OT: Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-19 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
Anybody else finished the new Harry Potter yet? Yowser! Yeah, I agree with you there! Phew! (Incidentally, HP is the reason I'm so late in answering many threads... every time one comes out, the world stops turning...) ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-17 Thread Sue Clemenger
Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait! It get more "yowser" the farther into the book you go, which would go a long way to explaining why I read it straight through. --sue (Ravenclaw '78) Cynthia J Ley wrote: I'm at Chapter 9. Yowser is right! Obligatory costume content: Did Elizabetha

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2005-07-17 Thread Betsy Marshal
AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question I'v been at my sister in law's place and we bought the book on sat at sometime in around 12pm, but i have only got about an chapter read as the little ones (7 and 4 year old) keep wanting me to read it to them when

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-17 Thread jaurbik
al Message - From: Sue Clemenger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, July 17, 2005 0:51 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question > Yup. In one straight shot, this morningalthough I did get a > couple > of chapters into it last night, after I walked home from the >

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2005-07-17 Thread Helen Pinto
KP wrote: It's not just his term: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ouch Very cool. A new, accurate, but obsolete, word. Thanks, -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/m

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-17 Thread Cynthia J Ley
I'm at Chapter 9. Yowser is right! Obligatory costume content: Did Elizabethans use hatpins? Arlys On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 20:20:42 -0700 (PDT) Kathryn Parke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not just his term: > http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ouch > > Anybody else finis

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2005-07-17 Thread Dianne and Greg
- Original Message - From: "Kathryn Parke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question > > Anybody else finished the new H

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Sue Clemenger
Yup. In one straight shot, this morningalthough I did get a couple of chapters into it last night, after I walked home from the bookstore. (What can I say? I'm Auld. I fell asleep! ;o) Wow, what a book. Hope we don't have to wait two years for the next one. OCC: I'm thinking of an outfit

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kimiko Small
At 08:35 PM 7/16/2005, you wrote: Steve Millingham got the word from my customer who got it from me, who got it from Annie the Pedlar who did the research for my Elizabeth figure. I imagine she has sources for it, as she did a great deal of research before making the jewellery for me. Suzi I

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2005-07-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Kimiko wrote: >> I also need "ouches" or > something similar for the hats I am working on > >OK, I'll bite- what are "ouches"? > -Helen/Aidan That's what the creator (Steve Millingham) of the jewelry replicas calls "dress jewels (ouches) ". I am not sure why he calls them that, as in

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Saturday 16 July 2005 11:20 pm, Kathryn Parke wrote: [snip] > Anybody else finished the new Harry Potter yet? Yowser! Yes, I have and yes, Yowser! indeed. And if we say more we'll likely be lynched--and not just because it's grossly off-topic. :-) -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "S

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kathryn Parke
It's not just his term: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ouch Anybody else finished the new Harry Potter yet? Yowser! KP Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 06:15 PM 7/16/2005, you wrote: >Kimiko wrote: >> I also need "ouches" or > something similar for the hat

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2005-07-16 Thread Susan B. Farmer
> > > > http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/Images/colourpics/8486.jpg ? And do > > > > OOh! I've never seen that painting before! Do you have more information > > about it? > > http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com/main.htm Yet another painting question. While I was cruising this web site, I foun

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Helen Pinto
Thanks, I recognize the item (way late for me), but I never heard the term before. Maybe it refers to the noise your wallet makes after you've acquired enough for the outfit? -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kimiko Small
At 06:15 PM 7/16/2005, you wrote: Kimiko wrote: I also need "ouches" or > something similar for the hats I am working on OK, I'll bite- what are "ouches"? -Helen/Aidan That's what the creator (Steve Millingham) of the jewelry replicas calls "dress jewels (ouches) ". I am not sure

