tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post1837677604660144969..comments2023-06-01T11:44:46.556+01:00Comments on The House of Beauty and Culture: It very well may be jousting at windmills...HOBAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354831628721898035noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-35625352241526042142010-03-21T01:59:14.119+00:002010-03-21T01:59:14.119+00:00This could be life altering.This could be life altering.Mrs. Blandingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06402207636108999627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-80585442994602073642010-03-21T13:53:02.151+00:002010-03-21T13:53:02.151+00:00I will always love Chintze Fabric's. Sorry to ...I will always love Chintze <br>Fabric's. Sorry to hear that they will discontinue them. I'll be leaving this earth soon and am glad. Everything I love is being lost. I have seen what's coming and I am happy to go.<br>yvonneLa Petite Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553902574516930172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-2374681909255394602010-03-21T15:51:26.691+00:002010-03-21T15:51:26.691+00:00How can chintz die like this? Insane. And nothing ...How can chintz die like this? Insane. And nothing beats glazed chintz. And I do mean nothing.An Aesthete's Lamenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09620941811191294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-22805901865743759272010-03-21T20:35:49.132+00:002010-03-21T20:35:49.132+00:001) how do you glaze the chintz? are there instruct...1) how do you glaze the chintz? are there instructions?<br><br>2) love the corresponding song. love it.Pigtown-Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-43571307867945274442010-03-21T21:11:17.165+00:002010-03-21T21:11:17.165+00:00How did I miss this?! Thrilled that you have run...How did I miss this?! Thrilled that you have run with the rice starch idea. Thank you. I am very tempted to order some.Rose C'est La Viehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-6823820974539397692010-03-21T23:03:53.574+00:002010-03-21T23:03:53.574+00:00PD - the starch is first cooked (thankfully there ...PD - the starch is first cooked (thankfully there is a recipe) and then one starches the fabric as any other. The trick is in the dose of starch and the ironing. Once the weather is better am going to have a bash at producing some chintz for the house.HOBAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354831628721898035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-22942463320813327312010-03-22T14:46:53.494+00:002010-03-22T14:46:53.494+00:00I will be looking forward to the chintz bash and f...I will be looking forward to the chintz bash and feasting on the pics until my eyes glaze over!home before darknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-25590606066306249642010-03-23T18:40:01.621+00:002010-03-23T18:40:01.621+00:00If and when you attempt this, do please share ther...If and when you attempt this, do please share the<br>results. I once had a slipcover made of Lee Jofa's handblocked chintz~the seamstress, to my chagrin, ironed it on the glazed side of the fabric. Result: glaze <br>disappeared.<br>It looked like a bed sheet. Though I suppose that Nancy Lancaster might have approved of the instant<br>fatigué look that resulted.Toby Worthingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-91871382889764505712010-03-24T21:54:23.986+00:002010-03-24T21:54:23.986+00:00TW - Will do. I am looking forward to having a go....TW - Will do. I am looking forward to having a go.HOBAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10354831628721898035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-391381303418509265.post-8414356452657651212010-03-25T13:36:42.533+00:002010-03-25T13:36:42.533+00:00This is exciting. At my previous job we ordered a...This is exciting. At my previous job we ordered a huge amount of chintz from a well known purveyor based on a perfectly polished, paper thin sample. It arrived looking and feeling like bed sheets (unfortunately more anemic than fatigué, Toby). We sent it to two different fabric finishers to replicate the glaze, all in vain. Here I could've broken out the rice starch!Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09943935441725904642noreply@blogger.com