[lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ruth Budge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Devon, In Australia, calico is a strongly-woven, off-white plain material - > Not having done any reticella, I don't know why or >how you're going to use it. I'm assuming that someone may have already told Devon why she needs it, but at a guess (I haven't actually done any, but have books referring to its method of production) reticella requires a strong, evenweave fabric of either cotton, linen, or linen type as it is based on drawn thread work. So for the actual lace, I would have thought an evenweave embroidery linen would be used? Most of the calico I have seen is evenweave, but I would have thought drawing threads from it a little difficult! So, why would you need it? The logical thought is that the filling of reticella is a needlelace. The book I have (Ann Collier's "Gentle Art of Lacemaking") says that after you have drawn the threads, you draw your pattern onto brown paper or architects' linen and tack the fabric to the pattern now in other needlelace projects, you wouldn't be working on just the layer of architects' linen - in Carrickmacross, the late Sheila Regan taught us to use butter paper for the pattern and two layers of tissue paper beneath. In Branscombe point, the traditional method was several layers of brown paper, not just one - these days, as with other needlelace, you use architects' linen (or covering film over a paper pattern) supported by a pad of two or three layers of calico. In other words, the calico is to give you a pad to work on - something to hold - whilst you are working on the lace - it also means that your hands don't have to touch the actual fabric while you are working, so helping to keep it clean. So what you are looking for is something cheap and cheerful, which will serve its purpose as a support for your work but not break the bank when you may not re-use it afterwards - if you do more needlelace, then the holes from the cut away tacking threads/couching threads won't matter, but it won't be much use for anything else. You don't want to use your best linen for that, and you don't want any fluffy, highly coloured fabric which could put its fibres in your lace - but any firmly woven, white or ecru, inexpensive fabric offcuts of the right size for the project would probably do. -- Jane Partridge - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
I've now spoken to Sue Gude's husband - Suzanne is already in the U.S.A. Her husband suggests that anyone with queries would be very welcome to ring her - blow! now I've forgotten the room number!!! But the hotel switchboard should be able to locate her for you. She's in the hotel where the conference will be held. Husband also said that Sue had all the kits for the class with her - she put them together before leaving Australia - but he couldn't say whether the calico is part of the kit. A phone call sounds like a good investment - and if you do ring her, say hello to her from me! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am taking a reticella class with Suzanne Gude of Australia at the IOLI > convention. One of the materials required for the class is a 20" x 20" piece > of > calico. > In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that > the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains. > However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class. I > am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid > colored cloth in Australia or England. The size of the calico is exactly the > size > of the special linen that we are working on, so I wonder if it is supposed > to > be a contrasting background or something. I have never done this kind of > work before. > Devon > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
Devon, In Australia, calico is a strongly-woven, off-white plain material - often used in the past for lining curtains, perhaps for trying out a new dress pattern before committing to sewing it in expensive material, etc. It is very cheap, but very strong. Not having done any reticella, I don't know why or how you're going to use it. I've tried to contact Suzanne for you - but with no success at presentif I hear back from her, I'l let you know what I find out. Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I am taking a reticella class with Suzanne Gude of Australia at the IOLI convention. One of the materials required for the class is a 20" x 20" piece of calico. In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains. However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class. I am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid colored cloth in Australia or England. The size of the calico is exactly the size of the special linen that we are working on, so I wonder if it is supposed to be a contrasting background or something. I have never done this kind of work before. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
Devon, My textile encyclopedia says under Kaliko: After the indian city Calicut. A canvas in linen-binding cotton. Used if it is colour-printed for overalls, coats and aprons. With heavy starch today only sometimes together with synthetic leather as book-covers. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
> In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that > the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains. > However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class. I > am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid > colored cloth in Australia or England. The size of the calico is exactly the size > of the special linen that we are working on, so I wonder if it is supposed to > be a contrasting background or something. I have never done this kind of > work before. > Devon > Having moved from England to the US, I was confused by this in reverse. In the UK, calico is as you say a plain cotton cloth (usually unbleached) so what is called muslin here in the States. Sue - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] meaning of "calico" in Australia or England
I am taking a reticella class with Suzanne Gude of Australia at the IOLI convention. One of the materials required for the class is a 20" x 20" piece of calico. In the US, calico is a printed fabric with little flowers all over it that the pioneer ladies wore when they traveled west in wagon trains. However, I think that this would not be very useful in a reticella class. I am wondering if calico is a plain white cotton cloth, or perhaps a solid colored cloth in Australia or England. The size of the calico is exactly the size of the special linen that we are working on, so I wonder if it is supposed to be a contrasting background or something. I have never done this kind of work before. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
