Try thin stiff paper. I recall that's what some extant 16th century garments have as their backings on the appliques of silk.
Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com "Be the change you want to see in the world." ~ Ghandi The Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern http://www.margospatterns.com/ ________________________________ From: Alexandria Doyle <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 7:08:08 AM Subject: [h-cost] stiffen agent <snip> Does anyone have have suggestions of anything else that could have been used early to mid 16th century Germany as a stiffening agent and /or base fabric for this kind of project? thanks alex _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
