I think Taylor knows everybody out there
Feb. 23rd, 2013 05:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotBecause whenever I meet anyone, they know who you are! It's amazing!
Julie and I had a good time at the historical fashion show (only now it feels awkward to say because she's here HI JULIE). We met Kjirsten from Clermont, offered to do some volunteering with costuming there, and talked to a woman from Hyde Park (which reminded me of Eleanor, if you remember that fiasco), and as soon as I got back to Melissa's I made up and ordered business cards on Vistaprint. I am feeling very good this evening. Scandal, pajamas, pizza, and Swedish fish - and more fun tomorrow, in my new spencer, with good food at a great (so I hear) restaurant.
Got my samples from Dharma, and I cut so I can give my srs thoughts on each gauzy white square.
3.8oz linen: Light but slubby. After all the research (you could just call it "staring at portraits", I should incorporate Google Books) I've done I have to say I wouldn't use it much - cotton seems a lot, lot more prevalent, especially within the second half of the 18th century. I already bought some from fabrics-store and I think it's going to become a shift. If I get into caps, I might use it, and there are some chemisettes/undersleeves from the 19th century that use linen, so I could see going with it eventually, but I want to start 18th century first as a base.
Combed cotton lawn: Light, translucent, very soft and smooth. I like this for my purposes because of the smoothness - the eye doesn't get caught by any slubs. Similar to this and this.
1.9oz cotton voile: Much sheerer than the lawn; the threads are spaced apart more. On one hand, I like that it's sheerer and I could see using it, especially with some embroidery - on the other, because of the thread spacing I feel like the individual threads are really eye catching, in a way. But the more I feel it, the more I like it. Similar to this.
1.9oz silky cotton voile: Tightly woven and crisp; not sheer and only slightly translucent. I might get a bit of it and see how it acts when sewn as a ruffle - it could be awkward, and it could stand out well.
5.5mm organza: I don't think so. Just too stiff. I don't know if washing it could make it right for those completely transparent ruffles, but if it doesn't then it's a definite no.
3mm silk gauze: It's softer than the organdy, of course, and sheer enough that I think I will make some ruffles out of it. There's kind of a yellowish cast to it, but it's less striking against skin. Similar to this.
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Finally watching last week's Smash. Can't believe anyone's taking this kid's idea for a musical seriously, it's quite obviously 100% based on his life and his imagined revenge against the world - it's like a 16-year-old's fantasy, so embarrassing.
Julie and I had a good time at the historical fashion show (only now it feels awkward to say because she's here HI JULIE). We met Kjirsten from Clermont, offered to do some volunteering with costuming there, and talked to a woman from Hyde Park (which reminded me of Eleanor, if you remember that fiasco), and as soon as I got back to Melissa's I made up and ordered business cards on Vistaprint. I am feeling very good this evening. Scandal, pajamas, pizza, and Swedish fish - and more fun tomorrow, in my new spencer, with good food at a great (so I hear) restaurant.
Got my samples from Dharma, and I cut so I can give my srs thoughts on each gauzy white square.
3.8oz linen: Light but slubby. After all the research (you could just call it "staring at portraits", I should incorporate Google Books) I've done I have to say I wouldn't use it much - cotton seems a lot, lot more prevalent, especially within the second half of the 18th century. I already bought some from fabrics-store and I think it's going to become a shift. If I get into caps, I might use it, and there are some chemisettes/undersleeves from the 19th century that use linen, so I could see going with it eventually, but I want to start 18th century first as a base.
Combed cotton lawn: Light, translucent, very soft and smooth. I like this for my purposes because of the smoothness - the eye doesn't get caught by any slubs. Similar to this and this.
1.9oz cotton voile: Much sheerer than the lawn; the threads are spaced apart more. On one hand, I like that it's sheerer and I could see using it, especially with some embroidery - on the other, because of the thread spacing I feel like the individual threads are really eye catching, in a way. But the more I feel it, the more I like it. Similar to this.
1.9oz silky cotton voile: Tightly woven and crisp; not sheer and only slightly translucent. I might get a bit of it and see how it acts when sewn as a ruffle - it could be awkward, and it could stand out well.
5.5mm organza: I don't think so. Just too stiff. I don't know if washing it could make it right for those completely transparent ruffles, but if it doesn't then it's a definite no.
3mm silk gauze: It's softer than the organdy, of course, and sheer enough that I think I will make some ruffles out of it. There's kind of a yellowish cast to it, but it's less striking against skin. Similar to this.
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Finally watching last week's Smash. Can't believe anyone's taking this kid's idea for a musical seriously, it's quite obviously 100% based on his life and his imagined revenge against the world - it's like a 16-year-old's fantasy, so embarrassing.
