As I have made clothing for our living history camping for a number of
years I do have a lightweight natural calico fabric in my stash. My
husbands shirts are always made out of that, plus a few drawer string
bags for totting stuff about and for hiding plastics:-) I will need to
go hunting.
Sue T, dorset UK
I would define N.Am calico as a N.Am muslin weight fabric with a flowered
print.
N.Am muslin is a plain light weight fabric of 'natural' or white color.
Lorri
On 17 Oct 2008, at 04:39, Jean Nathan wrote:
> In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin which is
> a very fine, see-through, loosely woven cotton which is useful for
> steaming and straining in the kitchen,and was used to cover meat in
> a butchers - a light-weight gauze.
UK butter muslin = N.Am. cheesecloth
UK calico = N.Am. muslin (I think)
I don't know what the translation of the N.Am. calico is.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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