Yeah, the idea of charity sewing adds another dimension…
The situation, theoretically, is a female relative visiting (cousin, maybe),
with no problem for others to darn stockings or socks in her presence, but not
expecting her to work on the immediate family’s old holey socks.
Rather than
Hi all,
Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but
the link below does not work.
Thanks!
-Carol
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to the list for me? Thanks, Susan
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wrote:
Yes, https://www.facebook.com/groups/gbacg/ and each Guild event often has
it's own FB event announcement.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net
wrote:
Does h-costume have a presence on facebook? Someone was just asking for
an
all
Does h-costume have a presence on facebook? Someone was just asking for an
all-era sewing group, not just for patterns, not just for challenges, but a
place to discuss and ask questions.
Thanks!
-Carol
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knew there was
one.
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, https://www.facebook.com/groups/gbacg/ and each Guild event often has
it's own FB event announcement.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net
I like this one the best. Hope, can you get fabric from this source?
-Carol
On Jan 15, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Beteena Paradise bete...@mostlymedieval.com
wrote:
I always envisioned Pomona Green to be more like this color. But that is just
from my own mind's forming and not really grounded in
On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:29 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
Just got back from New Orleans, where we celebrated the 200th anniversary of
the last major battle of the War of 1812. In addition to battlefield
activities, I attended a ball at the Presbytere and a victory dinner at
Antoine's. I think
On Jan 15, 2015, at 12:43 AM, Penny Ladnier pe...@costumegallery.com wrote:
About the NPS not allowing reenactments...I have been following the NPS
reenactments since June for the 150th Siege of the Petersburg. There were
reenactors at all the events. I have been to all of their events.
I found this:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6388262?selectedversion=NBD7528686
for the late 18th/early 19thC patterns.
This
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6388322?selectedversion=NBD7528701
is the 1830s/1840s patterns. I have that one, must be around here somewhere…
There were three, and the
Here’s an Etsy listing with an image, but it’s sold.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/115404544/rare-dress-patterns-pattern-diagrams-for
I found this:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6388262?selectedversion=NBD7528686
for the late 18th/early 19thC patterns.
This
I remember someone doing a survey of images, just not sure if it was 18thC or
Regency. I remember the conclusion being the swallowtail cut — a V-shaped cut.
That way the cuts are 45 degrees and you have two points on the outside edges.
If it frays, then clean up the cuts and add fray check, as
On Oct 21, 2013, at 5:15 AM, michaeljdeib...@gmail.com wrote:
Elastic panels could help bit perhaps adapting the style would be
better. A mesh or sports corset might provide enough give while
also providing enough support for the period.
The problem there, though, is that the gown worn
On Jun 18, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Charlene C wrote:
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Marjorie Wilser
the3t...@gmail.com wrote:
Minor comment on lucets in general. I find the handled ones less
easy to carry around, because they don't fit into a needlework bag
as well. I think the main thing
Hi Lynlee,
It sounds like a beautiful project!
Churches are different as far as how traditional or conservative they
expect everyone to be. The best answer would come from the clergy of
the church where he will be Christened. Otherwise you'll just get
opinions of people based on their own
On Mar 30, 2013, at 8:04 AM, . . wrote:
Also, in the Victorian age, they loved doing exactly what you are
doing - taking antique dresses and outfits to wear to fancy balls.
Do you have any idea how many we lost during that time period?
How many not only Rococo but Elizabethan outfits?
I remember a discussion between a vintage clothing dealer and mostly-
museum-folks at a Costume Society meeting. The vintage dealer is
looking for things in wearable condition, and anything else goes into
the rag bag.
But you never know what you have in the attic. Her rags could be a
John and Cathy Millar are 18th century dancers who have a beautiful BB:
http://www.newporthousebb.com/
Their house is a repro 18th century style, walkable to the historic
area, and they have a ballroom and weekly dances.
