RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting

Well for one, a man would not hold his "thang" like that to pee. His coat may be turned back but his vest isn't. And the way his body is angled his "thang" must be somewhat long. Most paintings that I have seen from this period are more like the chair painting then the clean concise piss pot one b

RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting

On Mon, 7 May 2007, otsisto wrote: > Where did you find the first pic? as I think it is not the original > but an altered picture. Kind of like the picture of Henry VIII instead > of holding a glove is holding a roasted turkey leg or an Italian > painting of a grandfather and grandson where the g

RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting

Where did you find the first pic? as I think it is not the original but an altered picture. Kind of like the picture of Henry VIII instead of holding a glove is holding a roasted turkey leg or an Italian painting of a grandfather and grandson where the grandfather has a bulbous nose and they put a

[h-cost] Ahem-something interesting

While poking around, I found this picture, and was a little surprised to see what the fellow on the left was doing next to the dining room table. http://tinyurl.com/29t36b In an attempt to assure myself of what I thought I was seeing, I thought I would look it up on Bildindex since sometime

RE: [h-cost]Authentic fabric widths

Since we got on this topic, I would like to recommend: Cardon, Dominique. La draperie au Moyen Age: essor d'une grande industrie europe enne. Paris: CNRS Ed, 1999. Paper. ISBN: 227105592X OCLC: 50663845 It contains some wonderful tables for cloth widths and lengths produced in southwestern E

[h-cost] Embroirdered cuff [was Medieval embroidery]

--- MaggiRos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have a cuff pattern, right? So you trace it > onto the fabric, then cut around it, big enough to > let > you work it in your embroidery frame or hoop. When > you're finished, cut out only the pattern shape. Plus the seam allowance of course! Maggiro

[h-cost] Embroidered cuff

have a question regarding Blackwork. How do you embroider on a cuff? If you make a chemise and want to do blackwork on a cuff whats the best wa y to do it? Lynn Embroidering a cuff depends on what kind of cuff you are doing. As we were talking about Blackwork I presume you are talking about cou

Re: [h-cost] Medieval embroidery

That would be another string altogether. "Let's try embroidered cuff." On 5/6/07, Lynn Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a question regarding Blackwork. How do you embroider on a cuff? If you make a chemise and want to do blackwork on a cuff whats the best wa y to do it? Lynn -- Aspa

RE: [h-cost] Finding shoes?

My son wears girls shoes, mary jane style. http://www.payless.com/Catalog/ProductDetail.aspx?&TLC=Girls&SLC=GirlsCa sual&BLC=GirlsCasualCasual&Width=Regular&ItemCode=34906&LotNumber=041957 &Type=Youth&Popularity=316&DescriptiveColor=Black good luck -annette -Original Message- From: [E

Re: [h-cost] Medieval embroidery

You have a cuff pattern is, right? So you trace it onto the fabric, then cut around it, big enough to let you work it in your embrodery frame or hoop. When you're finished, cut out only the pattern shape. (This saves you from cutting up the actual work.) MaggiRos --- Lynn Roth <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [h-cost] Medieval embroidery

lots of fun embroidery discussion that I missed because I'm not online over the weekend snipped for length, sigh :): > Monochrome embroidery is actually considerably older than the 1400s... Sue, any insights into embroidery meant to be seen from both sides, as on cuffs or collars? That's the real