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Subject: RE: [h-cost] Re: gambeson question
Trigger is just a weight/weave definition. It can be made of any
fiber. I've usually seen it in cotton.
Joan Jurancich
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Thank you. This explains much. I also remember being told that Trigger was
better then Duck in keeping it's colors because it was Polyester (I guess
they should have said mostly polyester)
Thank you for the clarification.
De
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Trigger started out as the proprietary name
You might look at the ordinaces of Louis XI. They
require up to 30 layers
of linen with a final layer of staghide.
Marc
Gosh, Marc, you come up with some of the most
interesting sources. Thank you.
And hopefully any source containing the ordinances
will have footnotes lead to more
That'd be quite the garment...even with very fine linen!
Kelly/estela
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From: Marc Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: [h-cost] RE: gambeson question
You might look at the ordinaces of Louis XI. They
From: Gail Scott Finke
call them. I am not a fan of the Period Patterns pattern, but it works and
looks fine, and is a good place to start if you don't want to draft a
pattern. My husband likes a much more fitted look, more like the Charles
le
Blois pourpoint, but the construction methods
For many years (with JoAnn's bolt labeling reinforcing it) I have believed
that trigger was 100% polyester and the cotton version is called duck.
This is the second time I have seen trigger stated to have cotton in it.
Could someone please clarify as I have tried to look up trigger's fiber
content
At 05:48 PM 12/24/2005, you wrote:
For many years (with JoAnn's bolt labeling reinforcing it) I have believed
that trigger was 100% polyester and the cotton version is called duck.
This is the second time I have seen trigger stated to have cotton in it.
Could someone please clarify as I have
Whenever I've seen it at my JoAnn's, trigger is 65% polyester/35% cotton and
duck is 100% cotton.
On 12/24/05, otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For many years (with JoAnn's bolt labeling reinforcing it) I have believed
that trigger was 100% polyester and the cotton version is called duck.
