RE: [h-cost] Tambour embroidery

2005-10-02 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 18:31 02/10/2005, you wrote: Tambour: You have for a background cloth a loose weave or netted material that is pulled taught. Your crochet hook should be small enough that it inserts and returns with thread without much difficulty. Either side of the chainstitch w/out beads can be used. Ah,

[h-cost] Need to find a costume pic take 2

2005-10-02 Thread purplkat
Now *I* need to find a pic. All I can remember is that is is of a Hunt, everyone is in white, and some of the ladies are wearing houplenades (sp?). I know can I be - more - vague. I am especially looking for either a high-rez version that I can cut certain dresses out of the pic, or many

[h-cost] Cotton Fabrics and substitutes for Edwardian underthings.

2005-10-02 Thread Sharon Nevin
Hi, I have a book from the very 1900s which is for cutting out of underthings. Im planning on starting making some of them and having a little trouble figuring out modern substitutes for fabric mentioned. I haven't made anything from this time frame (or the preceeding century), a fact which I

Re: [h-cost] Cotton Fabrics and substitutes for Edwardian underthings.

2005-10-02 Thread Sharon Nevin
At 02:24 PM 3/10/2005, you wrote: What is the book you are using? Cutting Out for Student Teachers by Amy K. Smith. 3rd Edition. Printed By Sir Isaac Pitman Sons, London. 1916. I got lucky on Australian ebay and found an original copy for au$30.00. The only changes between this edition