Re: [h-cost] Are you guys willing to test a Facebook business page?

Liked. I didn't get a captcha dialog box, however. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] pseudo historic costume

the only costume sewing I've done this year is for my daughter's 4H costume. http://www.flickr.com/photos/21642...@n06/4833605329/ She fit the costume and made the armor and accessories and cut out all the silver fabric applique. I had to iron it on because she melted the first one, and I

Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume

If you mean the girl behind her in the photo, walking the green horse, then you wuz robbed! Yes. I thought so, too, but I try really hard not to be one of *those* moms. The only thing I can think might have happened is that they thought my daughter bought her costume. shrug All they

Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume

Actually, the body draping looks like a purchased horse blanket/cover. Only the head covering was created, I'm pretty sure. yes. the body was a cooler or sheet and the legs were regular polo wraps for horses. Denise ___ h-costume mailing

[h-cost] shears

Do any of you know if there is a similar plan for Wiss shears? I have a beautiful pair in the original box that were my mother's (who used to be a tailor) but they barely cut paper anymore. Denise B Iowa I'm sending in my Gingher pinking shears at the end of the week before I?leave for

Re: [h-cost] Cleaning rust from sewing scissors

I think I'd use a buffing wheel with rouge Denise B Iowa ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies are usually serving something that looks like a fruit/nut loaf. More like banana bread, only with more colorful ingredients. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Reviving the crispness of silk

Spritzing it with water and ironing fairly hot will bring back a lot of the shine and a little of the crispness, but I think the residual sericin in the fiber contributes to the stiffness and when you wash or dye more of it gets removed. Denise I have some lovely embroidered silk that was

Re: [h-cost] BUTTONS

Search for Norwegian Sweater buttons (or Icelandic, or Scandinavian, etc) here are some: http://www.etsy.com/listing/33522755/4-norwegian-pewter-sweater-buttons-with Denise - I am looking for metal (or metal look) shank buttons, with the motif of snowflakes, holly or stags. Does anyone

Re: [h-cost] late 18th century velvet accessories?

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) Would a rectangle shawl be appropriate? Cut the piece in half and sew the

Re: [h-cost] Victorian Hair: hair receptacle

But wool has scales on the fibres that help the felting process hair doesn't. Nylon net. . . well, I don't want any of that stuff on my scalp :-D (of course, this _is_ Penny's topic, not mine!) Hair does have scales, just not the same as wool. Anyway -- scales are not necessary for

Re: [h-cost] 20th c. Men's Hats

what an educational topic! I always thought I knew what a pork pie hat was. I wondered how the heck someone could mistake a pork pie for a fedora, so I googled both. Guess I didn't know what a pork pie hat was afterall! So, what do you call the billed, low-profile caps similar to (but more

Re: [h-cost] google images

Just judged a history event last weekend, and I'm surprised that students no longer seem to know about print sources. Could she get some of what she needs from them? Examples--Time-Life Books did a series a while ago about life in different decades, and I would be surprised if they weren't

Re: [h-cost] Jodhpurs

Jean Hardy is still producing Jodhpurs patterns. http://www.jeanhardypatterns.com/patterns.htm I know there is at least one vintage sewing pattern for them, As far as I can tell, none of these are the type of jods the OP was asking for. Stretch breeches and saddle-seat jods, but not

[h-cost] google images

My daughter is trying to gather some images from google on women in 1920s era advertising. Every time she clicks on an image, a full-page ads-by-google pops up and completely hides the image and the original web site. The address in the browser is buyvintage ads .com or something. Anyone know

Re: [h-cost] google images

- Doesn't do it on that site for me. She might have caught a virus. I doubt that's Google ads, it's not the kind of thing they do. Audrey I think it may have been the search terms. I don't think it was a virus, because it happened on both her mac and my pc. When I left off the

Re: [h-cost] victorian gown?

After all our discussion here, 8-), one does wonder where this came from-- I mean, who proposed it to McCall's, and who at McCall's thought it would sell (and TO WHOM!)? I also notice it's on sale for half the discounted price (about 25% of the retail price)... Well, my 16 year old

Re: [h-cost] Please help with this photo

Unfortunately, ebay says the bidding is closed on the item and we can no longer see it. bidding was closed when I looked, but if you scroll down, the images are still there. In fact, I right clicked it then selected view image and it opened in a new window. Ctrl + even made it enlarge

Re: [h-cost] Please help with this photo

I think it looks like they are all men. Dressed up for some kind of spoof or ?? In fact, the bride, the groom, and the bridesmaid all look like the *same* guy, or siblings that closely resemble each other. Denise I won a wedding stereoview on eBay a couple of days ago. Please take a

Re: [h-cost] Washing linen trousers

Dry cleaning is a process that maintains all/most of the finishes put on the fabric during the mfg process; this is the answer I got form our regional manger after I asked why linen/wool/silk (which all existed for centuries before drycleaning was invented) were always so marked on the bolts.

