For a family picture two years ago, I found 'bike' style knit?underwear for the
men(striped) in Penny's catalogue.? To these, we used black knit muscle shirts
for the top.?This worked really well.
? The antique onsie is usually black wool knit with a buttcover length top that
is attached to the
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary adhesive.
Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets
everywhere.
It's expensive, so I stock up when there's a sale.
Kim
has any one had problems with the spray adhesives for quilting?
Penny
Thanks
From: Kim Baird kba...@cableone.net
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 8:52:03 AM
Subject: [h-cost] spray adhesives
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary adhesive.
Everything else, especially
Apologies for cross postings, please forward to interested colleagues. I am
posting this here as there are some historic costume materials in the
collection, for example, General Sherman's Civil War frock coat worn during the
March to the Sea. Some of the collection can be browsed at:
On Jan 13, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Kim Baird wrote:
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary
adhesive.
Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets
everywhere.
It's expensive, so I stock up when there's a sale.
Yes, TEMPORARY or RE-POSITIONABLE are
Forgot to add: yes, spray adhesive DOES get everywhere. Not something
I would like to be breathing, either. I always do mine out on my front
porch, with lots of newspaper around the thing I'm spraying.
(Admittedly, living in California makes year-round front-porch
spraying a lot more
you could run a basting thread along the chalk line... the couched cord will
cover any holes from the basting, and if you use a fine needle, the holes won't
last long anyway... this is actually Gerek's idea, he can't remember where he
got it, but thinks it might even be a period method??
I can help but think that running the basting line will take nearly as
long to do as doing the couching. I know it won't, I just finished
the pearling on the collar and I had the pattern drawn out of muslin,
and basted to the black velvet so I could feel where the pearls were
to go...
alex
On
We went to a costume exhibit a couple of years ago at a small museum
in Cold Spring, New York, and they had a really pretty corset pictured
in the catalogue (it was red), but in the actual exhibit it was on the
mannequin upside down! We mentioned it to the person on duty--I
wonder if they fixed
On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Alexandria Doyle wrote:
I can help but think that running the basting line will take nearly
as long to do as doing the couching. I know it won't, I just
finished the pearling on the collar and I had the pattern drawn out
of muslin, and basted to the black
My daughter has been making a corset this past week and it is really
difficult to tell which side is up. Of course, it might get easier when it's
finished.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Katy Bishop
Sent: Wednesday,
I get my roman drapery rings at JoAnne, but I was dismayed to find out
that my local (40 miles away!) store is discontinuing them. As
someone else mentioned, Renaissance Fabrics is a good source.
As for cable ties, the kind I recommend are available at Home Depot.
They'll be in the
You could always use that water soluable interfacing. Draw on it like on paper,
then tack it to the fabric, do your handiwork... and get it wet and the
paper-like interfacing disappears. Problem solved and in a short amount of
time. But sometimes the prep work does take more than the actual
When you make it, just be aware of the characteristics of your fabric
when it's wet.
A friend made a set of vintage bathing costumes for herself and her
husband. His was black and white striped knit fabric, just a bit
heavier than T-shirt fabric. He was having a great time in the pool,
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