http://www.acesewing.com/product.php?productid=17916cat=335page=1
It's available in 45, 48, and 60 wide 500' long rolls starting at $44. The
description sounds exactly like what you've described. However, I've not
ordered it before. You might want to contact them directly before ordering.
Kate
The buttons down the front are mixed - the one at the very top is flat, the
next bunch are balls as are the ones on the sleeves. The ones from about the
waist to the bottom of the pourpoint are flat like the one at the top. I can't
imagine why they're like that.
Kate
otsisto
Mine shipped Tuesday and the extra one that I ordered for a surprise gift was
shipped today. Hopefully it will make it to Texas while I'm still visiting her.
:-)
Kate
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Hi Natalie.
When I wore a corset, I never used a pillow. I'm a 46 DDD and the most I ever
used was several 100% cotton tube sox or a folded and rolled up cotton or linen
tea towel. Both worked well for me.
Kate
Natalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry, I should have been more clear. By
I can no longer wear my beloved Italian gowns because I simply can't bear the
constriction of a corset. I have nerve damage due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
Just wearing a bra is torturous for me. :-( I'd give a lot to be able to wear
my gowns again.
Kate
Which makes me curious. What actual
It kind of depends on what you're using it for.
I have some that I bought from another company and I washed it in warm water
and dried it on low. It has since been washed on gentle in cold water and is
hung up to dry. I made a cotehardie with it.
Kate
Sharon Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's up and can be found here:
http://www.greneboke.com/robinnetherton.shtml
Kate
who's planning to go, too!
Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Christine Shamblin wrote:
Looking forward to it!
I've already put it on my calendar.
You will let us know when the registration
Rather than regular plastic drinking straws, what about using the coffee
stirrer type straws? They would be more of the size of the original beads. They
could be cut, slit length-wise, painted with plastic friendly spray paint, and
then put on the netting.
Kate
Sharon Collier [EMAIL
Do the crosses floating above the heads mean that the person is dead? Just
curious.
Kate
http://www.livinghistory.dk/kavalkade-billeder/image006.jpg
http://www.livinghistory.dk/kavalkade-billeder/image010.jpg
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Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So why do people have so many? Do you not trade in the old one when
buying a new one, which is what I do? Do you have machines that do
different things?
I have 2 that I use on a consistent basis - the old Viking (because it has
embroidery stitches)
Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So why do people have so many? Do you not trade in the old one when
buying a new one, which is what I do? Do you have machines that do
different things?
I have 2 that I use on a consistent basis - the old Viking (because it has
embroidery stitches)
So why do people have so many? Do you not trade in the old one when
buying a new one, which is what I do?
I forgot to answer this part. The last couple of machines that I bought were
from Target and they don't do trade-ins. The Viking was from an estate sale.
kate
Maggie - it only works with IE. I tried it in Firefox and it wouldn't work and
then tried it in IE. Worked fine.
Kate
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or is it this site? www.elizabethancostume.net Dressing Ceciely: An
Elizabethan paper doll.
Catharine
snip
The version of the FAQ currently on sca.org says that they have about 29,500
paid members, but that's still small by publishing standards.
You do not have to be a paid member to participate, however, you must be a paid
member if you fight or if you're an officer.
Figures vary as to
Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
About how many costume/fashion related books or magazines do you own?
I've got a couple of book cases full of costuming books, art history books,
portraiture books and history books.
I've got several pieces that could qualify as magazines -
I corrode nickel-plated needles as well - sharps, betweens, or tapestry
needles. I buy gold plated needles whenever I find them. I got a bunch of them
last Christmas in a set from Jo-Ann's. There was a pair of stork scissors, a
tape measure, a gold plated thimble, and gold plated needles. I've
I think they look like cut out diamonds as well.
Just my .02
ailith
Sharon Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree on them being slashes and small cut out diamonds. I've heard such
slashings were a sign the wearer was wealthy, as they could afford to ruin
fabric with such work
In one of the pictures the bottom of the stand is visible
( http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=14 );
it seems to me to be a wire form holding up the gown from the inside.
