>Can anyone who may ever have made or helped with the making of Chinese
garb of previous eras give me a hint on making the undergarment that
creates the "Water sleeve" look that is used in opera?
>I am attempting to replicate the look of this for a non-opera purpose.
In an online article about t
On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Cin wrote:
...I know where there's going to be a trunk show of vintage Cantonese
Opera costumes from the Cantonese Opera Society of Sunnyvale at the
end of September. You can probably get a look at original garments of
this type.
andy
And you're just going to tease
>...I know where there's going to be a trunk show of vintage Cantonese
>Opera costumes from the Cantonese Opera Society of Sunnyvale at the
>end of September. You can probably get a look at original garments of
>this type.
>
>andy
And you're just going to tease instead of actually telling us where
Thanks so much - I knew I'd seen your beautiful work before but
couldn't find the link again! This is going to help me so much!
Many many thanks, Aylwen
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In the 16th Century, many blackwork designs were created to display a
different pattern on the reverse side.
That is s cool! There simply is no end to the ingenuity of needle work.
*
That's just beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I may never decide to do that
kind of work, but it is a pleasure to see someone else do it!
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I've made the chemise and the gown, although I didn't finish the sleeve
embroider
I had a cotton sweater that I wanted a different color. (It was raspberry.)
I soaked it in dye remover and it turned a strange yellow-ish color. Turns
out it had first been treated with something which would make the raspberry
color more vibrant. Or something along those lines. Anyway, I never coul
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From: A Gardiner-Garden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [h-cost] Blackwork in Lady in Green
To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I will be at Highland war this weekend where it is currently 106F. I
was wondering if anyone on the list who knows how to finger braid
will also be there and willing to give an impromptu class? I would
love to learn. I have downloaded some instructions and will be
trying to self teach but a
I think it was posted here a few weeks back, but just in case you don't have
it, there's a nice hi-res version of this at:
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/microsites/theartofitaly/object.asp?row=13&exhibs=CITAFLORO&item=14
or if that link doesn't work,
http://snipurl.com/1q4zn
Not my era/area,
In the 16th Century, many blackwork designs were created to display a
different pattern on the reverse side. I expect this is an example of
this work. To duplicate without learning the specific stitch pattern,
two layers will be required.
Connie
At 11:30 AM 8/30/2007, you wrote:
Hm... t
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From: "A Gardiner-Garden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:00 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Blackwork in Lady in Green
I am working on a reproduction of the garments from the portrait of the
lady in green
Hm... the needlework on the inside of the chemise collar is different
from the needlework on the outside of the collar. I would have thought the two
would show through to the other sides, unless the white linen was much heavier
than I expected. I wonder of there is an innerlining between
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi,
Why is it that when i click the link, i only get a blank page, saying
the site is under construktion?
There were spaces in the URL when she posted it. It should be:
http://www.geocities.com/ailithmac/ladygreen.jpg
Dawn
Hi,
Why is it that when i click the link, i only get a blank page, saying the
site is under construktion?
Bjarne
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Bla
At 07:00 30/08/2007, you wrote:
I am working on a reproduction of the garments from the portrait of
the lady in green at http://www.geocities.com/ailithmac/
ladygreen.jpg . Before I spend time working out the blackwork pattern
used on the smock/partlet collar, I thought I'd check here first to
Many thanks to those who answered my question. I really appreciate your
help.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
www.costumeencyclopedia.com
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I am working on a reproduction of the garments from the portrait of
the lady in green at http://www.geocities.com/ailithmac/
ladygreen.jpg . Before I spend time working out the blackwork pattern
used on the smock/partlet collar, I thought I'd check here first to
see if anyone has already don
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