On Friday 08 May 2009 2:58:59 pm Carol Kocian wrote: > On May 8, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote: > >> Of course, there are periods where a raw edge is more authentic > >> than finished edges. > > > > But if you'd documented the lack of seam finish, and if your other > > hand-sewing was good, the lack of seam finish would have looked > > deliberate, not like an oversight. > > One difficulty is that cloth was fulled much better in various > historic periods than what's available now. There are some fulled > fabrics available, but more expensive. Anyway, as pointed out > earlier, sometimes raw edges are appropriate.
A "raw" edge is one thing; a seam with loose threads hanging off of it is another. *That* sort of seam is not period for Anglo-Saxon; clothing took too many resources (both of material and person power) to make for it to be tolerable to create shoddy clothing. -- Cathy Raymond <[email protected]> "All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed." --Sean O'Casey _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
