Little baby knocks wrapped in taffeta will do. From Wordnik.com. [The Confession of the Green Pickle Martian | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Weir, was derived from a kind of taffeta or ribbed silk which used to be called tabby silk. From Wordnik.com. [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference
Fragile materials -- such as taffeta -- should be kept strictly for the evening, do you not agree?. From Wordnik.com. [Sanditon] Reference
Dresses come in varying lengths, from tea length to floor length, and can incorporate many materials such as taffeta or satin. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
A kind of taffeta-lining to the Crown, his servility has assumed an air of the most determined independence, and he has. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits] Reference
The curtains of taffeta, in stripes of the two colours. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
Rotation of filling. 1 pick taffeta, 1 pick float (rib). From Wordnik.com. [Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics] Reference
The bride wore a gown of pink taffeta and carried sweet peas. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
He's safe though and advises the others, "don't use taffeta!". From Wordnik.com. [Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: Project Runway Episode 4, "Hats Off To You"] Reference
Chintz and taffeta and fine velvet are all appropriate to use. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
It was trimmed with plain white taffeta ribbon, soft and silky. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
I had more pastel-colored, taffeta dresses than a consignment shop. From Wordnik.com. [My Turn Online: A Wedding Gift] Reference
Then she turned with a swoop and a swish of her wide blue taffeta skirts. From Wordnik.com. [Secret Bread] Reference
These dimensions are for a small blossom made of taffeta silk or organdie. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
Organdie or taffeta silk will stay rolled into place without the tie wire. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
Fig. 17 on common designing paper, illustrates a taffeta made on 8-harness, skip draw. From Wordnik.com. [Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics] Reference
The sitting figure shows a MORNING COSTUME composed of taffeta and other light materials. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
The choicest materials for morning dresses are dark damask satinated Pekin taffeta, and drugget. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
If the table has drawers, each can be neatly covered with the taffeta, as can the frame of any table. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
At Manhattan clubs, the regulars are decked out in taffeta, velvet and sequin-encrusted bathing suits. From Wordnik.com. [Gidget Goes High Fashion] Reference
Absurd as that taffeta dress was for a child of her age, it seemed to her an armor against all disaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air] Reference
She had just come out of Thérèse's room bringing a rose taffeta quilt to throw over the shivering girl. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The seams may be finished with a taffeta binding, overcast, stitched flat or notched, as the case demands. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
Linings may be made of taffeta, china silk, satin, sateen or of almost any material which is not too heavy. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
Harrison was a rather stately imposing body in her black taffeta, or black broadcloth, as the season demanded. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home] Reference
A great idea had occurred to him, and, to carry it out, he required some light, silky material, called taffeta. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
As to their people, both suites were very brave, jewelry and cloth of gold being as common as satin or taffeta. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
She was dressed in some rustling brown taffeta stuff and carried her hat in a carefully pinned page of newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
There are two methods of making a shirred crown of fabric in which taffeta, satin, georgette, or velvet may be used. From Wordnik.com. [Make Your Own Hats] Reference
The furniture is painted a deep cream pointed with blue and green, and the bed covering is of a pale turquoise taffeta. From Wordnik.com. [The House in Good Taste] Reference
Soon he rustled in flame-coloured taffeta at fêtes and receptions, for wealth and all the rewards of office came to him. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
His first balloon was a small parallelopiped in very thin taffeta, containing less than seventy-eight cubic inches of air. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Balloon Ascents] Reference
'Prepare without delay a supply of taffeta and cordage, and you shall see one of the most astonishing things in the world.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
These latter threads must come from a separate warp, which is introduced to embellish the ground or taffeta part of the fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics] Reference
The bed has a cover of green taffeta exactly like curtains, with the same trimming of puffed taffeta, edged with a black moss-trimming. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
She was rather ultra-stylishly clad for a negligee, summer-resort community, wearing a pleated taffeta skirt and Georgette crepe waist and. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
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