tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3717122428726448849..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Fabulous Fabrics of the 17th centuryDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-50249887613103220142011-10-29T03:27:57.094-07:002011-10-29T03:27:57.094-07:00I'm an embroiderer concentrating in particular...I'm an embroiderer concentrating in particular on the art of stumpwork which dates from the late 17th century and I just LOVE that everything was embroidered! Some of the designs that originated then are tremendous sources of inspiration. Just look at the shoes, for example. I'd love to embroider my own silk evening shoes and have certainly done my own evening bags <br />I imagine the fabric would be embroidered first and then the silk/satin taken to the shoemaker to be made up. It'd be almost impossible to embroider such a design after the shoes were made, to get such perfect stitches.<br />And of course, now I simply MUST read The Lady's Slipper!Prue Battenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16117102810320134287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24102785116538905502011-10-05T16:20:34.092-07:002011-10-05T16:20:34.092-07:00Thanks to Deborah Swift, author of The Lady's ...Thanks to Deborah Swift, author of The Lady's Slipper for sharing this fabulous article on historical fabrics...so very informative...and interesting to boot!Teresa Thomas Bohannonhttp://www.ladysilk.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-37387629562018113742011-10-05T12:49:04.074-07:002011-10-05T12:49:04.074-07:00I wouldn't have survived if I had to do this k...I wouldn't have survived if I had to do this kind of work. So beautiful, but so beyond me as I'm blind as a bat. (-;<br />Good article!Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389029835067242765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-45475973768865163402011-10-05T11:47:18.140-07:002011-10-05T11:47:18.140-07:00Beautiful clothing, hard to imagine the work invol...Beautiful clothing, hard to imagine the work involved in making them from scratch. Did they really not have spinning wheels in the 17thC? No wonder clothes were passed down and down. I have read that Elizabeth I, once she discovered knitted silk stockings would have nothing else and only wore them once - so hopefully this was much to the ladies in waiting's benefit. I have a drop spindle and a quantity of carded wool - just cant manage the spinning bit yet!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744601510746298605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-51547774511811675752011-10-05T10:58:17.326-07:002011-10-05T10:58:17.326-07:00Forgot to mention that I thoroughly enjoyed this p...Forgot to mention that I thoroughly enjoyed this post! I can't imagine ripping the fabric and then stitching up the edges. Don't wash too often, I suggest.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-30800204209783446772011-10-05T10:56:49.704-07:002011-10-05T10:56:49.704-07:00Tess, you are old enough to be thrown out to the w...Tess, you are old enough to be thrown out to the workhouses. Most servants could only work till their forties due to the hard life and lesser quality food. Most had no retirement income and became stray puppies.Debra Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-92210131250547226532011-10-05T10:40:07.345-07:002011-10-05T10:40:07.345-07:00I'm not sure what I would do if I'd lived ...I'm not sure what I would do if I'd lived to be very old back then, my eyesight is so bad now that I'm in my 40's, but I did love to do handwork when I was younger! How lovely their clothing must have been!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-1861234653872520952011-10-05T09:59:57.152-07:002011-10-05T09:59:57.152-07:00My research finds that by the 17th century sumptua...My research finds that by the 17th century sumptuary laws were mostly ignored and unenforced. In fact, people gave their servants castoff clothing (even the poor had at least one servant, or someone to come in to help with the larger chores). At the end of the day, one couldn’t really designate who was a servant or who was the employer because so many wore used clothing.Katherine Pymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807278372998263951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-10535905015293650882011-10-05T08:54:14.554-07:002011-10-05T08:54:14.554-07:00As a knitter and a failed spinner, I can not imagi...As a knitter and a failed spinner, I can not imagine everything needing to be spun via a drop spindle. Ugh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06645996707101717652noreply@blogger.com