Hi Cassandra, I can't answer most of your questions but I have some answers:
Yes, crepe is a weave that produces that pebble texture; you can find it in silk, wool and rayons, and probably other fabrics. Rayon was developed to be an artificial silk. I don't ever use 100% acetate anymore. Acetate when I've used it shrinks up, loses its dye and changes colors, and disintegrates easily, especially under the arms. It is also very hot to wear and is flammable and it melts in a dryer. I don't like to put time and energy into something and find that the materials have failed. I don't even use it for linings anymore. Bemberg (Bamberg?) rayon is readily available; even JoAnn's has it. It hangs better than acetate and doesn't do those things acetate does. It doesn't come in as many colors as acetate and is only available in solids but it's worth paying a bit more for it. 'Anything worth doing is worth doing well,' as my granny used to say. Why waste time on something that won't last? Best, LynnD On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 2:52 PM Cascio Michael <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > I'm back to my 1920s projects again. Thanks for all the responses. I > found some lovely 1920s-1930s reproduction patterns on etsy and am onto the > making mock-ups stage. I am much taller and thicker and bustier than any > of the patterns that appealed to me but the patterns did go up to my size > so I'm going to assume the designers thought they would look ok on someone > not a size 32 bust so mock-ups. Looking at pattern fabric recommendations > I find my twentieth century knowledge of fabrics lacking. Cotton is a > fiber but crepe is a weave? When did the artificial silks come in and what > were they made of? Is acetate an artificial silk? What about rayon > challis or rayon crepe? Is there a good way to figure out what hand the > original fabric recommendations would have possessed? I can figure crisp > fabrics versus ones that drape but how much drape? Any good links for a > comparison between 1920s-1930s fabrics versus modern? My google-fu isn't > helping much right now. > > > Cassandra > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
