Re: [h-cost] RIP: Catherine Linda Walton

[Megan McHugh]

I am so sorry to hear this. My condolences to you and the family.
-Megan

> On Apr 13, 2016, at 4:10 AM, Catherine Walton 
>  wrote:
> 
> This is to let you know that my wife and member of this group Catherine Linda 
> Walton passed away on the 23rd March.  Her funeral is on the 14th April.
> 
> The breast cancer, which she had about 30 years ago, came back and spread.  
> By the time we realised there was nothing that could be done but keep her 
> comfortable.
> 
> She died at home, surrounded by her books, with me holding her hand.
> 
> I know that she really enjoyed being on this group.  Thank you and best 
> wishes to all of you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris Rowland - Catherine's husband.
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Megan McHugh]

Still here too, lurking but haven't been sewing much lately.

- Megan
Sent from my iPhone 

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Lynn Downward  wrote:
> 
> I'm also here. You all predate me but I've been around for years and years.
> 
> I've noticed that h-costume and h-needlework have been quiet. I don't do
> much on FB so I'm glad to see some of us are still here.
> LynnD
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting 
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
>> historical reenactment.
>> 
>> Kate Bunting
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
>> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
>> 
 On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
 
 I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
 admit I don't read them.
 
 
 I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
 Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in
>> Louisville
 in October.
 
 
 
 http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>>> 
>>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Catherine Olanich Raymond
>>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>>> (610) 805-9542
>>> 
>>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
>>> Benjamin Franklin
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [h-cost] 1880s hair-styling terms: crimps and fedoras

[Megan McHugh]

No historical knowledge here of hairstyles, but we used to crimp our hair 
without heat by braiding it into many small braids while wet, and taking down 
the braids when dry.  Not sure if it was done historically, but it was easy to 
do, and I was a bit surprised to not see this method of crimping mentioned in 
the various videos people have posted.   Is crimping with braiding a modern 
invention? 
Curious.
-Megan

On Jul 9, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Elena House exst...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'm writing a novella set in 1887 with three teenage girls as the main
 characters, and as a result I've been doing research into the slang  pop
 culture and so forth of the time period in New England.  The 1880s are Not
 My Era, and I've run across a term-and-a-half that confuse me.
 
 Here's the passage, from The Familiar Letters of Peppermint Perkins, with
 the terms and phrases ***starred***.
 
 --
 I did begin that very night by not ***doing up any crimps.***  I was going
 to wear my hair like Clara's.  She never wears any crimps.  Runover girls
 never do, though they have never advanced any sufficiently good reason to
 me for not crimping it, for they all look like old fuds with it so, and
 they spend just as much and more time brushing and smoothing it ***at night
 than I do on my Fedoras.***
 
 Well, I was going to say I didn't do up any; but about three o'clock I woke
 up and remembered that I had promised to go skating with Charlie Brood out
 to Jamaica the next morning, and I knew any amount of self-improvement
 wouldn't make up for the absence of crimps in his eyes, so I just snaked
 out of bed and ***up with two Fedoras;*** but no sooner had I got them up
 than my conscience began to reproach me for my weakness, and after I got
 back into bed I determined that even Charlie Brood's criticisms shouldn't
 influence me, and I began to take them down; but you see I was so sleepy,
 getting up so suddenly (it all was like a dream), that I only got one down
 before I dropped to sleep, and the next morning you ought to have seen what
 a fright I looked.  You know how high my forehead is, and shiny.  Well,
 there I was with all that shining expanse and ***one little bob on the left
 temple***, and I overslept on account of getting up so, and was late, and
 before I could do anything Charlie Brood was after me.
 --
 
 The crimps part I only find partially confusing; I'm familiar with crimping
 as something one does to curl one's hair with hot irons, but not as an
 overnight treatment.  Is this a reference to putting one's hair in rags?
 Leaving it in braids overnight for braid curls?  Something with hairpins?
 Or...?
 
 The one that really confuses me, though, is the Fedoras.  What on earth
 are these?  The context makes it seem pretty clear that this is either
 another method of creating curls overnight or another name for overnight
 crimps, but what is the actual method, and what does the result look like?
 Or, does the name perhaps refer to the location of the resulting curls,
 rather than the method?
 
 Any ideas?
 
 -E House
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Re: [h-cost] Washing, irioning, and running repairs - was an amusing error

[Megan McHugh]

I have to put in my 2 cents - I never heard of an ironing kind of mangle
until recently- my first association is that a mangle is the wringer part
that goes over the  washing tub.  I grew up in western PA, perhaps that
helps?  So, I am always surprised when somebody is selling a flat bed iron
and calls it a mangle.
-Megan
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Re: [h-cost] Query on sewing machines

[Megan McHugh]

Get an old black Singer sewing machine, one that does straight stitch.
 Cheap, and you can't kill it.  A model 201 or 15-91, or 301 slant stitch.
 Most couture sewing is only straight stitch with hand finishing - you don't
need fancy stitches unless you want them. This way you can continue to sew
while deciding what features you may want on a modern one.  I specialize in
fixing up old treadles, which may be older than you want, but if you do
serious costuming, you want something that can handle heavy fabrics, and the
old ones can do that beautifully. Sewing a tent on a modern machine can get
you a huge repair bill!  And feet exist that let you do piping.  So, look
around carefully.  Go to a real sewing machine dealer and try some new ones.
 But don't let them sell you more machine than you need/want to pay for.
 Nobody NEEDS a multi-thousand dollar machine - but you may WANT one for
some special feature/stitch that you in particular love to do!  Do your
research - you can do far better than the plastic wonders at the local
Walmart, for less money if needed.Just my 2c,
-Megan
owner of a ton (literally) of old Singers, Whites, and a few specialty
machines.

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Don Eisele
quix...@toysmakeuspowerful.comwrote:

 So, the short story is that I'm getting a divorce, and her sewing
 machines are not going to be accessible to me anymore (or her sewing
 skills for that matter).

 So, I am looking at buying a machine, and would like some opinions
 on what I should get.

 Currently, my wife has a nice Bernina Artista 180e, which does
 about everything.  Basically, I haven't done anything more than
 be an assistant for a long time, so I'm not sure how much of the
 extra feature set I'm actually going to need.

 A couple of options I see:

 1) Go to walmart, buy something like the Brother CE-5000PRW, which
 has every basic thing I think I'd need, and appears to do automatic
 buttonholes.

  a) pros - cheap enough to buy another if it has problems
  b) cons - not as expandable with features, no local repair

 2) Buy a Bernina

  a) pros - local repair, an attachment exists for everything
  b) cons - costly


 My areas of interest change often, so I can't say I'll be only
 doing one period of clothing.

 One thing the Bernina has is a piping foot to actually make
 piping out of whatever fabric.  I don't see such a beasty on
 the Brother, but I just am not sure I am well enough informed
 on that.

 Anyway, I'd appreciate any advice everyone has, and please forgive
 me if I'm acting too much like a newb... because I am one :)

 --
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