[h-cost] Your family and costuming genes

I was re-reading Margo's post and it got me to thinking...How many of our family members are enjoying costuming since we became a member of h-costume? Or maybe inherited the costuming gene? If so what kind of costuming? All my kids like getting into costumes...sometimes for no real reason. We

Re: [h-cost] Your family and costuming genes

Hmm... My mother was a great one for sewing, being of that generation who could make their own clothes regardless of the stupidity of the patterns of the day. She was also pretty good at firing pins across the room as she worked rather than use the pin tin. I spent my childhood pulling pins out

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My girls always liked playing in the Shop with their friends and were on easy call for public moments.? The 'quiet one' got to be a Wooly Mammouth in Skin of our Teeth and she did a couple of stints as the Easter Bunny at a local mall. Then she joined the Grundge crowd for a couple of decades.

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My son enjoyed doing SF and fantasy costumes on stage with at SF cons when he was younger (he is now finishing law school). My daughter, not so much, although she clearly liked that I could make her a HAlloween costume on the spot and do makeup. My Mom could sew, but she never understood going

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My husband's family all were in school plays as kids; they also entertained the family by putting on skits, making costumes out of anything that was to hand. One sister sewed but the other didn't until recently. Their mom was always supportive and helped sew costumes for the cast past high school

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I love costuming and productions for recitals or plays. My mom tried to teach me to sew so many times but I'd start then toss it aside when it didn't turn out right. I really started sewing quilts and baby clothes for my first daughter. Hand stitching for most of the baby clothes. I learned

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My mom was of the generation where more or less all girls learned how to sew. She was, I would say, competent, and she helped me to get going. My father’s mother was a really creative seamstress. I didn’t spend much time around her, as she lived far away, but I must have inherited some

[h-cost] Fwd: Your family and costuming genes

Sorry--I forgot to sign that. Ann Wass From: annbw...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: 1/20/2011 6:02:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time Subj: Re: [h-cost] Your family and costuming genes My mom was of the generation where more or less all girls

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I think I come by the basics leading up to costuming honestly. My mom like so many in the 50s was expected to sew made her own suits outfits for all us kids. My dad, the pro fine arts photographer, taught me awareness of color balance, mood, lighting composition. As I've been called in as

Re: [h-cost] Williamsburg Costume Symposia

I'll try to remember to bring a red magic marker. :-) I signed up at the end of December--and am hoping to hear that I got in to some of the programs that are wait-listed. If the tours and such are already full, it sounds like there will be a lot of us there. Suzanne in Iowa On Jan 20,

Re: [h-cost] Williamsburg Costume Symposia

I believe I heard the cap is 220, as that is what the auditorium holds. I look forward to meeting some new people. Ann Wass In a message dated 1/20/2011 9:25:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sovag...@cybermesa.com writes: it sounds like there will be a lot of us there.