What great ideas - where was my brain? I've passed up lots of that stuff.
 
Patty

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andrew T Trembley
Sent: Thu 10/4/2007 5:46 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: "repurposed" fabric... Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers 
dummywearing?



On Oct 4, 2007, at 2:38 PM, Dawn wrote:
> There's a lot of embroidered linen out there that either has so 
> many motifs, or glued applique, that it probably isn't worth 
> bothering with.

If it's not bulky embellishment, it may still be good as lining or 
interlining. I've got some ugly olive-drab linen with an uglier umber-
ish basketweave embroidery pattern on it. Got it dirt cheap. I've got 
enough to line quite a few garments...

andy
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