Thank you all for the answers about the bodice lining; I may very well have some navy blue cotton for lining, and it MIGHT be enough, but I have other cottons that might work. I just want to go with what might be "most commonly used". I am making the whole dress up in a lightweight gray wool as well (since I ahve a load of it as well as matching lining)--She'll have an extra outfit, but I will be able to see that every part fits correctly (although the mock-up fits great), and I"ll work out the buttons, closures etc.
Yours in costuming, Li sA On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:09:38 -0700 Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> writes: > > > On 6/9/2010 4:24 PM, Lisa A Ashton wrote: > > Also, should I plan to use a cotton or linen for the lining? Or > could I > > use a silk? Because if silk would be acceptable for teh lining, I > have a > > nice medium weight silk that I could dye myself, and I have lots > of it. > > I am using a lightweight cotton for the interlining, the fabric is > a > > calico cotton that an average weight--what you would use for > quilting. > > > I have an original early 1860s high-necked sheer cotton dress in a > dark > green stripe, with a low-necked black taffeta bodice lining. I've > always > assumed the lining might have been recycled from something else and > was > used for economy. > > I also have an original brown silk 1850s dress with a floral printed > > calico lining with a brown background. > > Usually you see a glazed cotton but in washable dresses, the glaze > is > often gone by now. White for white dresses, black for black dresses, > > various shades of brown for most. > > But as with the first two examples, dressmakers sometimes used what > they > had around that was the right weight. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books on making historic clothing > www.lavoltapress.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
