Also, as a secondary thought, try 'Shuttle, Spindle Dyepot' - the one I have
has a nice, albeit small, article on the fabric of an old kimono - how the
fabric was woven and what they used to dye it, etc etc, etc.
Of course my mag is old, and it might have changed it's focus.
Katheryne
Janet Arnold shows several hats in her Patterns of Fashion
(1560-1620) that have stiffened felt as an understructure. She also
mentions the possibility of pasted paper (basically papier mache),
which is likely what was used to stiffen the crescents at the fronts
of French hoods in
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On May 17, 2007, at 4:12 PM, Tori Ruhl wrote:
I've heard people talk about making hats out of theatrical buckram. But
I didn't think that Buckram, as we know it, existed in the 16th century.
If not, then what DID exist as Buckram? What were the internal
I think that any hat that is felted is so densely felted together that it is
very durable. I don't know of any solution that makes a hat stiff. Must be
one though.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
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I think that any hat that is felted is so densely felted together that it
is very durable. I don't know of any solution that makes a hat stiff. Must
be one though.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
You can use hide glue to stiffen felt or buckram. Hatmakers also use
thinned shelac to stiffen and
Also, look in a store that sells cake decorating supplies - they
often have bags of wedding bands that can be put on cakes. They
are metal, but very lightweight, and can be bent to any size. They
are really cheap (like a bag of 50 for a couple dollars). They look
ok even at a fairly short
On May 17, 2007, at 6:04 PM, michaela de bruce wrote:
I've heard people talk about making hats out of theatrical
buckram. But I didn't think that Buckram, as we know it, existed
in the 16th century. If not, then what DID exist as Buckram?
What were the internal structure of hats made out
John Oldland, in a paper on the medieval woolen industry in England
that he just gave at the International Congress on Medieval Studies,
mentions buckram as a type of cheap woolen fabric.
I would be a bit surprised that buckram was wool in the 16thcC,
especially given how often it was used to
That would be rawhide. They even wrap saddle trees in that stuff!
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On Tue, 22 May 2007, michaela de bruce wrote:
John Oldland, in a paper on the medieval woolen industry in England
that he just gave at the International Congress on Medieval Studies,
mentions buckram as a type of cheap woolen fabric.
I would be a bit surprised that buckram was wool in
At 04:19 PM 5/21/2007, you wrote:
That would be rawhide. They even wrap saddle trees in that stuff!
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Lavolta Press wrote:
My advice is:
Always wash the clothes in 100% cold water, and
It might help to turn them inside out before they go in the wash, too.
As clothing rubs against each other the threads in the weave break and
put up tiny tufts of fiber which on black clothing can make it
On 21 May 2007, Robin Netherton wrote:
On Tue, 22 May 2007, michaela de bruce wrote:
John Oldland, in a paper on the medieval woolen industry in England
that he just gave at the International Congress on Medieval Studies,
mentions buckram as a type of cheap woolen fabric.
I would be
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