At 07:49 AM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
I recently came across this excellent web page covering both of these
subjects:
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/
Thank you Tea Rose for that. I am not as familiar with images or styles of
the century preceding, so that is a great help.
Kimiko
At 01:54 AM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
I realise these are not 16th century, but short sleeves kirtles were
obviously worn earlier, so is it possibly that the fashion could have
continued in the later period?
Suzi
Thank you Suzi for sharing those links. I can only presume that such
fashions
It's also reproduced in The Art of Dress, where it's attributed to a follower
of Hans Eworth. No explanation is offered for the inscription Maria Regina.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/2006 07:00
At 07:41 AM 2/28/2006, you wrote:
Mistress
I have written to her. She answered me quickly and said I could ask anytime.
I just thought I'd pose a question to other costumers on the discussion
boards.
It really doesn't matter, but I can make the Princess Elizabeth garb now
with confidence.
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Cynthia Virtue wrote:
The waist would be a horizontal oval intersecting those points, right?
Not a shape which dips down from the horizontal while intersecting those
points.
I have to roll the front waistband of off-the-rack skirts so that the
hem hangs horizontal because of this. If I
Megan M. wrote:
I think it is more common than you think - I have the same issue. The
waistbands on my scrubs come up almost to my bra in front. And I don't know
why they cut them so high. *sigh* I guess that's why I like to sew.
-Megan
for most of us it isn't the clothing which is cut
Is it possible that the lines are woven into the fabric? After all, her
sleeve fabric has very elaborate flowered scroll designs.
I have *no* clue! It's rows of alternating trapezoids -- /\/\/\/\ is
the apparrent arrangement of the pieces
It's quite likely the shapes are caused by the fur
At 20:20 01/03/2006, you wrote:
Quoting Sharon at Collierfam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Is it possible that the lines are woven into the fabric? After all, her
sleeve fabric has very elaborate flowered scroll designs.
I have *no* clue! It's rows of alternating trapezoids -- /\/\/\/\ is
the
Uh...I don't think it's a matter of cabbaging, if that's a word? ;o) I bet
it's indicative of a fur lining. Several other paintings on that website
depict fur-lined gowns/skirts, and have similar lines on the skirts. We've
talked about something similar before (the painting's one of the ones on
My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her house. I've
found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old and interesting, a lot
of which have food stains on. I've washed them with Vanish (if you don't have
that in the US, it's a new oxygen-based stain remover) but it
Danielle Nunn-Weinberg wrote:
At 02:12 PM 6/28/2005 -0400, you wrote:
snip
I have to roll the front waistband of off-the-rack skirts so that the
hem hangs horizontal because of this. If I had the time, I'd hem the
skirts properly.
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
You
Quoting Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
I have *no* clue! It's rows of alternating trapezoids -- /\/\/\/\
is the apparrent arrangement of the pieces
Actually, the trapezoids do not alternate. They are all placed with the
short side up, so that
At 09:53 AM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
Well, this is going to be the short version! I have a room full of new
cloth and I want to go sew now! =}
Hey, I don't blame you. I hope you got in some good sewing time.
snip some great info. Thanks
Hope this helps. You can distribute it/use it for teaching,
Sandy-
Tell them you don't like the change.
Can't hurt and they might actually listen to a customer.
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for. - Ride the Dark
Trail by Louis L'Amour
On Mar 2, 2006, at 12:34 AM,
I was disappointed that, among all these images of the Phrygian or liberty
cap, Google did NOT find the college seal of my alma mater, Dickinson College
(est. 1773, Carlisle, PA). Our seal has three objects: a telescope, a Bible,
and the Phrygian cap, along with the motto that we are the
Quoting Kate M Bunting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It's also reproduced in The Art of Dress, where it's attributed to
a follower of Hans Eworth. No explanation is offered for the
inscription Maria Regina.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/03/2006 07:00
At
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, michaela wrote:
It's quite likely the shapes are caused by the fur lining. The fur
would have to be pieced.Why they show through who knows.
This was discussed somewhere.. I think the MedCos community.
No, here; see my note under a new subject line.
--Robin
Greetings--
Danielle Nunn-Weinberg wrote:
At 02:12 PM 6/28/2005 -0400, you wrote:
snip
I have to roll the front waistband of off-the-rack skirts so that
the hem hangs horizontal because of this. If I had the time, I'd
hem the skirts properly.
