In a message dated 11/17/2011 1:00:47 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:24:16 -0500 > From: Natalie <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] artificial whalebone > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Someone suggested to me once that cutting strips from a milk jug makes > wonderful boning for smaller projects, like dolls. I haven't had time to > test it myself, but it seems like a pretty good idea. You can always > double up on layers if you need it a bit stiffer too. > > Natalie
I don't know about milk jug plastic and corsets, but I do know that milk jug plastic is just the thing to cut a collar stay replacement on a man's shirt. Henry W. Osier President, Armed Costumers Guild On Staff for TeslaCon 3 in 2012, Chicon 7 in 2012, and Chicago TARDIS 2012 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
