All I know, fake or real, try to cut fur through the skin/fabric backing
only. Cut as little fur as possible. Not a ton of fun, very tedious for
me. I sew for dolls and basting the fur, rather than machine sewing,
also makes it a bit easier to tease up fur beaten down by seaming.
Probably technique
Silk velvet(silk and rayon)is getting harder to find, even online and I usually
need to check fabric out in person. Over the past ten years, the few specialty
fabric stores in my area have closed due to retirement of owners and economy.
Even the one good quilting fabric store may close.
The fa
Jewelry jump rings can be carefully bent almost closed and buttonhole
stitched for lacing rings for some historic doll clothing for periods
prior to the mid 1800's as doll clothing with such detail won't be
regularly removed and put back on a doll not meant for play. The only
trick is to choosing t
Silvana:
Nearly twenty years ago I was in St. Louis for a library conference and
was able to visit an exibit of St. Louis dress designers 1860-1920. It
was after your time period you are working on now but I have a few books
with 1830's-40's dresses in them and several were remade from 18th
centur
