E House wrote:
-E House
(Still hasn't figured out a way to reasonably dispose of the 10yr-50yr
old cloth inherited from g'ma-in-law, which is ugly and smelly but has
to be really useful to someone, somewhere) (The cloth, not the
grandma.)
There is, or was, a market for vintage yardage.
- Original Message -
From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Honest, folks, I wouldn't have brought it up if someone hadn't asked me
directly why I wasn't intending to use my stash of brightly dyed linen for
medieval clothing -- a very specific question and a very specific answer.
At
On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, E House wrote:
At least for me, the reason I responded with the info I gave was that,
to me, this question implies that you see dyed linen as useless for
_any_ part of medieval clothing, rather than just for outer layer
stuff. If you remove the fabric from your stash,
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To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: What periods for these fabrics?/17th c. linen
outergarments
And I'm still wondering when the strongly-dyed stuff would have become
available and fashionable! I'm thinking that I'd
