In terms of what I'm doing, right now it's making drapes. Or more like,
buy curtain rods, return half of them because they're theoretically Arts
& Crafts style but they're ugly, buy more rods. Buy brass electrical
plates, return half of them because they are a lovely Art Nouveau style
but over
Well, I got my husband the civil war uniform pattern from McCall's for his
some-day Steampunk wardrobe. We haven't sewn for SCA or anything else in years,
sigh. He got me a truckload of period cookery resources, but the next MC&T
isn't gonna' be out until Feb or some-such. A whole buncha' stuff
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From: Lavolta Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Fri, Dec 25, 2015 1:43 pm
Subject: [h-cost] What costume-related gifts did everyone get?
My husband gave me the following books:
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit
Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg
Fashion Plates: 150
My husband gave me the following books:
The First Book of Fashion: The Book of Clothes of Matthaeus and Veit
Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg
Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style, by April Calahan
Regency Women's Dress: Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830, by Cassidy Percoco
and a biography:
Queen Vi