List, I give up on Eddie's definition of muslin, but I believe the stitching referred to was called smocking. And, what in the world are hipins? That's a new one to me. But it makes me think of step-ins. Anyone know what they are? Once when I was a teen-aged clerk in a dept. store an old fellow asked me for step-ins. I thought of mules, the step-in type houseslippers, and took him there. He turned very red and muttered that his wife needed drawers! Sue McN. > Well, I guess I am wrong. I was thinking of something else. It is a fine >woven cotton from Iraq. > > What is the fine stitching on the front of a dressed called?? You know, the >little stitching on the chested of a little girls dress? My mother used to make >dresses for others and that stitching took forever. I thought that was called >muslin. Memory is the 2d thing to go.<g> >-eddie > > > > ><<Muslin in general is the cheapest type material used for sheets..combed >cotton was the finest type...One could make anything from either >material...but after washing, muslin wasn't much..I have woven both types >of sheeting material..>>> > > >G. Lee Hearl Abingdon, Va.... > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#9 As of 2/27/1999 we have 485 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your >mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. >There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. >-sysop > >"Toto, I don't think we are in NH any more." > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#5 It is YOUR responsibility to know how to SUBSCRIBE & UNSUBSCRIBE. It is done >by computer. Put the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message with nothing >else. The address is sw_va-l-request@rootsweb.com . or -d- for DIGEST mode. >All this is in the Welcome statement I ask you to save. -sysop >