[h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

How about the cheap, light-weight buckram (sometimes found at Hancock Fabrics)? It's "fabric stiffened with glue" so if you're willing to ignore the content of the glue and fabric, it's sort of period. Claudine > > From: Alexandria Doyle > To: Historical Cos

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

This is one of those projects that I want to as plausably correct to the period as I possibly can. The inspiration : With what I've already spent on materials, I don't want to go with a cheap and q

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

: Friday, December 11, 2009 11:26 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent] This is one of those projects that I want to as plausably correct to the period as I possibly can. The inspiration : <http://www.lib-art.com/imgpainting/0/1/8

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

You can buy 100% silk "paper" or "felt" (it's neither, really), or make it yourself (it's not hard). What I'm not *getting* is why it has to be stiffened at all. If it's an applique it's decorative and has no structural function, and not having a third layer of anything would make it easier to

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

On Dec 12, 2009, at 5:23 AM, landofoz wrote: What I'm not *getting* is why it has to be stiffened at all. If it's an applique it's decorative and has no structural function, and not having a third layer of anything would make it easier to sew pearls on, wouldn't it? It's often difficult

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

I really like stitch-n-tear, which might be a brand name. It acts like nonwoven stabilizer, but doesn't have the drag on the needle that the poly nonwovens have. It was designed for machine stitching, but would work anywhere the stitches were packed tightly (small stitching for beadwork?).