Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Kitty Felton wrote: Rats, I've been longing for a nice wool dress for church this winter. I wear psudo period stuff to church, and even around the house sometimes. Mostly prairie. LOL thanks anyway. Kitty Well, fabric.com has wool crepe in a variety of nice fall colors for $6.49 a yard Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] puffed sleeves
What Anne so dearly longs for is leg o' mutton sleeves. Just google it. The Anne books take place from the late 1890's all the way to 1919 with Rilla of Ingleside so the fashions are fairly easy to figure out for these books. I am an ardent L.M.Montgomery fan. Bice On 10/16/05, Gail Scott Finke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My daughter is re-reading the Anne of Green Gables books for the third or fourth time. She wants to know what the dress with puffed sleeves that Anne longs for as a child would look like. I am not familiar with that period. I know, I know, I can look it up. But I thought someone here might know off the top of his/her head. Thanks in advance! Gail Finke ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] puffed sleeves
There has been a lot of discussion of Anne of Green Gables outfits on this board: http://forums.sensibility.com/index.php Cheers, Aylwen - http://www.regencyreproductions.com - Jacqueline Johnson wrote: What Anne so dearly longs for is leg o' mutton sleeves. Just google it. The Anne books take place from the late 1890's all the way to 1919 with Rilla of Ingleside so the fashions are fairly easy to figure out for these books. I am an ardent L.M.Montgomery fan. Bice On 10/16/05, Gail Scott Finke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My daughter is re-reading the Anne of Green Gables books for the third or fourth time. She wants to know what the dress with puffed sleeves that Anne longs for as a child would look like. I am not familiar with that period. I know, I know, I can look it up. But I thought someone here might know off the top of his/her head. Thanks in advance! Gail Finke ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
!4 yards. 60 wide? Lord ...make yourself a nice, smart looking redingote you can wear out today [even though it's Victorian]. That might take like 6 yards. Make that houpland if you must with the rest. You have enough to make a period and a modern garment. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Redingote (Was: what would you do with 14 yards of wool?)
Speaking of the redingote, does anyone know if there's a pattern for a 1789 redingote, pictured here? http://www.fashion-era.com/images/Coats/red1789a.jpg I have some lovely wool that's been waiting for the right coat, and this is definitely it! Thanks, Michelle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] OT vacuums
I can't be the only one with this problem--little threads, all over my carpet, and a vacuum that just can't handle 'em. My vacuum has enough suction to pick up a bowling ball, but the little brush thinger that's supposed to pick up lint and so forth is pretty much useless. I have to use just the naked hose in order to get threads up, and even in a 2 bedroom apartment that gets very very tiring. Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? -E House, longing for hardwood floors... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
E House wrote: Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? Have you tried an old-fashioned carpet sweeper? My vacuum works fine for these things, but I think the carpet sweeper may be a better solution if you don't want to get a new vacuum. (And if you do, check Consumer Reports first.) -- Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent Then to the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer's Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. -- Samuel Pepys, 1662 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT vacuums
I have an Orek. It manages to get everything from the floor even if the belt is broken. Which is almost all the time because I always try to fit the ((() thing on myself instead letting the dealer do it. On 10/16/05, E House [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't be the only one with this problem--little threads, all over my carpet, and a vacuum that just can't handle 'em. My vacuum has enough suction to pick up a bowling ball, but the little brush thinger that's supposed to pick up lint and so forth is pretty much useless. I have to use just the naked hose in order to get threads up, and even in a 2 bedroom apartment that gets very very tiring. Has anyone found a vacuum that works really well for the kind of stuff we costumers do? Something that can pick up all those threads and all that fabric lint (and all that cat hair) that plagues us? -E House, longing for hardwood floors... ___ 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-cost] RE: what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
From: Carol Kocian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hosen With 14 yards? You must have really long legs! Or are you casting an entire forest full of Robin Hood: Men in Hosen? :-) My bad - I assumed the question was what someone might do with it. If it takes 14 yards to make someone a kirtle or a cloak, well... Marc ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] grading patterns to fit a very large man
Subject: [h-cost] grading patterns to fit a very large man Hi everyone, I need to make a 1580s doublet for a large man, chest measurement 60 inches. Being small myself, I have difficulty visualising the way very large pattern pieces work with the changing proportions of a large chest and belly but relatively small neck and arm sizes. (snip) Annette Hi Annette, I regularly make doublets for a rather large gentleman and learned a few things that may help you while drafting his patterns. First, I always drape his patterns rather than flat-patterning them. If you're not familiar with this method, you basically have him wear something formfitting and literally drape a large piece of fabric over and around him, cutting out the neck and armhole and pinching in tucks and darts until it begins to look like it fits. Start by fitting his (smaller) shoulders and neck area, either by starting with a pattern or garment that fits him well in this area, or by drafting a pattern. It's much easier to increase the chest and waist than to make the shoulders and neck smaller. Also, depending on his actual shape, you may notice that the front edges of the double will end up being curved to accomodate the larger chest/stomach area. Usually a style that has many vertical seams is easier to fit, because you can let out or take in the seams where you need the room. Melusine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
