It's actually quite soft so Regency may be an option, but I just looked at it again and realised I bought the remainder of 2 rolls (I loved it that much and it was only $2 per metre I thought I could do something with it) so I've probably got more than 10 metres all together, So I may use half of it for a Regency gown and sell or give away the rest. Thanks for the suggestion Elizabeth
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Saragrace Knauf Sent: Wednesday, 3 December 2008 1:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] What can I do with this fabric? Is it really stiff - could the stiffness be washed out? And is it a deep violet? I wonder if you couldn't do something from the Directoire/Empire/Regency period with it. I worked on an extant one that was bright saffron! Some of those gowns had trains, which I am sure could be made to be removable if you didn't want to be dragging that around all the time. Sg > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:28:24 +1100 > Subject: [h-cost] What can I do with this fabric? > > Hi everyone, > I've been trying to cull some stuff from my fabric stash and I've hit > a fabric that I love and would like to keep but I can't think of a use for it. > It's a silk/cotton blend voile (it basically looks and behaves like > cotton voile I think it's about 20% silk) in violet. From memory it's > 130cm (52") wide and I have about 8-10 metres (I can't remember > exactly how much but I remember I bought the remainder of the roll and > I thought it would be enough for a decent gown). > Anyway, my original plan was a Victorian (probably 1850s-60s) sheer > dress but I so far I haven't seen evidence for a solid colours (not > counting > white) in sheer cotton dresses of that period. > So what would you do with this? I'm open to just about any pre 1900 > suggestions but I don't want to have to stretch the historic accuracy > too much and I'd prefer to use the whole piece in one project (little > fiddly projects are the reason I've never been tempted to try quilting). > > Elizabeth > ------------------------------- > Elizabeth Walpole > Canberra, Australia > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