-Carol
On Mar 23, 2013, at 7:39 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden wrote:
This was just posted on the Living History Forum,
http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has exhibit catalogs available to read
online. I was just looking over the Age of Napoleon.
-Carol
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Hi Ginni and Joan,
The articles are regarding Orthodox Jews who complain about women's
immodest dress. The solution is for them to wear blurring glasses.
There is a common sp*m going around, links supposedly sent by
friends. It does help to have some lead-in from the sender, so we can
On Sep 21, 2012, at 6:55 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
My question is this: I hand baste all my seams before sewing them
and therefore, have never needed a walking foot. Does anyone here
get any better use of walking feet than basting? (The walking foot
is one I did not buy.) If so, for
I took a class at Colonial Williamsburg where they taught the basic
techniques of wigmaking. We learned how to weave the hair onto
strings, and the strings of hair would eventually be sewn onto the
wig base. It was interesting to learn, but I doubt I would make an
entire wig.
I think the
If the goal is to get the most money possible, I would think Ebay is
the best approach. I believe you can have a minimum or a reserve so a
book does not sell for less than the usual value. There is
information on the Ebay site that explains how the minimums or
reserves can be set.
Hi Rachael,
Sometimes there was a bit of boning in the gown, as well. Even with a
corset, the gown could ride up. Generally it was still whalebone,
split into thinner widths.
Plastic featherboning is supposed to mimic actual feather shafts used
for boning. I heard that from a friend but
On May 16, 2012, at 5:58 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote:
oh, and my DH's theory that the MOST POPULAR items are highly
likely to get dropped, because it's so much bother re-stocking the
popular stuff all the time... customers keep buying and emptying
the shelves, so we have to work harder to
On May 16, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Martha Kelly wrote:
The narrow linen of original shifts has an amazingly tiny and
perfect selvage - less than 1/8. When the seams are run by hand
just inside that selvage, it's a thing of beauty and a joy
forever. It's impossible to reproduce exactly unless
On Feb 7, 2012, at 9:32 PM, Franchesca wrote:
It is definitely worth discussing the different corsets made, give
an overall difference, then let the students change their minds
later if they want to make one or the other.
I agree with Franchesca. If students decide to make different
On Nov 29, 2011, at 7:31 PM, cc2010m...@cs.com wrote:
In a message dated 11/17/2011 1:00:47 PM Central Standard Time,
h-costume-requ...@indra.com writes:
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:24:16 -0500
From: Natalie natali...@gmail.com
Someone suggested to me once that cutting strips from a milk jug
There's not much risk of tearing, since a doll won't move. You could
use the metal on its own. Maybe even cut up paperclip or hairpins.
-Carol
On Nov 30, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
What about thin metal, encased in hot glue to prevent fabric tearing?
Sharon
-Original
Interesting — in 18thC reenactment, I heard that you did not tie
anything under your chin unless you had a chin to hide. I don't know
if it came from an 18thC source, because various folksy things are
shared in reenactment.
-Carol
On Nov 13, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Linda Walton wrote:
As
and are eager to discover what the future will bring.
Please join us!
-Carol Kocian
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/
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There are usually photos of the events through the year, which
includes the proms and any other dances. My yearbook would definitely
work as a source like that. The formal portraits for seniors did have
the draped velvet, but there were plenty of other photos in the book.
-Carol
On Oct
Great links, thank you! The Telegraph has a second set of 2011
costume pix.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8753493/
More-Miss-Universe-2011-national-costumes.html
It's a far cry from the quasi-historic things they used to do. I like
how many of them seem to be
On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:16 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I haven't ever tried this, but I read years ago about a designer
who actually buries the ends of the trims in the fabric--bascially
using them like giant threads and pulling the ends through to the
wrong side.
Ann Wass
Kenneth
Hi Natalie,
The overhead projector is one option.
The other is to use paper with a grid on it. Drafting supplies may
have it, sometimes sewing supplies, or in desperate states you can
draw your own grid on the large paper.
