an Indian grocery on shields and bkackstone has wonderful cottons for 1$ a yard.
> To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:42:55 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 19th c women's dress - lining > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
