Burning fabric

[frualeydis]

A burn test on some slightly slubby silk-look fabric I've had for a decade (the remnants of the skirt of my first 16th century dress) that was bought as a set of curtains at a thrift store turned out to be not polyester as I had feared, but rayon.
Very happy! I'm thinking about using it for a c. 1850 corset.

Yes. I am seriously contemplating joining the dark side. Or something like that. I have no spiritual strength.

Comments

[galiana-db.livejournal.com]

Yes, join the dark side. I will live my dark side dreams vicariously through you. *grin*

[myralea.livejournal.com]

ok eva... so where does this leave me?!? ;)

/m

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to start it now!
I have a bliaut that I'm working on, the flemish dress to finish and lots of other stuff as said on my sewing list (2http://www.livejournal.com/users/frualeydis/105247.html?") for 2005. I just feel that my resolution is weakening by the minute. How about finding out if any other people would be interested in a tea-party, picnic or some other activity some time in september or so? I presume Caroline would be interested as well. She would probably like som natural form or bustle dress. Myself I go for cute before sexy any day, so I want something in printed cotton (or pink and grey wool) with flounces from the 1840s or 50s.


Eva

[myralea.livejournal.com]

september sounds like possible plan for me. i am planning to take a loooong vacation this summer ;) and there must be more of us out there lusting for some REAL tea parties! the more the merrier!

can't one be both cute and sexy in a victorian way? does one have to choose?

looked through my 19th C stuff at home and realised: like 1800 and 1810s, not sure about 1820, definately don't like 1830s, maybe some late 1840s, 1850-1860s are lovely, 1870 no, early 1880 or late 1890s might be more my thing (like the late 90s skirts but the sleeves in that decade are ridiculously ugly!)