The patterns in the books may or may not have grids on them. In
Blanche Payne has scale drawings of patterns. Her History of Costume
book is where I first started back in college. :-)
Norah Waugh's books: Corsets Crinolines, Cut of Men's Clothes and
Cut of Women's Clothes all have scale patterns, too.
Are you looking strictly for drafts taken from
Hmmn, looks like I joined by 1997. That's the earliest year of H-cost
saved messages I can find, and I may have joined earlier. Joining H-
costume was one of the first things I did after getting an e-mail
address at work. ;-)
When did Penny compile the directory of H-costume members? I was
On Aug 7, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
Yet, some noncostuming email lists I am on are so active, every
single day, that there is no way I can follow all the messages.
including a couple of majordomo lists.
Is it because costume is visual? For your other e-mail lists, are
I added a comment to the page about a lot of that info.
-Carol
On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:05 AM, Kate Bunting wrote:
...and, of course, before the 20th century if you were having an
illicit affair and hadn't much time, you made love with most of
your clothes on!
Kate Bunting
Librarian 17th
Hi Michael,
What era are you aiming for? Victoria was around for a long time and
the ideal shape changed through those decades. Gores first show up
in the softer corsets of the early 19thC. Having the right shape of
the corset makes a difference in the finished look of the outfit.
My
!
Michael Deibert
OAS AAS LLS
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 24, 2011, at 6:45, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
Hi Michael,
What era are you aiming for? Victoria was around for a long time
and the ideal shape changed through those decades. Gores first
show up in the softer corsets
anymore.
All the nasty arguments bitter recriminations have been made. Find
the old fights in the archives. Discuss it you'll see a wave of
unsubscribes.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net
wrote:
- Where do we draw
- Where do we draw the line between what is acceptable as
historically accurate vs historically authentic?
- With modern sewing skills and fads (such as zippers), where do we
encorporate those skills to aid in construction of period garments,
or do we insist on using the period methods?
On Mar 11, 2011, at 8:06 PM, Michael Deibert wrote:
[On a side note, history of costume would be of little help to a
fashion design major - unless it covers the history of modern
fashion or period fashion is become a mainstream revival without my
knowledge.]
When I was studying fashion
Looks like this person makes them:
http://www.sugarpetals.com/body_stockings.asp
Search under mesh leotard.
On Feb 17, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Rickard, Patty wrote:
Need it be mesh? - skin toned leotards should be easy to find.
http://www.fromthetopdancewear.com/store/product.php?productid=16492
18thC stockings have been discussed in detail on a few different lists:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricKnit/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cWoman/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FandIWomen/
What you saw are probably frame knit as opposed to hand knit. Here is
a link to a pair, and
I don't know if it's related at all — when Robin Netherton
demonstrated making a gothic fitted gown, she might or might not use
front and back gores depending on the figure of the wearer. If I
recall correctly, wide hips worked well with the flare at the sides,
and for a straight figure,
I read once that you can heat up a Barbie and squish her body into
the shape you want. I don't know anything beyond that, but since
Elizabethan tended to flatten and the 18thC effect is pleasing
mounds, Barbie's original shape is not quite right.
-Carol
On Jan 14, 2011, at 12:30 PM,
For 18thC stays, which have straighter lines than the later era
corsets, a possibility for making a muslin is to use cardboard.
Ordinary heavy fabric won't have the vertical stiffness. The
cardboard will help determine if the stays are too long, digging into
an armpit, etc etc. And, of
Congrats and thank you, Penny!
Has it been that long? I remember back when you did the directory of
H-Costume members. Was that around the same time?
-Carol
On Jan 6, 2011, at 4:40 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com
penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:
Today our The Costume Gallery Websites
Not much in the way of historic costume, but I did have a recent
project of making hemmed squares of novelty prints around Halloween
and after. :-) The frightening thing is, I discovered that wearing
one as a kerchief adds a few degrees of extra warmth, so yes, that's
me wearing a
Yes, that's exactly what I need them for, computing in a cold room.
