Re: [h-cost] Help in dating an image

To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Help in dating an image Subject: Help in dating an image My friend is an archeologist and found this image at a recent dig. I thought this group might be a good resource to help zero in on a date. If you are interested in weighing in, feel free to email me

Re: [h-cost] Help in dating an image

Lia, Can you give us a clue as to the general period the image is from? Is it a photograph, or something earlier? Kate Bunting Retired librarian & 17th century reenactor On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Hansen, Lia wrote: > Subject: Help in dating an image > > My friend is an archeologist and

[h-cost] Help in dating an image

Subject: Help in dating an image My friend is an archeologist and found this image at a recent dig. I thought this group might be a good resource to help zero in on a date. If you are interested in weighing in, feel free to email me at lia.han...@vanguard.edu a

[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] Help requested -Medieval Type Fabric Swatch book creation

  *De-Lurking for a bit, yes it's been a long time since I posted here*           I'm looking for help with creating a fabric swatch book geared to help me understand what modern fabrics would be closer in look or feel to recreating historical garments, especially in the medieval period, although

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

Typical 50s dresses had side zippers, from underarm into the skirt. They're much easier to reach! I used to put them in my square dance dresses (and make many women ask how I got into them!). ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Jun 9, 2012

[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

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

riginal Message- From: McHugh Megan To: Historical Costume Sent: Sat, Jun 9, 2012 11:02 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure I'm missing something here a skirt with 4 gores would usually have seams at oth sides, plus center front and back. So why does the zipper

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

I'm missing something here a skirt with 4 gores would usually have seams at both sides, plus center front and back. So why does the zipper need to jog? However, I agree with not using a back zipper whenever possible because many of us cannot pull them up all the way by ourselves, and it is

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

I just got it.. You don't have a side seam either, do you? I think I would divide up the center back gore so that you do have a CB seam to insert a zipper. Sylvia Rognstad Ezzyworld Custom design & sewing Theatrical costume design http://www/ezzyworld.com Hand-dyed silk belly dance veils h

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

Can you not put it in the side seam? Sylvia Rognstad Ezzyworld Custom design & sewing Theatrical costume design http://www/ezzyworld.com Hand-dyed silk belly dance veils http://www.facebook.com/emeralds.belly.dance.veils.etc  On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Julie Tamura wrote: I'm making

[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

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

>I've tried that but it bubbled - because the thickness of the threads under >the embroidered flowers prevents it from sticking at that point. Since the fusible I/F was too stiff & gluey, can you whip stiitch a organza protective layer over the interior to protect it? I've just done this for a br

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

Do you mean where you cut the fabric it's fraying? Dupioni does that. In actual period gowns, the bodice (at least) is usually flat lined in glazed cotton. The seams are bound in seam binding. Often in a contrasting color. Curved seams are not just clipped to lay flat, they are scalloped (t

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

Regards, Monica -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Katy Bishop Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( Would fray check work? How big are the motifs? Katy On

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

If fray check doesn't work, drop a dot of glue right on the back of the embroidery to hold it. When it dries, it shouldn't have more problems. Magge/Genie On May 18, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden wrote: > Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency gown >

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

> > -Original Message- > > From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden > > To: Historical Costume > > Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am > > Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( > > > > > > Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

rside. > > Could you back it with a lightweight fusible? > > Ann Wass > > > -Original Message- > From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden > To: Historical Costume > Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am > Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( > > > Any helpful

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

Looks gorgeous on the outside but the mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. Could you back it with a lightweight fusible? Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden To: Historical Costume Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding

[h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency gown from a woven embroidered silk dupion. Looks gorgeous on the outside but the embroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. What would you do to it to save the day? It is supposed to be a wow gown and all I feel like doing

Re: [h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie "Scrooge"

Thank you, Joan! That's a big help. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie "Scrooge"

