http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/ 18cLife Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:13:41 GMT Colleen Humphreys http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4568 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4568 ... Ask, and you shall receive! Www.fashionfabricsclub.com Search tropical suiting, and look at the colors. Make sure that what you choose is wool. It is Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:06:21 GMT Lauren Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4567 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4567 Sue -- you forget, besides navy, navy, and navy, there are also khaki, beige, and tan! Lauren M. Walker lauren.walker@... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:57:11 GMT Sue Felshin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4566 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4566 ... First, you want worsted rather than woolen, because woolen will be hotter to wear than worsted even if it's lightweight. Second, most fabric vendors no Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:44:44 GMT Colleen Humphreys http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4565 ... Sure you can! Take a red/white stripe with faded red and over due it with blue. Or red. Ten you have striped fabric with red and some other colored Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:40:29 GMT Lauren Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4564 If you wash a worsted in cool/cold water (you can use the machine, just don't machine dry) before you cut out your gown, you should be able to wash the Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:27:48 GMT Lauren Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4563 The nice lightweight gown wools are usually lightweight worsted suiting wools or tropical suiting worsted wools. They are smooth instead of fuzzy and can be Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:41:17 GMT Amy McCarty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4562 Reading this conversation has me with questions and comments...   first my modern day thought... I live in Texas. Hot and humid starts early in the year and Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:57:43 GMT mara.riley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4561 ... I do specifically remember mention in the PA Gazette runaway ads of a green linen gown, though, and a purple (!) linen men's jacket. A while ago I put some Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:41:34 GMT Amy McCarty http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4560 My son has been studying toys and games of the 18th and 19th century - here is a page he sent me about games and such for 18th century. Since he is 10 he is Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:49:15 GMT denspear http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4559 Hey all, I am glad that I posted here before actually producing the product. There was a lot of great information shared, and it made me do more research. As Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:52:19 GMT Wendy Moyer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4558 Thank you for the Link Lauren! ... From: Lauren Walker Date: 6/19/2013 10:15:15 AM To: 18cLife@yahoogroups.com Subject: [18cLife] Article on the polonaise Just Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:15:13 GMT Lauren Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4557 Just in case you didn't see this elsewhere, here's a summary of some great research on the 18th century polonaise gown: http://demodecouture.com/polonaise/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:13:36 GMT Lauren Walker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4556 The Indian cotton printers were certainly making and exporting dark ground prints, especially blues, reds, and browns, throughout this period, and exporting Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:08:25 GMT Sue Felshin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4555 ... The last time this topic came up on the old 18cWoman list, we searched runaway ads and found very few solid color garments in comparison to the number of Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:56:34 GMT Sue Felshin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/message/4554 ... I believe La Pourvoyeuse is wearing some sort of long, loose jacket that appears to be a lower class version of a casaque and that serves the purpose of a