Vogue Patterns mag Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue has a realy nice article on working with fur. It has a huge chunk of advice for working with old furs, mending splits, reshaping and more. I dont generally get this mag, but this article was a "must have" for me. I too, have a closet full of vintage furs and a box in the garage labelled "road kill" filled with furs with big holes, badly worn areas & other problems. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Kate Bunting <k.m.bunt...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > My current project is to trim the 17th century jacket, which I made last > winter, with fur. Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur > coats in charity shops, but a fellow reenactor kindly gave me the sleeves of > a rabbit coat during the summer. I want it to look like the fur-edged jackets > you see in many Dutch paintings. > > Does anyone have any advice about this? I've borrowed a library book with > instructions for making fur collars etc. It recommends you to dampen the skin > side of the fur and pin it into shape on a board before cutting. I've made a > paper template but haven't had time to do anything more yet. > > Kate Bunting > Librarian & 17th century reenactor > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves > the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you > in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any > concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. > The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
