Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-24 Thread Wicked Frau
This is the translation used in Juan Alcega's's tailoring book for cutting small pieces, trim etc. out of the cabbage of left over fabric. Interesting! Sg On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote: On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy wrote: The shoddy

[h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Stacey Dunleavy
Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I can't see good wools being used for dustrags, yet there's no evidence of American-style patchwork quilting until the 18th Century. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Kim Baird
Sometimes they were used as stuffing -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Dunleavy Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 12:39 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question Of course, what was done

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread WorkroomButtons.com
:  http://www.maggieblanck.com/Land/Shoddy.html Dede O'Hair _ West Village Studio www.workroombuttons.com --- On Tue, 4/19/11, Stacey Dunleavy anastas...@gmail.com wrote: From: Stacey Dunleavy anastas...@gmail.com Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question To: h-cost...@indra.com Date

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Brenna Sharp
- Original Message - From: Stacey Dunleavy anastas...@gmail.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:39 AM Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I can't see good wools being used for dustrags, yet there's no evidence of American-style

[h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Stacey Dunleavy
save them for clothing repairs, or consoldated with other scraps for blankets. Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:59:01 -0700 (PDT) From: WorkroomButtons.com westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question Message-ID: 496935.32708

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread WorkroomButtons.com
Actually, I was originally hoping for some discussion on pre-Industrial shoddy fabric -- I was wondering if shoddy was even produced before the 19th Century.  BUT... I think I answered my own question:  according to The History of the Shoddy-Trade (1860) p.18, manual labor can not produce the

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Lavolta Press
On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy wrote: The shoddy manufacturing is interesting - I was thinking pre-industrial revolution. I can't comprehend that cloth that had been painstakingly spun and woven would be simply stuffed inside a pillow. My modern mindset keeps thinking that the

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Sharon Collier
Don't forget pen wipers. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Stacey Dunleavy Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2011 10:39 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cabbage question Of course, what was done with the cabbage? I

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Valerie Robertson
From Dictionary.com: Origin: 1615–25;  earlier carbage  shred, piece of cloth, apparently variant of garbage  wheat straw chopped small (obsolete sense) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Sheridan
Or paper manufacturing. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Sharon Collier Sent: April-19-11 3:51 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question Don't forget pen wipers. -Original Message

Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question

2011-04-19 Thread Kimberly Prack
Hence to cabbage onto something? Kimberly Wageman-Prack 817-468-1498 817-454-4039 cell kpr...@hotmail.com Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:31:40 -0700 From: f...@lavoltapress.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cabbage question On 4/19/2011 11:31 AM, Stacey Dunleavy