Re: [h-cost] where to buy lucet?

2013-06-17 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
http://www.etsy.com/listing/151108688/handmade-lucet-cherry?ref=cat_gallery_1 If you spin, stalk that site for spindles - they're amazing. But the lucets are awesome too. Guenièvre On Monday, June 17, 2013, Rebecca wrote: Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like to

Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover

2011-11-07 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
Has anyone tried to move the bustline (or maybe take the shoulders down?) on their UY dressform? I have a VERY short upper chest, and the boobs on mine are about the right *size*, but also about 2 inches lower than they should be. I've been pondering bustlift surgery on it, and whether it would be

Re: [h-cost] Uniquely you replacement cover

2011-11-07 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
real boobs do. I can't get my Regency undergarments on my dummy, because they do a massive lift of my boobs (so that I can get a better Regency silhouette; I have the opposite problem that you have). Claudine From: Guenievre de Monmarche guenie

Re: [h-cost] 15th c Headdress Help

2011-06-20 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
For those, like me, who had to go look it up, an image of the headdress is here: http://www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/25836/1/ertk1721.jpg Guenièvre On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Regina Lawson reginalaws...@gmail.com wrote: I am reproducing the ensemble from the Margaret Fitzgerald tomb

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
It used to be @ Sempstress.org; it doesn't appear to still be there BUT there's a copy of it on wayback.org http://web.archive.org/web/20090419091243/http://www.sempstress.org/tools/dialadress.shtml Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Rebecca lotsofteap...@charter.net wrote: Long ago I

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
The Wayback Machine is a resource from www.archive.org ... Also I think you can ask that things be removed, but it's a bit frustrating for people looking for it later. Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, WorkroomButtons.com westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a direct link to

Re: [h-cost] Cameras for photographing costumes in poor light?

2011-05-20 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
Another trick, if you can't take a real tripod, this is unobtrusive and helpful - http://www.instructables.com/id/String-Tripod/ Guenièvre On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Galadriel galadrielfi...@yahoo.com wrote: A trick my dad taught me is that if you can't take a full-size tripod, get

[h-cost] Value of handmade costumes...

2010-08-22 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
Hi! This is a slightly off-topic question, but as I'm in the middle of the post-Pennsic garb cleaning binge, spending hour cleaning hems and steaming wrinkles gives one a lot of time to ponder the value of the fabric and time in one's garb. So I started wondering whether I should get a rider on my

Re: [h-cost] looking for a picture

2010-06-05 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
It's 15th century, not 16th, but there's a baby walker type object in the hours of Catherine of Cleves http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/cleves/manuscript.asp?page=69 Not sure that's the one you were looking for, but... Jennifer / Guenièvre On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:09 PM,

Re: [h-cost] cleaning up a wool gown

2009-10-15 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
On a fuzzy dress, I have really good luck with brushing dirt and such out of hems with what was sold as a pot brush, but is a round, natural bristled brush about 3 inches in diameter. I'd like to find a bigger one, but this one at least is nice and stiff. I got it at World Market. Jennifer /

Re: [h-cost] Sleeve Drafting (Information Guide)

2009-10-08 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
I suspect you might mean this one? http://www.mathildegirlgenius.com/Documentation/SleeveClass.pdf Guenièvre On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Cherylyn Crill cherylyncr...@yahoo.comwrote: *nods* Yeppers, that was why I was interested in finding the original website, it discussed some of the

Re: [h-cost] looking for on-line article

2009-03-17 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
It appears that Urtatim moved her website from its original location; her articles on Maghrib clothing are all here: http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/courtyard.html#MagribAndalushttp://home.earthlink.net/%7Elilinah/courtyard.html#MagribAndalus, and the article itself is here:

Re: [h-cost] Name That Scandinavian Handicraft

2009-03-02 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
You're looking for Naalbinding - some basic info can be found here: http://www.stringpage.com/naal/naal.html but there's a lot out there on the web. Guenievre On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Ulrika O'Brien ulrika.obr...@gmail.com wrote: There is a type of handicraft formerly practiced in

Re: [h-cost] Eyelets with a buttonholer?

2009-01-30 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
I've used my Viking with an eyelet plate to do lacing holes on a pourpoint for holding armor (1380ish); it's worked fairly well though a few of the holes eventually ripped with use. Still, the holes didn't rip faster than the garment wore out... Guenievre On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:44 PM,

RE: [h-cost] Wikipedia as a source

2006-09-29 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
Susan Carroll-Clark wrote: Wikipedia is not really a good source. If a college student quotes Wikipedia, they lose points. Wikipedia can be edited or information added by anyone. The website started as a copy of a 1910s? encyclopedia that was put online. The owner of the site,

RE: [h-cost] Is this wool flannel appropriate for any costuming uses?

2006-08-31 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
I don't believe in wool gabardine for medieval clothing; it looks way too shiny, even if it is 100% wool. Fabric.com does have nice flannels from time to time, though the color choice is often too restricted for my taste. The selection varies a lot; they often do have

RE: [h-cost] Plucked, Shaved and Braided

2006-04-20 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
The publisher went out of business; I don't believe any other publisher picked up the book. I'd love to hear otherwise... Guenièvre Did this book ever get printed? Our library had it listed as on order and now I don't see it anywhere. Thanks, --Charlene

RE: [h-cost] Sourcing bizarre fabric..

2006-03-24 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
That looks painted, you might could get something almost right but without the leaves and then have fun with fabric paint and a leaf-stamp... Guenièvre -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of katherine sanders Sent: Friday, March

RE: [h-cost] silk/'natural protein'

2006-02-22 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
I've hand-spun a bit of the soybean fiber, a vegetarian friend bought it for me. It spins up QUITE similar to silk, though in fiber form it has a slightly odd texture - kind of reminds me of the crunch of rayon. I haven't made anything out of the yarn, though, so can't comment on final product.

RE: [h-cost] Tudor effigies and women walking

2006-02-15 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
This image is direct, and shows what I mean. http://www.jmdsrv1.dyndns.org/tudoreffigies/assets/main/95_137_main.jpg I had always presumed that the outer gown was longer or the same length than the kirtle worn underneath, yet that seems to not be the case in this

RE: [h-cost] extant wardrobe inventories

2006-01-30 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
Do you have publication accounts on the Dukes of Lorraine book? That sounds fascinating! Guenièvre -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cin Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 2:29 PM To: h-cost Subject: [h-cost] extant wardrobe