Just my .02
kate
Can anyone figure out how they mounted for display the ladies' costumes?
Especially one
I'm sorry that the Gift Exchange won't be happening this year. Even though my
gift didn't show up last year, I did get a tremendous gift the first year - a
new friend. My Secret Santa and I have become friends and are hoping to
actually meet each other next year at an SCA event. :-)
Thanks so
Kathleen,
Are there pictures of your dolls online? I love dolls and would really
appreciate seeing your creations.
With regards,
kate
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I got an email back from the site owner. He says it will be back up
within the month; there's apparently some issues with a museum and Yahoo.
kate
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From: SPaterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, September 14, 2007 4:40 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] What happened to
Well, there was an email link on the page via the Way Back Machine. I've
emailed the site owner; so far it hasn't bounced back, so hopefully,
we'll soon have an answer as to whether it's gone or has just been moved.
kate
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From: SPaterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:
I've seen both Laudomia and Laudonia; one is in 20,000 Years of
Fashion and the other is in an Italian language book about Bronzino.
kate
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From: monica spence [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:53 pm
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Laudonia de Medici
To:
Flash drives die, too, so be warned! I had one with a project for game
design class on it. When I plugged it in, the data on the drive was
corrupt. None of the computers that I tried it on would even see the
flash drive; needless to say, I lost my project.
Redundancy is your friend!
kate
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I agree with Dawn - it does look like a derivative work.
Years ago I wanted to market a needlework design based on a photo from
the newspaper. I did talk to a copyright attorney about it. He said I
couldn't without permission from the photographer. The example that he
gave was the famous photo
Years ago, I visited Germany and was amazed that a good deal of the
country drank soft drinks at room temperature. When I was visiting
Berlin, we went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner. I had a heck of
a time making the waiter understand that I wanted tap water with ice in
it! He looked at
Thank you. A friend of mine is going to make the tulips for me and I
wanted to give her the best image possible.
kate
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From: Bella [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, August 17, 2007 3:13 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510
To: Historical
A dear friend of mine is going to cast pewter tulips for me. Since the
gown that I made is amethyst, silver/pewter will look very spiff. I'm
also planning to color the tulips - a friend of mine makes SCA award
medallions and paints them. They still look metallic, but the color is
nice and even.
Greetings.
I'm looking for detail images of this portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto:
http://www.nationalgalleryimages.co.uk/search.aspx?q=BARTOLOMEO%2C+Venetomode=artistfrm=1
Specifically, I'm looking for a detail of the tulip motifs on the
camica. I remember seeing one, but, of course, can't find
http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa102100a.htm
and page down to the bottom of the article. That's where the links to
the microphotographs are.
kate
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From: Sharon Collier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2007 4:36 pm
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Heat n Bond
I use only Gutermann. Coats and Clark snarls in *all* of my sewing
machines (I've got several - a couple with horizontal spool feeds and
one with a vertical spool feed). I've used Metrosene without incident.
My machines are both foreign and domestic and are antique as well as new.
kate
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Yes! I recently discovered the series and love it. :-) This particular
episode repeats on Saturday, July 14 at 7pm eastern time.
It tickles me that the host sounds so much like John Stossel from 20/20.
Speech pattern is pretty much the same and intonation is very similar as
well.
The shows are
I'm pretty sure the Voodoo Museum is still there. I was in New Orleans just
over a year ago; some of my friends went into the museum, but (IIRC) I
believe there are steps inside which I couldn't navigate.
kate
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From: Pierre Sandy Pettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Look around at garage sales and at sewing machine repair stores. You'll pay
more at the store, but you may be able to get them to keep the machine lower
the price a bit.
I bought my 1904 Singer at a garage sale for $25 years ago; the shop had
the same machine and cabinet for around $100.
10 April 2007 12:05 am, Ailith Mackintosh wrote:
So I think the fabric departments in Walmarts in areas where Walmart is
the
*only* choice are probably quite good; it's in wealthier suburban/urban
areas
where they're likely to fail the fabric shopper.
