Etsy Corsetry Guild

Electra Designs has announced the creation of an Etsy Corsetry Guild.

"The Etsy Corsetry Guild is made up of a group of very talented corset makers who sell hand made corsets on Etsy.com.

"Our philosophy is non-competition between corset makers. Instead of competing against one another, we will all work to promote the work of other corset makers on etsy.

"The Etsy Corsetry Guild will also collaborate to produce educational information to help consumers make informed decisions about their corset purchases and to help them to distinguish between high quality, hand made corsets and inferior, sweat shop "corset" lingerie.

"If you or someone you know is a talented corset maker on Etsy, please invite them to apply for membership to the Etsy Corsetry Guild."

Please click on the link above for more information.

More on spider-silk cloth

Thank you to Robin Netherton for this link with a much better photo and more details.

1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth from Wired.com / Wired Science

This fabric is far more beautiful than I had guessed!

Spider silk

Carole Parker sent along this article from the New York Times:

Gossamer Silk, From Spiders Spun

Fabric created from spider silk!

I was fascinated and wanted to share it with you.

Color of the Day - Turquoise

Turquoise, 1872 – Turquoise blue, …is a most beautiful pale color, less cold than indigo, yet colder than ultramarine, …In dress, when not too brilliant, it is exceedingly becoming, especially to fair persons, adding gray to the shadows of the complexion, enhancing the rose of the cheek and any shade of yellow latent in the hair. It is, though not the brightest, the most penetrating of all blues.
Every Saturday, November 16, 1872

excerpt from: Elephant's Breath & London Smoke
A Dictionary of Color in History
edited by Deb Salisbury
Available at www.Mantua-Maker.com

Color of the Day - Royal grene

Royal grene, 1380 – Among the most popular were “royal grene;” which from ancient miniatures we should judge to have been a fine grass-green with a distinct dash of yellow in it, like the colour of a sunlit leaf.
Contemporary Review, September 1883

excerpt from: Elephant's Breath & London Smoke
A Dictionary of Color in History
edited by Deb Salisbury
Available at www.Mantua-Maker.com