Re: [h-cost] where to buy lucet?

http://www.etsy.com/listing/151108688/handmade-lucet-cherry?ref=cat_gallery_1 If you spin, stalk that site for spindles - they're amazing. But the lucets are awesome too. Guenièvre On Monday, June 17, 2013, Rebecca wrote: > Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like to

Re: [h-cost] Buying linen

I have to agree regarding GL's fine linen. Their heavy stuff is also nearly indestructible when it comes to things like gambesons, etc that take a lot of beating... Guenièvre Sent from my iPhone On Apr 16, 2012, at 9:16 AM, "jaur...@gmail.com" wrote: > Thanks, this is exactly the info I was ho

Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover

ay real boobs do. I can't get my > Regency undergarments on my dummy, because they do a massive lift of my > boobs (so that I can get a better Regency silhouette; I have the > opposite problem that you have). > > > Claudine > > > >>____

Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover

Has anyone tried to move the bustline (or maybe take the shoulders down?) on their UY dressform? I have a VERY short upper chest, and the boobs on mine are about the right *size*, but also about 2 inches lower than they should be. I've been pondering "bustlift" surgery on it, and whether it would b

Re: [h-cost] 15th c Headdress Help

For those, like me, who had to go look it up, an image of the headdress is here: http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/25836/1/ertk1721.jpg Guenièvre On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Regina Lawson wrote: > I am reproducing the ensemble from the Margaret Fitzgerald tomb effigy, in > St. Canice's

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

The Wayback Machine is a resource from www.archive.org ... Also I think you can ask that things be removed, but it's a bit frustrating for people looking for it later. Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, WorkroomButtons.com wrote: > Is there a direct link to wayback.org?  What a valuable

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

It used to be @ Sempstress.org; it doesn't appear to still be there BUT there's a copy of it on wayback.org http://web.archive.org/web/20090419091243/http://www.sempstress.org/tools/dialadress.shtml Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Rebecca wrote: > Long ago I remember a website where o

Re: [h-cost] Cameras for photographing costumes in poor light?

Another trick, if you can't take a "real" tripod, this is unobtrusive and helpful - http://www.instructables.com/id/String-Tripod/ Guenièvre On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Galadriel wrote: > A trick my dad taught me is that if you can't take a full-size tripod, get > one of those tiny, tab

[h-cost] Value of handmade costumes...

Hi! This is a slightly off-topic question, but as I'm in the middle of the post-Pennsic garb cleaning binge, spending hour cleaning hems and steaming wrinkles gives one a lot of time to ponder the value of the fabric and time in one's garb. So I started wondering whether I should get a rider on my

Re: [h-cost] looking for a picture

It's 15th century, not 16th, but there's a "baby walker" type object in the hours of Catherine of Cleves http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/cleves/manuscript.asp?page=69 Not sure that's the one you were looking for, but... Jennifer / Guenièvre On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Rebec

Re: [h-cost] cleaning up a wool gown

On a "fuzzy" dress, I have really good luck with brushing dirt and such out of hems with what was sold as a pot brush, but is a round, natural bristled brush about 3 inches in diameter. I'd like to find a bigger one, but this one at least is nice and stiff. I got it at World Market. Jennifer / Gue

Re: [h-cost] Sleeve Drafting (Information Guide)

I suspect you might mean this one? http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/Documentation/SleeveClass.pdf Guenièvre On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Cherylyn Crill wrote: > *nods* Yeppers, that was why I was interested in finding the original > website, it discussed some of the 'fit' issues and how ce

Re: [h-cost] looking for on-line article

It appears that Urtatim moved her website from its original location; her articles on Maghrib clothing are all here: http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/courtyard.html#MagribAndalus, and the article itself is here: http://home.earthl

Re: [h-cost] Name That Scandinavian Handicraft

You're looking for Naalbinding - some basic info can be found here: http://www.stringpage.com/naal/naal.html but there's a lot out there on the web. Guenievre On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Ulrika O'Brien wrote: > There is a type of handicraft formerly practiced in Scandinavia that > is neith

Re: [h-cost] Eyelets with a buttonholer?

I've used my Viking with an eyelet plate to do lacing holes on a pourpoint for holding armor (1380ish); it's worked fairly well though a few of the holes eventually ripped with use. Still, the holes didn't rip faster than the garment wore out... Guenievre On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:44 PM, <00217..

RE: [h-cost] Wikipedia as a source

> Susan Carroll-Clark wrote: > >> > >> Wikipedia is not really a good source. If a college student quotes > >> Wikipedia, they lose points. Wikipedia can be edited or information > >> added by anyone. The website started as a copy of a 1910s? > >> encyclopedia that was put online. The owner of

RE: [h-cost] Is this wool flannel appropriate for any costuming uses?

> I don't believe in wool gabardine for medieval clothing; it looks way > too > shiny, even if it is 100% wool. > > Fabric.com does have nice flannels from time to time, though the color > choice > is often too restricted for my taste. The selection varies a lot; they > often >

RE: [h-cost] Plucked, Shaved and Braided

The publisher went out of business; I don't believe any other publisher picked up the book. I'd love to hear otherwise... Guenièvre > Did this book ever get printed? Our library had it listed as "on order" > and now I don't see it anywhere. > > Thanks, > --Charlene __

RE: [h-cost] Sourcing bizarre fabric..

That looks painted, you might could get something almost right but without the leaves and then have fun with fabric paint and a leaf-stamp... Guenièvre > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of katherine sanders > Sent: Friday, March

RE: [h-cost] silk/'natural protein'

I've hand-spun a bit of the soybean fiber, a vegetarian friend bought it for me. It spins up QUITE similar to silk, though in fiber form it has a slightly odd texture - kind of reminds me of the "crunch" of rayon. I haven't made anything out of the yarn, though, so can't comment on final product.

RE: [h-cost] Tudor effigies and women walking

> > This image is direct, and shows what I mean. > > > http://www.jmdsrv1.dyndns.org/tudoreffigies/assets/main/95_137_main.jpg > > > > I had always presumed that the outer gown was longer or the same > length > > than the kirtle worn underneath, yet that seems to not be the case in

RE: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

Do you have publication accounts on the Dukes of Lorraine book? That sounds fascinating! Guenièvre > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Cin > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:29 PM > To: h-cost > Subject: [h-cost] extant ward