[h-cost] OT: transcription, translation, and ... ?

Editing is probably the most accurate word. I call it word smithing and it's been a big part of my job. Sometimes it even involves translation, like when converting "Chinglish" or "Spanglish" to standard English ;-) Julie -Original Message- Do you mean editing? What it is called when y

[h-cost] Celebration!

That would be wonderful. The names are interesting, but what color IS Dead Spaniard? Or Goose Turd...? Inquiring minds want to know Julie -Original Message- A great idea, Penny. Now, just to complicate your life further, have you thought about linking the name of the colour to an ac

[h-cost] beautifull reproduktions of silks and calicoes

OMIGOSH! These are gorgeous...and the embroidered silk is to die for. Can someone more knowledgeable about European currency give me an idea of what it would cost per meter (I can handle meter, just not the Euro or ca or SEK. All prices in SEK and includes VAT. 1? = ca. 9:30 SEK Thanks Julie ---

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

Mine's just wearing the canvas cover since I never got her to remotely resemble me...with an instructor's help. How do you model rounded shoulders and a hollow chest? A friend and I are planning on making duct tape doubles. Any better suggestions? I know that pinning will be more difficult an

[h-cost] RE: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 80

Do you consider my bag for 100 dollars cheap or expensive? Globalisations is catching up on us. God or bad? Bjarne -Original Message- Having done stumpwork, I consider $100 a reasonable price for the bag. That's the type of unique item that my husband tries to buy me for birthdays, etc.

[h-cost] (no subject)

-Original Message- > > I don't need an insurance inventory, fortunately! Well, everybody might need to claim insurance some day. My in-laws' house burned down in the firestorm in the East Bay some years ago, and it turned out their policy required listing every single item they wante

[h-cost] arsenic

I'm not sure if this was presented as fact or if it's one of those urban legends, but I read that decades after his death, some of Napoleon's hair showed up at auction and was tested for various things. It showed that he had ingested arsenic on an ongoing basis. So was someone trying to poison hi

[h-cost] OT- reenacting was new fabric

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[h-cost] Tudor Tailor....a review

-Original Message- **No relations here, but my comments below** All this oooing and ahhhing over this book has me stumped. I find it a mediocre affair. Not awful or anything, but certainly not great. **I find it clear with good diagrams and lots of color pictures** I find the patt

[h-cost] Help! Need a picture

HELP I need a picture/portrait of someone before 1600 wearing the stereotypical Russian 4 gore cap with the fur brim. I'm looking for a friend - this isn't an area I have much on. Thanks! Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://

[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

Greetings I have always heard that tatting didn't come into use before the 1700s and so haven't been doing it for Tudor/Elizabethan. Yesterday I was told by a lady that needle tatting can be documented to quite early and she said it's mentioned several times in the Canterbury Tales. She also men

[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?

Thank you all for your answers. You reinforced what I thought I knew/remembered...it's out of our period. I've saved your messages and will used when challenged again Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mail

[h-cost] JA POF 4

No one has mentioned what someone told me yesterday--there are color illustrations as well as black and white. I am SO ready for my copy to get here! MaggiRos ** Illustrations?! No, color PHOTOS and nice close up ones. Pictures are even better than those in QEWU!! Wonderf

[h-cost] hair work

Thanks for the recommendation---I ordered the book, surprisingly, Lacis had it for less than Amazon, but it does look like what I need to do this. IT could be a whole new venture for me, esp. since I could learn to make the findings from PMC. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A *** Oops - sorry, I jus

[h-cost] What costume-related gifts did you get?

I got a Steampunk necklace my daughter made for me. My daughter got a Victorian dangly choker my husband and I made from real Victorian buttons and black glass faceted beads. I've gotta get some pictures of these . Husband and daughter got matching Jayne Cobb hats (from Firefly) and yes, he has t

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

She's rather naked right now but we're just out the door for a much delayed trip to LA's fabric district. Wish me happy shopping Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

I'm making a 50's-ish sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted, boned bodice with a gathered skirt. The pattern was designed with a zipper in the center back seam. I've modified the skirt to have four gores. Can I put a zipper in that will have to kink off to one side to follow the gore? What woul

[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

Thanks all. I went to a costumed event today and talked with one of the ladies there. I realized that in the process of cutting my gores I also ended up with a pair of half gores. So DUH! I'm going to put the half gores in the back and then magically I *will* have a center back seam for a zippe

[h-cost] Dang! WTH Happened?

I just finished a 50's sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted boned bodice with a natural waist and a full skirt. I spent a lot of time fitting the bodice snugly to her. After one wearing she can stick her hand down the bodice and the straps are falling down her arms. It's 100% quilting cotto

[h-cost] sewing machine recommendation

I'm jumping in here late. I have a Bernina 830 and 1230. NOT the new fancy one with the same name/number. The 830 is from 1973 or so. I thought the 830 rather than the 1008 was the last mechanical machine but maybe there was one after it. It's a wonderful machine. It was even in the middle sc