Re: [h-cost] Patterns of time Ageless Patterns trim instructions

2011-03-15 Thread Nancy Kiel

I haven't dealt with any of the patterns, but when I went to the website I was 
alarmed by the owner's comment  I have done my best to include all pattern 
pieces.   

I would certainly hope so!  Has she not made up these patterns herself to check 
that they work?
 
Nancy Kiel nancy_k...@hotmail.com Never tease a weasel! This is very good 
advice. For the weasel will not like it And teasing isn't nice.


 
 From: otsi...@socket.net
 To: h-costume@mail.indra.com
 Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:17:44 -0500
 Subject: [h-cost] Patterns of time  Ageless Patterns trim instructions
 
 Today I received a pattern from Patterns of Time, this is the second time I
 received the pattern folded and stuffed in an envelope. They also, at least
 on the clothing patterns place their labels on top of print or design,
 instead of off to the side. I know they are capable of doing this as the
 Ageless Patterns of trim has the PT labels in at the bottom of the page and
 not at the top covering the design. With most of my patterns that are not
 the big 3 I place instructions in clear sleeves and put is all together in a
 three ring binder because unlike the big 3 I have to do extra work to get
 the pattern. Now I have to go and place the instructions between two heavy
 books and a flat surface.
 
 I wish I had read this before I ordered the trim Pamphlets
 http://www.gbacg.org/great-pattern-review/ageless.html
 
 They have pictures and a paragraph making an attempt at telling you what is
 done. No step by step instructions with diagrams. #1240, trim #5 appears to
 have piping but it is not in the instructions, instead they say the lining
 comes over the edge and hems on the outside.
 I thought I was getting a good deal at $3 ea.
 
 I probably would have ordered these patterns anyway but it would have been
 nice to know what I was really getting. Would have ordered the gown anyway
 as I would have to adjust to my size and adapt it. The trim on the other
 hand, I can borrow from a friend books with clearer instructions.
 
 De
 taking toe of the soap box
 
 
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Re: [h-cost] Patterns of time Ageless Patterns trim instructions

2011-03-15 Thread Nancy Kiel

But I think I could expect to find all the pattern pieces.

Nancy Kiel nancy_k...@hotmail.com Never tease a weasel! This is very good 
advice. For the weasel will not like it And teasing isn't nice.


 
 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:02:48 -0700
 From: cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Patterns of time  Ageless Patterns trim instructions
 
 No.
 
 Ageless Patterns' patterns are scaled up and copied out of period fashion 
 magazines, including the instructions, which aren't more than a paragraph, if 
 even. One buys them in anticipation of doing a little to a lot of work to 
 produce the garment. Don't expect instructions, grading, seam allowances, 
 markings, etc. that you find in a modern pattern.
 
 
 
 
 Claudine
 
 
 
 - Original Message 
  From: Nancy Kiel nancy_k...@hotmail.com
  To: costume list h-cost...@indra.com
  Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 9:56:06 AM
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Patterns of time  Ageless Patterns trim instructions
  
  
  I haven't dealt with any of the patterns, but when I went to the website I 
  was 
 alarmed by the owner's comment  I have done my best to include all pattern 
 pieces.  
 
  
  I would certainly hope so! Has she not made up these patterns herself to 
 check that they work?
  
  Nancy Kiel nancy_k...@hotmail.com Never tease a weasel! This is very good 
 advice. For the weasel will not like it And teasing isn't nice.
  
  
  
   From: otsi...@socket.net
   To: h-costume@mail.indra.com
   Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:17:44 -0500
   Subject: [h-cost] Patterns of time  Ageless Patterns trim instructions
   
   Today I received a pattern from Patterns of Time, this is the second time 
   I
   received the pattern folded and stuffed in an envelope. They also, at 
   least
   on the clothing patterns place their labels on top of print or design,
   instead of off to the side. I know they are capable of doing this as the
   Ageless Patterns of trim has the PT labels in at the bottom of the page 
   and
   not at the top covering the design. With most of my patterns that are not
   the big 3 I place instructions in clear sleeves and put is all together 
   in 
 a
   three ring binder because unlike the big 3 I have to do extra work to get
   the pattern. Now I have to go and place the instructions between two heavy
   books and a flat surface.
   
   I wish I had read this before I ordered the trim Pamphlets
   http://www.gbacg.org/great-pattern-review/ageless.html
   
   They have pictures and a paragraph making an attempt at telling you what 
 is
   done. No step by step instructions with diagrams. #1240, trim #5 appears 
   to
   have piping but it is not in the instructions, instead they say the lining
   comes over the edge and hems on the outside.
   I thought I was getting a good deal at $3 ea.
   
