I had no idea it was used with anything but ribbon. I've been using this braid as a hat band. Looks great.
Julie ---- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh Mi Gosh!!! I had no idea that's what I've been doing all these years. > I've been doing this kind of loop braiding with the satin, reversible ribbon > (no wider than 1/4 inch) to make trim to do on elizabethan or tudor. > > You see, there are those vaugue and obscure descriptions in the QEWU > inventory, and equally fuzzy pictures that I puzzled about over the years. I > decided that one of the trims looked like one of the bits of braiding that we > did in camp, where we'd braid the loops just like what's in the picture! > > Thank you for sharing. > Elena > -------------- Original message -------------- > > > A while back when working on a dress I asked the list about "quilling" no > > one seemed to be sure what it was. I later found out thanks to an ancient > > seamstress. However I thought I'd share this example of quilling in a rug: > > > > http://www.missmary.com/articles/01/victorian-crafts-braided-rugs.html > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
