[h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 28

[Gianetta]

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 Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:11:46 -0600
 From: E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [h-cost] linen burn test  other tests
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 mucho snippage
 Any ideas?  Any other tests I could throw at it?  (I have no microscope,
 btw.) I'd really love for this stuff to be linen, but since it just plain
 looks so un-linen-like I have to be as sure as I possibly can be before
 I'll
 use it AS linen!  I'm used to being able to pick out linen just by looking
 and touching; this is frustrating!

 -E House


I use the 'washing machine test'. It's not scientific, but it's helpful for
me. Put your linen and some fabric that you know cotton (about the same
weight/weave) in the washer. After running it through a cycle, pull and tug
both fabrics. Linen is stronger when wet, cotton is weaker when wet. You
should be able to tell if there's a difference. --
Joyce
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[h-cost] Re: narnia movie

[Gianetta]

 Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:23:19 -0500
 From: Judy Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] narnia movie
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 Cynthia Virtue wrote:
  Somebody was making gowns for the Queen, plus dwarves and giants wear
  clothes, so even if they didn't have specific clothing, there would have
  been supplies and skill of some level.

I found it odd that the children were able to change clothes in the
 camp also. I mean, for the coronation sure! but how on earth did they
 get clothes that fit that soon. I mean, mostly it was talking beasts,
 merfolk, naiads and dryads - none of which wear human style clothing.
 Sure, there were dwarfs - but they weren't dressed in dwarfish styles!

 snippage

-Judy Mitchell
 actually, I was disappointed that Mrs. Beaver didn't get her new sewing
 machine from Father Christmas in the movie. She gets a new one in the book.
 It's been a long time, but I think she'd have the sewing skills to
 make/alter clothes for the children.


--
Joyce
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