Silk

[nuranar]

Did anyone see the$9.99 silk taffeta sale at Fabric Mart? There's some really good stuff. The jacquards in particular are extremely nice for mid-19th century. Patterned silks with woven texture are fairly common in extants, but not often seen in reproduction. A lot of the tan blends (just one example) look very much like things I've seen in museums

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[ramblin_rosie]

Oh, GEE, I wish I had money....

[nuranar]

:( Which color would you go for? What would you use it for?

[ramblin_rosie]

Oh, probably the blues and the purples, and a couple of nicer spring/summer dresses. (I just found a couple of spiffy 1892 repros at the quilt shop, though, so I have plenty of cottons to do up, plus the wools. And I need to make some new blouses, too, probably lawn/Swiss dot. Still, I don't have any silk in the stash yet....)

[atherleisure]

I had seen that. Fortunately, none of them were telling me what they would want to be.