:D That's about as big a grin as I know how to make with emoticons.
Glad you like it!! Astrida On Jul 4, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Lauren Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I had a wretched day trying to get the chiffon to pleat yesterday. I'm > leaving the dress alone for a day so that when I look at it again I won't > just automatically assume it must all be started over. But I think this may > be the dress where I really do, possibly using a different fabric. What I > can't accept is that the original was done in crepe de chîne -- because the > crepes I've worked with in the past won't pleat, either. Crepe is much too > thick for this doll dress, but the chiffon -- which is very sheer, very soft, > and very light (no organza stiffness to lose, but the pleats vanish when it > gets damp) and which I chose because it wouldn't build up an unacceptable > bulk, as well as because it's iridescent, might just be the wrong cloth. I > may try starching a couple of test pieces and seeing if that's an answer -- I > think with this fabric I'd want to leave the starch in anyway. > > BUT Astrida's beautiful book arrived yesterday, too. So now I can, if I want > to, follow her excellent and clear instructions for pleating, and use a > vinegar pressing cloth to try to set them. I put a little vinegar in the > spritzing water for my first attempts but nowhere near a 1:1 ratio and did > not use a cloth nor let the pleats rest. So I have those to try before I > throw in the towel on this one. > > Plus this gorgeous book! With these really nice, consistent, clearly > diagrammed instructions. If this is what a Kickstarter-funded, > artisan-controlled book can be like, the future could be much more fun than > I've recently been imagining! > > Lauren > Lauren M. Walker > [email protected] > > > > On Jun 30, 2013, at 1:59 PM, Cin wrote: > >> A note of caution: Rinsing out the starch may also rinse out the >> finish of your organza making it limp or less shiny. Test first. >> --cin >> Cynthia Barnes >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Lauren Walker >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Thanks -- I was wondering how to stabilize it. Starch is a good suggestion. >>> Lauren M. Walker >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Sharon Collier wrote: >>> >>>> Do you starch your chiffon before working with it? That may help and after >>>> it's pleated and the pleats are tacked down, you can rinse out the starch. >>>> Sharon C. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>> Behalf Of Lauren Walker >>>> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 9:08 AM >>>> To: Historical Costume >>>> Subject: [h-cost] chiffon and Astrida's book >>>> >>>> Oh, dear. I was just going to check in to complain that if I EVER finish >>>> the >>>> current project it's going to be YEARS before I work with chiffon in 1/12th >>>> scale again, and here I see Astrida has a whole book on how to really *do* >>>> these embellishments where I've been winging it. I'm torn between buying a >>>> copy now and waiting until I'm done with the doll project so I don't feel I >>>> have to tear everything apart and start over. >>>> >>>> I mean, I did just pause to go order the book, because books always win. >>>> >>>> But I'm just about to do the "accordion" pleats (Godey's calls them >>>> accordion pleats) for the skirt on the gown on the left here: >>>> http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004176890;view=1up;seq=511 >>>> >>>> for the tiny Grodnerthal doll (I've got the bodice done although there are >>>> things with which I'm not satisfied so it might get done over--the pleating >>>> ended up not crossing above the belt, and I'm not sure I can stand it) and >>>> I'm not sure whether it would help or not to know what I am doing! >>>> >>>> Anyway I'm looking forward to my copy of the book! And to moving on to the >>>> fourth and last outfit in the doll project, which is the one on the right >>>> in >>>> this plate: >>>> http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004176882;view=1up;seq=109 >>>> which I'm working in a striped cotton and a sheer wool challis. Which will >>>> have their own problems, but will at least not be this insanely delicate >>>> chiffon. >>>> By the way, Godey's calls the hat a "flat leghorn" -- looking at some other >>>> hats from the late 1880s, some did not have crowns, or the crown was filled >>>> in with the scarf material. Would any of you hazard a guess about this >>>> particular hat? >>>> >>>> Thanks! I'm going to be so happy to go back to human-sized 18th-century >>>> wools and linens. Fabrics you can't hurt even with a blowtorch and a >>>> hammer! >>>> Lauren >>>> >>>> Lauren M. Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 17, 2013, at 3:39 PM, Terry wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm so excited to say that I just received Astrida Schaeffer's book >>>>> Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail. I mean I JUST got it >>>>> (5 minutes ago), so I've only had time to thumb through it, but it >>>>> looks beautiful. 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