RE: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Sharon at Collierfam.com
Absolutely gorgeous! SharonC. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suzi Clarke Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:09 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays At 13:41 25/04/2006, you wrote: >Hi Suzi, &

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Hi Suzi, Many thanks for this, coming from you makes it even more nice. Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] about sh

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 13:41 25/04/2006, you wrote: Hi Suzi, Yes, they also steamed the bones in 18th century, acording to Janet Arnold. I can bend my wissner boning, so that it gets a curved shape, and it works nicely i think. Anyway, i replaced the thick 2 mm. bones inside with thinner bones 1mm. Its the more so

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
shape, as they are vertical. They would collapse. Thats just my 2 cents, that the shaping bones inside must have ben rather thick and stiff. Bjarne - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [h

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:09:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: they are shaped like the body, and i would say, its the horzontal bones that keep them in shape. Would this not provide heavier boning? ** Good question. Does not real wha

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
TED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays At 13:11 25/04/2006, you wrote: Message: 12 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:35 +0100 From: Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays To: Historical

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 13:11 25/04/2006, you wrote: Message: 12 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:35 +0100 From: Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread SPaterson
quot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays At 21:31 24/04/2006, you wrote: Hello, I am in the middle of making the 1740- 50 stays from -Corsets and Crinolines. My cl

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays - rigiline

2006-04-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 12:12 25/04/2006, you wrote: Dear Suzi, Bjarne and others who do stays I'm debating whether to use the plastic whalebone or rigilene: while the narrowness of the whalebone gives what looks to me like a very authentic appearance (with the narrow rows of stitching) You can buy narrow Rigilene

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays - rigiline

2006-04-25 Thread katherine sanders
Dear Suzi, Bjarne and others who do stays I'm debating whether to use the plastic whalebone or rigilene: while the narrowness of the whalebone gives what looks to me like a very authentic appearance (with the narrow rows of stitching) it is a) a bit more expensive and b) more work. Rigilene howeve

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 10:04 25/04/2006, you wrote: Hi Suzi, Is this your examin of old stays, that you say they are thin? When you look at Hogarts prints, and you sometimes see a pair of stays lying alone on the floor, they are shaped like the body, and i would say, its the horzontal bones that keep them in shape

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
boning? Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 1:33 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays At 21:31 24/04/2006, you wrote: Hello,

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-24 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 21:31 24/04/2006, you wrote: Hello, I am in the middle of making the 1740- 50 stays from -Corsets and Crinolines. My client is a very small person. In making the internal boning, that is shaping the stays i wondered if any here know how thick those would have ben? I am a little concerned that

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-24 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Hi, Thanks, yes felt would be a good solution. Thanks for that idea. Bjarne - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 11:12 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays Beautiful! It doesn't look t

Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-24 Thread AlbertCat
Beautiful! It doesn't look too bad or that it would be uncomfortable to me. Especially with a lining and the bunched up chemise between the bones and the body. But it also can't hurt to put some light padding...maybe just some feltover those bones. __