[h-cost] Queen Maud's wardrobe
New year project: Finally have the stash and will to try an interpretation of Queen Maud of Norway's coronation gown, (Style and Splendor).? The model is 17". Had a lot of trouble trying to find suitable fabric for the project.? I finally found a gold on gold embroidered dupioni that was in scale with the size of the model, made the pattern for the gown with train, cut the princess panels for the front an Began!? Starting at the hemline, I made the bow motifs and garlands and couched these in place and made my way upwards up the left side.?I am now doing selective enhancement in the center section, that reflects the attention to that portion as in the original. I chose the embellished silk because it presents the raised texture of this 1906 gown and will allow me to do selective ornamentation that will be reflective of the fashion mode of the time without having to scale down the actual beading ?pattern of its time.?? This is the fourth major gown from S&S I have produced for Maud. "She" is very pleased with my efforts and is constantly asking for more.? It is fortunate that I am retired mostly so from doing historical costume for the?Trade.?? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] New Year Needle Harvest
Kathleen, I too harvest needles. I gently squeeze my beloved "W" pincushion (a gift from my dear friend Kayta), and they poke right out (usually at me-- hence the gentle! squeeze). Happy New Year's Needle Harvest! == Marjorie Wilser (who has the luck to have initials which are the inverse of one another) =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Dec 31, 2010, at 6:12 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Don't know about how folk regain their needles lost (Horrors Mrs. Antrobus!!) but I performed the yearly exercise of searching all my pincushions for misplaced or needles in hiding.? Searching "5", guess the Harvest is about 5/6 dozen steels reclaimed.! Yarn, sharps,beading, upholstery, sails, embroidery and so forth.? yeah; hardly a speck of rust among them. Kathleen: who picked up one in her foot in years past and couldn't wear a shoe on it for 7 months! ___ 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
