Re: [h-cost] Bran vs sawdust

2005-08-05 Thread Kate Pinner
Sawdust from a bandsaw is much more consistently fine than from a table saw or radial arm saw -- that from a belt sander will be even finer. Try a cabinet making shop or a theatre. Even college maintenance shops. Kate My experience making pincushions (ObCostume: surely these are a fashion

Re: [h-cost] RE: blood stains linens

2005-08-05 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Hi Mark, Really it does not matter that much with this blod stain. It is on my left breastpart, and a gentleman is never to be seen only in a shirt. So i always have the waistcoat and jacket on. Nobody will ever know, except you whom i told you this. Bjarne - Original Message -

[h-cost] Re: Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks

2005-08-05 Thread Cin
The new Uffizi Pitti Palace painting catalog. All the stuff. All color! *All* the stuff? Including Laudomia de'Medici? ..., the picture of Laudonia that's shown in Francois Boucher's book, lives in the Galleria Antichi e Moderna. Different museum. I thought that was at the Pitti, since

Re: [h-cost] Re: Flour Sack

2005-08-05 Thread Kate Pinner
Makes sense that it would be a stronger, firmer feel. I can't image those towels holding much flour. Kate The new fabric taken from a freshly emptied sack of flour has a lot more substance to it. Much more firm and dense. Once it had been made into curtains or clothing, then remade a time

[h-cost] Slightly ot costume fun

2005-08-05 Thread Deredere Galbraith
Tomorrow we will go to a medieval/fantasy fair. Yeasterday I realized that my cute little bunny backpack didn't have a medieval dress! :-[ So today I searched trough my fabric leftovers and made a cute costume for her. http://www.mystictimes.nl/MBunny/Mb.jpg

Re: [h-cost] Slightly ot costume fun

2005-08-05 Thread Chris
THAT is to darned cute! My 6 yr. old now want her sheep backpack dressed up too :0 Thanks for the idea Chris G. Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tomorrow we will go to a medieval/fantasy fair. Yeasterday I realized that my cute little bunny backpack didn't have a medieval

Re: [h-cost] Slightly ot costume fun

2005-08-05 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Friday 05 August 2005 3:28 pm, Deredere Galbraith wrote: Tomorrow we will go to a medieval/fantasy fair. Yeasterday I realized that my cute little bunny backpack didn't have a medieval dress! :-[ So today I searched trough my fabric leftovers and made a cute costume for her.

[h-cost] Re: spot on linen

2005-08-05 Thread Pierre Sandy Pettinger
Here in the U.S., at least, you can get something called a bleach pen. It is a gel form of bleach (so it doesn't run, and only minimally soaks in) in an applicator similar to a felt tip pen without the felt (tiny hole in tip). It is designed for applying to tiny spots on white areas where

Re: [h-cost] Late 15th Century ornamentation and other questions.

2005-08-05 Thread Robin Netherton
Skipping to the most pertinent question regarding the Cluny unicorn tapestries 3. Can these be considered a reliable source or are they more the fanciful creations of the tapestries' designer? The latter, in large part. Overall, the Lady's dresses include quite a number of elements that I've