Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

Hi, Susan, I take it you mean the agricultural worker's smock? (Smock was also used as a synonym for a woman's shift or chemise.) I've never heard of the outer garment being worn by women. Kate Bunting On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Susan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

You mean the farmer's big overshirt, right? (I ask because "smock" was also used as a term for a woman's shift or chemise, at least in parts of England. Read about smock races sometime.) Do you have the Shire album on the subject? Also try "Dress of the People." I suspect the answer to your

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

While it may or may not have been authentic in the period, I, too, like it for interpreting at events. One can show what the garments looked like (since you are wearing them underneath) and also the whole art of hand sewing--but, as you say neatly and plainly. Of course, as with other

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I've been interested in charity sewing, too, and have found a few references in England. So far, I've had no luck finding firm evidence in the U.S. One of the things on my to-do list is to search the archives of a local Society of Friends meeting (Alexandria, VA) and records in Philadelphia to

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I actually wonder about how charity sewing would fit in to the fancy vs plain sewing rule in Mansfield Park there is one evening (I think they have company over but I can't remember) when Mrs Norris complains that Fanny should be sewing and if she has nothing of her own to work on there is plenty

Re: [h-cost] is h-costume still going?

I'm still here, though do most of my costume talk on FB these days as well. I'd LOVE to be making something (so many things!) but I'm working on a book (not costume related). I've discovered I have time to write or costume, but not both. I am still attending the Tudor Tailor weekend next June in

Re: [h-cost] What's your dummy wearing this season?

Bygonne has been wearing a long sleeved tunic fashioned from two pashmina shawls. It is a sure thing for instant dressup for 2016! Currently on the ironing board is a sweet mini dress for my grandaughter. Found a piece of kelly green eyelash that should suit this 13 year old fashionesta! Of

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Thanks! I've only had one design published so far (the A Second Chance for Mr. Rushworth Socks in the 2014 issue of Jane Austen Knits magazine), but I have a shawl pattern that I'm hoping to publish independently soon. My Ravelry name is LadySylvia; the sock pattern is linked from my

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Maybe, but the family was very much at home in that scene. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com On 12/18/2015 4:02 AM, Elizabeth Jones wrote: I actually wonder about how charity sewing would fit in to the fancy vs plain sewing rule in Mansfield Park there is one evening (I think they have

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Congrats on your pattern publication, Emily and I’ll look you up! I am ever-so-conveniently (but unoriginally) MarjorieW on Rav. :) ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ > On Dec 18, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Emily Gilbert wrote: >

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

Hi, Yes, the farmers smock frocks. That a woman's shift is also called a smock makes it a bit hard to research on the web. I've requested the Alice Armes book, another book by Beverly Marshall that says it has some history, the shire book, and "A Surrey smock: in the Weybridge Museum

Re: [h-cost] Charity Sewing

I vote for fiction. It seems wrong on so many levels. You don’t “cut a hole" in a (new!) stocking to darn. You cut a thread and let it ravel a little. In that day, I suspect making ANY kind of hole would never have happened. You wouldn’t destroy new goods for any reason, much less to make busy

Re: [h-cost] Charity Sewing

There is a reference I've been trying to track down. This is one of those "I heard it somewhere" stories. I asked a couple of groups on facebook with no results, but maybe it will be familiar to someone here. It was possibly from a novel, but I don't know if it's from the era or 20thC historical

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm still here too and sad that it's gone. I tried the Facebook but nothing comes thru. I'm discouraged and not a stupid user. I've been using computers since ARPANET and Compuserve in the 1980s. Regina Sent from my iPad > On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Lots of luck. My long term "guest". Took longer than planned to leave, I had to really clean, repaint, and tell myself no! I don't have guest room! Regina Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Wicked Frau wrote: >> >> I am still here. I have been waiting for

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

Hello Susan, I've sent a reply to the list, but it hasn't appeared yet, so I'll copy it below. Catherine. On 18/12/2015 05:10, Susan wrote: Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I've just gotten