You always are, Cin ;)
== Marjorie Wilser
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On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:42 PM, Cin wrote:
Got a pair of real Victorian gold seed pearl earrings from my
parents.
My sisters gave me Draping for appearal design by Helen Joseph-Armstrong.
So far it looks good.
Tania
--- On Sat, 12/25/10, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote:
From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com
Subject: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?
To: Historical
Two '50s style dresses, made by my unequal-able mother.
A hand-knit, chunky scarf from my sister, plus hanks of her own hair that I
will
make rats from.
A '60s era Reader's Digest reprint of a 1908 Sears Roebuck catalog from a
friend.
A visit from my father...oops, not costume related,
, December 25, 2010 1:19 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?
My husband gave me three costume books:
How the Watch Was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years, by Genevieve Cummins
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in 19th-Century
two shoe calenders. One for home, one for office.
-Original Message-
From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com
Sent: Dec 25, 2010 3:19 PM
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?
My husband gave me three costume books
My costume-related gift, from my wonderful sister-in-law, was a pair
of lace-up Victorian-style boots -- that actually fit my ridiculously
long and skinny feet! I'm thrilled! Those have been on my wish list
for quite a while now.
Congratulations to everyone on the costume-related haul. Great
Got a pair of real Victorian gold seed pearl earrings from my parents.
Very pretty rather dainty. I shall be the belle of the ball!
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Mary Llewellyn mary.m.llewel...@gmail.com
wrote:
My costume-related gift,
My husband gave me three costume books:
How the Watch Was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years, by Genevieve Cummins
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in 19th-Century
France, by Susan Hiner
The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain
1860-1914, by Brent
Well, the aforementioned Med Clothing Textiles #6.
Stella Mary Newton's Health, Art Reason! (to feed my Reform Dress jones!)
And there's SUPPOSED to be a frock coat pattern on the way. That one serves me
right for dithering so long, but both of us had multiple items not arrive in
time
In a message dated 12/25/2010 4:20:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
f...@lavoltapress.com writes:
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in 19th-Century
France, by Susan Hiner
O, I've been thinking about that one. Give us a report! It is new
this year, correct?
Only
No books, this time, but a frame for doing tablet weaving on from Lynn
the Weaver:
http://www.lucets.com/pages/looms.html
--
Cathy Raymond
ca...@thyrsus.com
I'm a little bit disappointed that cat plus Internet doesn't equal
YouTube.— Ben Yahtzee Croshaw
My family and Santa provided me with a few books under the tree today.
Cool Couture by Kenneth D. King, so I can improve my sewing skills. I need to
improve my piping if I'm going to attempt Victorian clothing, and I've never
done a welt pocket and his instructions look good and doable. I also
I only got some small notions in my stocking, but I got the only book I truly
wanted this year: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing by
Kathleen Fasanella. It's not really for historical costuming but will be
helpful since I'm starting a costuming business.
On the other
I got two! copies of High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn
Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Arta
little lack of communication between family members. However, one of
them was purchased 'at' the museum by a BIL who lives in NYC. So,
he's returning it and
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Sandy Pettinger
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 9:48 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?
I got two! copies of High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum
Costume Collection at the Metropolitan
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