Blue & White 5/16″ Stripe Linen, WLG 156

100% Linen, 57″ Wide

Blue and white stripes are some of the most commonly described in runaway accounts. They were commonly used for women’s petticoats, jackets, & gowns. Men’s waistcoats & shirts as well as an occasional lining were also made of blue & white stripe linen. From personal communication with Mike Barbieri in the 1768 The New-London Gazette, an ad included “Run-away . . .  a Negro Woman . . .  carried off with her one home-spun check’d Woollen Gown, one blue and white striped Linen Ditto”. White linen thread for hand sewing & white cotton twill tape would work well for this material.