Does anyone know of any patterns or where I could find pictures of patterns for quilting a petticoat from around 1774? Lynn
________________________________ From: fastusminimus <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, September 3, 2011 2:34:13 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] weight of batting.... On Sep 3, 2011, at 2:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: > The heaviest single article in all my undergarments is a quilted petticoat, >BUT: it's cotton on the outside, cotton batting on the inside. In the > period (1750 to, oh, say 1810), this petticoat would more likely have > had wool batting, and either wool broadcloth or silk on the outsides. > > I've never had the pleasure of handling wool batting, and in my > imagination it's lighter than cotton batting. Can anyone confirm that? > > > > Claudine I've handled ones from the 18th cent--to get the batting that thin, you have to split todays wool batting in half. They are rather light--my repro is silk/wool batting/heavish linen and is thin, stiff and light. (wool batting is DA Bomb! to quilt. I loves it!) TA Carol _______________________________________________ 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
