[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 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

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looking. The gown is from 1867. > > http://s522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/my_stitching/Piping%20example/ > > > > > > From: Lisa A Ashton > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 11:26:12 AM > Subject: [h-c

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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

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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

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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

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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 Message: 13 Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500 From: Lisa A Ashton To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject:

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isa 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 The National Museum of American History has one of Mrs. Lincoln's dresses that is a heavy purple velvet piped along every

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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 > > The National

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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

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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

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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 ___ h-costume mailing list h

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nventional 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&e xkey=696&pagekey=710 > > > > -Laura > > > > > > Message: 13 > >

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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 > > > --

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a 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 seam > with > > > > whi

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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

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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

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Congrats, Lisa-- can hardly wait to see it. == Marjorie Wilser =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= "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

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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

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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 www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Cost

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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 The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/10

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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 The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pa

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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