RE: [h-cost] Re: Tudors Sweating Sickness (OT)

2008-01-11 Thread Sharon Collier
In the Little House books, Laura writes about a fabric they called mosquito bar, which they put over the windows to try and keep the bugs out. Does that count for costume/fabric content? :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leah L Watts

[h-cost] Teddy and calling people in the San Francisco area...

2008-01-11 Thread Danielle Nunn-Weinberg
Greetings, I'm passing on a message for Teddy. There those of you who might remember him. Anyway, he and his partner Tom will be going to Costume Con. They would like to spend about three weeks in California in the SF area around Costume Con and thought that in case anyone on there

[h-cost] Re: NESAT IX

2008-01-11 Thread SNSpies
This IS available from Oxbow/David Brown. This will be easier than getting it from the Swiss bookstore. Nancy / Ingvild **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489

[h-cost] NESAT IX

2008-01-11 Thread SNSpies
NESAT IX is now available from a Swiss book store. (NESAT stands for North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles.) _www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677_ (http://www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677) When you check out, do NOT put in a password. To them,

Re: [h-cost] white wool stockings

2008-01-11 Thread Lynn Downward
That's interesting. I wonder which of these dancers really did invent them... I'm just thankful that they are invented! I remember those horrible girdles I wore before pantyhose were available to us regular people. LynnD On 1/10/08, Sarah Paterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In Ginger Roger's

[h-cost] Re: NESAT IX

2008-01-11 Thread Beth and Bob Matney
Hi Nancy, I'm glad that you found a copy. It is as good as ever. Yes, it is available from DBBC (I make it my mission to notify DBBC when the NESATs become available) but there is a pretty good markup on the price... they have to stay in business. smile It really wasn't too hard to order

[h-cost] sweating sickness

2008-01-11 Thread Carol Mitchell
One of the historical fiction novels I read year's ago mentioned that the disease had an uncanny ability to seek out Englishmen in other countries (diet, perhaps?) also that it seemed to be associated with outbreaks of murrain in cattle. Does anyone know the modern name for that disease?

[h-cost] The costume I wore for my holiday...

2008-01-11 Thread Cin
After all those h-costume msgs describing holiday wear for parties, Dicken's Fair, 12th night, New Years eve and the like, I suspect we'd all love to see pictures of each other in our finery. I know I would. The favor of a website, flickr page or smug mug link, is requested. Anyone brave enough

Re: [h-cost] NESAT IX

2008-01-11 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Friday 11 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NESAT IX is now available from a Swiss book store. (NESAT stands for North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles.) _www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677_ (http://www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677) When