When you make it, just be aware of the characteristics of your fabric
when it's wet.
A friend made a set of vintage bathing costumes for herself and her
husband. His was black and white striped knit fabric, just a bit
heavier than T-shirt fabric. He was having a great time in the pool,
unti
You could always use that water soluable interfacing. Draw on it like on paper,
then tack it to the fabric, do your handiwork... and get it wet and the
paper-like interfacing disappears. Problem solved and in a short amount of
time. But sometimes the prep work does take more than the actual han
I get my roman drapery rings at JoAnne, but I was dismayed to find out
that my "local" (40 miles away!) store is discontinuing them. As
someone else mentioned, Renaissance Fabrics is a good source.
As for cable ties, the kind I recommend are available at Home Depot.
They'll be in the heat
My daughter has been making a corset this past week and it is really
difficult to tell which side is up. Of course, it might get easier when it's
finished.
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On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Alexandria Doyle wrote:
I can help but think that running the basting line will take nearly
as long to do as doing the couching. I know it won't, I just
finished the pearling on the collar and I had the pattern drawn out
of muslin, and basted to the black velv
We went to a costume exhibit a couple of years ago at a small museum
in Cold Spring, New York, and they had a really pretty corset pictured
in the catalogue (it was red), but in the actual exhibit it was on the
mannequin upside down! We mentioned it to the person on duty--I
wonder if they fixed it
Just watching an old Halloween episode of Frasier:
The Ros character is wearing a corset that appears to be on back-to-front. If
so, tghe second-worst corset boo-boo I have seen on TV ever,
-C.
PS: Worst was a documentary on the children of the Russian royal family with the
daughters wearing the
I can help but think that running the basting line will take nearly as
long to do as doing the couching. I know it won't, I just finished
the pearling on the collar and I had the pattern drawn out of muslin,
and basted to the black velvet so I could "feel" where the pearls were
to go...
alex
On
you could run a basting thread along the chalk line... the couched cord will
cover any holes from the basting, and if you use a fine needle, the holes won't
last long anyway... this is actually Gerek's idea, he can't remember where he
got it, but thinks it might even be a period method??
I have seen this fabric in LA Garment District, so it is about 54" or
perhaps as wide as 56" not the 108" or such you can get with drapery. It is
a lovely fabric, and the purple has me thinking Victorian!
LOL
Cilean
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Forgot to add: yes, spray adhesive DOES get everywhere. Not something
I would like to be breathing, either. I always do mine out on my front
porch, with lots of newspaper around the thing I'm spraying.
(Admittedly, living in California makes year-round front-porch
spraying a lot more feasib
On Jan 13, 2010, at 6:52 AM, Kim Baird wrote:
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary
adhesive.
Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets
everywhere.
It's expensive, so I stock up when there's a sale.
Yes, TEMPORARY or RE-POSITIONABLE are t
I just saw these for the first time last weekend. I now have two - they are
fabulous
I was working on wool last weekend, and by the time I had finished cutting
the pattern out (I was using the chalk to mark the right side of the fabric)
it had disappeared.
But still they make great precise li
Apologies for cross postings, please forward to interested colleagues. I am
posting this here as there are some historic costume materials in the
collection, for example, General Sherman's Civil War frock coat worn during the
March to the Sea. Some of the collection can be browsed at:
http://
Thanks
From: Kim Baird
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 8:52:03 AM
Subject: [h-cost] spray adhesives
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary adhesive.
Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets
The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary adhesive.
Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets
everywhere.
It's expensive, so I stock up when there's a sale.
Kim
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For a family picture two years ago, I found 'bike' style knit?underwear for the
men(striped) in Penny's catalogue.? To these, we used black knit muscle shirts
for the top.?This worked really well.
? The antique onsie is usually black wool knit with a buttcover length top that
is attached to the
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