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre
Kate M Bunting wrote:
My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her house. I've
found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old and interesting, a lot
of which have food stains on. I've washed them with Vanish (if you don't have
that in the US, it's a new
Hello the list--
My truelove has kindly given me parking space on his website for the photo I
took after our FIRST snowfall of the season and intended as a greeting card for
the h-cost list. Today we're having what MIGHT be the last snowfall of the
season.
Who would expect in a modest little
Hi, I'm making an 1865-70 bodice (first bustle era) starting from the Truly
Victorian ball bodice pattern, and I'm having trouble with the fit around the
armholes -- there's a horizontal stress line about 1/2 above the bottom of the
armhole (right at the top of my corset) it extends about 3
My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her
house. I've found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old
and interesting, a lot of which have food stains on. I've washed them
with Vanish (if you don't have that in the US, it's a new
oxygen-based stain remover) but it
I just ran down to the basement to copy the label for this product--
I've had good luck with it but have used it on only two pieces, so I can't say
I've done exhaustive testing!
It's called RESTORATION,
and it claims Revives color and freshness to antique linens...removes most
stains.
In a message dated 3/2/2006 2:26:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I havent
dared use it, but if I do, it's to serve white wine, dry foods with
brush-away crumbs, no grease and it goes to the pros afterwards.
grin
I would stick to sparkling water--even white wine
Cin wrote:
To prevent or postpone future foxing, line your linen storage in
buffered papers. I just use an old cotton sheet as the bottom layer
in my cedar closet.
I have two hopeless linen table cloths that I use to wrap the
non-hopless ones in while storing them.
liz young
Sometimes the discoloration is actually a chemical change of the fibers, so
nothing will change it. But, by all means, try sun bleaching. If all else
fails, can you cut around the stained parts to make things--women's
undergarments, for example.
Ann
On Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:45:55 -0600, E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Does anyone know of any good resources for learning about the authentic
stuff? Any suggestions for modern books that might help me with
technique?
If you want one book that covers just about everything there is to cover
Elena House wrote:
The whole garment is a solution to a specific body-shaping problem; a
problem which has been solved in different ways over the centuries, and
which must be solved in different ways the desired body shape changes over
time. In the 13thC, the solution was breast-wrapping;
The book I have is called Goldwork by Search Press. It has some history in
it and shows how to do each of the techniques for goldwork. I've heard that
the Jane Lemon book is the best though.
Or nue' is the stitching of metal threads with a fine colored thread to make
shaded or colored
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From: Gail Scott Finke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Both your replies to the original query were fascinating! I loved all the
quotes. But now I am interested in a different item listed above. When you
say that in the 13th century the solution to desired body shaping was
1st: Dont buy or borrow Kreinicks book about metal thread embroidery. Its
just crap, a lot of cross stitch patterns using metallic threads.
But a very useable good book, very small, but cheap is Needle Crafts 20
Goldwork. Its published by Search Press Limited, Tunbridge Wells, Kent -
England.
I heard from 18th century womens list, that the catalog from the museum, is
finally available.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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Quoting E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
And is this what was called Or Nue'?
Or nue is some of the most awesome needlework ever produced by human
hands.
The cardinal is Or Nue
http://www.berlinembroidery.com/cardinal.htm
The gold threads are couched down with red silk. How close together the
It looks like some of the gold work done on the Japanese fabrics I saw in
school. The gold was wrapped around a silk thread but you had to have an
eyepiece to see it that close. It was fantastic details in the antique
fabrics. I don't remember the time period, but very old.
I'd love to learn
Quoting E House [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I don't waste anywhere near enough money on my sewing (HAH!) so now
that I work for my fabric instead of paying for it, I've decided to
add on a nice, stupidly expensive hobby: I want to get into goldwork!
Specifically, the sort that would be used for
On Thursday 02 March 2006 1:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
Who would expect in a modest little neighborhood in Fairfield Connecticut
to drive around the corner and find a pair of snowpersons one of whom was
wearing a HENNIN? I assume a little girl wanted to give her Hallowe'en
costume
Well, this is really fascinating, because I read about it as a part of an
ensemble worn to a Regency ball -- not a particularly young woman, but also (I
believe), not of the old, turbaned dowager variety. I can't imagine such a
thing being worn w/ a formal ballgown, and (although I don't claim
The phrygian hat is also called the Liberty hat and is worn by the French
Lady Liberty, Marianne.
It was about the time of the French revolution that it became popular.
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/discovering-france_2005/france-f
Okay ladies... how many of you have had hot flashes and found that your hand
fans are your new best friend?
I have been collecting hands fans for the past 10 years. They had only come
out of the drawer in the summertime when sitting by the pool. Now with the hot
flashes, I carry them with
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