Re: [h-cost] laundry implements was RE: OT regional English for mangle

I think our laundry sprinkler came from Tupperware. My mom used to always tell a story about her friend who went to Catholic school - she was the only girl in a large family and was responsible for all the ironing. She would dampen all the boy's shirts, then keep them in the freezer. She

Re: [h-cost] Washing, irioning, and running repairs - was an amusing error

I think the OP was pointing out the error of the order in which the author described the events of the laundry... Denise B ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Dye Color

I think unless you had a very large concentration of fustic in relation to the concentration of kermes you'd get orange rather than yolk yellow. over-dyeing fustic with even a weak concentration of kermes would give yolk yellow. I agree that orange would be much more likely. The

Re: [h-cost] Sound of Music

So hubby and I watched The Sound of Music last night (there was nothing else on and those old classics are fun sometimes anyway) and I found myself wondering about the authenticity of the costuming. The outfits that Baroness Schraeder wears struck me as not particularly 1930s, but I really

Re: [h-cost] stabilizer/facing material [was:Re: s-t-i-f-f-en agent]

You can buy 100% silk paper or felt (it's neither, really), or make it yourself (it's not hard). What I'm not *getting* is why it has to be stiffened at all. If it's an applique it's decorative and has no structural function, and not having a third layer of anything would make it easier to

[h-cost] vintage pattern CDs

Are any of you familiar with CoPA vintage patterns? Apparently it's a set of CDs and a subscription service on-line. It's supposed to encompass 1868 to 1968 Denise B Iowa ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] My Latest Finds: Fur and hats

There are not clips on my little critter. I checked it again and there doesn't appear that clips were removed. Have you seen the critters lined up side by side and worn over the shoulder? I'm pretty sure they wore them end to end, not side by side. I've seen them in older movies, both

Re: [h-cost] My Latest Finds: Fur and hats

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26535198 http://alzmoments.blogspot.com/2008/12/theres-something-dead-in-my-bed.html I can remember friends of my parents wearing fur stoles like these two photos show. I also found one more photo that shows a couple attached side by side, then

Re: [h-cost] long 'hair' for a lion costume

Sorry, can't recall who posted the question about trying to find long 'hair' for a lion costume. I replied at the time that I'd lucked into some human hair wefts on sale locally for my Aslan. Have since completed the costume and thought you might enjoy seeing how the wig and mane turned

Re: [h-cost] long 'hair' for a lion costume

Sorry, can't recall who posted the question about trying to find long 'hair' for a lion costume. I replied at the time that I'd lucked into some human hair wefts on sale locally for my Aslan. Have since completed the costume and thought you might enjoy seeing how the wig and mane turned out.

Re: [h-cost] Query on sewing machines

If you have a repair shop that is *not* a dealer - go there first. Ask what models they recommend based on what they see in their shop. Then look around at thrift stores, garage sales, etc. I have a Morris (singer look-a-like) that sews straight stitch only (forward and back), but it has a

Re: [h-cost] Color dye mixing

Are you positive this was wool? I find it suspect that neither color remover nor dye had any effect. What kind of dye did you use? Denise ___ Just thought I'd tell you what I did try with this lovely bit of wool that was too pink... I had attempted overdying this piece of

Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 8, Issue 321

No, I'm only on campus on T and Th so I went yesterday. It's a beautiful exhibit. COLOR! I think I was most impressed by the Meskwaki ribbon work dress. A small but very pleasing exhibit. The catalog is wonderful! Denise Denise, did you go to the opening?? [I did!] Thanks for sharing

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

Mine should be wearing a muslin of the pattern we bought for my daughter's homecoming dance dress. However, my sewing machine is still in the shop. When he told me he didn't know if he'd be able to get parts - I found one on ebay and brought it to him for a donor - it's still not done! So, now

Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions

I remember those Villlager shirtwaists. No one was wearing them in CA where I went to high school but I recall that when I went on to college there were girls in my rooming house from the east coast who were all wearing Villager style clothes, along with penny loafers, which no one in

Re: [h-cost] 1960s fashions; was 1960s hippie fashions

The other thing that was big in my high school in the late 1960s was the London Fog yellow poplin zip-front jacket. They were really ubiquitous--looking out at a school assembly,. one saw a sea of light yellow. And, rumor had it that they were stolen from our gym locker room. (I never had

Re: [h-cost] 1960s hippie fashions

Whoops--sorry for the blank post. Yes, Villager was a brand. A shirtwaist, at least in 1960s terminology, is a dress with a fitted bodice--bust and waist darts--and buttons down the center front--attached to a skirt. It could be full in the 1950s or early 1960s, but by the late '60s was