I am hoping to be in Washington DC in June, and wondered if anyone
knew of a not-too-expensive hotel within walking distance of the
Smithsonian. I hope to get an introduction there from a curator
friend, and see what I can see.
Now I have to decide what I'd like to see!! (Whee!) And of
Sorry, got distracted booking the flights, and forgot to put a header.
I am hoping to be in Washington DC in June, and wondered if anyone
knew of a not-too-expensive hotel within walking distance of the
Smithsonian. I hope to get an introduction there from a curator
friend, and see what I
What period are you interested in? I can make some suggestions.
I don't think there are any reasonably priced hotels within walking
distance, but you can look for an outlying hotel that is either near a Metro
stop or
has shuttle service to a Metro stop. There is also a hostel somewhere
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Suzi Clarke wrote:
I am hoping to be in Washington DC in June, and wondered if anyone
knew of a not-too-expensive hotel within walking distance of the
Smithsonian. I hope to get an introduction there from a curator
friend, and see what I can see.
If I still lived there,
At 13:54 10/02/2006, you wrote:
What period are you interested in? I can make some suggestions.
I don't think there are any reasonably priced hotels within walking
distance, but you can look for an outlying hotel that is either near
a Metro stop or
has shuttle service to a Metro stop.
I made a whole slew of those fringed fleece boas that were popular a
couple years ago, with the intention of selling them all. I did sell a
few on ebay but am stuck now with about 25-30 of them and no one wants
them anymore. Does anyone have any ideas about an organization I might
donate
Could you possibly transform them into something else?
What if you sewed them in rows onto a base and made a
fluffy throw? Or a floor pillow? Cut them up the
middle and you have fringe you could apply to another
block of fleece and make a poncho.
--- Sylvia Rognstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
I made a whole slew of those fringed fleece boas that were popular a
couple years ago, with the intention of selling them all. I did sell a
few on ebay but am stuck now with about 25-30 of them and no one wants
them anymore. Does anyone have any ideas about an
Hello,
I'm trying very hard to identify the artist in this painting. The only
information that I have is the artist and his brother 1839. Does anyone
recognize this? I've broken the address up so it will process through the
list. Is there a better way to do this? Suzi has already been so
Hi,
Can anyone point me to a reference for how to dress Roman ladies' hair? I've
found a some simple styles, but wasn't there a period when they wore really
tall, complicated hairstyles?
Oh, and has anyone seen this book: Daring Do's: History of hairstyles by
Trasko? Is it any good?
REBECCA BURCH wrote:
I asked my son, who is studing midieval lit, if he had
any ideas. He wants to know the line reference for
this passage so he can read it in context.
In the copy I have it's line 453 and following.
Thanks,
Melanie
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I don't know how extensive this article is but I just found it last
night looking for something else.
http://www.housebarra.com/EP/ep04/08romanhair.html
Hope it's at least a starting point.
Keri-Anne
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At 16:36 10/02/2006, you wrote:
My family relies on Hotel Harrington. It's
basically 2 blocks from everything.
1 blocks to the Old Post office for good cheap food.
2 blocks from Fords Theater and Hard Rock Café
1.5 blocks to the nearest metro station
2 blocks from Museum of Natural History
Robin Netherton wrote:
Just occurred to me, Laura Hodges would certainly have addressed this in
her book on Chaucer and Costume, which has chapters on most or all of
the secular pilgrims. (The religious and academic pilgrims are addressed
in the sequel, Chaucer and Clothing.)
(Melanie, you may
Rebecca wrote:
I asked my son, who is studing midieval lit, if he had
any ideas. He wants to know the line reference for
this passage so he can read it in context.
The lines are #453-455 in the General Prologue. The wife's description is
between that of the physician and the parson.
Here are a bunch of Roman images.
Some women's busts ['Carry my bust with pride!] show a variety of
hairstyles.