At 05:49 PM 2/6/2012, you wrote: Hello, all. I have questions about a beautiful outfit I saw in the 1970 version of the movie "Scrooge". The lovely Edith Evans portrays the Ghost of Christmas Past, and enters so beautifully dressed! I have to copy it. I know, it's Hollywood (okay, Shepperto

[h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie "Scrooge"

Hello, all. I have questions about a beautiful outfit I saw in the 1970 version of the movie “Scrooge”. The lovely Edith Evans portrays the Ghost of Christmas Past, and enters so beautifully dressed! I have to copy it. I know, it's Hollywood (okay, Shepperton), but it's just so lovely I'm w

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

rical Costume Sent: Sun, Oct 30, 2011 3:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress What my grandmother told me when I was a girl but a little background. she was orn in Virginia in 1882. Her Father was an Anglo-Irish earl, who had elinquished his title to become an Americ

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

Mine was born in Kansas in 1887. Yes on all accounts except for the trousers ; they were a really conservative family. Her wedding dress had been used to make my dad's first suit (I have the pattern, but not the suit). And her trousseau underwear featured a "combination" undergarment with w

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

What my grandmother told me when I was a girl but a little background. she was born in Virginia in 1882. Her Father was an Anglo-Irish earl, who had relinquished his title to become an American citizen, and he became a circuit riding preacher after taking his family to West Virginia and farming

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

My parents used to go to rural PA estate auctions a lot. I have a fair number of farm women's clothes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some from families my parents knew. Most of the jackets and coats, and some of the underclothes, look commercially made. Most of the other clothes

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

I have made this pattern up twice.    It is a one piece dress.  Was very pleased with it.  Did fully line the bodice on both.  The front opening goes down into the skirt about 8"' or so so you step into the dress.  I think it has pockets which I moved closer to the front of the skirt.  Seems the

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

f Kim Baird Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:51 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress Challe-- The Past Patterns dress would be suitable. The skirt closure on the other pattern can be in any seam. Just include a placket and use hooks a

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

Hi Challe, The Past Pattern view you linked to would probably have a continuing button placket in front past the waist to open the waist enough to get it on. The skirt in the other link would probably close in back or on the side, hidden by a pleat. A fold of fabric under the opening would

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

es, rather than a shirtwaist and skirt. And definitely an apron. Kim -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Challe Hudson Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 8:13 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rur

[h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

My sister is trying to sew something completely outside my area of expertise, but I offered to ask for advice here. She wants an everyday gown for a farm woman to wear (in Piedmont North Carolina, in case that makes a difference). These pages have information she's found useful (though she hasn't b

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

The chemise/camicia/hemd looks like it could pass for 1500s except for the eyelet embroidery. http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/CARIANISeduction.JPG http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/VenetianLovers.JPG http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/NewUnknownWoman

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

Cool feature, I was going to guess something a little later than Ingres or around the time of Tissot..The chemise she's wearing looked very mid-19th century. Katy On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Elena House wrote: > Ooo, turns out Google has a nifty new way to search to do an image > searc

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

That's very neat!! Patty -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Elena House Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 12:28 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture Ooo, turns out Google has a nift

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

"Girl in Venetian costume" Closest that i can find to the gown that is Venetian http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/VenetianLady.jpg Ferrera http://festiveattyre.com/research/florentine/flor19.html Florence http://festiveattyre.com/research/florentine/flor15.html The style really

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

Ooo, turns out Google has a nifty new way to search to do an image search: you can drag an image into the image search bar, and it'll find similar images, often the same image but at a different resolution. Using that, I learned that the painting in question is: Ragazza in costume veneziano, 1874

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

Would love to see the thing up close but it looks like a portrait painted from a photograph as was very popular with infomercials a few years back. Style seems to represent an absent-minded person in a time machine who has visited Renaissance, Victorian and 1830s all on the same day ... days ... ti

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

Well, being somewhat familiar with the site in the caption at the bottom of the image, I'd definitely view it with suspicion, as evidenced by this: http://chzhistoriclols.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/funny-pictures-history-disco-duck-what-manner-of-plainchant-be-this.jpg from the same general site..