   I probably would have ordered these patterns anyway but it would have been
   nice to know what I was really getting. Would have ordered the gown anyway
   as I would have to adjust to my size and adapt it. The trim on the other
   hand, I can borrow from a friend books with clearer instructions.
   
   De
   taking toe of the soap box
   
   
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Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume

2010-08-01 Thread Nancy Kiel

If you mean the girl behind her in the photo, walking the green horse, then you 
wuz robbed!

Nancy Kiel
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Never tease a weasel!
This is very good advice.
For the weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice.



 From: lando...@netins.net
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 06:53:12 -0500
 Subject: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume
 
 the only costume sewing I've done this year is for my daughter's 4H costume.
 
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/21642...@n06/4833605329/
 
 She fit the costume and made the armor and accessories and cut out all the 
 silver fabric applique. I had to iron it on because she melted the first 
 one, and I sewed the seams just to save needles and/or a trip to the repair 
 shop. (she's a rather careless seamstress)
 
 Sadly (for us), the girl behind her won the class
 
 Denise B
 Iowa 
 
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Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-05 Thread Nancy Kiel

One of my favorite books is Victorian Cakes by Caroline B. King.  Its subtitle 
is A Reminiscence with Recipes, and it has some incredible recipes in it.  ISBN 
is 0-201-19184-9, published by Aris Books which are published by Harris 
Publishing Co Inc 1621 5th St Berkeley CA 94710 415-527-5171.
Mrs. Beeton (IMHO the ne plus ultra of Victorian cookbooks) has recipes for 
almond and for sugar icing, but her cake recipes don't mention anything like 
today's layer cakes, which is what would probably read best as cake for the 
modern audience.

Nancy Kiel
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Never tease a weasel!
This is very good advice.
For the weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice.



 From: ruthan...@mindspring.com
 Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:55:07 -0400
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors
 
 Hello the list:
 
 Getting ready to open The Importance of Being Earnest (I am director,  
 costumer, and props person) and still have not settled on what Cecily  
 cuts and serves a large piece of to Gwendolen during the tea scene:
  Cecily. [Severely.] Cake or bread and butter?
 
  Gwendolen. [In a bored manner.] Bread and butter, please. Cake is  
  rarely seen at the best houses nowadays.
 
  Cecily. [Cuts a very large slice of cake, and puts it on the tray.]  
  Hand that to Miss Fairfax.
 
 I have looked at people's Tea Party pages, cookbooks, and photos that  
 come up on Google Image search, but I have not found what I consider  
 a reliable image for the prop for this scene. Things come up anywhere  
 from fancy cookies to huge decorated cakes reminiscent of diner  
 dessert displays.
 
 I would welcome advice from any of the knowledgeable people on this  
 list, particularly those who participate in Victorian tea parties or  
 similar events. Earnest is 1895; Cecily Cardew is a wealthy young  
 woman living in a manor house in the English countryside.
 
 Thanks in advance!
 
 --Ruth Anne Baumgartner
 scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
   
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Re: [h-cost] What's on the horizon

2009-04-08 Thread Nancy Kiel

But wouldn't it have been just as easy to actually make the clothes?

Maybe they should try some Erte designsI believe quite a few of his designs 
were never made.

Nancy Kiel
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 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 09:00:21 -0700
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 From: joa...@surewest.net
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's on the horizon
 
 At 01:41 AM 4/7/2009, you wrote:
 Take a look at this from MIRAlabs at the University of Geneva:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrJS72lkX_cNR=1
 
 Then look at the finished product:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekc_9vPDbo8feature=related
 
 Back in 1997, I searched for graduate level programs to do this for 
 costume and fashion.  At the time, I couldn't find a program.
 
 MIRAlabs is working on a few more projects similar to this:
 http://www.miralab.unige.ch/
 
 Penny Ladnier
 Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
 www.costumegallery.com
 11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history
 
 Wow!  That's impressive.  And very lovely, too.
 
 
 Joan Jurancich
 joa...@surewest.net 
 
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Re: [h-cost] Darnley portrait

2008-05-03 Thread Nancy Kiel

Hello,

I am writing to inquire if anyone can direct me to a close-up of the Darnley 
portrait of Queen Elizabeth.   I am intrigued by the trim on the front but 
can't see it well enough to see how it's made.

Nancy Kiel
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Re: [h-cost] New Regency Patterns; Was free Regency bonnet patternfrom Simpl...

2006-07-28 Thread Nancy Kiel


I have to disagree with this part of your statementI'm smaller at the 
bust than at the hips, and the Regency look is VERY unflattering for me!


Nancy Kiel
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Well actually, I think women's real Regency is one of the easiest 
historic periods to sew, and not that hard to fit either.  It's also 
comfortable to wear, it looks good on almost everyone, and it's often 
fairly inexpensive to make.


Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com




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RE: [h-cost] Update on silk chiffon and organza

2006-02-22 Thread Nancy Kiel


How kind of you to do this!

Nancy Kiel
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From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] Update on silk chiffon and organza
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:40:41 -0600 (CST)


I went over to the fabric store today and made a list of available colors.
There were too many for me to want to buy on spec, but I'll be happy to
pick up anything that anyone wants, and send it to you.

Figure $3.50/yard INCLUDING postage. These are all 100% silk (or so the
manufacturers claimed; there are occasional errors in labeling, but I
think these are pretty safe). The chiffons are lightweight and flimsy; the
organzas are lightweight and stiff. Widths range from 36 to 54 or so.

IMPORTANT: Some of the bolts are very small, so for each one you're
interested in give me a minimum (the least length you'd find useful) and a
maximum (the amount you want if there's plenty).

Send your shopping lists to me *privately*, not to the list please. I will
head out there Wednesday afternoon and again on Thursday if necessary, The
fabrics are disappearing rather fast.

DO NOT FORWARD THIS NOTE ELSEWHERE. I'm willing to do this favor for my
h-cost buddies, but I don't want to be personal shopper to the world.


CHIFFONS -- smooth

black
dark brown
medium brown
blue-grey
yellow
pale pink
pale blue
wedgwood blue
navy
plum
red
rose
peach
beige


CHIFFONS -- with a slight texture (not quite crinkled but very fine lines
or ridges going warpwise)

dark brown
medium brown
ivory
mauve/rose
green that's sort of a cross between sage and seafoam
blue-grey
kelly green
peach


ORGANZA

olive green
screaming hot pink
gunmetal grey
blue with a bit of a turquoise hint


--Robin
(what am I getting myself into?)

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Re: [h-cost] Silk Tulle, Chiffon, Organza

2006-02-22 Thread Nancy Kiel

OK, how expensive (she asks, fearing the answer)?

Nancy Kiel
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From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Silk Tulle, Chiffon, Organza
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:46:17 +0100

Hi-
Well i never dreamed of that it excisted either, untill i saw it with my 
own eyes. But it also is expensive...


Bjarne


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To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:06 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Silk Tulle, Chiffon, Organza


I really haven't seen linen this fine in England.  Maybe I haven't looked
hard enough.

On 21/02/06, Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi
Yes that linen i told you about some time ago, that my embroidery shop
has,
is so fine that it actually is transparent.

Bjarne



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Re: [h-cost] my first glove!

2006-02-04 Thread Nancy Kiel
A book I found on glove making says to measure around the hand just above 
the thumb.


Nancy Kiel
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From: Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] my first glove!
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:37:33 -0600 (CST)

That is just fabulous!!! I really like this pattern. It is a copy of
one of their 1947 sets that they published way back when. The thumb
is the give away. Isn't that just the funkiest thumb you have ever
seen?

I love that suede.

What Vogue means by S-M-L is that that our hand from finger tip to
base of palm is either 6-7-8 inches in length OR it is 6-7-8 inches
around at the fattest part of our hand. I am betting it is the
fingertip measure.




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Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

2006-02-01 Thread Nancy Kiel
How about approaching the fashion magazines, sewing magazines, or big design 
houses with a proposal?  Or museums?


Nancy Kiel
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From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:44:59 -0600 (CST)

(He developed a
reasonable familiarity with costume terms because of the nature of that
work, but I would guess costume research doesn't pay the bills the way
family history or heraldic research does.)

--Robin

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Re: [h-cost] New BBC Elizabethan drama - Virgin Queen

2006-01-20 Thread Nancy Kiel


I was so annoyed at the poor acting, and their having cast and played Dudley 
as a sulky little boy, that I didn't even finish watching the first episode 
and remember very little about the costuming.


Nancy Kiel
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From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] New BBC Elizabethan drama - Virgin Queen
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:33:20 -0600

The series was on in the US back in November.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/virginqueen/index.html

I enjoyed it, and can't say that any of the costumes stood out as being 
wrong while I was watching it.




Dawn




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Re: [h-cost] Disposing of fabric

2005-12-06 Thread Nancy Kiel
And if it's just too hideous to inflict upon humans, your local animal shelter 
would welcome it to use for bedding or just rags.  The shelter is also a good 
place to donate clothes, towels, and sheets that are too worn out for people 
but still have some use in them.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Suzi Clarkemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  To: Historical Costumemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Disposing of fabric


  At 11:24 05/12/2005, you wrote:
  Is there a charity in your area that could use the fabric---perhaps 
  to make quilts? Or a school, for art projects?  I too have trouble 
  throwing away any but the smallest scraps!


  My local centre for the less able (!) is glad of scraps and odd 
  buttons and scraps of lace, braid and so on for their craft projects, 
  as is my local junior school (5-11 years.)

