Cin wrote:
I just love starting this thread... such interesting answers.
A burnout purple stretch velvet bellydance outfit and a half beaded
black bra that needs to be finished before Saturday's performance.
Dawn
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Oh well, you can't win them all. Queen Elizabeth II is coming to Richmond, VA
Thursday for the 400th Anniversary of Jamestown. Last Friday, it was announced
that she would be at the Capital on Thursday, May 3. And that the Queen would
be receiving 108 people in representation of the original
Paula,
LOL! It is so sweet that you have a dressmaker's dummy named after me and
you dressed me so nice! Thank you! I feel like a dressmaker's dummy... I
am down to the crunch of the semester and reading all my students' papers.
I loved this thread last time around. Thank you all for brin
I looked at your drawing and I think you should put small pleating , with or
without small gold trim, on the stomacher. Then use the ruching where the
trim is larger. So the smaller the trim, the more precise it is. The largest
trim would be ruched, maybe with a pinked edge for softness.
-Or
A cardboard box for the new one, three tabards on the old one. :)
Chiara
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From: "Cin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "h-cost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:08 PM
Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers dummy wearing today?
I just love starting t
Nothing. Or everything.
Okay...I don't *have* a dummy. I *am*, however, working on some early 13th
century gowns for this summer though--a couple in linen, at least one in
wool, and a gardecorps.
--Sue
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On Monday 30 April 2007 9:51 pm, Carmen Beaudry wrote:
Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers dummy wearing today?
This is the first time I've answered to this mailing list - hope it gets
through.
I have 3 thee dummies "Pricilla" is currently wearing the yellow ball gown
from "Beauty & the
I'm so excited--I actually have a dressmaker's dummy so I can answer this
question.
Currently, it's wearing my soon-to-be-finished-I-hope apron-front Empire
gown, as well as a Spencer I made from the same book, _Patterns of Fashion
1, Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction_, many years
Hello all,
Apologies to those who get this on multiple lists. The Costume Con
25 official photo collection is ready to ship. There are over 1300
photos, on 5 discs, for $50.00.
To order, please contact the photographer directly:
Kerry Gilley
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Those of you who signed up or
I used to pin my work to my jeans too, but stopped when I ruined a favorite
pair of jeans - holes started appearing where I'd put the pins (over and
over...it most certainly wasn't a one time thing).
kate
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To: "Historical
On Apr 30, 2007, at 12:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Would silk twill have been used for any of these garments?
Not likely. I don't know the history of this particular textile, but
most modern silk twills are too limp to make good 16th-century
gowns. You'd have to underline the heck o
On Monday 30 April 2007 9:51 pm, Carmen Beaudry wrote:
> Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers dummy wearing today?
A plain white linen shift to go under some of my Viking garb.
--
Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do."
-- G
Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers dummy wearing today?
I just love starting this thread... such interesting answers.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
Right now Yasmine's completely naked! I just removed the
burgundy/gold/black 1625 French Cavalier dress that I've been renovating for
a client
I just love starting this thread... such interesting answers.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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On Monday 30 April 2007 3:01 pm, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
> If you would give me your 2 cents, i would be very pleased.
> I spended this day desiding wich trim to use on the red francaise dress i
> am going to make. But desided i have not yeat!
> On the left side i made box pleatings with a tiny
Sewing birds? Anyone have a pic they would like to share? :-)
Arlys
Here's the one(s) I have.2 different people gave them to me for Yule.
http://www.lacis.com/catalog/search.php
Melusine
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(snip about sewing birds and other clamp-type things)
I've seen those, and also wondered about the heavy/stiff pillows it
looks like stitchers are using in some of the 17/18C paintings. A
couple of examples:
http://www.arthistory.cc/auth/velazquez/index.htm scroll down to 'The
Needlewoman'
"I
In a message dated 4/30/2007 5:08:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe switch trims? The bigger one on the pleated side and the smaller trim
on the rusched side?
This is what I was thinking.
But I like the small trim best. The bi
http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/n_sewingbird.html
More info at:
http://www.monmouthmuseum.org/sewingbird.html
Pretty
http://www.victoriantradingco.com/store/catalogimages/9i/i1916.html
an antique:
http://www.patented-antiques.com/Backpages/All_Archives/SEW_ARCHIVE/Sewrelated-archive.htm
At 12:01 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
If you would give me your 2 cents, i would be very pleased.
I spended this day desiding wich trim to use on the red francaise
dress i am going to make. But desided i have not yeat!
On the left side i made box pleatings with a tiny gold trim in the
edge. On the
May I also get a copy, please?
