[h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Hi, Just wanted to share, i happily got to make the dress before she comes and pick it up friday next week. I dont think i have ever worked so hard in my life before, sewing wise, never a moments piece. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/sofie3.htm Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews

Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Cynthia J Ley
Stunning, as always! Thanks for sharing. :-D Arlys On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:47:34 +0200 Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, Just wanted to share, i happily got to make the dress before she comes and pick it up friday next week. I dont think i have ever worked so hard in my

Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Michelle Plumb
Bjarne, that's breathtaking. Please ask her to take lots of pictures of her wearing it! Michelle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Jennifer Byrne
That is so lovely, Bjarne! You should be really proud of the work you've done. I have started a complicated project that I need to finish by the end of June so I am curious how long your robe a la francaise took you to complete? Jennifer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [h-cost] What R U doing this weekend ?- was Testing...

2007-06-03 Thread Jennifer Byrne
Ah, but now its June: June just rains and never stops Thirty days and spoils the crops. Sorry about the off topic, but I am a huge Flanders and Swann fan! Jennifer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of julian wilson Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007

[h-cost] Reminder -Tudor Tailor Lecture - Tuesday - 6:00 pm

2007-06-03 Thread Saragrace Knauf
Sorry for the cross posts...just a reminder. Tuesday, June 5, 6:00pm The Tudor Wardrobe - Ninya Mikhaila Jane Malcolm-Davies Join The Tudor Tailor for a lively look inside the clothes presses of ordinary and middle class people in sixteenth-century England. Discover what evidence there is

[h-cost] Re: Hand Drycleaning

2007-06-03 Thread Leah L Watts
With regular dry cleaning they put the garment or textile into a machine and agitate it, which stresses it much more than hand dry cleaning, which seems similar to flat washing where you sponge the soap through the cloth. And given the government restrictions on dry cleaning

Re: [h-cost] Re: Hand Drycleaning

2007-06-03 Thread Lavolta Press
I've found places that do it by mail, I just was hoping for a local one. It's really not an unusual process. Museums, antique textile and clothing collectors, and the better vintage clothing stores frequently send antique garments to be hand dry cleaned, since they will not withstand the

Re: [h-cost] Re: Hand Drycleaning

2007-06-03 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Hi, Just my 2 cents, i know that the National Museum, Denmark, has their own cleaning departure, they dry clean their own stuff, and they also take comissions, only it is quite expensive. I know this because the academy of Historical Hairstyles, was payed for one of their catwalks at the

Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Thankyou soo much Arlys. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Cynthia J Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier. Stunning, as always! Thanks for sharing. :-D Arlys

Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier.

2007-06-03 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Dear Michelle, I shall in deed get a lot of photos, she is going to open an exhibition at Gammel Estrup castle about coffe and tea settings trough the ages. Just the right background for the dress. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Michelle Plumb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical