What if you lined them? That's what I do with my drapes; the lining takes the UV beating, not my fashion fabric.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:27 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? I've heard of Spoonflower many times, and I'm staying firmly away from it. Their fabrics are not supposed to be very fast and some windows get a lot of sun. After going to all this trouble I want the drapes to last as many years as possible. Anyway, I don't want printed cotton drapes unless they are something really nice like Liberty home-dec. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com On 12/17/2015 11:15 AM, Sharon Collier wrote: > Have you heard of www.spoonflower.com? > It's a site where you can design your own fabric or choose from thousands of > others designed by others. > After you find your design, you can choose to have it made in one of over a > dozen fabrics. So you could have matching drapes and upholstery, for example. > Sharon C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] > On Behalf Of Lavolta Press > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:57 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? > > I'm still here and have been since h-costume started. I am not sewing any > garments because I have to make all the drapes for a 5,000-square-foot house > my husband and I bought in June and have not moved into yet. (Not to mention > a lot of time-consuming stuff like picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts > cabinet knobs.) Not a fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete > kitchen remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not > have them already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too. > Everything takes longer than it was supposed to. > > The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined Arts > & Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a fireplace > with green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all the window > coverings, which we probably wouldn't have liked anyway. > Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic > reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW turned out > not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I looked at, and > they're actually cotton instead of polyester. > > The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes. It seems I > want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since this is not a > bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is OK, and I have a lot > of that in my stash, though in many cases not enough for a window. And I had > some embroidered linen I bought online that turned out to have motifs too > large for clothes. For three rooms that only have one window, what with only > 1 1/2 times fullness I managed to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out > of stash fabric. > > The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone knows > where to buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in quantities > up to 18 yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know. It seems I can use a > textured fabric such as dupioni or linen (preferably stenciled linen) if I > have to, but I wanted to furnish some rooms with Art Nouveau brocades. > > Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier than > just Arts & Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no drapes at all > or maybe only sheer drapes if you must have something. > The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer > drapes, sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians didn't > want the sun full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors peering into their > windows, any more than we do. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books of historic clothing patterns > www.lavoltapress.com > > > > On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote: >> You're welcome! >> >> I suppose people could say what they are working on. >> >> Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. >> :-) >> >> So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub >> and unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that? >> >> I tried "help" but the message bounced. >> >> Thanks! >> -Carol >> >> >> >>> Thanks for letting me know you are all here. >>> Monica Spence >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com >>> [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton >>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM >>> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> >>> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? >>> >>> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address >>> by >>> mistake) was rejected. >>> >>> >>> On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote: >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address >>>> for it, but the link below does not work. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> -Carol >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> h-costume mailing list >>>>> h-costume@mail.indra.com >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> -- >>> Robin Netherton >>> Editor, Medieval Clothing and Textiles ro...@netherton.net >>> voice: (314) 439-1222 >>> Life is just a bowl of queries. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> h-costume mailing list >>> h-costume@mail.indra.com >>> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
