Re: [h-cost] Fur trims & advice
Thanks, I have a wonderful 1920s green metallic silk brocade with dead white rabbit fur collar and cuffs--my Mum recently found me a modern white rabbit fut jacket to replace them but I've never worked with fur before. Katy On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Cin wrote: > Vogue Patterns mag Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue has a realy nice article on > working with fur. It has a huge chunk of advice for working with old > furs, mending splits, reshaping and more. I dont generally get this > mag, but this article was a "must have" for me. I too, have a closet > full of vintage furs and a box in the garage labelled "road kill" > filled with furs with big holes, badly worn areas & other problems. > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com > > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: >> My current project is to trim the 17th century jacket, which I made last >> winter, with fur. Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old >> fur coats in charity shops, but a fellow reenactor kindly gave me the >> sleeves of a rabbit coat during the summer. I want it to look like the >> fur-edged jackets you see in many Dutch paintings. >> >> Does anyone have any advice about this? I've borrowed a library book with >> instructions for making fur collars etc. It recommends you to dampen the >> skin side of the fur and pin it into shape on a board before cutting. I've >> made a paper template but haven't had time to do anything more yet. >> >> Kate Bunting >> Librarian & 17th century reenactor >> >> >> _ >> The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves >> the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to >> you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct >> any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. >> The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy >> ___ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fur trims & advice
This edition of Threads has an article on itI will try to get a hold of it - my collection doesn't go back that far. More recent versions have some tips - I will look those up. Sewing with fur David Page Coffin 17 JUN/JUL 1988 8 Saragrace On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Cin wrote: > Vogue Patterns mag Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue has a realy nice article on > working with fur. It has a huge chunk of advice for working with old > furs, mending splits, reshaping and more. I dont generally get this > mag, but this article was a "must have" for me. I too, have a closet > full of vintage furs and a box in the garage labelled "road kill" > filled with furs with big holes, badly worn areas & other problems. > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com > > > > On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Kate Bunting > wrote: > > My current project is to trim the 17th century jacket, which I made last > winter, with fur. Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old > fur coats in charity shops, but a fellow reenactor kindly gave me the > sleeves of a rabbit coat during the summer. I want it to look like the > fur-edged jackets you see in many Dutch paintings. > > > > Does anyone have any advice about this? I've borrowed a library book with > instructions for making fur collars etc. It recommends you to dampen the > skin side of the fur and pin it into shape on a board before cutting. I've > made a paper template but haven't had time to do anything more yet. > > > > Kate Bunting > > Librarian & 17th century reenactor > > > > > > _ > > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and > reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was > sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please > direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. > > The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy > > ___ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Fur trims & advice
Vogue Patterns mag Dec 2010/Jan 2011 issue has a realy nice article on working with fur. It has a huge chunk of advice for working with old furs, mending splits, reshaping and more. I dont generally get this mag, but this article was a "must have" for me. I too, have a closet full of vintage furs and a box in the garage labelled "road kill" filled with furs with big holes, badly worn areas & other problems. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: > My current project is to trim the 17th century jacket, which I made last > winter, with fur. Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur > coats in charity shops, but a fellow reenactor kindly gave me the sleeves of > a rabbit coat during the summer. I want it to look like the fur-edged jackets > you see in many Dutch paintings. > > Does anyone have any advice about this? I've borrowed a library book with > instructions for making fur collars etc. It recommends you to dampen the skin > side of the fur and pin it into shape on a board before cutting. I've made a > paper template but haven't had time to do anything more yet. > > Kate Bunting > Librarian & 17th century reenactor > > > _ > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves > the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you > in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any > concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. > The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
