08-11-2005, 12:15 PM
Hi all still here been doing university assignments, US history and education units.
To answer Dans question, none that i have found, the evidence of glue itself is very limited.
I have another little thing to through into the mix. when we talk about linen i think we should be thinking about something similar to 18th century sail cloth, not the 'linen' you buy at fabric shops. My investigations reveal that most fabric shop linen is made from 'tow' not the long strong strands 'line' which gets used in fine linen such as very expensive table cloths. Which should make any quilting cross bias or not much stronger.
This is an interesting development as all my other experiments have been done with cheap linen!
Yes id love to do my experiments in London next year but I live in Perth, Western Australia.
PS. currently making a balista so i can shoot arrows at different poundages and speeds, so as to determine maximum speed of ancient arrows.
Jason
To answer Dans question, none that i have found, the evidence of glue itself is very limited.
I have another little thing to through into the mix. when we talk about linen i think we should be thinking about something similar to 18th century sail cloth, not the 'linen' you buy at fabric shops. My investigations reveal that most fabric shop linen is made from 'tow' not the long strong strands 'line' which gets used in fine linen such as very expensive table cloths. Which should make any quilting cross bias or not much stronger.
This is an interesting development as all my other experiments have been done with cheap linen!
Yes id love to do my experiments in London next year but I live in Perth, Western Australia.
PS. currently making a balista so i can shoot arrows at different poundages and speeds, so as to determine maximum speed of ancient arrows.
Jason
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." Maya Angelou