Not necessarily. :-)
The only Wal-Mart
So I think the fabric departments in Walmarts in areas where Walmart is
the
*only* choice are probably quite good; it's in wealthier suburban/urban
areas
where they're likely to fail the fabric shopper.
Not necessarily. :-)
The only Wal-Mart in my immediate area that will still carry
I have some very fine linen that I got years ago at an estate sale. I have
to wonder if it's the same stuff that's being discussed.
It's so sheer that I can read through it when it's laid on a page. It has
*no* slubs and has a crisp body. I did burn and bleach tests on it and it's
100% linen.
The text in the pdf files are in Czech, but there are some paintings I've
never seen before. And they have pictures of extant garments, too!
http://www.kostym.cz/
Just click on the British flag for English.
Vive omniem diem sit ultimus, ut qui numquam scis ubi ultimus.
Outgoing email
Farah Karim-Cooper of the Globe Theatre Education dept writes:
I am currently looking for two research interns. One for a special project
compiling a costume glossary resource with Jenny
Tiramani; it would entail going to the BL quite a bit and reading early
printed texts-- lexicons and
Thank you *so* much for sharing! The pillow is exquisite.
ailith
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From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:22 AM
Subject: [h-cost] white embroidery
Hi,
As i promissed yesterday, i wanted to let you se
Hi Bjarne.
The 18th century isn't my area of interest, but the gifts that your client
gave you sound amazing! Any chance that you might put pictures up of the
needles (with a modern needle to compare it to) and of the pillow? I just
*love* pretty pillows! :-)
With regards,
ailith
Greetings.
I was wondering if we're going to do a Secret Santa this year. I love the
gifts that I got last year - the most important gift being a new friend!
Thanks!
Ailith
Vive omniem diem sit ultimus, ut qui numquam scis ubi ultimus.
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Greetings.
I have received a request for help:
It seems that in a lot of extant garments, the protein fibers
(wool and silk) have survived, while the plant fibers have not. We can only
speculate that linen thread was used because there are stitching holes and
no thread (and it seems unlikely
Oh, I'm *so* glad that he's ok!
My worry button was pushed in a major way...but then again, my family tells
me that worrying is my job. :-)
With regards,
kate
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From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 3:24
Ah, but the linen-cotton blend is on sale for half off right now, making it
$3.99 a yard. I went yesterday and bought what was left of the white. All of
the linen prints/embroidered, blends are half off. The 100% linen is $10/yd.
Four or five years ago Jo-Ann's did carry more silk, linen and
The white is lighter in weight than the colored stuff. I just finished a
bonnet and shirt for an infant and they turned out just lovely.
The stuff that I bought yesterday is ready for me to make a couple of
chemises. It's comparable to the 3.5 oz. linen from Fabrics-store.com, maybe
just a
The link is no good. It just takes you to one of those generic link pages.
:-(
Darn it!
kate
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] NYC recommendations
One store I have info
Yes! It's lovely stuff and washes up nicely. The hand is a bit stiff in the
store (too much size), but after laundering, it's perfect - soft, yet still
has some body.
kate
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From: Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:
:-D
That's nothing...in Ohio, I can visit London, Paris, Cairo, Lima, Toledo and
Mantua in a day. Of course, some of them are pronounced oddly; Mantua is
Man-ta-way; Lima is Ly-ma like the bean. Cairo and Paris are just wide
spots in the road.
Except for Toledo, none of them have a fabric
Well, duh. I've been through Cambridge many, many times and there's a yearly
SCA event in Oxford that I regularly attend.
My husband tells that there is a Rome here too. :-) Hmm...I just checked
and there are not one, but THREE Romes in Ohio! Looks like all three are
wide spots in the road,
The duh was for me, btw...I should have remembered that they're in Ohio!
kate
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From: Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 462
Well
they are turning into a
craft/decorating store. My local store has less and
less fine fashion fabric while the craft and quilting
sections grows. Last winter they didn't have any wool
at all.
And can someone explain why a fabric store needs a
candy section near the register?
--- Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL
I've been lucky enough to find linen/linen blends at Wal-Mart. And I have to
admit that when I travel, I look for them just so I can check out their
fabric department. I don't particularly like shopping at Wal Mart, but
sometimes economics are the driving force.