Anne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Catherine Kinsey
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:31 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] hand rolled hems
>I sent a file with illustrations to the original poster
>pr
Once upon a time I came across a gown with rushing but I can't seem to find
it. I did find
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/3timesearch/tseighteenth/1700-1799.
html
4th dress where there is rushing on the stomacher.
De
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At 22:46 30/04/2007, you wrote:
Sewing birds? Anyone have a pic they would like to share? :-)
There is one on E-Bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/SEWING-BIRD-1853-Replica-Pin-Cushion-Gold-Plated-Brass_W0QQitemZ320107288625QQihZ011QQcategoryZ114QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Mine is identical, but came from a U.S
I did it like this
http://www.deredere.dds.nl/18thcent/18woman/Robealafrancaise/FR2.jpg
I didn't had the fabric to make more pleats but it is a bit more springy.
The problem I have with both options is the gold trim.
On the right it is too small and on the right too gold (kitsch).
Deredere
Dawn
Sewing birds? Anyone have a pic they would like to share? :-)
Arlys
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:42:27 -0400 "LLOYD MITCHELL"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How right you are!
>
> Kathleen
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> From: "Carmen Beaudry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PR
Now i have desided :-)
Costume in Detail page 136 gives a very close look for a pleating.
I think it looked wrong on my sampler because i should not stitch down the
pleats in the sides.
The dress on page 136 has box pleats, wich are spaced with as much plain
ground as pleating. I tryed to make m
Your ideas on the pleating I think might match better the look you are going
for...give it a try! I LOVE to see your work!
Gia
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From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I really apreciates your thoaghts, many thanks.
> Its just because
I think the pleated side is prettier, but also think the trim on it is too
small. The rusched side looks good too, but the trim is too big.
Maybe switch trims? The bigger one on the pleated side and the smaller trim on
the rusched side?
I don't know if that'd be period, because I've not studi
Cheap substitutes tend to look cheap. Anything that
will be seen up close should look as good as it can
be. In my opinion, of course.
MaggiRos
--- Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
>
> >
> > There is no way my costumer can afford me to buy
> fly fringe, do you know
>
I have been using all sorts of these novelty yarns for 18th C trim...and I
think to very good effect. This was after drooling over the stomachers in
the Kyoto book. and other illustrations of fancy wear.
Kathleen.
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To: "Historical
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
There is no way my costumer can afford me to buy fly fringe, do you know
how much that costs?
How about using eyelash or pigtail yarn as a substitute? There are a
number of fringed and textured novelty yarns similar to fly fringe, and
much cheaper.
Dawn
Hi,
It is because i dont think i have seen any ruched edges in any 18th century
dresses. They are all pleated up!
I think the ruched edges you see everywhere in movies, are invented to look
like a pleated trim, but made on machine...
But i think its because the box pleating should be
The look i want is this:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/sofie1.htm
And maybe i should not stitch down the pleats flat in each side, but let
some of the pleats float more... its ever so difficult.
And maybe also dont make the pleating finnished, but let it be build up bits
by bits on the dress
If I were going to (god forbid) roll a hem, I'd get
out the serger. Mine has instructions for a rolled hem
in the user guide.
MaggiRos
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sorry for the late reply myself, but.
>
> I'm doing some silk organza scarves (not historic,
> before anyone panics [1]). The
At 03:01 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
If you would give me your 2 cents, i would be very pleased.
I spended this day desiding wich trim to use on the red francaise
dress i am going to make. But desided i have not yeat!
On the left side i made box pleatings with a tiny gold trim in the
edge. On the
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
I think the left box pleated side is two boring, its flat, and not at
all like i wanted it, the ruched one gives more shading to the silk. Is
the gold trim two much?
I think if you sewed the box pleated trim up the center instead of at
the edges you would get much
I agree with you about the ruching vs. the pleating. There's definitely a
lot more color play with the ruching.
Dunno about the gold trim--it might be just right, or it might be too much.
I think it would depend on the overall scale of the gown. If it's big and
oversized, etc., etc. you could go
I can see your dilemma. The one on the left is conservative and a simplistic
formal. The one on the right is more of what one would see on a ball gown.
Have you considered the box pleating with the wider gold trim?
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eudr/hob_2001.472.htm
I would say it depends on wh
If you want to do it gathered, then I would not use the wide gold
trim. It weighs down the look of it.
Also do you have sources for the ruching going down the front center
vertically? Often the emphasis is on the width of the bust, so the
horizontal ruching works, but the vertical take
I like the ruching but agree the smaller gold trim is better. Why not
put the small trim with the ruching?
Kate
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:20 PM
To: Historical Costume
S
I really apreciates your thoaghts, many thanks.
Its just because i dont think my boxpleating is looking the way i want it to
look.
