John James needles? --- On Wed, 6/24/09, Lynn Downward <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Lynn Downward <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid for a tricorn hat > To: "Historical Costume" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:09 AM > Hi Cynthia, > The straws/milliners' needles I've found have been made by > the English > company whose name I've blanked on but it's John Something. > Better fabric > stores like Lacis or Stone Mtn & Daughter in Berkeley > carry them; you won't > find them at JoAnns. Going through all your thicknesses, I > suggest you use a > thimble. > Best, > LynnD > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Cin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Thanks all! I'll search out a milinery needle > & have a go. And yes, > > Lynn, it's pretty heavy & dense gold military > style braid on a heavily > > sized, wool felt tricorn, so you're right, the beading > needles tremble > > at the thought. I'm using gold colored silk > thread as that appears to > > be almost invisible on my metal braid. > > --cin > > Cynthia Barnes > > [email protected] > > > > From: Lynn Downward <[email protected]> > > If I'm thinking of what you'll be sewing, the metallic > braid is hard to get > > through and those wimpy beading needles won't go > through it. Milliners' > > needles, also called straws, will go through it and > buckram, have large > > eyes > > and small bodies. They should accomodate the > gold-colored thread you'll use > > and still not make big holes. Don't even bother trying > to sew it down with > > metallic thread; it just won't hold up. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > LynnD > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
