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[llyrafantasyfae]

With how warm it was today I decided I should probably get a lighter weight fabric for the top of my Victorian Explorer gown. My choice was to go with white. I think it will look nice with the wool I am already using and be one of the easiest things to match with it. Only problem is a lightweight wool has been impossible to find. (If you know a good source PLEASE PLEASE let me know.) I found a linesy woolsey, but the more I looked into it I think it's for a lower class, and maybe no longer in use by the Victorian period. Then I started asking myself if I cared.... I don't want to be miserable because I am to hot. But the more I looked at the Linesy woolsey the more I hated it. It had a beige cast. I want WHITE. Maybe off-white but not beige.
If I used a med-weight linen would I just be asking for snarky comments?
For now I will continue to look for a light weight wool. Or wool/silk, wool/linen blend (thanks for the suggestion Aubry)....
If I don't find one soon though I will just continue with the original plan. I don't have a lot of time to look. I just didn't think it would be as warm as it has been.
Watch it all be in vain and we get a cold front where it actually resembles a spring day.

Comments

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Both wool and linen are excellent Victorian "adventure-y" type materials. (Well, linen with caveats - not so sure how much it was used for women's clothing post-CW, but it was extremely common for hot-weather men's clothing. And linen was a staple of late-Victorian/Edwardian warm weather wear. If you want to do some quick research, I recommend looking into what was worn by the British in India.) You're right about linsey-woolsey, though - it was almost totally gone by then, and had always been associated with lower classes.

I guess you've already looked at B&T and Wm. Booth, Draper? Renaissance Fabrics?
A few at Originals by Kay:
http://shop.originals-by-kay.com/product.sc?productId=1625&categoryId=30
http://shop.originals-by-kay.com/product.sc?productId=251&categoryId=30

[llyrafantasyfae.livejournal.com]

I hadn't come across Originals by Kay. Thank you for the links. I am liking the tone on tone one.... I need to see if I can get the yardage lowered first.

[missmalexander.livejournal.com]

Would this work? A bit pricey but I think it might be what you are looking for: http://www.wmboothdraper.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_9_36&products_id=102
Linsey woolsey, as you mentioned, was just used by the lower classes during this time--I think I remember reading in a period publication about charities making linsey woolsey garments for the poor. Anyway, good luck!
Melissa
thedeviantdressmaker.blogspot.com

[llyrafantasyfae.livejournal.com]

I honestly hadn't looked into flannels. I automatically think really warm with flannel. I will broaden my search. Thank you!

[trinnyt.livejournal.com]

I bought my kilt and doublet wool from here..

http://www.bblackandsons.com/

I'm really impressed with the quality, and I had the 35yds I ordered delivered from the USA to Australia in about a week.