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I want to do a post on "Loot from the Costume College Trip," which will include not only what I got in the garment district, but also from the Marketplace and various other excursion during my time with ![[info]](https://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=3)
fancyfrocks. But I wanted to get to this!
First, I do need to show this white/cream wool flannel.
It's good quality, fairly soft, and lighter weight than B. Black & Sons standard flannel. Best part? It was $5/yd!
I'm not sure yet what I'll do with it; I think I ended up with about 3.5 yards. I could make a quilted petticoat, but I already have a red flannel petticoat (embroidered, not quilted) that's a bit lightweight but I still really like. This would certainly be perfect for an 1860s "underbody" - think a corset cover, except made of flannel for warmth. And it might have sleeves. I can't remember. I could also do a flannel chemise and drawers, but I want to research that a wee bit more and also ask for advice. Canton flannel is the other period option for warm underclothing.
Here's the real impulse buy of the garment district - pink linen! I fell in love with the color and just had to have it, thinking nothing more specific than "something 18th century" in mind.
I had a brief panic attack when I started to look for ideas, since I read that linens and wools were really only available in blues/greens/browns etc. because of dyeing difficulties, and Nicole's color posts didn't reference any but silk in pink. But I'm slightly less freaked out now, and encouraged especially by George Stubbs's The Reapers.
See? Pink dress! Pale pink, but still.
But now there's a new concern.
When I washed the linen, it shed an enormous anount of lint in the dryer. That didn't completely surprise me; I was actually glad to see it, assuming that the loose stuff was gone and the weave nice and tight. But when I ironed it, it was absolutely covered in pink fiber pills. Eventually I used my lint roller and went through probably half a dozen sheets just on a quarter of the surface of the fabric. I've never had any fabric behave like that. I thought it was good quality and would hold up to an 18th century style, especially with good quality lining. But now all bets are off. :(
So what do I do with it? I still really, really want to do something historical. It would break my heart to chop up a good length of 6 yards to make one invisible petticoat and leave the rest to languish. The same objection goes for a Regency gown. And really, it's not fine enough for a good Regency gown. It's definitely not appropriate for 1860s. Or should I go way far back and try for "something medieval"? Flemish, maybe? Orkoshka_the_cat's Holbein?
I just want something that will be both pretty and a good use of the fabric.
fancyfrocks. But I wanted to get to this!First, I do need to show this white/cream wool flannel.
It's good quality, fairly soft, and lighter weight than B. Black & Sons standard flannel. Best part? It was $5/yd!
I'm not sure yet what I'll do with it; I think I ended up with about 3.5 yards. I could make a quilted petticoat, but I already have a red flannel petticoat (embroidered, not quilted) that's a bit lightweight but I still really like. This would certainly be perfect for an 1860s "underbody" - think a corset cover, except made of flannel for warmth. And it might have sleeves. I can't remember. I could also do a flannel chemise and drawers, but I want to research that a wee bit more and also ask for advice. Canton flannel is the other period option for warm underclothing.
Here's the real impulse buy of the garment district - pink linen! I fell in love with the color and just had to have it, thinking nothing more specific than "something 18th century" in mind.
I had a brief panic attack when I started to look for ideas, since I read that linens and wools were really only available in blues/greens/browns etc. because of dyeing difficulties, and Nicole's color posts didn't reference any but silk in pink. But I'm slightly less freaked out now, and encouraged especially by George Stubbs's The Reapers.
See? Pink dress! Pale pink, but still.
But now there's a new concern.
When I washed the linen, it shed an enormous anount of lint in the dryer. That didn't completely surprise me; I was actually glad to see it, assuming that the loose stuff was gone and the weave nice and tight. But when I ironed it, it was absolutely covered in pink fiber pills. Eventually I used my lint roller and went through probably half a dozen sheets just on a quarter of the surface of the fabric. I've never had any fabric behave like that. I thought it was good quality and would hold up to an 18th century style, especially with good quality lining. But now all bets are off. :(
So what do I do with it? I still really, really want to do something historical. It would break my heart to chop up a good length of 6 yards to make one invisible petticoat and leave the rest to languish. The same objection goes for a Regency gown. And really, it's not fine enough for a good Regency gown. It's definitely not appropriate for 1860s. Or should I go way far back and try for "something medieval"? Flemish, maybe? Or
koshka_the_cat's Holbein? I just want something that will be both pretty and a good use of the fabric.