Thanks for all the help - Suzi - thanks for the link to your site: that crinoline is certainly the shape and style I am going for and if you've not had any quibbles from museums, there's no reason why I should from general M.o.t.Ps
Deb, I didn't see your reply before it was included in a message so my digest is still skipping but yes, I think I'll go with Suzi's suggestion initially. I found some 'roman blind' tape which would do the job so I just need to check it will take the width of steel - I may order narrower steel so it can be enclosed in a tape (at least that way the ends will look neater). I found some rather coarse red twill tape which looks like a narrow version of the stuff used on this crinoline http://www.vam.ac.uk/images/image/11182-popup.html The measuring tape steel is (over here in the UK) too wide and does that weird and painful crinkling thing when I try and measure stuff... not sure I want it near my legs, drawers or not! I think the piano cables are about the right size but I'll have to talk to a friend who owns one first. Thanks for the Farthingales link - their 'tutu steel' looks very like what I think the originals were - I'm happy to be proved wrong but I can't find any pictures as close as they need to be to be sure. http://www.farthingales.on.ca/hoopsteel.php I'll check out their overseas ordering policy if I can't find a ballet wholesale supplier over here who can help. We've got a ballet company in Glasgow who may give me a name, if I ask really nice :-) Thanks again - I'll be sure to post a link to a photo when it's done! Yours gratefully, Katherine "A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort" - Herm Albright ___________________________________________________________ NEW Yahoo! Cars - sell your car and browse thousands of new and used cars online! http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
