I am going to an event in a medieval building in York at the end of
this month, and will be wearing a gown similar in style to this one,
only in a plain fabric. I have a beautiful horned headdress which
fits perfectly, and looks good, again based on the painting, but is a
pain in the b*tt
Susan
On Sep 16, 2006, at 9:32 PM, E House wrote:
I onlyu have about 10 commercial patterns, but I have a ton of
patterns I've made myself. I haven't really yet come up with a good
way to organize them, sigh. Most of them are in the form of hip-length
mulsins, which I put in gallon-size
Sorry for the cross posting confusion. I have replaced the photo of the
Military base with some illustrations of the insignia and the brocade pattern.
http://www.saragrace.us/METMilBases.htmlhttp://www.saragrace.us/METMilBases.html
Any experts on heraldry out there? Doesn't look like much to
Suzi Clarke wrote:
but is a pain in
the b*tt to eat in as the veil keeps deciding it's a part of the meal,
and gets in my way.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/euwl/ho_1975.1.110.htm
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could wear instead? A coif
is unsuitable as I will be with
At 16:10 17/09/2006, you wrote:
Suzi Clarke wrote:
but is a pain in the b*tt to eat in as the veil keeps deciding it's
a part of the meal, and gets in my way.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/08/euwl/ho_1975.1.110.htm
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could wear instead? A
coif
I use 2 legal size file cabinets. All patterns, whether designed for
me or for someone else, are in the cabinet, as are the few commercial
ones. The patterns are sorted by historical date of the target
garment. This works very well for me as I have little interest in
sewing anything after WWII
I'm sorry, but I don't know enough about 15th century fashion to be able to
help much with anything specific.
One thing I did notice, however (and this is pre-breakfast tea, so take it
for what it's worth...g). The painting is from a specific area of the
continent (Netherlands, yes?). What
- Original Message -
From: Susan Data-Samtak [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How about putting a photo of the finished garment in the front of the zip
lock bag to help you see what you are looking for? Would that speed the
process?
Good idea, though I use the digital camera for everything, so I'd
I seemed to have missed the original post, so I'm not
sure of the exact question, but thought I'd throw in
my 2c.
What I do is put a shrunken-down copy of the line
drawing I got from my designer on the front, and a
shrunken-down copy of the actor's measurements on the
back. If I don't have the
cahuff wrote:
What do y'all use (besides the tattered paper list method) to keep track
of your patterns?
I don't have them cataloged; they are sorted into banker's boxes under
my own system.
Historical patterns have their own box - both patterns I've drafted and
ones I've bought.
Folkwear
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 11:15 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Alternative headdress for 1460's houppelande?
I am going to an event in a medieval building in York at the end of this
month, and will be
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