Greetings all,
In the new issue of Costume (the journal of the British Costume
Society), there are four--count them, four!--articles of interest to
Elizabethan mavens. The first is a very short posthumous article by
the great Janet Arnold on the stays and drawers from QEI's effigy.
She
Hi,
Its ben a while since i ironed my linnen shirt, and considering that i have
to iron some fine linnen cambric i have washed and tumbled.
Wich way is the best to iron it?
Should i wet it a little and let it get damped for a while before i iron it,
or should i just steam iron it?
Bjarne
At 15:32 15/08/2007, you wrote:
Greetings all,
In the new issue of Costume (the journal of the British Costume
Society), there are four--count them, four!--articles of interest to
Elizabethan mavens. The first is a very short posthumous article by
the great Janet Arnold on the stays and
My personal experience has been that ironing dampened linen works better than
steam ironing. But it probably depends on your steam iron. Mine just doesn't
produce enough steam to work well with linen. Good luck.
Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender
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My mother always told me to sprinkle linen with water, put it in a plastic bag
for an hour or overnight and iron. That way the linen gets really damp.
Steam iron doesn't seem to do it for me.
Tania
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At 08:16 AM 8/15/2007, you wrote:
Hi,
Its ben a while since i ironed my linnen shirt, and considering that
i have to iron some fine linnen cambric i have washed and tumbled.
Wich way is the best to iron it?
Should i wet it a little and let it get damped for a while before i
iron it, or should
I wear lots of linen so am ironing it all the time. I use a spray
bottle. You can usually get these from stores that sell plants or, like
I did, just wash out a spray bottle from window cleaner or a similar
product.
- Hope
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, Melanie Schuessler wrote:
In the new issue of Costume ...
'To Cap it All': The Waterford Cap of Maintenance
The Merchant Taylors' Company of London under Elizabeth I: Tailor's
Guild or Company of Merchants?
Authors?
--Robin
My mother always ironed her embroidered linen tablecloths by taking
them out of the washing machine, putting them into the dryer for 5
to 10 minutes (so they became steamy rather than soaking wet), then
spreading them on a large flat surface (sometimes the table itself,
with heat- and
Why did i have to read this article before going to iron all our
underlinen from last weekend's event? It's much too dry, but time just
doesn't allow for me to catch it while it's wet. Spray bottle, where
are you?
Jean
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi,
Manny manny thanks for your help with
My mother said the same except the bag (with the dampened linen) went in
the refrigerator first.
Patty
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Subject: [h-cost] Linen
Absolutely. Would you do me a favor and add in the author names, as
Robin rightly suggested?
To Cap it All
by Cliodna Devitt
Rainbow for a Reign
Jane A. Lawson
The Merchant Taylors' Company
Nigel Sleigh-Johnson
Thanks!
Melanie
On Aug 15, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Cynthia Virtue wrote:
Melanie
At 21:18 15/08/2007, you wrote:
Melanie Schuessler wrote: a bunch of good stuff.
Melanie, May I quote your post in its entirety on other relevant
email lists, with attribution?
And Suzi, ditto for your comment about the corset?
cv/cynthia
Yes, the conversation was not to be kept a
I tend to spray with water and steam iron.
that's with cloth or clothes for other people.
my own linen clothes I tend not to bother ironing at all. I find that the
creases drop out of pure linen in less than an hour anyway.
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Please be warned--ironing wet or even just damp linen stretches it out a
LOT. This can have all sorts of annoying effects if you plan to make/have
made a fitted or supportive garment out of it, or if it's being used as a
lining for wool, or if you don't want to have to iron the garment EVERY
Subject: [h-cost] ironing washed linnen.
Hi,
Its ben a while since i ironed my linnen shirt, and considering that i
have to iron some fine linnen cambric i have washed and tumbled.
Wich way is the best to iron it?
Should i wet it a little and let it get damped for a while before i iron
it,
Greetings.
I'm looking for detail images of this portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto:
http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/search.aspx?q=BARTOLOMEO%2C+Venetomode=artistfrm=1
Specifically, I'm looking for a detail of the tulip motifs on the
camica. I remember seeing one, but, of course, can't find
A wee bit better
http://tinyurl.com/2n6r4o
I remember once upon a time that there was a site that zoomed in on the
portrait but I can't seem to find it.
De
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Greetings.
I'm looking for detail images of this portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto:
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Greetings.
I'm looking for detail images of this portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto:
http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/search.aspx?q=BARTOLOMEO%2C+Venetomode=artistfrm=1
Ahh... good luck getting anything out of them. I broke down and got
this book from the
An interesting topic today... I ran into a problem today with a linen mix
dress.
I have a cotton / linen blend off-white dress that I had not worn in a
couple of years. I was cleaning out my closet and noticed the dress had
turned a dark tea color. I took the dress to the dry cleaners today
I am wondering where the cooling the linen before ironing
originated. Some
of you mentioned that your mothers taught you to do this. It makes me
wonder if this method was something that was passed down through the
generations. I checked in my 1894 Cole's Dictionary of Dry Goods and
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