Tipless gloves? :-)
I'm sure we could wear regular gloves, but then our fingers might
slide and cause (more) typos. Considering the gloves I find often are
too short in the finger, cutting off the very tip would still fit
I think the textile techniques are interesting, but would prefer that
the discussions relate back to historic costume. There are certainly
a lot of things to discuss regarding the winter holidays — special
outfits that people had for the season, and also fancy dress or
theatrical items
On Nov 11, 2010, at 1:52 PM, Chris Laning wrote:
Both of these, alas, pretty much boil down to questions of money.
Museums are increasingly understaffed, and often can't spare the
time for their curators to do much research on what something
really is and how it should be labeled. Also,
It's a funny thing, since the Costume Society of America says it's
all costume, even what I'm wearing right now. :-)
For many people, costume is for Halloween and theater, so most
groups who have specialized clothing for other purposes will pick
another term. Any word we choose can
You may want to check E-bay to see what similar items are going for.
As special occasion clothing, wedding dresses do tend to be saved.
They have more sentimental value to people in the family than to others.
Is there a drycleaner who specializes in wedding dresses who can
assess the
On Oct 11, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Kate Bunting wrote:
Laurie T wrote:
The chemise in the painting seems unlikely to have a drawstring
neckline.
Any thoughts on this?
We discussed drawstrings on shifts/chemises a few years ago, and
the consensus was that before the 18th century they all had
Hi Robin,
If he's working class, long trousers would be fine. I
understand going with breeches since that reads more as a historic
costume.
Stockings: get black stockings and black shoes. I know in the
1770s, servants wore colored stockings. Possibly they looked cleaner
than
Hi all,
I just noticed this morning they re-enabled the comments for the
fashion photo contest. They were disabled for a few weeks, maybe
because of administrators on vacation. Also five more entries have
been added, again I assume they were in on time but not approved
until now.
Oh well, those are the hazards of contests. :-/
Actually I think together they make a cute costume group — St.
George, the princess and the dragon.
It's a funny thing, I can remember getting to the point in making
clothes where friends assumed they were purchased because they didn't
...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Carol Kocian
Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 4:26 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume
Oh well, those are the hazards of contests. :-/
Actually I think together they make a cute costume group - St.
George, the princess and the dragon
Deadline Today — Fashion Photography Contest
My photos are up! Please view and comment. :-)
http://www.visitorreview.com/fashionphotographycompetition/22Plus/
RememberingJeremyFarrell
Also friends recreated Collete's Miss Tipapin:
Great link, thank you! The cut off date for entries is July 16th. I
hope to see more H- and F- costumers there!
-Carol
On Jul 13, 2010, at 5:58 AM, penny1a wrote:
Please HELP! I have entered a fashion photo contest sponsored by
the Museum
of Costume/Fashion, Bath, England. I have
Spot on, Robin!
Also I remember the days before styrofoam was prevalent, and we
would take home the extra bread in a napkin in mom's purse. Posh
restaurants (with the cloth napkins) would wrap the leftovers in
foil, and if you were lucky in the shape of a swan. I saw that on
Look for My Double. There's at least one on Ebay, bid is over
$100.
It's thicker and harder to bend than chicken wire. The My
Double is meant to be formed around one's body and then stays firm
enough to be able to drape on it.
I learned to make forms in a museum with
On May 19, 2010, at 11:09 PM, Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote:
This is the sort of embroidery I am talking about--a circle but not
the entire keyhole: http://img193.imageshack.us/i/dsc6499k.jpg/
This is the Consort's outfit, which you will notice lies nice and
flat when you arrange it to
There are two different issues here. One is copyright, regarding
making a copy of part of a book. There are other ways to get the
information, for example Inter Library Loan or looking at a friend's
copy. Or asking the friend if the book contains a particular thing.
