Actually, the body draping looks like a purchased horse blanket/cover. Only the head covering was created, I'm pretty sure.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Patricia Dunham Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 1:42 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume umm, as a former 4-H-er from back when rocks were soft ... it MIGHT be possible that the green horse barding was judged higher for reasons such as: MAYBE the young lady in pink did her own machine sewing? MAYBE the two-part green body draping was more complicated? MAYBE the full-head fabric covering was a more complicated piece? MAYBE the respective horse's behavior, relative to the situation, was a factor? (maybe pink dress's horse put up well with a LOT more weirdness???) The "Knight's" outfit is pretty spectacular, though, 8-) chimene >I agree with Nancy; you were robbed! You gals did a great job. >Tell your daughter she gets my vote, hands down! > >Happy sewing, > Deb Salisbury > The Mantua-Maker > Designer and creator of quality historical sewing patterns, >Renaissance to Victorian > Now available: > Elephant's Breath and London Smoke: Historical Colors, Names, >Definitions & Uses > www.mantua-maker.com > http://mantua-maker-patterns.blogspot.com > >the only costume sewing I've done this year is for my daughter's 4H costume. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/21642...@n06/4833605329/ > >She fit the costume and made the armor and accessories and cut out all >the silver fabric applique. I had to iron it on because she melted the >first one, and I sewed the seams just to save needles and/or a trip to >the repair shop. (she's a rather careless seamstress) > >Sadly (for us), the girl behind her won the class > >Denise B >Iowa >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
