meter would hopefully be more than enough. >(I could use some scraps for an other project..) >I have white silk that I would like to dye for the lining. >The lining looks more pink than the red on the dress. >I can easily get that pinkish red from the lining with madder but I >never got a real red from it.. > >Should I use some sort of backing for the embroidery? > >Greetings, > Deredere > > > >Deredere Galbraith wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Several years ago I found a picture on the internet that I really liked. >> http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~triade2/tijdelijk/Blauw.jpg >> And several years ago I bought a very nice blue silk. >> >> I was wondering if red wool felt and gold cord would work for the >> embroidery. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
