tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7672992923926311281..comments2024-03-28T09:56:06.298-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: TextilesGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81478221889861699092021-12-06T19:29:50.212-05:002021-12-06T19:29:50.212-05:00That is some beautiful fabric, and I really like t...That is some beautiful fabric, and I really like the subtlety of natural dyes.Aggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11089648434324058300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-6025248381146397052021-12-06T11:11:07.291-05:002021-12-06T11:11:07.291-05:00Tangent: Virginia Postrel wrote a nice history of ...Tangent: Virginia Postrel wrote a nice history of textiles. Enough minutiae to be interesting, and not so much as to dull.<br /><br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52686790-the-fabric-of-civilization<br /><br />ColoCommenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027471823319260166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-49180617966470666472021-12-06T10:16:00.987-05:002021-12-06T10:16:00.987-05:00I didn't mean she's afraid the fabric will...I didn't mean she's afraid the fabric will break now, only that there is a limited square footage, because it was so difficult to weave. She needs to figure out an extremely efficient way of cutting out irregular pieces, a space-filling puzzle.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-68774028486348922972021-12-05T14:55:15.804-05:002021-12-05T14:55:15.804-05:00Maybe fasten on the velvet lining first, and then ...Maybe fasten on the velvet lining first, and then shape the combined fabric, with the velvet lending its strength to the totality?<br /><br />Will she sew a beading (a stuffed tube) along the seams between the part covering the flat of the piano and the vertical parts hanging down the sides?<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50908434763019467882021-12-05T02:42:04.492-05:002021-12-05T02:42:04.492-05:00I think the challenge she was worried about was ho...I think the challenge she was worried about was how to form an irregular shape in the most efficient way, because this fabric was difficult to weave--something about the fine cotton wanting to break--and she doesn't want to waste the material.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53178864893630870442021-12-04T21:58:25.012-05:002021-12-04T21:58:25.012-05:00The front, batting and the backing have to be sewn...<i>The front, batting and the backing have to be sewn across the middle as well as around the edges....</i><br /><br />Yeah, but that seems an easy thing, if tedious, to do. Or just take a single stitch at intervals across the field, so the sewing doesn't show. The fact that an expert doesn't see that as a solution, though, suggests that sewing the lining on isn't that simple. Maybe it's to do with the lining being velvet?<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-71508888019766337252021-12-04T21:38:00.475-05:002021-12-04T21:38:00.475-05:00BTW, nice work on the puppet frame- I was taken wi...BTW, nice work on the puppet frame- I was taken with the right hand panel, the motif and execution is nearly identical to a painting I have, done around 1916. It is a heart shaped panel in chip carved cabinet, carved on the inside "Soldat Belge, 1916", with the mans name. A memorial, presumably.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-14564353313385244402021-12-04T21:33:25.417-05:002021-12-04T21:33:25.417-05:00Lovely. Amazing what can come off a loom!
Lovely. Amazing what can come off a loom! <br />ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-76253594095521135592021-12-04T20:37:52.632-05:002021-12-04T20:37:52.632-05:00That's a beautiful pattern.That's a beautiful pattern.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-21543059830015817532021-12-04T20:36:48.650-05:002021-12-04T20:36:48.650-05:00It might be because they are dissimilar materials....It might be because they are dissimilar materials. In addition, if it's just sewn around the edges, the material is liable to bunch up?<br /><br />My wife makes quilts. The front, batting and the backing have to be sewn across the middle as well as around the edges, or else the batting will bunch up into a big lump at one end of the quilt.<br /><br />At least that's my theory.Mike Guentherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760305520055214986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-15706783318149507932021-12-04T18:06:24.409-05:002021-12-04T18:06:24.409-05:00She's trying to figure out how to line them [c...<i> She's trying to figure out how to line them [cotton/silk fabric] with velvet....</i><br /><br />For ignoramuses like me, why would that be hard to do?<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com