Re: [h-cost] Historic sewing conferences in the US?

Robin Netherton wrote: Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote: Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and willing to teach. Different regions

Re: [h-cost] Historic sewing conferences in the US?

Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote: Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and willing to teach. Different regions bring in different peopl

Re: [h-cost] Historic sewing conferences in the US?

Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and willing to teach. Different regions bring in different people. CC 28 next year in Milwaukee

[h-cost] Threads top 10 weirdest dresses

I like the ones that light up. http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/7316/top-ten-weirdest-dresses ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid for a tricorn hat

Thanks all! I'll search out a milinery needle & have a go. And yes, Lynn, it's pretty heavy & dense gold military style braid on a heavily sized, wool felt tricorn, so you're right, the beading needles tremble at the thought. I'm using gold colored silk thread as that appears to be almost invisi

Re: [h-cost] Con Classes

Penny, I bet you, and others from the East Coast could make one happen working together. You could talk to the current and past Deans of Costume College to find out what they do. Kimiko --- On Tue, 6/23/09, Penny Ladnier wrote: > Maybe one day, I will make it to Costume College.  I > wish w

Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid for a tricorn hat

> If I'm thinking of what you'll be sewing, the metallic braid is hard to get > through and those wimpy beading needles won't go through it. I was thinking she was trying to sew on purl. A beading needle should be fine for that. Otherwise I'd couch everything. But that's me. -- Carolyn Kayt

Re: [h-cost] Buillion braid for a tricorn hat

If I'm thinking of what you'll be sewing, the metallic braid is hard to get through and those wimpy beading needles won't go through it. Milliners' needles, also called straws, will go through it and buckram, have large eyes and small bodies. They should accomodate the gold-colored thread you'll us

Re: [h-cost] Con Classes

I agree you have to watch what classes you take. I had a 50/50 experience on the classes at Costume Con. I took one class about the history or timeline of carnival/masquerade patterns. It was fun and educational to see how these types of patterns evolved from the late 1890s to present day. A

Re: [h-cost] Historic sewing conferences in the US?

Costume College in the Los Angeles area. If you are looking for education, I would suggest Costume College.? I went to Costume Con this year and, while the fashion shows are fun, the education sessions I attended were, I thought, sub-par.? I only had to drive up the road, though--I would de