Quite a nice surprise for me, too! I think the undergarments pattern could
really be of use, I wish it had only come earlier, now that I've finally
figured out how to make the pannier pattern... The blue dress is not bad at
all, well, the wig and the yellow ribbons are a bit disturbing, but I
I have come to find that JA and HL, most times have their sales at about the
time the new book is about to come out so that they can make room for the
new patterns. It's quite annoying. I was hoping to get Simplicity 3677 for a
Con in two weeks but my local JA had not got it yet and if they had
Hmmm..I remember that at the end of the past discuss someone produced a
website so perhaps this woman is not the one I was thinking of. Please hold
off on the email address. I guess what I am going to have to do is do a
major search through the archives and see if I can find the retailer. If
that
In a message dated 7/20/2007 2:42:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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The collour could be changed to
more historical accurate, but not bad at all.
That's what I was thinking. It's the fabric choice, and the way the
decoration is
Curious about the back of the corset - Is that inverted V at the small of the
back correct?
http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635
Sg
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You may be thinking of The Linen House.
http://thelinenhouse.com/http://thelinenhouse.com/ I have their complete
sample collection.
Their Napoli, Voile De Lin, Lille, Roma Veneszia would all work for under
clothing.
I'd say the Napoli is the softest and finest, but I bet if you wrote and
At 16:54 21/07/2007, you wrote:
Curious about the back of the corset - Is that inverted V at the
small of the back correct?
http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635
Sg
Those underwear patterns look like they have come
I was recently given several large bags of vintage fabrics, all of it
either linen or silk. There are several very large pieces of very
tightly woven linen as well as similar large pieces of very tightly
woven silk. (probably 6 to 8 yard pieces) All are natural ecru color.
The problem is they
All are natural ecru color.
The problem is they have gotten brown age spots.
Since I assume these are unused fabrics, and therefore don't have
beverage spills or the like, what you are seeing is probably some form
of mold.
I know I can probably
dye a darkish color to hide them, but I'm
Thanks, Fran, for your very helpful hints~!
I hadn't thought this might be mold... hmmm... Yes, I live in the
mid-Atlantic on the beach, and we have a considerable humidity issue
year-round. Especially since the woman lives in a condo right on the
beach. And yes, these are definitely brown, not
Hi,
I am looking for fabric wool to make french uniforms of the WW1 :
- weight : around 500/750 grams / meter (16 - 26 oz)
- color : horizon blue (mixture of three wools: - white wool 35%; -
dark blue wool 15%; - wool light blue 50%)
The blue is to reproduce French soldiers uniforms of the
Maybe its because the stays dont have enough tabs for the hips, so that it
spreads out two much at the center back bottom.
Bjarne
- Original Message -
From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:20 PM
Subject: Re:
Linda Rice wrote:
Thanks, Fran, for your very helpful hints~!
I hadn't thought this might be mold... hmmm... Yes, I live in the
mid-Atlantic on the beach, and we have a considerable humidity issue
year-round. Especially since the woman lives in a condo right on the
beach. And yes, these are
Will do, and will let you know if I succeed.
Thanks again,
Linda
[On Behalf Of Lavolta Press]
I'd suggest test-bleaching a swatch.
In my experience if you dye a light-colored fabric that has stains which
are not too dark, and your dye is a deep to dark color, dyeing will
often cover the
It is possible that the brown spots on the linen(?) fabric are
permanent--cellulose will oxidize over time to form oxy-cellulose, and this
change is
non-reversible.
Can you use the linen for linings and underpinnings of some sort?
Good luck!
Ann Wass
Thursday I went to a local second hand store to check out textile corner.
The usual fare is acrylic yarn odds and ends, plastic canvas books and
scraps of quilt material. (However, once I found several yards of hand-woven
linen toweling from Ireland!)
Well, what a FIND was waiting for me! I
You know, this was my first impression... that the brown spots remind me
of the way newspaper burns when it gets really old. This fabric has a
haven't seen the light of day since Kennedy was in office smell, but
not a musty or mildew smell. Now, I'm much less sure than I was this
morning!
As far
Would butterick 4484 work better?
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At 16:54 21/07/2007, you wrote:
Curious about the back of the corset - Is that inverted V at the
small of the back correct?
http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635
Sg
Those underwear patterns look like they have
Thank you. The linens are still to thick. I am looking for linen that is
about as sheer as the veil on this Madonna
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/lippi/p-lippi12.htm
or
http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/lippi/p-lippi1.htm
I know that one can get silk that sheer and I know there is cotton that
sheer but I am told
This fabric has a
haven't seen the light of day since Kennedy was in office smell, but
not a musty or mildew smell. Now, I'm much less sure than I was this
morning!
The light-reddish-brown mold doesn't smell.
Fran
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In a message dated 7/21/2007 12:21:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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The corset is laced edge to edge
in the Simplicity pattern, which I prefer not to do, and I always
have the back edges level, so no, in my opinion, that inverted V is
not correct.
In a message dated 7/21/2007 5:09:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would butterick 4484 work better?
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It, too is from Corsets Crinolines. It's a late 1700s corset. It's not
my favorite pattern. The Simplicity looks to be more useful as it is more
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