And they are in the process of putting together a glossary of terms, which I would be very grateful to see further. The Danish terms are a nightmare to get right. I don't have the ability to drop everything and run over every time there is a conference for Dragtpuljen, either, although the idea certainly is attractive. Do you think we could work together to help with some of this? Your workmanship is so exquisite that it should be accomodated whenever possible.
________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Leif og Bjarne Drews [drews...@post12.tele.dk] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 2:19 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year I have joined Dragtpuljen some years ago, and i receive emails from them, but unfortunately i dont have the time to get to their meetings. But they are doing a wonderfull job for sure! I work full time besides my costume making, so my time is very limited. And regarding the research of danish costumes, (renaissance for instance) its very few who has researched this era, and therefore its difficult to find danish names for the different dress parts, thats the issue when you live in a country with few habbitants. Fortunately i know a coupple of people, Dorothy Jones and Camilla Dahl who makes a lot of reseearch. Also most of the inventory lists are written in german. Bjarne -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:25 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Bjarne: A truly wonderful job and yes, the dress isn't that easy to view completely. To be fair, the museum has cut down access because their funds have been cut nearly every year since I started doing research there -- about 15 years. I'm surprised they can stay open at all. Still........... Have you considered joining Dragtpuljen? It could give you an "in" with the whole country's museum crowd. It's harder to refuse someone you had coffee with last month at a conference. They are very nice people, in my experience, and are very open with their members. ________________________________________ From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Leif og Bjarne Drews [drews...@post12.tele.dk] Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:17 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Forgot to mention that i had a lot of bad issues with the drawing of the flowers because number 2 motif had a fold at the exhibition, i could not see the whole motif. And i asked the museum for help, but i could not get help, even that it was another museum who wanted me to make it. Also it has become much more difficult to study at their collections. In a few years ago, i was always welcome to come out and examine their collections, now you have to write to them first, explain what it is you want to study and why, and then maybe, you are lucky to get an appointment. The lighting out there was so bad also, that i could not tell exactly the collours of the flowers, so i had a really high resolution picture wich i baught from the museum. I had to send the picture back, when i finnished, but i have copyed it on my computer. I regret now, that i didnt go more often to study when i could. Bjarne -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Leif og Bjarne Drews Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:00 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Hi Genie, The regency dress was made of cotton voillé and embroidered with DMC cotton threads, no beads was used. It was tambour embroidered. The original dress, you can see here: http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=76 I was out at the museum several times to study, the original dress was made from cotton and the embroidery was silk. I tryed hard to tambour with my silk floss threads, but the thread snagged all the time, so i had to make it in cotton. Bjarne -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Genie Barrett Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 4:01 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year Bjarn, I can't tell, did you use any beads? Is the fabric cotton or linen? Beautiful, as always. Genie _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
