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French
TintingJanuary 2001
I am trying to find information about the art of French tinting from the 1800s that became popular again in the 1920-30s as tinted embroidery. I would like to know if there are any books about the subject or even any articles. Thank you for your help.
Carol-Joan Calfapietra
Cape May, NJ, USA
ccalfapietra@special.capemayschools.com
Vintage
tinted linens/french tintingSeptember 2002
This is in response to the comment about "french
tinting". I had never heard that term but have
recently been looking at the newly popular 1920s/1930s
types of vintage linens that people are now making
and just love them. Some of the books out now say
to use "crayon" to colour your linens and
heat set them with an iron. Although this does give
a tint to the fabric it just does not look like the
old linens and pillows I've seen so I'm sure they
used something else. Paint would leave the fabric
stiff and I don't know of a way to tint just the area
you want without the wetness of it spreading outside
the lines. The old linens just look like they were
dyed that way. I've also tried coloured pencils; again
it is okay, but not quite what I'm looking for. I
see the previous message was posted sometime ago and
I have just now found it. Feel free to e-mail me with
any ideas as I don't know how often I may get to this
site. Thanks.
Sandy B, berrypatch48@hotmail.com