Re: [h-cost] Re: Crisps?

michaela wrote: It goes like this: US/UK/NZ french fries/chips/chips chips/crisps/chips I love living in NZ. When you say you are having chips for lunch, it's all in the context. Well, sometimes we say "hot chips" to distinguish the one kind from the other. And some people in the South Is

AW: [h-cost] Boning/reeds yet again

Have used a reed/steel combination for my fully boned 18th century stays. Even though I used steel only at strategic places (all channels where pieces were joined together, 4 pieces in front to simulate a small busk and of course at the back where the lacing is) it is quite heavy. I bought reed

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

I've seen the word "Exant". What does this mean in costume terms? - Original Message - From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories On Mon, 30 Jan 2006

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

At 04:44 AM 1/31/2006, you wrote: I've seen the word "Exant". What does this mean in costume terms? [snip] It just means that the inventory of the wardrobe still exists. We don't have very many extant (i.e., surviving) clothing pieces. Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

In costume or any other terms, "extant" means "still in existence". Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31/01/2006 12:44 >>> I've seen the word "Exant". What does this mean in costume terms? __

[h-cost] Re: 18c stays

Hi Mia, The petticoat is cotton, but with a nice sateen to it. I thought it would at least imitate the look of silk to a certain extent. I'd really like to have a more authentic pair of stays before starting a second outfit. I've been thinking about trying to draft my own pattern - but haven

[h-cost] Brit patterns

Hope someone can help me with this" I am looking for a British pattern site that has patterns for the first quarter of the 19th C. (Jane Austin and company,) Had it once and have lost it. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http

[h-cost] Re: stay boning

I used 1/4 inch half round basket making reed. To me it came out nice looking. and It looks like the pictures's ive seen. Sometimes I used two strips in a channel, sometimes backed the reed with a piece of steel boning. The reed is really firm, especially the channels with two pieces.

[h-cost] Visit to Tuscany

A good friend of mine is going to Tuscany in April and the gift-ideas-for-Brits made me wonder if anyone has suggestions for small gifts she can take that Italians might appreciate? Also, any must-see costume or embroidery resources in this area that she can checkout for me :)? Catherine __

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

What I want defined is "Wiki". Janet In costume or any other terms, "extant" means "still in existence". Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31/01/2006 12:44 >>> I've seen the word "Exant". What does this mean in costume terms? __

wiki (was Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Quoting JAMES OGILVIE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What I want defined is "Wiki". There's even a wiki entry for "wiki" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/

Re: [h-cost] Re: Crisps?

In a message dated 1/31/2006 12:48:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It goes like this: US/UK/NZ french fries/chips/chips Well, at least we're not calling them "freedom fries" any more! Sheesh! ___ h-costume mailing list h

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Quoting JAMES OGILVIE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: What I want defined is "Wiki". speculation -- Wiki-wiki is (I think) Hawaiian for "quickly!) Wikipedia is an online editable Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page There's also an SCA specific wikipedia out of Lochac (but you don't hav

Re: [h-cost] Visit to Tuscany

Take me as a gift : ) I'm not small, but it would be great fun lol... Sorry couldn't help myself, going stir crazy in PA, Rhonda Rhonda Donaldson LTA II e-Reserves Jr. Guru Access Services Downtown Campus Library P O Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506 293-4040 x4094 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Without c

Re: [h-cost] Re: Crisps - freedom fries

Only the republicans did that ::no spam please:: said in jest...tee hee Rhonda Donaldson LTA II e-Reserves Jr. Guru Access Services Downtown Campus Library P O Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506 293-4040 x4094 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The

[h-cost] Re: the virgin queen

Watched Episode 2 last night. The men's anachronistic breeches were more obvious this week (though I liked the tennis scenes), and, as someone commented, the women's skirts don't look as though they have enough support (perhaps the designers thought that farthingales would look as odd to modern

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Hiya all. I am wondering if anyone know of any danish noble/royal inventories that are intact? We have had some major royal castle burnings, but could be they were stored elsewhere. I am especially looking for the 16'th century. Tania ---

[h-cost] Re: gifts for brits

We do have flavored crisps, but not the cool flavors from the UK. So worth it to get some :) Rhonda Donaldson LTA II e-Reserves Jr. Guru Access Services Downtown Campus Library P O Box 6069 Morgantown, WV 26506 293-4040 x4094 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Without change, something sleeps inside us, and

Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan Style, Nostalgic Needle, Sharon Cohen

At 5:46 PM -0500 1/30/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with Ann. I used Safari on a Mac OS X and it was fine--pages loaded very quickly. The colors were quite nice for me, and the design of the pages was clear and consistent. I liked the stitch listings (is there really a stitch called "buk

RE: [h-cost] More "to do in London" questions

Try www.tudorgroup.co/uk for some great recreations of 16th century clothing. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 5:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] More "to do in London" questi

[h-cost] Dress forms

To the person who was enquiring about dressforms ( I'm sorry, I don't remember who it was and I've deleted the original post ) I can't say that I have any experience with the dressform about which you were asking about, but you might find these links interesting/useful, especially if you don't

RE: [h-cost] Re: Crisps?

And what is Irn Bru? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre & Sandy Pettinger Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 9:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Re: Crisps? Crisps? Are these potato chips, crackers, or something else? Englis

Re: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Something which continues to exist, that has escaped the ravages of time. (I just assumed you had made a little typo there..:) Sg Becky wrote: I've seen the word "Exant". What does this mean in costume terms? - Original Message - From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Histor

Re: [h-cost] gifts for Brits

Rhonda mentioned tablet - we don't even have that in England. I discovered it when I went to the Orkney Islands in 2003; the hotel gave us a square of it with our after-dinner coffee onstead of a mint. (It's a hard fudge made in blocks which can be broken into squares like a chocolate bar.) Kat

[h-cost] boning - reed or cable ties

Hi Wanda I would recommend you track down what I've heard called 'artificial whalebone' - it comes in several different widths, from 4mm up to 12mm, has no ridges (like ridgeline)and when you sit down, it doesn't stay bent up at the front like ridgeline does. You have be able to find it quite che

Re: [h-cost] Boning/reeds yet again

Wanda, I used 1/4" flat reeds from Weaving Works in Seattle, and have been really happy. They have a great selection of style and sizes of reeds, and are very reasonable. I spent under $10 for enough reed to do an entire corset, and I'm a woman of "fine substantial size." HTH-- LuAnn in Vanc

[h-cost] Irn Bru

The national drink of Scotland lol. It is an orange colored soda that doesn't taste a thing like orange soda. It is truely different...and hard to explain. I like it tho. Tablet is a pure sugar rush - My Mom used to make it when we were kids and we called it fried fudge. Had no idea it was call

[h-cost] OT -- tablet

Tablet is a pure sugar rush - My Mom used to make it when we were kids and we called it fried fudge. Had no idea it was called butter tablet elsewhere. I am very intrigued by this. Google is my friend: http://www3.sympatico.ca/scruss/tablet.html clear, step by step directions. Doesn't seem

RE: [h-cost] Re: Crisps?

And what is Irn Bru? Bright orange Scottish 'fruit' flavoured fizzy drink, 'made in Scotland from girders'. http://www.irn-bru.co.uk/ Debs ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Dress forms

To the person who was enquiring about dressforms... Someone may already have posted this but the latest issue of Threads magazine has a whole section on different brands of dress forms and their characteristics. --lisa ___ h-costume mailing list h-