Wow! Fantastic - I wish I was anywhere near Guildford.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 16/09/2005 03:54
http://www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Leisure/Guildford+House/Exhibitions/Golden+Bees+Costume.htm
Golden Bees : An exhibition of ladies costume
Actually, on the subject of crocking...
This year my husband's red wool venetians crocked/bled very badly onto his
shirt and stockings during the run of Faire. Not unusual, you might say, red
is notorious for not being a stable dye. However, this is the third year
these venetians were worn, and
Re too high temp and melt down,
When cotton/poly fabric first appeared, I made a very nice fullsleeved shirt
for the hero in Arms and the Man. At dress rehearsal, he climbed through
a window, coming in over a table that had a lighted candle on it. Voila,
instant melt down which adhered to his
Rebecca Schmitt wrote:
snip
...if there is any way to try to set the dye into the wool at
this point?
Give it a nice long soak in vinegar; it sets every dye I've tried on protein
fibers.
In fact, several months ago I overdyed a huge batch of dyed lambskin fur,
which had been dyed with a
Can you take an eyedropper of vinegar and try to set the red silk?
-Original Message-
There's not much I can do with it to set the dye at this point, because
of the nature of the embroidered beast g,
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In a message dated 9/14/2005 7:25:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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And I have also advised plenty of people that dry cleaners often have
a tailor/seamstress on staff who can replace a broken zipper, etc.
Ah, yes. But if you're on location in a swamp and the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And I have also advised plenty of people that dry cleaners often have
a tailor/seamstress on staff who can replace a broken zipper, etc.
Albertcat said,
Ah, yes. But if you're on location in a swamp and the lead actors
zipper has broken, and the wardrobe
In a message dated 9/14/2005 6:31:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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What a lovely portrait. It looks like the just
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ah, yes. But if you're on location in a swamp and the lead actors zipper
has broken, and the wardrobe trailer is up the hill...and the camera is
waiting, it can get amusing...especially if you forgot scissors and have to bite
the thread off.
Have you
Hi everyone,
I was browsing ebay looking for cheap corsets (I've worked out that it's
cheaper to buy one of those off the rack satin corsets to rip apart for the
steels than to buy the bones by themselves) and I came across this corset
from c. 1904
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