If one is
On May 13, 2010, at 3:08 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Coming late into this discussion, I have found myself wondering
about how commercial companies (say Waverly) go about reproducing
fabrics from the historical perspective (say Winterthur or
Williamsburg). Permission to copy?? Permission
On May 13, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
I see the internet/emails/ h-costume list as a group of friends.
Whenever I see something about an e-mail list being a group of
friends, I imagine sending a party invitation to the entire list...
No, not quite. :-) I see many
A request — please update subject lines when you change the
subject! With such a varied range of interests, it helps people to
know which posts they want to read and which ones to skip.
The fabric on your site is lovely and I'd hate to have people
miss it.
Thank you!
On May 12, 2010, at 6:42 PM, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
Tell me one thing. How would be the situation if I asked the museum
for close up photos of the fabric? I would do the design with help
of these pictures. The result would be the same. Maybe I will do
it, I will ask the museum for close
On May 6, 2010, at 7:43 PM, landofoz wrote:
Has anybody got any suggestions on an 18th century accessory that
would use only one metre of velvet (something to keep warm would
be good as July is the middle of winter for those of us in the
southern hemisphere)
Denise B wrote,
Would a
There are salons that specialize in long hair, conditioning
rather than cutting. While they may also have modern sensibilities
regarding styles, they do know how to handle long lengths. The idea
of bringing a picture or two is a good one.
The George Michael Salon in New York
Congratulations! Were you able to find out about hand-tinting
of stereoviews? Would it have developed at a different time than hand-
tinting single photos?
-Carol
On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:35 AM, Penny Ladnier wrote:
I am now the VERY proud owner of the photo. I finally decided to
taught thread. Her work resembles
crocheted lace more than knitting. Had to get my 2Cent worth.
It's amazing how much comment this thread has engendered.
Cheryl Odom
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Carol Kocian wrote:
I'm more curious about the woman who appears to be knitting
something lace
The same activity, as in needlework? They each seem to have a
different project. The one on the right is sewing / mending with
black thread on green fabric. No embroidery hoop. The one second from
the left, knitting? And the far left lady has an pointy thing but we
can't see what
On Feb 14, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Charlene Charette wrote:
This is an excerpt from P. Hilleström's A Conversation at
Drottningholm, 1779 (I wasn't able to find a detailed picture
online, so I scanned this from a book):
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ol-58sQg9RMLMYpBYDFiBg?
On Feb 10, 2010, at 4:53 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
No, with our sewing skills, we could make new old photos, and
pose them any way we liked! I have a friend who knows how to do the
old colloidal (sp?) type of photography..
(grin) Sharon
How about the med student who can
I've heard of post-mortem photos that are taken of the person
in a coffin. Are there other examples of them with a dead person
posed sitting up?
There is something on the side of her head which could be a
barrette or could be a head prop or rest of some sort. It does not
look
Hi Penny,
It's still a little tricky — I see jpg artifacts — it's
different than if you had the photo and did a hi-res scan yourself.
The white pixels around the flower stems could be from sharpening the
image file. I see the same effect between the man's sleeve and the
background,
With either use of the word, though, it seems that the book was
not quite right in the order of operations. It's definitely out of
order for a wringer. I'm not sure what they mean by blued and
starched by hand. Blueing is added to the water, and even using
spray starch these days
On Jan 13, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Alexandria Doyle wrote:
I can help but think that running the basting line will take nearly
as long to do as doing the couching. I know it won't, I just
finished the pearling on the collar and I had the pattern drawn out
of muslin, and basted to the black
On Jan 3, 2010, at 5:58 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
You are right, Chris, that the link is helpful; what I was
originally trying to point out in my response was that if only
there were a precise color guide, we could describe colors and be
understood perfectly by our correspondents
On Jan 1, 2010, at 9:32 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
For one thing, it's Pantone who recommends that the swatches be
replaced every year. I'm only on my third Pantone fan, and I've
been working with them for 15 years. When I've replaced them I've
compared the old and new swatches. They don't
On Jan 2, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Kimiko Small wrote:
Then may I suggest we drop this topic asap? Please?