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

The style of painting looks to be early 1900s, definitely modern. The clothing style looks to be a blend of German and Italian. The hat is German in style. The hair would be in a caul with this type of hat. The camicia/hemd style is seen both in Germany and Northern Italy in the early Ren. The gown

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

, 2011 3:35 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture I'd guess it is Victorian or even 20thCentury. The Renaissance era paintings I've seen seemed to always have the sitter looking out at the viewer. Here you don't see her eyes at al

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of humbugfo...@att.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 3:15 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] help identifying picture Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of humbugfo...@att.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 3:15 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] help identifying picture Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/9/9/330d9013-0b7f-468b-9c3a-b2 2044bb4e02.jpg It s

[h-cost] help identifying picture

Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/9/9/330d9013-0b7f-468b-9c3a-b22044bb4e02.jpg It seems to me it's clearly a Victorian or later representation of a Renaissance style, either Italian or German. But I've never seen it before and have no idea where i

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

, June 13, 2011 2:26 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: 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/di alad

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

Thanks!  Oh, and I wouldn't remove my old sites for anything -- I assumed everything had been lost when I upgraded, and I'm thrilled it's still accessible. Still makes me a little queasy, though.  It is indeed cringe-worthy. Dede --- On Mon, 6/13/11, Guenievre de Monmarche wrote: The Wayback

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

Is there a direct link to wayback.org?  What a valuable resource!  Although... just looked up obsolete versions of my website via the Sempstress link, and... *cringe* Dede ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailma

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

[h-cost] help in finding a website

Long ago I remember a website where one could test trim placements on Elizabethan bodice/gown/doublet. Or something like that. However, I'm not finding it in any of my links. Does anyone else remember this, know where it went, or know if it is simply no longer in existence? Thanks! Rebecca Schm

[h-cost] Help identifying 2 fur pieces.

As suggested, I measured both fur pieces. The lighter one appears to be two critters attached at the center. Each piece measures 19x4. I measured several of the darker ones, and they are all about 16x3, nose to tail-tip. Do any of you reenactors out there have a use for these? I don't do f

[h-cost] HELP!

I am having trouble receiving email from h-costume for the past month. Can someone please forward this to Eliza or please send me privately her email address. Email me at penn...@costumegallery.com . Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costum

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

as available in the 1870s now, so i am going to use it as prescribed. -Justine. -Original Message- From: Maggie To: Historical Costume Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 11:56 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier Get on M&J's mailing list. They frequently have very g

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

can enlarge pieces up to 36 inches wide.? The > trick is to know what percentage to tell the copy operator.? The advantage > of this is that you are not taping many letter sized sheets of paper > together for a pattern. > > Britta/Vasilisa > > > > > > > > --

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

already made the effort with the grid and have the roll of plain paper. Take care and happy Saturday! It's my last two days of freedom before classes start again :( -Justine. -Original Message- From: bphal...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 10:58 pm Subject

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

gether for a pattern. Britta/Vasilisa -Original Message- From: Viv Watkins To: Historical Costume Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 2:34 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier "My other goal for today that didn't happen was to try just the photocopyi

Re: [h-cost] Help!

> knows of that I should enlarge each scaled down peice? If the pieces are 1/4 > scale, would that mean I'd enlarge them 75%? Well, 75% means 75% of the original size, which would be smaller. 100% is an exact photocopy. So, if you want to make it four times as big as the original, you have to pu

Re: [h-cost] Help!

The easiest way for me is to use a yardstick. Copy the pattern piece, cut it out and attach to a corner of a newspaper. Measure in cm. then multiply by 8 or by 4, whichever scale it is. Draw a straight line from that point on the pattern to where the measure ends, lining it up with the corner of th

Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hann,is this your system method?

try this someday. Melody --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Hanna Zickermann wrote: From: Hanna Zickermann Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! To: "Historical Costume" Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:16 PM Hi, there´s a method called radial projection or something like that. Get a rather large co

Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hann,is this your system method?

hop/pi1150199578.htm?categoryId=7   I'd like to try this someday. Melody   --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Hanna Zickermann wrote: From: Hanna Zickermann Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! To: "Historical Costume" Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:16 PM Hi, there´s a method called radial projec

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

"My other goal for today that didn't happen was to try just the photocopying method. Is there any particular number of times that anyone knows of that I should enlarge each scaled down peice? If the pieces are 1/4 scale, would that mean I'd enlarge them 75%? Oy, math definitely isn't my cup of t

Re: [h-cost] Help!

