[Artemisia] farthingale "bones"

[Julia Jackman-Brink]

Georgia Foster wrote:

> 
> I just found the most wonderful substitute for the boning material for 
> my farthingale.
> Walmart (and i suspect other department stores as well) sells platic 
> coated wire, as Laundry line, for about 2.95 for 50 ft. in the hardware 
> department.  two wraps makes about half an inch of the usual metal 
> boning tape, is sturdy enough to hold shape under about 35 lbs of dress, 
> Flexable enough to retain its shape, and bendy enough to let one through 
> the port-a-portal door.

3/8" opaque poly tubing is good too. You can find it in the plumbing 
section. I've used it for years. If you get the in-line connectors it 
saves on having to tape the ends together. It costs about 11 cents/foot 
and it also washable.

Juliana
Old-Used Elizabethan