[h-cost] Help with 1890 toque hat

Please can someone help? I am trying to make a hat that I thought was fashionable in 1890 or thereabouts. It is a toque shape on a wire frame and sits at an angle, slanting downwards towards the wearer's forhead. I had the idea that the back of this hat had a rigid band of silk covered buckram

[h-cost] Mardi Gras update

The photos were great Penny! I came across Joe Cain when researching mourning hats a while back and was fascinated by the whole thing! Here in the Canary Islands we are just finishing Carnival too and our funeral service is today...but instead of a person we bury a giant sardine :) All the

Re: [h-cost] Silk ribbon embroidery supplies

Hi Fran I find http://threadart.com very good for silk ribbon. They are reasonably priced and deliver quickly and easily to me in Spain. I suppose the only drawback is that there are only between 30 and 50 shades available in each width which can be a bit limiting if you want lots of tones of

Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 9, Issue 150

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[h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

I had to giggle at this one!! Despite having joined this wonderful group some months ago and having loved every minute of the invaluable advice and discussion, I have to admit that I have a mourning dress from 1865 on my dressmakers dummy...but in 12th scale. It is of black silk taffeta with a