Justine, Hie thy buns to a graphics supply store and see if they have a percentage conversion wheel. It's a wonder. You can take any inch (or pica!) measurement at all, move the outer ring to the desired measurement, and presto, here's your pecentage to enlarge. == Marjorie Wilser =:

Re: [h-cost] Help!

patterns if one has to pretty much redraw each peice!? -Justine:) -Original Message- From: Julie To: h-cost...@indra.com; h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 3:02 pm Subject: [h-cost] Help! Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on using

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scale up. It sort of leaves no purpose to have patterns if one has to pretty much redraw each peice!? -Justine:) -Original Message- From: Julie To: h-cost...@indra.com; h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 3:02 pm Subject: [h-cost] Help! Thank you everyone so much for

[h-cost] Help!

> Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on > using a projector has always intrigued me but the unfortunate thing is > that now days people who would or did once use them are less likely to, > since the upgraded technology has led many to discard the old projector > and

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 12:54 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hi all. Well, I started battling the grid method last night. I started by tracing the pieces onto the 1/4" graph paper and I felt like everything was going great... and I knew exactly how to dive into the n

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..@aol.com" To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:53:40 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hi all. Well, I started battling the grid method last night. I started by tracing the pieces onto the 1/4" graph paper and I felt like everything was going great... and I knew exa

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

ull size patterns. Take care:) Justine. -Original Message- From: Maggie To: Historical Costume Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 11:43 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! No matter how you blow up the one period pattern you have, you're still only getting the pattern that was made for that one person in thei

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s a > place to start, though. > Patty > > > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf > Of Kimiko Small [sstormwa...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:28 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re:

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mise I'll let you know in the morning when I clean up the crafts room. Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine > From: goo...@comcast.net > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:36:41 -0400 > Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! > > Thank you everyone so much for your suggestion

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on using a projector has always intrigued me but the unfortunate thing is that now days people who would or did once use them are less likely to, since the upgraded technology has led many to discard the old projector and adopt ne

[h-cost] Help

Grid square or image blow up only gets you so far. The big catch is your body is not not like the body in the pattern... and it's not just a matter of "grading" to size up. If you're working off a grid pattern made for modern bodies.. grids will work... if you know the original measurements

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

's a place to start, though. Patty From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Kimiko Small [sstormwa...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:28 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! I did t

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

Original Message- From: Kim Baird To: 'Historical Costume' Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 10:42 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Justine-- To make enlarging easier, you can buy pattern paper that is printed with a grid. Or it may be sold as interfacing, not paper. It is white with a

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

Hi, there´s a method called radial projection or something like that. Get a rather large copy of the pattern you want to make and have the scale on the copy. Glue the copy on a large sheet of paper. Choose one point in a corner of the pattern piece and draw long lines from there through the

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

I did that once with a transparency. The only issue is that in some overhead projectors, there is a distortion along the edges, so what may be accurate in the middle, will end up slightly larger at the edges, so you have to keep the image you are drawing in the middle of the field. You can also

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

It's also possible to make a transparency of the pattern page, then put it on an "overhead projector" and project it on to paper or a sheet on the wall. Enlarge it to the actual size you need and trace onto the paper/sheet. I've never actually done this, but if you have access to the tools, it seem

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

Kim Baird wrote: Justine-- To make enlarging easier, you can buy pattern paper that is printed with a grid. Or it may be sold as interfacing, not paper. It is white with a blue grid. There are two versions of this: Quilter's Grid is usually heat-bond non-woven interfacing material with a pr

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illustrations! Kim -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of ladybeanofbun...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am in need of some help from an experienced pattern en

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: Historical Costume Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 6:01 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: "ladybeanofbun...@aol.com" To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday,

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nd amateur costumer On Aug 25, 2009, at 9:01 AM, Penny Roberts wrote: I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: "ladybeanofbun...@aol.com" To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 20

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I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: "ladybeanofbun...@aol.com" To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42:17 AM Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am in need of some he

[h-cost] HELP!

