New Re: [Ansteorra-Textiles] question

[L T]

Thanks,

I haven't gotten Woven into the Earth yet...sigh

I have realized how modern my thinking is...and am trying to get past the "victorian" idealism
that tends to be common practice in most modern crafts...and am trying to reach beyond
into fact...unfortunately I haven't had much time to do much research yet...so have been
 relying on others knowledge...

Lorraine DeerSlayer

--- Susan Tillery <SuTillery at comcast.net> wrote:

> In the section on dyes in Woven Into the Earth, Textiles from Morse 
> Greenland by Else Ostergard (which was released in English translation 
> last fall) there is mention of purple thread. Of course the garment it 
> was in was blue.  There is a fairly long discussion of sewing techniques.
> 
>   "Among 'invisible' seams belongs all sewing of main garment parts, ..."
>   Page 98
> 
> I remember being told by a colonial reenactor that "they" fussed about 
> using colored thread for sewing claiming that sewing thread was brown or 
> natural colored.  That is until someone took a damaged archaeological 
> piece apart and found that the sewing threads that had been protected 
> from the elements matched the fabric.
> 
> AEla
> 
> el2iot2 at mail.com wrote:
> > Don't know.  I just like to make invisible seams on some projects, and matching the colours
> make it less obvious if the seam is not perfect.
> > 
> > joy
> > radei
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "L T" <ldeerslayer at yahoo.com>
> 
> > 
> >>Hi!
> >>
> >>Is matching the colour of thread to cloth a period practice?
> >>
> >>L
> >>--- el2iot2 at mail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> 
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