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Dear Fabric Enthusiast:
Quilt Market in Portland several weeks ago was great. New patterns, books,
and fabrics are arriving from the market. Also, I had the opportunity
recently to visit fabric warehouses in both Minneapolis and Portland.
Digging deep into the racks and racks of fabric, I found some reproduction
treasures -- this has resulted in wonderful additions to Margo's Finds
in almost all the time periods!
Recently, Ron found three new sample books for me (see a Thread of Textile
History below). I was able to take them to Market and did a presentation
for Mickey Krueger, President of Windham Fabrics. He LOVED the fabrics.
So watch for a new line from me, Delaines, coming in this fall.
To see photographs of the book and pages click here
Happy stitching,
Margo Krager
To visit our store at our new location just 1/4 mile off of Interstate
90, just take Exit 309 going into Bozeman (Main St), then take the 1st
left (Haggerty Lane), go less than a 1/10 of a mile, and turn right at
the small signs -- "Elks" and "205 Haggerty" -- that
leads into our parking lot.
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Mousseline de laine
A very fine French woolen dressgoods fabric, known as muslin of wool,
was first woven by Hartmann-Liebach in the Alsace region of France in
1830. Within a few years, several companies in Mulhouse were using the
Perrotine printing machine on this luxurious fabric. Companies in the
region had been dyeing merino wool and fixing the colors with steam since
1813.
In 1836, Jose Hofer of Mulhouse began weaving a combination fabric of
a strong cotton warp with the very fine wool for the weft. This blend
which reduced production costs was commonly refereed to as Delaine in
England and America. It was possible to print on this combination fabric
by using the steam method. This involved ‘fixing’ the mordant
(hanging the mordant printed fabric in a warm moist room for several days)
to the fabric before the madder dyeing step.
Advances in the steam style of printing which included the development
of a single print paste containing the dye and the mordant plus the rapid
ageing of the fabric in a steam chamber allowed for complex designs (some
hand overprinted with wood blocks) and colors on this fabric.
The intense Prussian blue and deep greens were especially popular colorations.
These fabrics were used for both clothing and decorating and are frequently
found in woolen Log Cabin/Pineapple quilts in America (1865-1920).
To see photographs of the book and pages click here
Happy stash building,
Margo
ReproductionFabrics.com
http://www.reproductionfabrics.com
staff@reproductionfabrics.com
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