Have you run across this site?
http://www.cma.org/explore/department.asp?deptgroup=3display=recNo=360
De
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I can't help on the subject of cost, but I can certainly say I'd welcome
such classes. I occasionally embroider but not at your level, and I used to
make bobbin
In a message dated 11/28/2005 11:59:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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And another possibility is using it to make 'found lace'...random
sewing/embroidery on a soluble filament that you wash away after you are
done with the machine part
And another idea, if you
Hi Cin, I do a lot of hand basting with silk thread to prevent
shifting. Sort of in a ladder pattern both vertical and horizontal.
I will review my Threads articles on sewing with velvet. I don't recall
any recommendations to do so, but I suppose you could shear the velvet
seam allowances
In a message dated 11/28/2005 10:12:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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although I haven't yet attempted to make anything period.
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The actual construction of this jacket would not be too hard or too removed
from any modern jacket.
Applying the
I usually put tissue paper between the layers. That discourages creep and also
seems to enable the pile to move out of the way of the needle rather than
getting squished under the thread, so the seam doesn't really show after
sewing. But I haven't got a trick to deal with thickness, other than
I live in Everett WA and Costco has a great iron (can't remember the brand -
and I'm at work - drat!) that I think is equal to the Rowenta that I have, and
about half the price.
It's got a 'computerized' setting selection LCD (I think that's what it's
called) with up/down buttons to select
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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:05:14 -0800
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Subject: [h-cost] Irons
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I think my 28yo GE iron is giving
Hi Cin!
Actually, you can steam velvet if you have one of 2 things:
1) a nail board -- this is the safest option, but they are very expensive, and
tend to come in 4 square sizes, which are simply frustrating to work with.
(IMHO)
2) You can iron and steam velvet if you put the pile face down
I'm coming in late on this as I had heistated to comment, but now feel like
tossing in my two cents worth as well.
I saw a production of Tristan and Isolde several years ago that left a lot to
be desired. I'm not sure of the intent, but it was distracting as the costuming
was from more
I'm for it.
-E House
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Hi, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in me setting up a
webpage with the gift exchangees and their gifts so we can see what
everyone got?
Saragrace,
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WickedFrau wrote:
Hi, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in me setting up a
webpage with the gift exchangees and their gifts so we can see what
everyone got?
Fine by me, though folks without a digital camera might be at a
disadvantage.
Dawn
While I usually make porcelain dolls from soft-fired greenware, a
friend recently gave me a 24 Paradise Galleries Native American doll
because she wanted the beautiful costume and hair ornaments for a doll
she had made and is not a sewer.
I want to dress the doll as Pocahontas(Matoaka)either
big very fluffy towels work too.
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Hi... ummm, I hope that I am doing this right. My name is Katy and I am a
college student who signed up on this list a long time ago more to learn
then to participate. But I was reading about ironing and thought that I
might put in a word.
I once did the ironing for the priest on my campus
Subject: [h-cost] ironing
I once did the ironing for the priest on my campus (the linens we use at
mass and such). He had washed them but did not put them in the dryer. To
keep them wet he kept them in the ridge and then while you ironed you not
only took out all wrinkles but also dried
I've been sewing for my granddaughters for Christmas and have come across,
again, something that has long bothered me in most commercial patterns. The
sleeves have elastic in them and the directions say, Cut elastic to a
comfortable measurement. Now, the girls are in Florida, and I am in
I stuff my pincushions with half-scoured wool fleece. Wash it enough to get
rid of the pasture but not so much as to strip the lanolin. Keeps pins and
needles sharp and lubed longer than anything else I've ever used
-Brenna
I'm wanting to make a decorative pin cushion for a Christmas
Ironing? Ironing? Did someone say ironing? I am anally retentive when it comes
to ironing -- if it does not have a crease you can cut bread with, it ain't
ironed.
I guess it all goes back to my childhood, my first holidays job at a large
industrial laundry, work that included preparing formal
That sounds like a great idea, I think one of the photo sharing websites
might work best as we can allow multiple people to upload their own photos.
