[h-cost] not a recent book?

And I had my periodicals librarian hat on. When my patron's first words are "do you have old newspapers?", they might mean yesterday's paper, or they might mean 1793! Maria Robin said: Heh. I had my journalist hat on for that one. When I worked on a daily newspaper, anything more than a week

[h-cost] not a recent book?

Robin, dear lady, such a laugh you've just given me! On a list that routinely discusses 500 year old documents, (and even older!) you're saying 2002 isn't recent? Maria Robin said: Not a recent book, but new to me: ___ h-costume mailing list h-

[h-cost] Yippee!!

OOOh, you got it! Can I come over on Monday? Mary Kate/Ailith said: My copy of Moda a Firenze arrived in today's mail!!! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Arrowhead Reinforcement

There are clear diagrams and instructions for arrowheads in these: The New Butterick Dressmaker by Jacques Worth, Butterick Publishing Co. 1927 on pages 204-5 Sewing Made Easy by Mary Lynch & Dorothy Sara Garden City Books 1950, 1952 & 1960 page 247 Almost every sewing book that I've see

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

Well, just at the moment, she's down to the wire supports, having lost 1) a dry cleaners bag 2) the 1970s gauze peasant dress I use for a dust cover 3) my duct tape double shell and 4) the size 6? original molded form. But tomorrow, ah tomorrow...my mother's wedding dress from 1955 - with al

[h-cost] Cleveland?

Hi! I'm in Canton, 60 miles south. Cleveland is in the Barony of the Cleftlands - they are big & quite active. Huge public library system, one of the best museums in the country, universities all over the place - LOTS of research opportunities! Maria ___