Kimiko
I'm still interested in hearing other experiences with using
color systems regarding historic costuming.
One other benefit for those who work with printers — if it's a
On Jan 1, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
On 1/1/2010 12:39 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Then there's the Pantone system for printing. Trouble is, they change
the colors according to popularity, and the swatch books are
expensive.
Pantone doesn't change the colors as far as I know,
On Jan 1, 2010, at 6:27 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
Fran is correct regarding Pantone, however the books are expensive
and recommended to be replaced every year. It was developed
specifically for the printing industry — there are some basic ink
colors that are mixed in various combinations
That was my thought, too — not a single twisted tube, but
faked somehow. I thought it might be cut into a separate piece for
each twist, but I suppose two strips could work as Sharon suggests.
How about that front embellishment? Is that like a really tiny
spaghetti strap, maybe
Hi Laurie,
I'm looking at making do with Butterick 3640, view A. I do realize
that this is one of the Big 4 companies' silly attempts at
historical accuracy, and therefore, not period correct. Some of it
I can live with, and some I can fix. I'm trying to decide what
really needs
Test it first. I once had some teal wool that I wanted to dye
navy, and the dye did nothing. Then I treated it with a color
remover, and got a school-bus yellow, which took the navy dye perfectly.
Whatever that teal dye was, it saturated the fibers so nothing
more could be
On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:29 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
Yes, that is the infamous chemise gown and would have been made of
lightweight linen or cotton--supposed Marie Antoinette adopted the
style worn by the Creoles in the hot and steamy Caribbean. It is
possible that, during the time, an
That's a chemise dress. It would have been linen or cotton.
Yes,they made it that sheer back then.
On Aug 12, 2009, at 9:34 PM, Laurie Taylor wrote:
Hello,
My mad scramble to get myself ready for Costume College left me
with a new
goal, but I'm very uncertain about fabric.
I
On Aug 11, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Michael Hamilton wrote:
My wife and I are living in Italy for a few years, and have made a
goal to go to Carnevale in Venice next February.
What a wonderful opportunity!
I've been searching the web for examples and patterns to work from
for her gown.
We are used to certain rules in dress, but sometimes ethnic
(anything not English) will break those rules. The image you showed
looks like a jacket. There were stays with detachable sleeves that
are meant to be an outer garment, up to the middle of the 18thC. For
17thC, there are
On Aug 4, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
I really can't see reading Twitter, it sounds like my idea of Hell.
You add each person you want to follow — so you can control
the signal to noise ratio. I imagine it's handy for people who are
away from their computers for most of
Don't they offer beards outside, like the stoning scene in Life
of Brian? :-D
-Carol
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On May 9, 2009, at 8:11 AM, debloughcostu...@aol.com wrote:
But period correct fabrics are more than available (easily), like
fulled wools, (admittedly I do live near several of the best wool
mills in Europe),
Must be nice! :-)
It's all a matter of compromise — the correct
Judges of competitions have a difficult job of determining
which compromise is better than another, not to mention comparing
work portraying different time periods!
On May 9, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote:
Don't start thinking one period is compared to another period in
On May 8, 2009, at 1:53 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote:
Of course, there are periods where a raw edge is more authentic
than finished edges.
But if you'd documented the lack of seam finish, and if your other
hand-sewing was good, the lack of seam finish would have looked
deliberate, not like
The purpose of the point over the left eye was so the musket
barrel would not hit it.
There are probably caricatures of hats being worn back on the
head, but the fashion was straight.
I remember hearing that 17thC hats were round rather than oval,
and the distortion when
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