BTW, I wanted curtain fabric by the yard because this house has six
basic sizes of windows, plus a few outliers, and the architect had no
problem with putting two or three sizes, shapes, and placements of
windows in one room. I ended up buying lace drapes from all four of the
historic lace drape sellers I mentioned, plus a heap of unused Quaker
lace drapes from eBay. But, back when I was searching for an
all-natural fabric that would give me a uniform look on the sheer
drapes, I bought some of this from the Etsy seller FabricTreasury:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/123909862/sheer-cotton-curtain-fabric-unbleached?ref=shop_home_feat_2
This is a very thin, good-quality, 100% cotton muslin suitable for a
variety of historic dresses. The seller has several other woven patterns
of it and as she points out, it can be dyed. I tested shrinkage and it
shrinks a lot, so thorough preshrinking is essential. It's the kind of
fabric you could pull through a wedding ring and it will be a pain to
sew. I decided on hand sewing as being overall less trouble than
machine sewing over tissue paper. Then decided not to use this fabric
right now because I already have to sew all the outer drapes; the seller
took all their window coverings. Maybe I'll use it for sheer drape
replacements. Anyway it's nice fabric at a good price.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
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