I've used http://www.myphotoalbum.com/ for the amiperiodornot photos
(http://amiperiodornot.myphotoalbum.com/) because it allows voting and
It's not the pattern company's fault that your granddaughters are in
Florida.
I have the same problem if I'm sewing for my daughter while she's at
school. I NEVER use the measurement given in the pattern (if there is
one) for elastic. I measure directly on the body in question.
In your case,
In a message dated 11/29/2005 6:42:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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If none of those will work, just guess and err a bit on the large side.
They can always use a safety pin.
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Measure a kid that is close to the size of the girls...y'know, your
Why don't you have the girl's mom loosly measure their wrists?
Elastic specs are tricky in a factory. If something is too tight it will not
fit or sell.
Best Regards-
Dame Catriona MacDuff
(Monica Spence-- designer and patternmaker for kid's swimwear)
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Thank you, Bjarne, for your suggestion. Can any of those magazines be
bought in the U.S.? They sound interesting.
Roscelin
Hi Riscelin,
My embroidery magazines have many different pin cushions to make and they
all have fiber fill in them, like polyester fill. It looks like vatting
This question is probably for the native historical French speakers
in the crowd.
I'm reading a friends circa 14th c manuscript by Robert Grosseteste
wherein he gives a rule for clothes (livery) worn by servants. I'm
puzzled by one word. Here's the original in transcription:
Commandez ke vos
Court outfit. she's age 20 and died a few months after this portrait.
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1001/poca_pic.html
De
Who lives a few miles away from decendents of Pocahantas' sister. And one of
them at age 20 looked like Pocahontas.
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I want to dress the doll
Deredere, One of the advantages of using cotton embroidery skeins is that
each skein is made up of 6 strands. These can be broken down to the strand
width that is more pleasing to your taste.
However, it has been my experience in doing white-on-white that three or
four strands will probably be
Greetings Katheryne,
If your offer of some wool is still open, I would be very happy to receive a
bit of it. It doesn't matter about the color of the wool since it will be
packed in to the pin cushion covering.
Roscelin
If you don't mind what color the wool is - I have some 'raw' brown
What I want to know is, is anyone waiting till Christmas to open their gift?
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
WickedFrau wrote:
Hi, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in me setting up
a webpage with the gift exchangees and their gifts so we can see
what everyone
Ann, don't take this the wrong way, but how would you feel if the
pattern companies responded to you and gave you an average that didn't
work for your grandkids? I know it is not always easy to get parents
to accurately measure so I deal with my nephews the same way Kim does.
I leave the
I think this is a great idea. I will look into it further and get back
to everyone!
Sg
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
That sounds like a great idea, I think one of the photo sharing
websites might work best as we can allow multiple people to upload
their own photos. I've used
But of course! O:-)
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What I want to know is, is anyone waiting till Christmas to open their
gift?
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On Tuesday 29 November 2005 12:57 pm, Diana Habra wrote:
Hi, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in me setting up a
webpage with the gift exchangees and their gifts so we can see what
everyone got?
Saragrace,
What a cool idea!
Doing such a page would have the advantage of
On Tuesday 29 November 2005 9:17 pm, WickedFrau wrote:
But of course! O:-)
Lavolta Press wrote:
What I want to know is, is anyone waiting till Christmas to open their
gift?
Whether or not the individual recipients do wait till Christmas to open their
gifts, I do think that any gift
Earlier this year, both of us were working on velvet
elizabethans. Pierre's doublet has some of the same problems. He
used a thick towel, but in some places you can see iron squishing. I
much prefer the real needle board - yeah, they're expensive, but they
work SO-O-O-O-O much better. You
I'll open mine on Solstice. ;o)
If I can wait that long.
--Sue
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] What about a gift exchange picture page?
What I want to
The toe is the flax that is thrown away from sheathing. Go to a period
farm for it.
Look for it called tow, as in tow-headed for a flaxen-haired blonde.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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I took one of my pin cushions apart lately and found no less than 31
needles stuck insideI thought I had a needle eating monster (I know I
have a sock eating monster!), now I know where to look next time!
My grandmother was a weaver, and said one mustn't make a pin cushion out of
fabric
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