[Steppes] Garb question - materials

[Gail]

just as a comment, my Lady

what would you think of matching the background color (if I understand the
description correctly, the background is black) or...go to the opposet side
of the color spectrum to contrast....white velveteen or one of the
yellow/blue combinations....aquamarine or teal? perhaps one of the
red/yellow combins? Peach would be beautiful with your skin tones...

Galen
(who perhaps, should keep quiet.....)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at yahoo.com>
To: "Steppes List" <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:46 PM
Subject: [Steppes] Garb question - materials


> Greetings to those experts who have tackled silk brocades.  (Chiara, I
know YOU have for sure.)
>
> Ok, I have a rather dumb question, and I know there are several answers to
this question, but what do you think is the BEST answer?
>
> I bought some of that beautiful brocade at Gulf Wars year before last
(it's purple cross fleuries within a diamond-pattern on black).  Now that I
have recovered my sewing machine from under all of my teaching stacks, I am
ready to use it on a nice flowing Houppelande.  I actually saw a dress of
this style made with the same trim.
>
> Ok, so you know it's a silky brocade, but the color is hard to match -
it's a blue-violet and not a red-violet (which is easier to find).  It was
suggested that if I can't match the purple, I should try a bright royal blue
for contrast.  I'm going fabric hunting (again) and I'm not sure if a raw
silk would work (not too shimmery), a satin, a velveteen, a linen, a panne,
a dupiony silk (sp?)... or even a nice brushed blue-violet cotton.  I plan
to use the brocade around the neck and at the hem.
>
> Any thoughts on the matter?  I'm hoping to finish it by Saturday (I'm home
all day the rest of this week).
>
> Gab.
>
>
> "Qui ne risque rien, n'a rien."
>
> "Mieux vaut profiter tard,
> Que jamais ne rien faire."
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