Cotton Coutil dyes readily and you can also just use it as the interlining if you want something else on the outside (like printed yellow cloth).
Sg On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Emily Gilbert <emchantm...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks for your input, everyone! It sounds like I'd be best off using > coutil or something similar, Saundra's recommendation notwithstanding. > > Emily > > > On 2/6/2012 7:00 PM, Joan Jurancich wrote: > >> According to Montgomery, "Textiles in America", Nankeen is "a cotton >> cloth of plain weave originally sold at Nankin in China and made from a >> yellow variety of cotton..." "At least by the mid-eighteenth century, in >> the Manchester area it was made of ordinary cotton dyed yellow. Swatch >> number 62 in Holker's manuscript is nankeen suitable for men's waistcoats >> and trousers which he says wears very well." (see page 308 for more details) >> >> You might try to find coutil, which is made specifically made for >> corsets. It's fairly lightweight, but very strong. >> >> Joan Jurancich >> joa...@surewest.net >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume<http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume> > -- -Sg- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
