Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
No, ME!
Not that I need 14 yards of green wool.
Fight! Fight! Me too! I was going to say: oh, Dawn, it's just not you!
However, it is exactly me! G
I have such visions of a fabric scramble. lol
I haven't used up the wool I have from Pendleton yet, so I'm just watching
everyone else fight. But with a single 14-yard piece I could make an
entire wardrobe of Edwardian day and walking outfits, with mix and several
match jackets and a couple of skirts.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Kitty Felton wrote: Rats, I've been longing for a nice wool dress for church this winter. I wear psudo period stuff to church, and even around the house sometimes. Mostly prairie. LOL thanks anyway. Kitty Well, fabric.com has wool crepe in a variety of nice fall colors for $6.49 a yard Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
!4 yards. 60 wide? Lord ...make yourself a nice, smart looking redingote you can wear out today [even though it's Victorian]. That might take like 6 yards. Make that houpland if you must with the rest. You have enough to make a period and a modern garment. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
I will include myself _out_, as I was recently gifted with a considerable number of yards of a blue/blue foliate jacquard that apparently ran afoul of a forklift while still on the bolt... a big repeating tear, but very close to the selvage, so there is plenty to salvage! Betsy (It's good to have friends in the upholstery biz) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool? In a message dated 10/14/2005 10:26:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fight! Fight! Me too! I was going to say: oh, Dawn, it's just not you! However, it is exactly me! G I have such visions of a fabric scramble. lol Nothing I need or want, so this is totally disinterested, but sounds like a lottery to me! Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Rats, I've been longing for a nice wool dress for church this winter. I wear psudo period stuff to church, and even around the house sometimes. Mostly prairie. LOL thanks anyway. Kitty Dawn wrote: Kitty Felton wrote: have you sold it yet, and how much is the bidding up to? LOL I believe I have found a home for it, yes. :) At least it will go to someone who will love it, and I can move on to something more inspiring for me. Although I was tempted by the livery idea Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
I would use it to make 16th century British dresses for my daughters. Not nobility, merchant class I suppose. I say this without knowing if the shade you have is compatible with that time period, but if it is what I am thinking, then that is what I would do. :) ~Kimberley -Original Message- From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:18:47 -0500 Subject: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool? I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
I'd make this gown: *http://tinyurl.com/9q5nv Sg *Dawn wrote: I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
um, ... send it to me? *grin* it sounds like lovely tunic and overgown type stuff. Althea On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Dawn wrote: I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Althea Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Althea Turner wrote: um, ... send it to me? *grin* LOL! Well, I am willing to part with it for what I paid for it, which is pretty cheap, if anyone is interested. I've been looking at it for a year now and just can't get inspired. Dawn it sounds like lovely tunic and overgown type stuff. Althea On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Dawn wrote: I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... I would make a lovely cotehardie with as many panels as I can handle and a huge skirt! Warm and soft wool in dark green? Sounds heavenly! Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net Everything for the Costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
At 03:51 PM 10/14/2005, you wrote: Althea Turner wrote: um, ... send it to me? *grin* LOL! Well, I am willing to part with it for what I paid for it, which is pretty cheap, if anyone is interested. I've been looking at it for a year now and just can't get inspired. Dawn Is it too late, or can I claim it? No matter what you spent on it. Genie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
It definitely sounds like a good weight for a gown, any time any place. :-) Embellishement can turn it into a higher class. There's that wool mantua at the Met with the metallic embroidery. Lightweight wool is so wonderful for spring or fall outdoor events. It really depends on what you like to do as far as historic activities. It sounds lightweight enough for hoops, for mid-19th century. You didn't mention the width, but depending on the style/period you may be able to make more than one gown. For the second (or third) gown, you could overdye it a different shade. I once discovered, though, that a piece of wool was saturated with the color and would not take any more dye. After using color remover on it, it dyed perfectly. I do like the idea of matching gowns for girls, or you could make gowns for different time periods (if you don't want multiples in the same color). I got some wool like this when a local fabric store went out of business. It's a challis weight. At the moment it's packed away, ripening. :-) -Carol I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Dawn, I just got back from a wonderful three week vacation to England and Scotland with four other SCA friends. We saw castles. We saw cathedrals. We saw Palaces! We saw ordinary people's homes recreated from Anglo-Saxon times (Weald and Downland Open Air Museum) and Tudor Cottages. One thing all this did was to emphasize that we don't usually dress anywhere near warmly enough. So that lovely green light weight wool would be perfect once you have lined it with something to give it more drape and hand. What you choose to line it with will impact on how you can wear it in our usually air conditioned venues (air conditioned as in warmed or cooled to what we think of as comfortable). Stokesay Castle ... You haven't been cold until you have stood in the great hall listening to the little recorded voice for 10 minutes :-) just joking, but...) Wanda Pease Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
No, ME! Not that I need 14 yards of green wool. However, I think I'd make doublet, trews, perhaps a tunic, and a cloak. The cloak, I'd line with a medium-weight linen; t-shirt weight does seem a bit on the light side. Roger Althea Turner wrote: um, ... send it to me? *grin* it sounds like lovely tunic and overgown type stuff. Althea On Oct 14, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Dawn wrote: I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Althea Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
On Friday 14 October 2005 3:45 pm, Joan Jurancich wrote: [snip] Oh, boy! I'd make a middle-class Elizabethan gown and/or a nice day dress for 1840s California. Now there's an idea. I do need another 1870's dress for the live action role-playing campaign I'm in How much did you say you're willing to accept for this fabric? -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] As a general rule, if end users want to smash something repeatedly with a sledgehammer, that's a sign of bad UI.--Bram Cohen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
Ooooh. That lightweight? I'd make a bliaut. Or maybe, I'd just roll around in it for a while (enjoying the ownership and all ;-) I'd embroider the hell out of it, too, in bands around the neck and sleeves I'd make a shirt out of some of the remainder, using the same geometric patterning of an English smock, and then, I'd embroider the hell out of it. Not sure if I'd do polychrome silks, or wools. Or I'd do an 18th century quilted petticoat. Or I'd make one of those 18th century jackets (curacaos?). --Sue - Original Message - From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool? I've got 14 yards of plain medium-dark green (somewhere between emerald and forest) wool. It's lovely and soft and about t-shirt weight. I thought I might make cloaks out of it, but it seems a little light. What would you do? Any time, any place... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
wfranz wrote: No, ME! Not that I need 14 yards of green wool. Fight! Fight! Me too! I was going to say: oh, Dawn, it's just not you! However, it is exactly me! G I have such visions of a fabric scramble. lol -Judy Mitchell ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?
In a message dated 10/14/2005 10:26:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fight! Fight! Me too! I was going to say: oh, Dawn, it's just not you! However, it is exactly me! G I have such visions of a fabric scramble. lol Nothing I need or want, so this is totally disinterested, but sounds like a lottery to me! Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