_Roman Clothing II Images_
(http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing_images.html)
_http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing_images.html_
At 02:40 PM 2/8/2006, you wrote:
I got the newly issued DVD of Duneanother film much hated but I love
because I don't find it confusing [and I've never read the books]
While I really enjoyed both sets of movies (SciFi version, and the original
movie with extended info), the books are so
At 23:02 09/02/2006, you wrote:
(What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard
rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that
really works well for that? Fran)
I have pinking tools that are about the size of the top of my thumb,
one with
At 14:36 10/02/2006, you wrote:
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Suzi Clarke wrote:
I am hoping to be in Washington DC in June, and wondered if anyone
knew of a not-too-expensive hotel within walking distance of the
Smithsonian. I hope to get an introduction there from a curator
friend, and see what I
Could 'ground' refer to a ground fabric in the embroidery sense of the
word? In this period, likely being linen?
Arlys, who hasn't a clue
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:34:19 -0600 Melanie Schuessler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm wondering about the Wife of Bath and what she's got on her head
in
Try watching the latest series on HBO or Cimemax, Called Ceasar. It's great.
It portrays all the nasty things people think but pretend don't happen in
society. Just proves that nothing is new, even sexual orientation,
seduction, powergrabs and political arrangements through sex. The costumes
In a message dated 2/10/2006 2:47:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Try watching the latest series on HBO or Cimemax, Called Ceasar.
But if you want hairstyles on film.you cannot beat Fellini's Satyricon.
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To America and back I passed this on to my sister, who works for
Hampshire Council's library service. Their local studies department
hadn't heard of the project and send their thanks back round the loop
for the information!
Jean
Penny Ladnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Passing this
Somehow, I don't think that a linen veil would be so heavy as to weight ten
pounds on her head. Could she have had on some kind of really elaborate hat or
headgear?
Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender
On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:34:19 -0600 Melanie Schuessler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm
It sounds to me like a sartirical comment that her headdress was
really overdone. I think his reference to ten pound is hyperbole,
as when we may say that something weighs a ton when all we mean is
that it is very heavy.
Joan
At 12:11 PM 2/10/2006, you wrote:
Somehow, I don't think that a
The kind and helpful ladies at Piecework have given me the following
address where people in the U.K. can order a subscription or back
copies of Piecework, and other American sewing related magazines.
http://www.hangingbyathread.co.uk/
Suzi
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Based on about 6/8 items in my antique inventory that this garment is trying
to emulate, bodices in this decade of the new pattern are always boned...in
addition to having the corset boned. The relaxed look would only be seen in
the reformed dress (sans corset) and probably never in such a formal
Exactly!
Kathleen
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The actual picture looks as if the side poof is pulled to the
Thank you Keri-Anne for this link. It was VERY informative. I have a Roman
period Event coming up and this should really help.
~Carletta
Keri-Anne Lawton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know how extensive this article is but I just found it last
night looking for something else.
Were these Fiscars or look-alikes?
One of the advantages of the Fiscar Soft Touch is that there is no finger
pinching. I don't remember if they use this design with the scrapbook line.
One interesting note re Fiscar service on the ST products, at least, is that
you can get replacement springs
Thanks for the links, guys! These will help.
So, are these hairnets made from sprang?
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/hairnet2.jpg
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/hairnet1.jpg
And I know that they did use hairpieces and wigs, but I still would like to see
them so I
At 21:46 10/02/2006, you wrote:
Were these Fiscars or look-alikes?
One of the advantages of the Fiscar Soft Touch is that there is no finger
pinching. I don't remember if they use this design with the scrapbook line.
One interesting note re Fiscar service on the ST products, at least, is that
I saw a shortened version of the commercial tonight. Not as cute as the
long version. The costumes look a lot better on TV than on Google. I don't
know why Google's video player is so bad.
I agree, the king costume on the old commercials was really scary. Wonder
who thought that one up.
I have stayed at the Harrington, also. My only recommendation is, stay on a
lower floor. They have the world's SLOWEST elevator.
