Hi, In truth, I am almost completely confounded as to how to describe this fabric. It is interesting, maybe even yummy. I would not call it a crinkle at all, as it's not like any of the crinkles that I've ever seen.
Yes, I may just go back to the neighborhood big-box fabric store and get some more of a quite decent linen that I found there. It softened up quite a bit, even after only a wash or two. Laurie -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 10:25 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fabric - was: Shirt pattern - SCA period - pre-1600 Hi Laurie, If you bought the original shirt from a vendor, and from I recall of RenFaire vendors, it's probably cotton gauze (is it crinkly?) I suggest just using a lightweight linen. It'll be similar in texture, and very nice to wear. I loves me linen shirts, shifts, smocks, pants, skirts, dresses, etc. Claudine ----- Original Message ---- > From: Laurie Taylor <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, October 17, 2010 12:40:55 PM > Subject: [h-cost] Fabric - was: Shirt pattern - SCA period - pre-1600 > > Hello, me again. > > For that same shirt project, now that I have woken up and recognized the > many resources already present in my studio, I'm hung up on fabric. Well, > not really hung up as I can certainly use 100% linen and end up with a > reasonably period shirt. But the shirt that he already has is 100% cotton - > I know - not period - but very comfy and again, he likes it. > > The fabric strikes me as rather unusual. It's an off-white - very creamy - > but it's almost like a crepe - a cotton crepe. Online searching for 100% > cotton crepes has yielded very little. Fashion Fabrics Club does have a tan > cotton/linen crepe and a purple 100% cotton crepe, but that's all I've > found. > > I may be wrong about the existing shirt being of a crepe, but that's the > closest I can guess, even handling it directly. It reminds me of cotton (or > maybe linen) dish towels, reasonably finely woven but very soft. It's very > much different from any weight/weave of linen that I've found anywhere. > > Any thoughts? > > Laurie T. > > -----Original Message----- <snipped> _______________________________________________ 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