The look i want is this:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/sofie1.htm
And maybe i should not stitch down the pleats flat in each side, but let
some of the pleats float
At 20:01 30/04/2007, you wrote:
If you would give me your 2 cents, i would be very pleased.
I spended this day desiding wich trim to use on the red francaise
dress i am going to make. But desided i have not yeat!
On the left side i made box pleatings with a tiny gold trim in the
edge. On the ri
If you would give me your 2 cents, i would be very pleased.
I spended this day desiding wich trim to use on the red francaise dress i am
going to make. But desided i have not yeat!
On the left side i made box pleatings with a tiny gold trim in the edge. On
the right side i have made the trim ruc
How right you are!
Kathleen
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From: "Carmen Beaudry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] hand rolled hems
Sorry for the late reply myself, but.
I'm doing some silk organza
I use a nice hard square pillow; have used the pin method, but also picked
up a modern (and cheap) Third hand gadget that I pin to one corner and have
lots of room to manipulate the piece at hand. This winter, I found a repro
sewing bird that attaches to a table edge (ie. a wooden tray stand) a
> how to make it easier and faster. And I hit on something this
weekend. As
> long as the finished part is longer than my forearm, I can pin the
edge
> under my right elbow (I'm right-handed) on a table, and hold the
> unfinished part of the hem in my left hand, rolling the hem toward me
with
Ah, this is a 'Josephine" I had not yet come across; must add it to my
summer reading list.
Kathleen
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Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] What Q. Marie A. w
Is there such a place? Wow, so would I!!
Kathleen
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To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] What Q. Marie A. wore to the Revolution
Yes
:-)
I love this
Sorry for the late reply myself, but.
I'm doing some silk organza scarves (not historic, before anyone panics
[1]). The fabric is 60" wide, so the hand rolled hem is very long - and I
hate hand-sewing with a red passion, so I'm always trying to figure out
how to make it easier and faster.
On Apr 29, 2007, at 3:22 PM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Dear Melanie,
No thot those, what i ment was this:
http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1560/
MildredCooke1562.html
To me it looks really like embroidery, you can even se that there
is used deeper shades of silk in the cente
Hello. Rank amateur that I am, I need some advice about selecting fabric for
my Tudor wardrobe (1530-1560ish) from you textile experts. FashionFabrics
has silk twill on sale and I was wondering if it would be appropriate for my
period, and if so, what for?
In the near future I'm planni
Sorry for the late reply myself, but.
I'm doing some silk organza scarves (not historic, before anyone panics [1]).
The fabric is 60" wide, so the hand rolled hem is very long - and I hate
hand-sewing with a red passion, so I'm always trying to figure out how to make
it easier and faster. A
In a message dated 4/30/2007 11:09:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was not aware until I had read this
that Josephine lived through and survived the revolution
And her first husband went to the guillotine.
Josephine was an EXTREME clothes horse! Always over-s
I've not read this one, but just finished reading "The Rose of Martinique"
http://tinyurl.com/2ppcjp, a biography of Josephine Bonaparte. There are
some interesting anecdotal notes about fashion through the revolution into
the directorial period, empire etc. I was not aware until I had read this
Yes
:-)
I love this book, and i think the author made a terrific job.
Also a danish princess who was going to make peace between Sweden and
Denmark had a very expensive trouseau. Her things were send by more than 50
carriages of clothing, furniture and other things, she could not live
without,
>I sent a file with illustrations to the original poster
>privately, since this list doesn't take attachments.
>It also helps to use a >sewing clamp as a third
>hand to keep the fabric taut.
>
>Melusine
>
May I also request a copy?
This thread came up at a very good time for me, I already have
I have been reading "What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution" and have
been captivated by the author's thesis re the effects of 'fashion/anti
fashion' had in many aspects of 18th Century France. "Buy French" is an
early theme and her arrival as the Dauphine-ellect plays out much as
featur
On Apr 29, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 17:07 29/04/2007, you wrote:
Melanie,
What are the diaphanousthingscovering her lower sleeves?
Looks like the artist was going for a soap bubble effect or
something...
Laurie
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/UnknownLady50.jpg
Well, the Tudor Royal Stylemaker special is now out all over the place.
It's showing on Showtime a lot over the next couple of week. It's on
Showtime on Demand. It's also on their website, but there it's very small
and dark so can't appreciate the costumes really well.
Get the full schedule of s
I agree. The gold flowers on her sleeve and partlet look to be embroidered.
perhaps raised or padded embroidery/stumpwork.
De
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Dear Melanie,
No thot those, what i ment was this:
http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/FrenchHood/1560/MildredCooke1562.html
To me it looks real
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