Re: [h-cost] OT: non-slip gum for shoulder straps?
--- katherine sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Joannah - thanks for this reply. I never did see my original post so it must have been in a digest that skipped me. I don't know if anyone else replied so many apologies if it seems I've ignored any of your suggestions! :-) What I've actually done is recut the panel with the strap added on, so it is now on the bias and is joined on to the back panel above the eyelets and lacing. That will, I hope, make it work and it gives a more flattering line as it sits around the top edge of her shoulders - less 'boulder holder', more 'graceful decolletage'! It is a very basic 5 panel mid-Victorian style with gold busk (loops and studs) and made of black coutil covered in a fancy chinese brocade. Very popular for evening wear but the cost (for drafting and draping a toile as well as construction) means I've only sold a few so far, and none with straps. I might put a photo up on my website once it's finished so will repost a link if you like. Thanks for the helpful thoughts, Katherine A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort - Herm Albright Katherine, Heavens, no, personally I didn't think you were ignoring anyone - heck, most of the posts I have replied to recently have come about a week after the fact - that's about how far behind I am at the moment. This is the only other response that I didn't delete, fortuitously, ( there were two in total, I think? ), from Suzi Clarke, Mon 01/09/06 11:00 AM: Contact MacCulloch and Wallis - they have, I think, special straps to add to underwear. www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk Otherwise, use a piece of elastic, made slightly shorter than the strap, stitched at both ends, and herringboned across the length. Sew it to the underside. That one works for me. Or use elastic to attach the straps at the front. That also works - might not be authentic but needs must sometimes. Suzi From your description above, and your inital post, I'm assuming that the corset is being used as a bodice, and the straps are for your customer's peace of mind and reassurance, rather than being used as a period undergarment? ( Just interested, since as far as I know, victorian corsets didn't normally have straps. ) And, the thought just occurred to me, if was being used as a foundation under clothes, the clothes over the top would help to hold everything in place. :-) Anyway, your solution sounds workable, and I hope it does work to the satisfaction of you both. I'd love to see pictures! Regards, Joannah BTW, your signature tag makes me smile every time I see it. ;- _ Sluggy.Net: The Sluggy Freelance Community! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] silk knit fabric: was: knit stockings
Hi Saragrace, Thousind thousind thanks for this, i really would like my stockings made of silk. I have always looked, but never found.. Thanks, And yes you got to believe me, the new Pride and Prejudice is wonderfull. It dont have as many ball scenes as the bbc version, but it is the allover look that is so fabulously authentic in my eyes. The interriors at the Longborne reminds me so much of a place where the gustavians hold their spring parties, the wall decorations, and the old wooden pale painted things... Bjarne - Original Message - From: WickedFrau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 1:47 AM Subject: [h-cost] silk knit fabric: was: knit stockings Thai Silks sells it. I bought some several years ago to make a mini sock for a fashion doll. They sell it in two weights: 034A http://www.thaisilks.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=TSProduct_Code=034A Silk Knit, 155 Gram, 42 http://www.thaisilks.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=TSProduct_Code=034A 034B http://www.thaisilks.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=TSProduct_Code=034B Silk Knit, 220 Gram, 49 http://www.thaisilks.com/store/merchant.mv?Screen=PRODStore_Code=TSProduct_Code=034B http://www.thaisilks.com/ Sg Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: Hi Kelly, This was very generous of you to give your knolledge with this. May i ask where did you buy your knitted material. I dont think i would be able to get it here in Denmark. There is a pattern in Costume Closeup from Colonial Williamsburg i could use. Dont mind if it is cotton knit, it is better than my nylon ballet danse tricot pans i use. laughs. Bjarne ___ 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: seamed nylons
Carol Kocian wrote: seamed nylons were in common use through the middle of the 20th century. Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties. As a teen I was afraid to wear them since a precicely straight seamline was very important, but they were also more elegant, the unseamed nylons had a bare, unfinished look. And the seam had a slenderizing, sexy look to it as well if it was straight, if not straight it was the mark of a slovenly or lower class, or a younger girl. I say all this as an observer. My mother would wear the unseamed ones if she could afford them, and the seamed ones otherwise. She worked at the seamed ones but looked nicer in them as well. I love the old movies, too. LOL Another bit of trivia of interest to almost no one, nylons were Mended at least into the fifties with a very fine thread and needle binding the edges of a run as invisibly as a handy girl could manage. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: seamed nylons
Kitty said, Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties. They're still available now! http://vickisnylons.com/ Vicki's has some underthings that may be useful for those doing mid-20th century. I remember wearing them sometimes in the 80s, and also there was a seam craze where the manufacturers would sew a black seam into the regular stretchy nylons. What Vicki sells (and I imagine there are other sources) is the real thing, not very stretchy and knit to fit the leg. -Carol ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: seamed nylons
On Sunday 15 January 2006 3:38 pm, Kitty Felton wrote: Carol Kocian wrote: seamed nylons were in common use through the middle of the 20th century. Seamed nylons were available even into the sixties. Frederick's of Hollywood was selling cheap seamed nylons as recently as 5 years ago, and may still be selling them for all that I know. -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.--Richard Feynman ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: seamed nylons
And they can be used to make incredible lovely small trolls and witches out of, stuffed with polyester filling. You can sew their eyes, nose and mouth to make them dimentional. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Sockings on a frame :knit stockings
I saw some of the previous posts and links about this and was curious if you knew how far back knitting socks on a frame went? Also...having made the spelling error above in the subject, I started to wonder how the t started getting left out of stocking...or was it the other way around? Thanks, Sg ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Sergers past topics
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, angelalazear wrote: Can anyone take a moment to instruct me as to how to pull up our old topic threads? No help from me on sergers -- I've never used one -- but to find the archives, follow the directions on the h-cost info page, URL at the bottom of all messages: http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume When you get to the archive page, do be sure to read the directions. It is not your typical search engine; it was set up by listmember Eric Praetzel, as a public service (for which we should thank him many times over!). You can also find more recent archives at a parallel site on gmane, which began in June 2005: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.studies.history.costume ...or at yet another online archive, here, which began around that same time, I think: http://www.mail-archive.com/h-costume@mail.indra.com/info.html --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