  Suzi


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Re: [h-cost] Re: Disposing of fabric

2005-12-05 Thread Nancy Kiel
Is there a charity in your area that could use the fabric---perhaps to make 
quilts? Or a school, for art projects?  I too have trouble throwing away any 
but the smallest scraps!


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  Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:10 PM
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: What periods for these fabrics?/17th c. 
linenoutergarments



  -E House
  (Still hasn't figured out a way to reasonably dispose of the 10yr-50yr old 
  cloth inherited from g'ma-in-law, which is ugly and smelly but has to be 
  really useful to someone, somewhere) (The cloth, not the grandma.) 

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Re: [h-cost] Organ pipe pleats

2005-10-22 Thread Nancy Kiel
I looked thru the Met's online info, and couldn't find the base.  Can you offer 
guidance?
  - Original Message - 
  From: WickedFraumailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  To: Historical Costumemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 3:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Organ pipe pleats


  I'm not sure if you want organ pipe pleating or rolled pleats 
  documentation, but if it is the former, the Metropolitan Museum of Art 
  has a military base which is organ pipe pleated (Early 16th century).  
  Blanche Paynes History of Costume has a discussion and a pattern for 
  it.  I've spent some time looking for an earlier word for them, but have 
  not come up with it in English or German.  The English word only goes 
  back to to about 1890.  The current German word Röhrenfalten doesn't 
  appear in Grimm's etemological dictionary.  I have queried both Leo 
  online forums (back in March 05) and non-current German forum (just today):

  If you find anything, I'd sure like to hear about it.

  Sg

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Re: [h-cost] OT hardwood floors and bissels

2005-10-19 Thread Nancy Kiel
I just bought a Bissell Flip-It, which vacuums with one side and washes  dries 
with the other, and was underwhelmed.  The vacuum isn't very powerful, and the 
washing side is great if your floors aren't really dirty.  My next attempt will 
be with the Hoover version of the same idea.
  - Original Message - 
  From: lindasternermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  To: h-costumemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:48 PM
  Subject: [h-cost] hardwood floors and bissels


  I don`t know how well the bissels work on hardwood floors.  We do use them on 
both carpet and tile floors at the restaurant.  However.I really don`t know 
about dog hair either (no dogs have ever come into to eat there yet!!)  :)

  Linda S.
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Re: [h-cost] Re: Pleated smocks/shifts etc

2005-10-14 Thread Nancy Kiel
I, too, would love a copy of the info on the shirts, when you have the time.  
  - Original Message - 
  From: Kathy Pagemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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  Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 10:32 AM
  Subject: [h-cost] Re: Pleated smocks/shifts etc


  Hi Kimiko,

  Incidentally I do have this journal book, sent over
  about a year ago now. I had meant to translate it from
  Swedish, but other projects kept leaping into my way.
  It contains all 4 shirts from the Sture men found at
  Uppsala, complete with conservation diagrams on their
  construction. I can copy stuff from it if you wish.
  Give me a couple months to get the glut of stuff I
  have going on out of the way, and I might be able to
  do some translating as well. *I* personally don't
  speak the language fluently, but I have a friend in
  Saffle, Sweden that helps me along. I understand the
  museology terms, he gives me the raw information.
  Between the two of us, we come up with some fairly
  usable translations.

  Kathy 

   But it gave me a name of a journal to hunt down,
   Journal of the Royal 
   Armoury Vol IV: 8-9 (häfte 8-9) The article is
   titled Stureskjortorna 
   and it was written by Anna-Maja Nylén. Do you or
   anyone else have this, 
   seen this, and/or know what language it may be
   written in? I am presuming 
   not English. Since you mentioned the shirt, do you
   have more info on the 
   Sture shirt as well?


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Re: [h-cost] Tambour embroidery

2005-09-30 Thread Nancy Kiel
I'm confused about the beads---my understanding of tambour embroidery is that 
basically you produce a chain stitch.  Where do beads come into the picture?
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Re: [h-cost] Slightly OT: Fencing (was: )

2005-09-28 Thread Nancy Kiel
I made mine from wool, with a heavyweight cotton lining, after making sure the 
combo passed the punch test (repeated stabs from a broken blade).
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  I think that both you and Jean are right Wendy.

  To bring the conversation back to costume, I'm considering making
  myself a fencing doublet similar to the ones in Janet Arnold's
  Patterns of Fashion, but using linen canvas rather than leather for
  economy. I want to make a few alterations of overlap and padding to
  match the safety features of a modern fencing jacket but otherwise
  stick with a period look and feel (all natural fibers, late 16th/early
  17th c. silhouette). Has anyone tried this before?

  Allison T.
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