I know that dresses from this era (in America) were piped, and almost all
self-piped, around the armscyes, and the back seams, but does anyone have
a reference or a photo showing a solid piping with a print dress (or even
anything refering to contrasting piping, for example, black piping on a
light
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From: Lisa A Ashton
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 11:26:12 AM
Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses
I know that dresses from this era (in America) were piped, and almost all
self-piped, around the armscyes, and the back seams, but does anyone
looking. The gown is from 1867.
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> From: Lisa A Ashton
> To: h-cost...@indra.com
> Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 11:26:12 AM
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Hi, Lisa -
Piping is not an absolute, but it does appear in almost all adult dresses
c.1860-1865: in the armscyes for stabilization and strength and at the
waistline and neckline as a finishing technique. The curved back seams are
usually not piped; what appears to be piping in photographs is top
Thanks so much--this is really helpful. I am making a reproduction 1861
dress, but I used green piping instead of self piping, because it picked
up the tiny amount of green in t he small print on a dark blue
background, and was one of the few decorative elements. I look forward
to meeting you at
Carolann,
I'd be interested to know which direction the tuck is formed- an inny
or an outie :) ?
I have used the technique to induce a curved back seam in a
gentleman's overcoat I altered to a frock coat; my tuck was an inny. I
did not topstitch it; folding the seam to stitch it down wou
al as well, but was Mrs. L's favorite.
You can see a tiny picture of it here:
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=696&pagekey=710
-Laura
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500
From: Lisa A Ashton
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject:
isa A
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From: Laura Rubin
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:27:14 -0800
The National Museum of American History has one of Mrs. Lincoln's
dresses that is a heavy purple velvet piped along every
my next
> go-around with this pattern of dress. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A
> -- Original Message --
> From: Laura Rubin
> To: h-cost...@indra.com
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:27:14 -0800
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> The National
Marjorie said: I'd be interested to know which direction the tuck is formed-
an inny or an outie :) ?
The tuck is folded toward the center and upper backs; I guess that makes it
an "innie". I do have photos of original garments with tucks that like
seams, but this list doesn't support attachments
Yep, that curved back seam _should_ be a real seam, but in my project,
it was a falsie to make the coat look plausible :) It tapered to
nothing at its termination in the armhole.
Thanks for the clarification on the tuck!
== Marjorie Wilser
On Dec 15, 2010, at 7:17 PM, Lists wrote (in p
I work with the Reed Homestead clothing collection (Townsend, MA). At least
one 1850-60 dress has fake "outie" back side seams. The back bodice is one
piece.
Don't know if that helps the discussion at all...
-Dede O'Hair
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nventional as well, but was Mrs. L's favorite.
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> > You can see a tiny picture of it here:
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http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&e
xkey=696&pagekey=710
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> > -Laura
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> > > affirmation I Was looking for. I"ve never seen where they piped
> > the front
> > > darts, but it IS quite attractive, and I may well try it on my
> > next
> > > go-around with this pattern of dress. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A
> > > --
a dresses
> > > > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:27:14 -0800
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> > > > The National Museum of American History has one of Mrs.
> Lincoln's
> > > > dresses that is a heavy purple velvet piped along every seam
> with
> > > > whi
Costume Con 29 is over. And I won major awards with the Civil War era
dress of Sarah Ballou, in a historical presentation we called "The
Letter". At some point I may be able to put up video ofi t, but I must
say that we pretty much had everyone in the audience in tears (even the
tech crew got wee
Congratulations on your win!
Marjorie
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Third Place, Royal Ascot 2009
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On 3 May 2011 15:40, Lisa A Ashton wrote:
> Costume Con 29 is over. And I won major awards with the Civil War era
> dress of Sarah Ballou, in a historical presentation we called "The
> Letter". At some point I may be able to put up video ofi t, but I must
> say that we pretty much had everyone
Congrats, Lisa-- can hardly wait to see it.
== Marjorie Wilser
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
On May 3, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Lisa A Ashton wrote:
Costume Con 29 is over. And I won major awar
Thank you Kristin! We really felt like we were "chanelling" the Ballous,
we weren't anxious or nervous, we just took a deep breath backstage, and
knew who we were. And I"m still excited about Civil War era clothing; I
bought hte 1861 Paletot coat pattern at the 18660's conference and am
looking f
Lisa,
Your costumes were were wonderful and a treat to photograph. Your
presentation of the CW costumes were very moving!
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
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Lisa,
I was just looking on your CW dress. The piping looks great and matches the
print perfectly.
Penny Ladnier, owner
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Thanks! It took me 4 fabric stores to find the exact right shade of
green for the piping--the green that is part of the dress print actually
has a great deal of yellow in it and was hard to find.
It was a great masquerade and I am thrilled with how the presentation
came out.
Yours in coustming,L
I believe this is you? at about minute 20:45,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUACCHaNgE
very nice.
chimene
On May 3, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Lisa A Ashton wrote:
> Costume Con 29 is over. And I won major awards with the Civil War era
> dress of Sarah Ballou, in a historical presentation we called
Yes, indeed.
And thank you,, all of you who helped answer my questions and encouraged
me (I did give hte H-costume list credit in my Bibliog.!)
Yours in cosutming,L isa A
On Sat, 7 May 2011 01:19:16 -0700 Patricia Dunham
writes:
> I believe this is you? at about minute 20:45,
> http://www.
Lisa,
I am working on the photos that I took of you at Costume-Con. I applaud
for doing an excellent job in matching your fabric prints up on your dress's
seams. WOW! Matching up prints is such a lot art. I also converted a
couple of your photos to black & white. I think you will be pleased.
Hi Penny--
It was great to see you again (although I think you didn't recognize me
at first),, and your photos are anticipated. I was very lazy about
taking photos myself because I Was so busy otherwise--2 big competitions,
including hte Historicala with pre-judging, 2 tech rehearsals (although
t
Lisa,
I heard a rumor that an entry in the historic category had an entire
notebook of documentation for their costume. Was that you?
Penny Ladnier, owner
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Hi Penny--
Yes, that was probably mine. In my defense, it's not that unusual to
have a notebook--and I had only 5 pages of actual text about the costume
pieces, and the remaining pages werefilled with drawings, diagrams of
specific parts (I.e. the dropped armscye, the pleating on the skirt), and
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