Many moons ago I sprung for the Dharma trading collection of silk swatches- very informative! Good luck, Betsy
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laurie Taylor Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:15 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fabric suggestions - Marie Antoinette 1786 portrait A cotton/linen blend sounds nice, and might have a bit more of the crispness that is evident in the chemise dress. I'm actually contemplating the cotton/silk blend from http://www.renaissancefabrics.net/cgi-bin/showAll.cgi?id=286, as I think that the silk would also give the crispness that makes that ruffle stand rather than drooping. Much more affordable than the sheer linen, which I cannot imaging JoAnn's having ever carried. I did find a sheer linen here http://www.villageworkroom.com/html/linen_sheers.html, but would want to buy yardage rather than finished curtain panels. Well, I guess I'd better just start collecting swatches until I find something that I can live with. Thanks everybody! -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of otsisto Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:50 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fabric suggestions - Marie Antoinette 1786 portrait I know that there is a very nice near sheer material out there that is a cotton linen blend, Jo Ann's used to carry it. Somewhere on line I had seen the sheer linen but is was $36 per. aprox. 1yd x 26" and it would have to be shipped from Europe to the states. Out of price, out of range so I didn't save the site. :( Walmart, when they had their $1 table used to have the indian cotton that was on the verge of being sheer but you sneezed on it wrong and you go a tear. By the way, it isn't silly. Just make sure it doesn't become obsessive and make you mental. :) As the one say goes "Perfection can be a tapeworm, your never satisfied" De -----Original Message----- (snip) Silly to be so hung up on wanting to do it 'right', but I've loved it since the first time I saw it, regardless of its history. Laurie T. _______________________________________________ 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
