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I'm so excited! BEI Design 03-14-2008
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Posted by BEI Design on March 14, 2008, 8:59 pm
DGD is coming over for a measuring and pattern fitting
session tomorrow so I can get started on the purple/blue
Highland "Nationals" vest. Like:
http://www.tartantown.com/product1111.html
She's growing so fast I don't trust the pattern I made for
in February.

The vest will be made of 100% cotton velvet completely
underlined with hair canvas (there is a lot of stress on
them, they are laced tightly, and then the dancer is very
active while wearing them). I checked my supply of hair
canvas which I bought for the last vest I made and
discovered I was not going to have enough for this one.
After checking online sources and finding mostly 20" (ugh)
for upwards of $12/yard, I whipped down to The Mill End
Store. They had a little over 2 yards left of 34" good
quality hair canvas and it was only $10.99/yard. After
using my TSWLTH coupon (30% off), I paid only $7.69/yard.
;-) Happy dance! Now I'm all ready to start the vest. And
my left hand is fine.

Beverly



Posted by Pogonip on March 14, 2008, 10:59 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> DGD is coming over for a measuring and pattern fitting
> session tomorrow so I can get started on the purple/blue
> Highland "Nationals" vest. Like:
> http://www.tartantown.com/product1111.html
> She's growing so fast I don't trust the pattern I made for
> in February.
>
> The vest will be made of 100% cotton velvet completely
> underlined with hair canvas (there is a lot of stress on
> them, they are laced tightly, and then the dancer is very
> active while wearing them). I checked my supply of hair
> canvas which I bought for the last vest I made and
> discovered I was not going to have enough for this one.
> After checking online sources and finding mostly 20" (ugh)
> for upwards of $12/yard, I whipped down to The Mill End
> Store. They had a little over 2 yards left of 34" good
> quality hair canvas and it was only $10.99/yard. After
> using my TSWLTH coupon (30% off), I paid only $7.69/yard.
> ;-) Happy dance! Now I'm all ready to start the vest. And
> my left hand is fine.
>
> Beverly
>
>
Hurray! Hope you bought up all the hair canvas. I have a feeling that
you'll be needing it. Hope they get more.

--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Posted by BEI Design on March 14, 2008, 11:21 pm
Pogonip wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:

> They had a little over 2 yards left of 34" good
> > quality hair canvas and it was only $10.99/yard. After
> > using my TSWLTH coupon (30% off), I paid only
> > $7.69/yard. ;-) Happy dance! Now I'm all ready to
> > start the vest. And my left hand is fine.
> >
> > Beverly
> >
> >
> Hurray! Hope you bought up all the hair canvas. I have
> a feeling that you'll be needing it. Hope they get more.

I bought the entire piece and had them wrap it back onto the
board. The clerk made a note of the inventory info, she
said they would order more. This piece will do me for
awhile, but I probably will need more eventually.

Beverly



Posted by The Wanderer on March 15, 2008, 4:13 am
On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:59:18 -0700, BEI Design wrote:


> The vest will be made of 100% cotton velvet completely
> underlined with hair canvas (there is a lot of stress on
> them, they are laced tightly, and then the dancer is very
> active while wearing them).

Is this a case of different names for the same thing each side of the pond?
I have this mental picture of something quite coarse and scratchy being
used as a lining. Thoughts perhaps of the hair shirts worn by monks of old.



--
Richard - The older I get, the better I used to be!

the dot wanderer at tesco dot net


Posted by Kate XXXXXX on March 15, 2008, 5:43 am
The Wanderer wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:59:18 -0700, BEI Design wrote:
>
>
>> The vest will be made of 100% cotton velvet completely
>> underlined with hair canvas (there is a lot of stress on
>> them, they are laced tightly, and then the dancer is very
>> active while wearing them).
>
> Is this a case of different names for the same thing each side of the pond?
> I have this mental picture of something quite coarse and scratchy being
> used as a lining. Thoughts perhaps of the hair shirts worn by monks of old.

Not this time! :) Hair canvass is a wool or wool/linen blend canvas
woven with horsehair to make it springy. It's used in tailoring in
things like men's jackets to support the fabric and help to give it
shape and structure. There are many different sorts for the different
parts of the jacket... Collar canvas is stiffer than chest canvas,
which stiffer than body canvas... And they all also come in different
weights for use with tropical weight wools, coatings, and silk suiting
as well as the traditional men's suiting weights that we see all over
the place. Guess who just had a deep conversation about all this and a
whole set of lovely samples sent to them by Bernstein & Bailey's,
suppliers of linings and interlinings, hair canvass, pocketing and etc.
to the bespoke tailors and couture wedding gown makers of London? :D
Damn - they smell good! And I thought I'd given up fabric sniffing...

Interlining means that it will be used to mount the outer fabric and
give it support. There will be a fashion fabric and a lining between it
and the outer world or inner body.


--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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