Use regular evenweave linen, of the best quality you can find.
Use a filament silk thread. Mark the coif pattern on the linen, allowing
yourself at least a 2" border all around. Mark on the embroidery
pattern; however, if you can do the outline of the coif and the
embroidery marking all in
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From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] embroidery supplies
Not sure about the spangles, but one huge source of glass beads would be
Fire Mountain, at
Caliver books (run by Dave Ryan) are regulars on the UK re-enactment trading
scene. So is Petty Chapman (Dave Rushworth).
I've never used any of the patterns sold by Caliver, (I cut my own), so can't
say how accurate or otherwise, or how easy to use.
Did once use some of Dave Rushworth's patte
hi Aylwen
thanks this is worth looking into, as i am now starting work for the first
time on crinolines and hoopskirts
thank,s
jessica
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From: A & J Garden
Date: 11/03/05 17:39:47
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] hoops for crinoline dresses
hey hun
thanks i will have a look into thias as soon as i have 5 mins to spare
hugs
jessica
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11/03/05 20:16:26
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] hoops for crinoline dresses
In a message dated 11/3/2005 6:34:
I second the recommendations to use linen and draw the pattern for the
coif directly onto the fabric. I would recommend regular linen from a
good fabric store, slightly heavier than a weight you might be using for
the shirt.
I don't know how much embroidery you have done but if you are wanting a
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Dianne & Greg Stucki wrote:
> > Warning: You can spend hours here.
> And lots of money. I just bought some things to make a girdle, and
> spent $60 in under ten minutes! Would have been a whole lot more, but
> I already had the pearls.
You got off easy ;-) I shop the sale s
hey kathleen ,
thanks for that, it will be useful, ,as i am starting crinoline dress making
for the first time as such, and its not like my usual sewing work, so all
you tell me i absorb,
thanks
jessica
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From: Lloyd Mitchell
Date: 11/03/05 21:18:25
To:
Hi Yvonne, it is not clear who you are adressing this to. Dawn, me
(Sg), or the list?
YVONNE SCHNYDER wrote:
Hi, I keep getting someone elses messages, I think you have the wrong
email address.
From: Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: Historical
Hello everyone,
I was hoping that any of you who use silk taffeta in your costuming could
help me..
I have been told that dupioni is not really appropriate for historical
costuming but I know that many of us use it to cut down on costs. Taffeta
is closer to the weave/weight/sheen that is app
>
>
> I don't know how much embroidery you have done but if you are wanting a
> counted type pattern on the shirt, give a try at just eyeballing it :).
I don't recommend this as the pattern could become way off.
Also, a lot of the shirts, and the coifs, were not done in counted
> patterns but us
Dear Diana,
Silk taffetas comes in 2 main types. One is heavy weaved, very stiff and
stout, and another is much lighter.
So it depends what you want to use it for. I would say that the thinner
quality, is useable, for bodices jackets and the likes, if you interline it
with a stiffer fabric. The
>can anyone give us advice on where we can get hooping material for crinoline
>dresses. Are they made of plastic or is it cloth covered wire and could
>anyone tell us where to get the appropriate materials please?
I'm fond of www.Greenberg-Hammer.com
Look for hoop wire in the boning section.
--cin
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From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] embroidery supplies
You got off easy ;-) I shop the sale stuff once or twice a year, when
there's enough to mak
Dupioni (or something similar) was sold historically, so it CAN be used.
Here's a website about that:
http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/silk.html
But to answer your other questions, I like shot silks. I'd like to
pay less than $15/yd for an 18mm taffeta.
Kate
> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2
I strongly recommend bringing your machine to a Singer
or multiple brands repair shop that isn't in a fabric
store.
My 1951 Singer cast-iron monstrosity got a new bobbin
case that fit only after I tried several; all the
bobbin cases were class 15, as is my machine, but the
cases are machined to v
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