At 01:44 AM 13/08/2007, you wrote:
>This link has a picture of the Vogue tag up in the left hand
>corner.  Anyone remember when you used to buy these patterns, they
>would give you a really nice woven tag/label?  Anyone know what
>happened to that practice?

RJReynolds did that with the quilt fabrics copied from original quilts
in the Smithsonian.  My 1835 daygown of *huge* cabbage roses has "The
Smithsonian Collection, The Grooms Quilt" label sewn inside the
bodice.  G Street Fabrics gave out a tag to customers who purchase at
least a certain amt of yardage.

I had another dress, American Civil War era, with a different
Smithsonian/RJR collection label, but it long ago was given away or
sold.

It's pity RJR & the Smithsonian stopped collaborating on those.  It
was a great way to find historical prints for day dresses.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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