Kim
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Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 10:36 AM
To: [EMAIL
A local church may have a program for giving out warm clothes to the
homeless. I volunteered on the food van run by the Adventist Church that went
to
downtown Baltimore giving out hot soup sandwiches as well as coats, scarves,
gloves, shoes, etc to the area homeless.
Ola
In a message
In a message dated 2/10/2006 2:37:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As I live in London, and manage to get to Europe a lot (the Louvre,
the Prado etc) I don't really need to see European stuff. (Or
Tudor/Shakespeare for that matter - born and bred in
Dawn,
I don't know the identity of the artist, but I don't think he is a
pre-Raphaelite, unless he is an older member of that movement. According
to Victorianweb.org, the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood was founded in 1848
and the earliest listed member was born in 1827, about 10 years older
We just had a discussion about this on r.c.t.sewing
It seems that there are shears that cannot be sharpened, shears that
have been so abused (dropped, sharpened by idiots, etc.) that they can
no longer be sharpened, but that reasonably well cared for, reasonable
quality shears can be
Richard Coursons's Hair book is the best reference I know of. Since you
spend time researching examples of Fine Art that you probably can identify
his sources as you see them reduces to blackline drawings.
Kathleen
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Here's the appropriate bits from Hodges, Laura F. Chaucer and Costume:
The Secular Pilgrims in the General Prologue. (Cambridge: D.S. Brewer,
2000) pp. 163 - 172.
Echoes what has already been said here, but I thought it was
interesting nonetheless! BTW, here's the usual picture:
I don't know if this helps with the definition you're looking for or not, but
here are two samples of fine drawing from Woolman's Sewing Course, c1900,
where it's used to patch damask. It was also used on heavy cloth as the
stitches could be hidden in the material. It's different from seaming,
Definitely not pre-Raphaelite, on stylistic grounds alone. The
pre-Raphaelites did not do formal portraits of men in suits in front of
drapery, and did not use these highly refined techniques of light and
shadow, which for them were a mark of the traditional style they were
rebelling against.
You are welcome! The first time the problem happened, I sent the shears in
for service. The last time, it was the 'clippers'. They not only replaced
the spring in the ailing pair but sent along a new pair! (Funny, the
clippers never go on sale). Also, the size of the clipper spring is about
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know if this helps with the definition you're looking for or not, but here are two samples
of fine drawing from Woolman's Sewing Course, c1900, where it's used to
patch damask. It was also used on heavy cloth as the stitches could be hidden in the material.
Thanks for all the tips and advice. I've made a good start on darning the
holes. Some of the small darns are practically invisible.
kelly, I could send you a ball of(sob sob) hand spun yarn full of moths to
put in with your riding habit but I think there may be some laws about
sending insects
Wow--thanks so much for typing all that in! Very interesting! That
adds a lot to what I've seen before.
Thanks ever so,
Melanie Schuessler
Hope Greenberg wrote:
Here's the appropriate bits from Hodges, Laura F. Chaucer and Costume:
The Secular Pilgrims in the General Prologue. (Cambridge:
On Friday 10 February 2006 5:17 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the links, guys! These will help.
So, are these hairnets made from sprang?
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/hairnet2.jpg
http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/hairnet1.jpg
I've seen pictures of these
Those remind me greatly of the stitch used in pattern darning
Of an Icelandic altar-cloth (charted by Carol... hmm; I'll find it if
anybody really needs to know); which I also saw taught/demonstrated at a
Pennsic class on hand sewing as a technique to repair small rips: up through
the cloth beside
On Thursday 09 February 2006 4:16 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone point me to a reference for how to dress Roman ladies' hair?
I've found a some simple styles, but wasn't there a period when they wore
really tall, complicated hairstyles?
Oh, and has anyone seen this book: Daring
Miniatures of Nicholas Hillard and his wife Alice Brandon.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nicholas_Hilliard_021.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nicholas_Hilliard_001.jpg
De
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