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Helen Pinto
Kimiko wrote: I also need "ouches" or > something similar for the hats I am working on OK, I'll bite- what are "ouches"? -Helen/Aidan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kimiko Small
At 08:18 PM 7/15/2005, you wrote: I agree that Steve Millingham's work is really fabulous but if your budget doesn't stretch that far look at http://www.sapphireandsage.com/index.html especially the portrait reproduction section, whilst these are not exact replicas (as she doesn't make her own se

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kimiko Small
At 11:36 PM 7/15/2005, you wrote: Be aware that Steve Millingham's pieces are very, very heavy, being pewter castings. I have worked with his jewellery, and in fact some of his Anne Boleyn and Henry Vlll pieces were originally designed for a customer of mine. You could also try http://www.annieth

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread Kimiko Small
At 07:27 AM 7/16/2005, you wrote: The layers go: brooch pin: Spotlight (25NZc each) filigree brass bit: Spotlight ($NZ1.75 each) bracelet plaque with "gem" : e Thing (like a dollar store) ($NZ3 for each bracelet with 6 or more useable plaques) <> Wow, thanks so much for sharing how all that w

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-16 Thread michaela
> > http://costumes.glittersweet.com/sca/valois.htm > I remember when you posted about the jewelry some time ago. I really liked > what you did. I've been wanting to do something similar to your jewelry for > my Tudor project, but all I can seem to find are just the flat brass > findings. That jus

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2005-07-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> At 07:14 AM 7/14/2005, you wrote: > > And where on earth would one find the jewellery? > > > There is a company in England that makes pewter replicas of Tudor jewelry > (and other jewelry things, spoons, collars, etc.), and he notes that he > makes custom pieces as well. > http://www.tudorjewels

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2005-07-15 Thread Elizabeth Walpole
- Original Message - From: "Kimiko Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question > At 07:14 AM 7/14/2005, you wrote: > > And wh

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2005-07-15 Thread Garden
The picture is on my renaissance dress diary page and I've linked to from http://www.flg.es/ficha.asp?ID=8486 and unfortunately its the only picture I can find. Janet Arnold has it in black and white in her book. Cheers, Aylwen ___ h-costume mailing l

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2005-07-15 Thread Kimiko Small
At 08:46 PM 7/14/2005, you wrote: As for jewellery, I've had to cobble mine from various sources (brass filigree diamonds cut down and layered with other finding for brooches and two plaque belts for the girdle and carcanet: http://costumes.glittersweet.com/sca/valois.htm Hi Michaela, I remem

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2005-07-14 Thread michaela
> > http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/Images/colourpics/8486.jpg ? And do > > OOh! I've never seen that painting before! Do you have more information > about it? http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com/main.htm Scroll down, just thought it owuld be nice to show a comparisson between it and other ex

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2005-07-14 Thread Susan B. Farmer
Quoting Garden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/Images/colourpics/8486.jpg ? And do OOh! I've never seen that painting before! Do you have more information about it? Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutiona

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-14 Thread Kimiko Small
At 07:14 AM 7/14/2005, you wrote: And where on earth would one find the jewellery? There is a company in England that makes pewter replicas of Tudor jewelry (and other jewelry things, spoons, collars, etc.), and he notes that he makes custom pieces as well. http://www.tudorjewels.com/ (for

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-14 Thread Sarafina Sinclair
Greetings, A friend and I did a set of 1590s spanish court clothing for the King and Queen of the Midrealm a year or so and we went through easily 100 yards of trim. You could conservatively estimate 50 yards of trim for this dress and still not put as much trim on as you could. I have portrait

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2005-07-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The wise acre answer to that is, how much can you afford? For my Elizabethans I have stopped buying trim in anything less than 10 yard batches and prefer to buy the trim in 20 to 30 yard lengths. As the portrait doesn't show what is happening at the hem (do I count as a true 16th century costum

[h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

2005-07-14 Thread Garden
Hi, I'm feeling lazy, don't feel like getting out the tape measure, its 12:12am here in Australia - maybe one of you on the list has this info in your head - please don't go to any lengths - otherwise I should be the one doing the work - but approx. how much length of trim do you think I shou