http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/19/catching-up/ The blog for Plimoth Plantation's 17 Century embroidered jacket project. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/19/catching-up/#comment-1359 L.Levine Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:36:23 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=378#comment-1359 I know it's a touch before the Colonial Period, but on Page 23 of "The Tudor Taylor" by Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcom-Davies they mention finding evidence for wood busks dating to the Tudor period in England. I know it’s a touch before the Colonial Period, but on Page 23 of “The Tudor Taylor” by Ninya Mikhaila and Jane Malcom-Davies they mention finding evidence for wood busks dating to the Tudor period in England.

]]> http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/19/catching-up/#comment-1327 Cate Crown Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:39:15 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=378#comment-1327 Jill, Ash or oak hand-pounded staves are a staple of the Nantucket basket and are equally suitable for stays. Many 18th c. reenactors use them as a replacement for baleen. They will bend some, not break the way other basket reed does (a lot of reenactors will use 1/4" half round reed-not as good but less expensive) and generally give you more of the fit that you want and get from the baleen w/o the hassle required of obtaining and cutting the whalebone. Cate Jill,
Ash or oak hand-pounded staves are a staple of the Nantucket basket and are equally suitable for stays. Many 18th c. reenactors use them as a replacement for baleen. They will bend some, not break the way other basket reed does (a lot of reenactors will use 1/4″ half round reed-not as good but less expensive) and generally give you more of the fit that you want and get from the baleen w/o the hassle required of obtaining and cutting the whalebone.
Cate

]]> http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/19/catching-up/#comment-1326 Robbin Douglas Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:49:19 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=378#comment-1326 Please, even if you can only come on Friday I'd love to have you come make some lace. (Of course we'd all love you to come for more than one day, too. :) ) I gather there is also room for more embroiderers. So come and join us as I'm happy to put my hand to either and we'll definitely have fun really getting the lace started! Please, even if you can only come on Friday I’d love to have you come make some lace. (Of course we’d all love you to come for more than one day, too. ) I gather there is also room for more embroiderers. So come and join us as I’m happy to put my hand to either and we’ll definitely have fun really getting the lace started!

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