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  • Members: 448
  • Category: Crafts
  • Founded: Apr 3, 2006
  • Language: English
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This group is for discussion of issues, patterns and techniques described in the book, The Tudor Tailor. The book focus' on Tudor clothing and Elizabethan clothing including accessories. Both male and female clothing is covered. This is NOT AN OFFICIAL email list for the Tudor Tailor book. For offical information about the book, please check out the Tudor Tailor website.

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Re: Slash and puff?
It does greatly, I am finishing up the trim before I slash the material. But I have some of that fusiable biased tap just for that purpose. I plan on slashing
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 8:21 pm
 Heather NIce
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Slash and puff?
How the edges of slashes are finished depends on the type of material, the size of the slash and whether the slash is made on the straight or bias grain. Small
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 8:15 pm
 Ninya Mikhaila
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Re: Slash and puff?
A hot knife or pinking tool would work great for rayon velvet, but this is real velvet. I don't know what exactly would happen. I was thinking of folding each
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:45 pm
 Heather NIce
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Re: Slash and puff?
I believe if silk is slashed with a heated instrument it will stop the fraying as well. There is mention of it in the Tudor Tailor, at any rate. I have not
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:35 pm
 Brad Moore
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Re: Slash and puff?
There's a picture early in the book of a man with a black doublet (velvet?) where it looks like the slashes are edged in gold.  Perhaps a buttonhole stitch? 
Posted - Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:34 pm
 Megan Shogren
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