Re: [h-cost] crowns and hats how do you combine them?

[Marlo Peck]

Wearing crowns all day every day is really an SCA thing. Normally you would
wear whatever was appropriate to your costume. Kings and Queens would wear
crowns when they were being royal, court, parades, etc. Nobility only wears
their crowns for formal ritual occasions like coronations.

Marlo Peck


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Kathleen Norvell  wrote:

>
>  A  cap of maintenance is also appropriate when it's too "informal" to
> wear a crown.
>
> Definition of CAP OF MAINTENANCE
>
> 1: a cap formerly worn as a symbol of office or high rank and still used
> as the cap of state borne before the British sovereign on certain
> ceremonial occasions and in modified form as the lining of British royal
> crowns and peers' coronets.
>
>
>
> http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/thequeensyear/MicroObject.asp?row=0&themeid=1164&item=0
>
> I looked for more examples, but that was all I found. You can see them in
> medieval artwork.
>
> Kathleen Norvell
> app...@aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Elizabeth W 
> To: Historical Costume 
> Sent: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 11:04 pm
> Subject: [h-cost] crowns and hats how do you combine them?
>
>
> Hello everyone, I vaguely remember seeing a link to a collection of images
> f people (especially women) wearing crowns in SCA period (i.e. pre
> 7thcentury) artworks. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I was joking
> ith my
> usband the other day that it’s a good thing he neither of us does heavy
> ighting as if we became King & Queen I couldn’t wear a crown with the
> ormal headwear that suits my persona (French hoods for c. 1540s English
> omen) and then it occurred to me that other people must have had this
> roblem and I wondered how people deal with similar problems of crowns and
> omplicated headwear.
>
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Re: [h-cost] sewing machines

[Marlo Peck]

My parents bought me a Kenmore all metal machine for Christmas when I
was 14 I think, that would have been 1973. It still runs fine and my
mother-in-law is using it still. It does have a bad habit of notting
up the first stitch even after serviceing. But the service guy I used
most of my life retired and his replacement just doesn't seem to have
the same touch.

Five years ago I bought the Janome 6600P. It is all metal and has the
built in walking foot system, which I love. I don't know if I will
ever use all the fancy stitches, but they are there if I want them. My
main concern was I needed a good heavy duty machine with a start and
stop button since my feet don't work very well anymore. The built-in
button hole makes the button holes just a tad to big and the eylets
don't close properly, which is my only beef.

Currently I am looking into getting a Brother as a travel machine with
enough electronics to have my start and stop button and would make a
better button hole and eyelet.

As soon as I finish paying off the van I will look into gettting a
dedicated embroidery machine to play with. I am leaning towards
Brother because I think I could afford to get their top of the line
before I could afford a Bernina anything else.

Marlo Peck
Lady Meryell Redferne
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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

[Marlo Peck]

My poor dummy is in the closet with a broken shoulder right now, but there
are many projects scattered around my studio.

I have been working on a new fitter for myself and just finished a rough
made corset to use as a pattern for a pair of bodies test garment to wear
at a couple of events before I cut the dearly expensive coutil. There is a
black/grey striped tunic cut out with a contrast facing to sew the neck so
I can use it for a class next weekend on trimming corners and curves (which
I need to make some more samples for and write the handout). There is a UFO
blue striped linen Tudor kirtle that I made entirely too large that I have
taken apart to alter (I HATE alterations) and decided I should add some
trim while I had it apart. And lastly a cotton chemise  to finish to go
with the kirtle.

On the beading table is a project to make a Byzantine style gemstone bead
link necklace and some pendants that need leather necklaces. Also a knife
sheath that needs to be repaired.

Finally I am reading *Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII* in preparation
for a research paper/class handout on *Methods and Materials of Late
Renaissance Doublets, Jerkins and Bodies *in June.

Marlo
Lady Meryell Redferne


On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Paula Praxis wrote:

> The ladies on this list are all so talented.  I feel honored just to be
> able to say I belong!
>   Penny is currently wearing a mock up of a Victorian bodice that has been
> altered to show off the lady's charms.  Petula is doubling as a photo prop
> for various men's vests and Pricilla is draped in my daughter's Fall coat
> that needs to be repaired.  Petula is cranky and says I need an Adonis. I
> live near Los Angeles- & with out it costing me too much money are there
> any suggestions where I can look?  I've had to make several men's frock
> coats lately and they just don't fit right on my ladies.
> Paula
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 18, 2012, at 5:35 PM, "Beteena Paradise" <
> bete...@mostlymedieval.com> wrote:
>
> > GFD= gothic fitted dress (sometimes referred to as cotehardie or
> kirtle). I believe Robin Netherton came up with the term.
> >
> > Teena
> >
> > 
> > From: "annbw...@aol.com" 
> > To: h-cost...@indra.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > GFDs
> > ???
> >
> >
> > Ann Wass
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Beteena Paradise 
> > To: Historical Costume 
> > Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 6:29 pm
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
> >
> >
> > I'm working on finishing two UFO GFDs. All that is left is hems and
> about a
> > zillion button holes.
> >
> > Teena
> >
> >
> > 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Cin 
> > To: H-costume 
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 5:25 PM
> > Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
> >
> > It's that time of year: spring parties, summer balls, summer theater
> season,
> > LARPs, historic recreation events, costume conventions & fandom. You
> > might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale or a
> > historic site.  Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making
> > something.  So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
> > --cin
> > Cynthia Barnes
> > cinbar...@gmail.com
> >
> > PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on
> > the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in
> > your design sketchbook, on the worktable, at the sewing machine or in the
> > embroidery hoop.
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[h-cost] Gown Worn by worn by the Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521-1553)

[Marlo Peck]

Greetings to the list.

I followed the costume list back in the late 90s and after a long hiatus
have returned to my love, historic costuming. I started in costuming as a
theatre costume major back in the early 80s, but my scholarship and design
skills have never been as strong as my sewing and drafting skills. I also
got off on the wrong foot with my costumier at university and so and I
never got to follow my original career path. The SCA provides a reasonable
outlet in my area of Florida with a nice balance of the search for
authenticity and the joy of creating from your imagination.

I recently discovered the wonderful outfit of Elector Moritz of Saxony in
the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (
http://skd-online-collection.skd.museum/de/contents/show?id=854746) in *Dress
in the Court of King Henry the VIII* and *Moda a Firenze 1540-1580: Cosimo
I de' Medici's Style*. Does anyone know of any further articles on this
costume? I found that the costume was examined and conserved in the
conservation workshop of the Abegg-Stiftung for an exhibition in 2008, but
the catalogue is in German. Has anyone seen this publication? Would getting
the catalogue provide me with any further useful images? I have access to a
few people with some German, but they would not have the specialized
vocabulary of historic costume.

I would really like to make a project for Art/Sci from this outfit, but I
really need some more sources and my scholarship has not improved greatly.
My Google-foo does not seem to be bringing me much insight.

Now where to find some yellow damask? . . .

Marlo Peck
Lady Meryell Redferne

All I want to do is play with my Garbiedolls.
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