Lisa, The photos of the double piping were in the book by Jennifer Rosbrugh of Cloak & Corset "Moder Sewing Techniques for Historical Clothing Construction," 2nd Edition. This is one of the ebooks Cloak & Corset offers. It has a lot of basic information but some real jewels are in there too.
LynnD On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Lisa A Ashton <lis...@juno.com> wrote: > I went ahead and used a very spring green for piping on fabric that was a > navy blue with very small white and green flower patterns. It was a > ctually quite difficult and took me to 3 separate stores to find the > correct green that had enough yellow in it, but it was a great match and > looks really nice, since there is very little ornamentation. But the > little photo of Mrs. Lincloln's dress will become part of my > documentation for my dress with the contrasting piping. > > The double piping sounds really intriguing, I would loveto see a photo or > reference for it. > > Yours in cosutming, Lisa A > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:11:24 -0800 Lynn Downward <lynndownw...@gmail.com> > writes: > > I have seen pictures of evening bodices double-piped, once with the > > fashion > > fabric and once with a contrast but, as I recall it was only at the > > waist > > edge. I'm disappointed because I really wanted to pipe an entire > > cotton > > dress with a turkey red that matched exactly the little bit of red > > in my > > pattern. I'm ging to do it anyway at the waist, even for my cotton > > day > > dress. > > > > The not-piping at the back curved seam is in the Laughing Moon > > Mercantile > > 1860s dress. The tuck is on the outside and actually helps with > > fitting the > > back. It's a very pretty addition to an otherwise plain back. > > > > LynnD > > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Lisa Ashton <lis...@juno.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Thank you thank thank y ou!!!!! This is so awesome and it is > > EXACTLY the > > > affirmation I Was looking for. I"ve never seen where they piped > > the front > > > darts, but it IS quite attractive, and I may well try it on my > > next > > > go-around with this pattern of dress. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > > From: Laura Rubin <rubin.lau...@gmail.com> > > > To: h-cost...@indra.com > > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses > > > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:27:14 -0800 > > > > > > The National Museum of American History has one of Mrs. Lincoln's > > > dresses that is a heavy purple velvet piped along every seam with > > > white satin piping. It's a rather eccentric style! Even the > > front > > > darts are piped! I'm led to believe that the dressmaker was > > rather > > > unconventional as well, but was Mrs. L's favorite. > > > > > > You can see a tiny picture of it here: > > > > > > > > > http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&e > xkey=696&pagekey=710 > > > > > > -Laura > > > > > > > > > Message: 13 > > > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500 > > > From: Lisa A Ashton <lis...@juno.com> > > > To: h-cost...@indra.com > > > Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses > > > Message-ID: <20101213.075512.5052.168.lis...@juno.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > I know that dresses from this era (in America) were piped, and > > almost all > > > self-piped, around the armscyes, and the back seams, but does > > anyone have > > > a reference or a photo showing a solid piping with a print dress > > (or even > > > anything refering to contrasting piping, for example, black piping > > on a > > > lighter colored dress bodice)? > > > > > > Yours in costuming, Lisa A > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
