Chris Laning wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyway, sorry to be Devil's advocate; I know some people claim a
medical problem when they just don't want to wear a certain thing,
and it's not up to someone else to insist they can. But what about
people who can't take the pressure of stays /
Rickard, Patty wrote:
E) Would it help me to create a sort of portfolio of the hobby things
I have done over the years with pictures, etc.?
Don't call them hobbies (pay doesn't matter) - they're legitimate skills!
and start thinking in terms of 'creating a portfolio' (removing the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Karolee Smiley wrote...
Think about it... And what did you wear when you were young that
horrified your parents? And what did your parents wear that
horrified your grandparents? And so on...
I lost Karolee's post,
but
Khaki parachute pants (stitched pleats
Deredere Galbraith wrote:
I was thinking of what my next costume would be and I came to an
interesting question.
What would be your dream costume?
If you wouldn't be limited by money or your own expertise.
Well, I think I'd like to have a full-on Victorian - that period between
the two bustle
BB worked on others in the Gold diggers series
liz young
Penny Ladnier wrote:
Last week during my class I showed a clip of the film Gold Diggers of 1933 during my 1930s session. The last song in the film shows the fashions and mentality of the Great Depression wonderfully! My student that
Here's what I think of for American Victorian houses, especially the
painted ones.
http://www.butteamerica.com/pladies.htm
or
the pineapple house on this page
http://www.noehill.com/sf/alta/default.asp
gables
http://community.webshots.com/album/441222666CUBxOm
liz young
Kate M Bunting
cahuff wrote:
What do y'all use (besides the tattered paper list method) to keep track
of your patterns?
I don't have them cataloged; they are sorted into banker's boxes under
my own system.
Historical patterns have their own box - both patterns I've drafted and
ones I've bought.
Folkwear
Marie Stewart wrote:
Nylon broom straw, in red if you can find it. Or regular broom straw,
dyed, or painted.
put a bunch together with a rubber band, make a puddle of glue (hot
glue) stand the bundle up in it.
?
that's what I was thinking of as well, just remember to take the handle
off the
BBC America's Playhouse show has been running the series of 2 hour
Sharpe movies lately. All 1813.
What do you (collectively) think of the costuming, both civilian and
military?
I like it, but what do I know? :)
liz young
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Abel, Cynthia wrote:
Notice if your favorite chain fabric store isn't what is used to be for
selection or not. The real owners may want to close it, forcing
customers to drive further to another store in the chain, or go online.
Like we are going to buy all of our fabric online--sometimes you do
Suzi Clarke wrote:
In discussion with a couple of friends at the weekend, we fell to
talking about when we started sewing.
(snipped)
Oh, and coincidentally to the sewing conversation, we wondered if it was
a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted amateur, or
occasional
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another elizabeth (young)
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
Follow the link
my (almost) local hat store will stretch hats.
liz young (near sacramento)
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
I live in the Denver area and haven't come across any such place. Maybe
I'll check a shoe repair shop.
On Apr 14, 2006, at 4:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/14/2006
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Is it like washing leather?
Bjarne
Possibly, if washing leather is what one uses to wash surfaces that
one does not want scratched.
Gosh, what a tortured sentence!
liz young
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Cin wrote:
To prevent or postpone future foxing, line your linen storage in
buffered papers. I just use an old cotton sheet as the bottom layer
in my cedar closet.
I have two hopeless linen table cloths that I use to wrap the
non-hopless ones in while storing them.
liz young
Yeah, me too. 5' 11 and a size 20-24 U.S. (depending)
Info for those in the US:
I have had good luck at Lane Bryant's - their shirts and blouses are
dreadful, but I have two pair of jeans (in a regular length because I
have relatively short legs) that contain some stretch. Their jeans also
We just had a discussion about this on r.c.t.sewing
It seems that there are shears that cannot be sharpened, shears that
have been so abused (dropped, sharpened by idiots, etc.) that they can
no longer be sharpened, but that reasonably well cared for, reasonable
quality shears can be
Diana Habra wrote:
Also, washing a wool gabardine will shrink it and thicken it up a bit so
it will be less modern-looking. Every little bit helps!
If it is a very fine, tightly spun gabardine, washing will not change it
very much. But it will still remove leftover chemicals.
liz young
Judy Mitchell wrote:
Carolann Schmitt wrote:
It's older than you think!
Here's one source from one of the pioneers: http://www.merrow.com/
From the Smithsonian:
http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/CF
Dawn wrote:
I'm looking for a woven, single fold tape that's used to trim the edges
of felt hats. It's not cotton bias tape. It has a weave more like a
shoelace, but it's flat. (At least on the hat I have). I want to buy
some to finish a hat, but I don't know what it's called. Can anyone help
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/23/2005 4:11:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think frequently they do modern sets and costumes because it's cheaper
Not always...especially with big-wig companies.
It's more to do with making it relevant to
Yep, done it in a Kenmore high-capacity front loader with linen using
Dylon machine dye from the UK.
Worked great.
liz young
WickedFrau wrote:
Anyone have any experience with this? My top loader washing machine is
about to croak. I live in the desert and would like to go with a more
water
Anyone have a source (pref US, but I'm not picky) for 100% wool felt
(for making hats)?
I am not looking for 'hoods' but for flat pieces. I am in the midst of
making a hat from a vintage vogue pattern (which is set up for flat
goods) and am fighting with cheap-looking 20% wool felt.
liz young
Bjarne,
If you were to keep your clay pipe in a small wooden box, padded, would
that help prevent breaking?
liz young
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Dear Ann,
Thanks for this, i could have googled myself, but i hoped that somebody
knew about this.
Well then i could smoke a cigar then, when i
Carolyn Kayta Barrows wrote:
Folkwear doesn't really have a pattern for a Sari, it is simply a really
long rectangle? I'm such a visual person that I was hoping there was
a simple
step-by-step website out there.
You don't need a pattern for a saree - it's six yards of fabric.
Folkwear
Gail Scott Finke wrote:
on 8/1/05 11:49 PM, kahlara wrote:
I also have a question about linens - specifically the blended and synthetic
ones. What sort of successes/failures have been experienced with these
fabrics?
I have used linen blends and find them oppressively warm compared to
Elizabeth Young wrote:
I am making a late 15th century Italian dress,
Unless I use a shaped center back seam,
the bodice gaps at the center back neckline and sometimes at the center
back waist. I have very pronounced shoulder blades and a sway back.
If I want to have a center back seam
Kimiko Small wrote:
At 09:23 PM 7/28/2005, you wrote:
Wooden toothpicks would work as well as matchsticks, and are available
in every supermarket.
-Helen/Aidan
The only toothpicks I seem to find are the round ones with plasticy
things on the ends. I will have to see if I
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