But I will still drive to
There used to be loads more Hancock stores in Ohio. A several years ago, on
the way home from Pennsic, I stopped at the store in Boardman. The manager
told me that all of the stores in a 200 mile radius had been closed. So far
as I can see, there are no more Hancocks in the Cleveland area.
I
I got it at a very special price. A friend got them from someone in
Houston and then sold me a copy for what she paid, so it was a good deal
less than what the book's currently going for.
kate
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From: Sharon at Collierfam.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Friday, May 26,
I started sewing when I was 5. My gran sewed clothing and made quilts. I
remember sitting on the floor watching the wheel spin on her treadle sewing
machine. I kept on sewing, making my own halloween costumes. I, too, became
interested in Star Trek and made several costumes for aliens to wear.
My copy of Moda a Firenze arrived in today's mail!!!
I'm so excited!! There are portraits that I've never seen in it AND there's
a page-sized image of the portrait of Laudomia de Medici as well.
Hurrah!!
kate
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Late last night I was surfing the net and clicked on a link that someone
here supplied for Distinctive Fabric. Much to my surprise they list silk
velvet for only $19 per yard.
Being just a tad skeptical (only $19/yard *and* a 100% silk??!!), I emailed
them. This is the response I received:
I found the link in a friend's blog - fabric made from corn. Really!
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12225701/site/newsweek/
Wonder how much it truly costs...
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It's here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
When the page came up, there was no image, but there was a link.
kate
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From: REBECCA BURCH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:49 AM
*snip*
This sounds familiar! I have more shoes than any other man I know.
Most of them cost at least $100, but none of those are suitable for daily
wear! My regular shoes are cheap and I wear them untill I just can't get
away with it anymore. Sometimes beyond that. People often dont
I've got a 4 yard piece of linen that I got at an estate sale that is sheer
enough to easily read through; it's as sheer as chiffon. When I first got
it, I did a burn test and also tested it in bleach and it's definately
linen.
It has a stamped image on it (maybe 2x2) that indicates the
I use a combination of plastic and steel. Just make sure that the ends of
the plastic are rounded (easy to do with kitchen shears). The combination
works just fine for me and I wear a 26-28 US size.
My area of interest is 16th century Italian (just about everywhere except
Venice).
With
: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Gestational Stays
Quoting Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Yes, please! I'd love to see possible Eleanor of Toledo.
The tinyurl is the link to the same page .
Well, it's definately Eleanora (I found this one on the web somewhere
Yes, please! I'd love to see possible Eleanor of Toledo.
Thanks.
kate
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From: Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: Gestational Stays
Quoting Kathy Page
Take a small circle of fabric and do a running stitch around the edge; pull
the thread tight til the circle made by the thread is about the
circumferance of your little finger. Make sure that the raw edges are tucked
in. Flatten.
You have just made your first yo-yo. Make a jillon more and
I, too, have heard that men's hoods did not button, but last January, I went
to an exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art. There was a Burgundian themed
exhibit which had some small statues of monks/lay men with hoods/mantles.
One of them was pulled up and you could see buttons that were on the
I've seen the portrait!! It was the only reason that I made the 4 hour
drive. What an adventure! We nearly got sucked up by a tornado. The car
actually left the road for a brief period of time.
Last year the Detroit Museum of Art was one of the stops in an exhibition
featuring Medici art.
I think it would be fun, too. Count me in.
kate
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Unfortunately, most dvd's from other countries won't play on US machines.
:-(
kate
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From: Kahlara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 5:56 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: Tales From the Green Valley
OOps, sorry about that last message
Yes, it's just $12 - $15 for the whole weekend. It's great that they found a
place that is so inexpensive!
Wish I could go...
kate
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From: Kahlara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:03 AM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest,
Laudomia's listed in my copy of the Pitti's catalog, not shown though. It's
an older copy - I bought it about 5 years ago or so. I'm not home so I don't
know the publication date.
kate
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To: Historical Costume [EMAIL
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