Mucking about museums I have found - especially in middle class and below - that linings can be divided up by area. I have seen skirts, bodices, and sleeves all have different linings - probably all dependent on what the woman had (or even her seamstress - with no real worry about whether or not they matched. There also seemed to be a mismatch if the garment had been altered (usually let out at some time or other, probably to accommodate pregnancy or weight gain). So line the sleeves differently if you don't have enough of the blue for all of it. 19th century women below the wealthy were incredibly pragmatic - especially about the parts that were not seen.
On 6/10/10 5:42 AM, "Lisa A Ashton" <[email protected]> wrote: Thank you all for the answers about the bodice lining; I may very well have some navy blue cotton for lining, and it MIGHT be enough, but I have other cottons that might work. I just want to go with what might be "most commonly used". I am making the whole dress up in a lightweight gray wool as well (since I ahve a load of it as well as matching lining)--She'll have an extra outfit, but I will be able to see that every part fits correctly (although the mock-up fits great), and I"ll work out the buttons, closures etc. Yours in costuming, Li sA On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:09:38 -0700 Lavolta Press <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 6/9/2010 4:24 PM, Lisa A Ashton wrote: > > Also, should I plan to use a cotton or linen for the lining? Or > could I > > use a silk? Because if silk would be acceptable for teh lining, I > have a > > nice medium weight silk that I could dye myself, and I have lots > of it. > > I am using a lightweight cotton for the interlining, the fabric is > a > > calico cotton that an average weight--what you would use for > quilting. > > > I have an original early 1860s high-necked sheer cotton dress in a > dark > green stripe, with a low-necked black taffeta bodice lining. I've > always > assumed the lining might have been recycled from something else and > was > used for economy. > > I also have an original brown silk 1850s dress with a floral printed > > calico lining with a brown background. > > Usually you see a glazed cotton but in washable dresses, the glaze > is > often gone by now. White for white dresses, black for black dresses, > > various shades of brown for most. > > But as with the first two examples, dressmakers sometimes used what > they > had around that was the right weight. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books on making historic clothing > www.lavoltapress.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
