[Steppes] Garb question - materials

[Gail]

my Lady
a color wheel.........
paint store, arts supply, (think Hobby Lobby or Michaels) Quilt store.....
Galen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jann Mays" <hlgabrielle at yahoo.com>
To: <arabella at elfsea.net>; "Barony of Steppes - SCA, Inc."
<steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:52 PM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] Garb question - materials


> Arabella,
>
> Thank you for the suggestion.  Where do I get a color wheel?  I have
already finished the dress, but that would be more than handy to have.
>
> Gabrielle
>
> Lisa Duke <arabella at elfsea.net> wrote:
> Look at a color wheel and see the opposite contrasting color. I consult my
> color wheel often if I'm at a loss as to what to look for. - HL Arabella
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: steppes-bounces+arabella=elfsea.net at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:steppes-bounces+arabella=elfsea.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of
Jann
> Mays
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:47 PM
> To: Steppes List
> 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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