**Thank you, that helps. I think I'll do some with the seam (for the images I'm recreating that look like they might have one) and some w/out, for those that...
I'm begining a few projects that will hopefully be trimed with faux fur, However I'm cash challenged, but lucky me we happen to have several large bear fur...
Hello, Newbie here. :-) I'm attending my first SCA event tomorrow evening and Saturday and the nights have turned chilly. I'm wanting to make a cloak, but...
On one hand, I'd say "go ahead and use what you've got. It's all just stuff and the animal is long dead". On the other hand, working with fur is a lot of...
I'd consider corduroy pretty far down on my list of choices (Not to say I haven't used it. Go with what is available and afforable, I say). Even something...
the other issue is that it seems a shame to destroy a garment that's lasted that long. I can understand why you'd want to use the fur, but if it's from the...
Greetings Trish, First of all where is here...your location? There are several nice fabrics that you could make a clock out of. cotton/wool blend that from...
... USE THE NATURAL! And then get your gun and come out here and help rid our farm of the da** bears that are threatening my sheep, my poultry and me. I have 4...
... To be brief--If the coats are in good shape, it seems a shame to cut them up, as they are historical items in their own right. However, if they are ...
Larah, I would say use the fur you have for what you can. If _you_ have a moral objection to using real fur only _you_ can decide. The options that come to me...
... If you think it's unethical to use real fur, you should not use it. Personally, I *don't* think it's unethical, and would therefore use it. There's also...
PETA has brainwashed us all. Use the fur. If it was already dead then put it to use. I was raised the same way to only kill what I could eat, but I buy used...
In a yes use the coat argument, although people believe it is unethical to use real fur nowadays, it wasn't when the coat was made. In those days you hunted...
gee... I would love a bear fur coat... or a bear rug, and some bear meat in the freezer. in fact, hubby is getting a bear tag and deer tag today, and I am...
Hasn't brainwashed me one bit! Angelia in OR who is a hunter, and a farmer who raises MEAT! ... From: "Capri Richardson-Nicholson" ... put it to use. I was...
... Won't go into details, but if you eat commercially raised big agribusiness chicken and pork and won't use fur, you are either fooling yourself or a...
I think it's your ISP. I use outlook XP Professional and never experience it, BUT I sometimes get double emails from others on this list. Soffya Who's finally...
... Evansville, Indiana. I'll be attending Rendezvous this weekend. <<There are several nice fabrics that you could make a cloak out of. cotton/wool blend that...
Use the fir. Say you got milk delivered. You need it, right? (regardless of allergies) But you find out milkman uses some of the money for drugs. Do you quit...
The only thing to be worried about is having fun at the event. The only rule we have in this game is make the "attempt" at period clothing. You found fabric...
Greetings Trish, Indiana will definitely be getting cold soon...down here in sunny Virginia it is still a little warm...now for your question...you can get...
I don't know if this is really on topic, but I figured that there might be someone on this list who would be able to help me out. I'm making some cloth dolls...
... <snipped> ... Hi Rebecca! Thanks for the above - it reminds me that I used to have a 'fabrics in pics' gallery that I really ought to get back online. :-) ...
I would assume bits of cloth or wool. In Loserana, the Indians used moss as stuffing and for putting in papoose for 'diaper' material. Soffya [Non-text...
Greetings! My name is Liadain, and I am a blackworkaholic...<G> Sorry. <G> I was a member of this group a couple of years ago; my main obsession is blackwork...
... Thanks for your help. Trish<< Hi, I'm a newbie also, and I'm on digest so someone may have already directed you here but Ask and ye shall receive - ...
Hi Liadain, she's baaaaack. I've missed you if no one else has. I think I was among the missing when you disappeared. Kathws ... From: t_thallas To:...
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