I made myself one of the cloth-wrapped tunes for carrying lace around, and it
works beautifully. I used the hard cardboard core from Gladwrap and used some
calico for the fabrif - the core goes near the centre of the length of
fabric, and is stitched tic=ght into it, - then that give me 2 layers
Joy wrote:
I take a muslin sheet out of the linen closet,
Bear in mind that 'muslin' has several definitions and can mean different
things in different countries.
In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin which is a very
fine, see-through, loosely woven cotton which is useful
On 17 Oct 2008, at 04:39, Jean Nathan wrote:
In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin which is
a very fine, see-through, loosely woven cotton which is useful for
steaming and straining in the kitchen,and was used to cover meat in
a butchers - a light-weight gauze.
UK
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Margot Walker
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On 17 Oct 2008, at 04:39, Jean Nathan wrote:
In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin which is a very
fine, see-through, loosely woven cotton which is useful for steaming and
straining in the
Dear Lace Friends,
On the subject of rolling napkins for storage, I really liked Alice's
advice. But then, more comments and questions arose.
I have been to quite a few museum-sponsored conservation lectures and never
heard PVC pipe mentioned in the lectures as a good choice for delicate
Margot,
I would define N.Am calico as a N.Am muslin weight fabric with a flowered
print.
N.Am muslin is a plain light weight fabric of 'natural' or white color.
Lorri
On 17 Oct 2008, at 04:39, Jean Nathan wrote:
In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin which is
a very
Thank you all very much. I have had a few helpful emails about this
now, some are now clearer after reading this one Jeri.
My lace is ruby coloured on prewashed ruby fabric, pressed not needing
to be starched. (I had some excellent help with this earlier in the year
when finishing the
As I have made clothing for our living history camping for a number of
years I do have a lightweight natural calico fabric in my stash. My
husbands shirts are always made out of that, plus a few drawer string
bags for totting stuff about and for hiding plastics:-) I will need to
go hunting.
On 10/17/08 3:39 AM, Jean Nathan wrote:
In the UK the word muslin usually refers to butter muslin
which is a very fine, see-through, loosely woven cotton
which is useful for steaming and straining in the
kitchen,and was used to cover meat in a butchers - a
light-weight gauze. It can also be
On 10/14/08 8:46 AM, Sue wrote:
I have 4 pieces of ruby coloured cloth approx 18 inches
square with lace on, and I would like to know the best
way to keep them stored and easily transported (just in
case I want to). I wouldn't have space for flat storage,
but wonder whether rolling them in to
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