Hello all, I am in need of some help from an experienced pattern enlarging bustle dress maker! I woud like to throw together my first bustle dress, or make for myself a bustle since my budget is not allowing any new acquirements. At one point before I got very enthusiastic about doing this, as

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

MaggiRos, I think this is what was talked about a few years ago that I was looking for as an answer. I am saving your message so I will have it in the future. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

I've always used Stich 'n' Tear. It's not iron-on. You cut a strip and lay it in the seam and sew through it, then tear away from both sides of the seam. Works lilke a charm. It's especially good when lining velvet with satin, which do not like to play nicely together otherwise. And it's heavy enou

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

Many, many thanks to everyone who gave advice about working with organza. I tried the painter's tape method. My son is a painter and all we had in the house was expensive blue tape...it is supposed to stick better. It worked too well. It had leftover bits of tape in the seam that I had to pu

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

>I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza >that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the >sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few >years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me t

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to a

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

Silk paper, baste your fabric to silk paper or the paper florist use to put around flowers, that should prevent the creep and should be easy to get off again Tania --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Land of Oz wrote: > From: Land of Oz > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer > To: &qu

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te: Sat, 9 May 2009 10:22:07 +1000 > From: stils...@netspace.net.au > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer > > Hmm, this is why all clothing should be made of leather or denim...no need > for > stabilizers! > > Still, if you are commit

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Hmm, this is why all clothing should be made of leather or denim...no need for stabilizers! Still, if you are committed, a few things I have had luck with are: Teflon foot (helps reduce resistance between foot-side and feed-side); Stiff but see-through tissue paper on top and/or underneath; and

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Hi Penny, You can use anything from newspaper (which may get black ink so I usually don't use it anymore), white printer paper or tissue paper to act as a stabilizer while sewing organza. Just cut up strips a few inches wide, and put it on top of the fabric while you sew, and it will tear away

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off more easily. Beth Chamberlain "A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life" Henry Ward Beecher http://mysite.verizon.net/bachamberlain - Original Message - From: "Penny Ladnier" To: "h-costume" Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 4:32 P

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Claudine - Original Message From: Land of Oz To: Historical Costume Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 3:06:14 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer I hope someone can prove me wrong, but I don't think there is a tear-away stabilizer that *isn't* iron on. _

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BTW, I can't use the iron-on stabilizer because the organza, because the organza has a plastic type glitter on it. The glitter melt when an iron touches it. --- I hope someone can prove me wrong, but I don't think there is a tear-away stabilizer that *isn't* iron on. Can you use wid

[h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to a

Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion

I believe that Greenberg and Hammer still carry this item. Kathleen -Original Message- From: Sent 1/24/2009 2:01:22 AM To: "Historical Costume" Subject: Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion> tux. The notions list "one cummerbund assembly (two sliders and one >

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> tux. The notions list "one cummerbund assembly (two sliders and one > buckle)". Can anyone tell me what those might be, and where I could find They are parts of the back belt assembly. Why not grab an old waistcoat from an op shop and cannibalise it? -C. -

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In a message dated 1/23/2009 4:37:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, lotsofteap...@charter.net writes: That's it! Thankyouthankyouthankyou. I couldn't figure out how to search to find what I wanted! Here in the DC area, our Hancock Fabrics used to carry those. Don't know if they still do.

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oun...@indra.com > [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Shane Sheridan > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:59 PM > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion > > You would be looking for these: > > http://www.bblackandsons.com/store/

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