Subject: Regency Lace TAlk
See
http://lacenews.net/2011/03/01/lace-of-the-month-bucks-regency-march-2011/
for a LaceNews post on 'Regency Lace', which is a specific type of point
ground bobbinlace, and it is a fairly comprehensive discussion.
This is certainly not the only lace worn in Jane Au
Lynn
Santina Levey is definitely the best place to look. Laces from about 1790 to
about 1820 generally had small motifs at the headside with lots of ground
between the motifs and the footside. In the earlier part of that period the
ground would be decorated with square tallies, or little circles of
Hi Vicki:
Way way back, the cottons used in England were imported from India and the
Middle East. Some cottons came from a place called Calicut (in India). Others
came from a place called Mosul (now in Iraq). And thatâs where we get the
words âcalicoâ and âmuslinâ from. Originally, they
On 5/20/15 2:52 PM, Susan wrote:
. . . While wandering about the internet today, I found
wool flannel & wool challis.
Where?
For several years, I've been wanting to make five matching
scarves as Christmas gifts, but searches for challis turn up
nothing but rayon.
Cross-posted to Chat, sin
Hello to One and All!
I will add to that, if you get stage production muslin. It's used to
backgrounds for stage productions, it's thicker It's more along the lines of
calico and high quality quilter's cotton.
I have a 10 foot wide roll I use for quilt backings. Hugs, Susie Rose Â
My sto
Iâve been roped in to speak to my local Jane Austen Society about lace in
Jane Austenâs time. As I understand it, during the Regency period, lace
became very understated, probably due to the egalitarian attitudes in
existence then due to the French Revolution, and also perhaps because in
Franc
Robin, I must disagree with you on one of your choices, sort of. I had a duvet
cover from Lands' End, a good one, that I used for at least 10 years on my bed
until the middle shredded, so it was pretty worn. However, the sides were
perfectly usable, so I cut it up for cover cloths, and bobbin
I have a cover with a layer of carpet-type felt under it for a standard 18inch
cookie/45cm mushroom pillow. Â It has the additional advantage of giving a
slight amount of "give" which makes sewings using a needlepin much easier -
it's not much worse than using a proper Honiton pillow, and useful fo
Oopsâ¦itâs been awhile since I posted andâ¦.sorry for not remembering to
trim.
Mea culpa,
Vicki
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Ahâ¦.another example of two countries âdivided by a common languageââ¦(-:
For whatever reason, in the US, âcalicoâ describes printed cotton fabric
such as one uses in patchwork quilting, whereas âmuslinâ in the US is a
somewhat coarse (usually) unbleached cotton, similar to what is
Hi Fellow spiders,
Just a slight correction on Robin s email;- calico is a sturdy densely woven
cotton fabric in England and well suited for covering a lace pillow especially
if it is in a plain, darkish colour. Muslin is a softer, thinner and much more
open weave which would be totally unsuit
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