[h-cost] Victorian lace curtains (Re: What costume-related gifts did everyone get?)

2016-01-04 Thread Christine Robb
On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 10:12:19AM -0800, Lavolta Press wrote: > In terms of what I'm doing, right now it's making drapes. Or more like, buy > curtain rods, return half of them because they're theoretically Arts & > Crafts style but they're ugly, buy more rods. Buy brass electrical plates, >

Re: [h-cost] Victorian lace curtains (Re: What costume-related gifts did everyone get?)

2016-01-05 Thread Christine Robb
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:40:40AM -0800, Lavolta Press wrote: > When we bought our San Francisco house over 30 years ago, we papered my > sewing room in J. R. Burrows William Morris wallpaper, still in wonderful > condition and unfaded. I'm really hoping to sell to someone who sees the >

[h-cost] Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday clothing exhibits

2016-06-09 Thread Christine Robb
(Also originally sent May 30) While I'm on the list and thinking about it, there are also supposed to be some excellent exhibits displaying fashions from (the current) Queen Elizabeth's clothing over the years. Apparently there's a brief period of time when they all overlap, if you plan your

[h-cost] Patterns available at LACMA

2016-01-30 Thread Christine Robb
Description from their website: Thomas John Bernard (pictured with assistant curator Clarissa Esguerra), a theatrical costume designer, worked with the curators and conservators of the Costume and Textiles Department at LACMA to draw these patterns approximating the design of garments in our

[h-cost] article about Toronto's historical costume technician

2017-02-28 Thread Christine Robb
A lovely article about costuming for some of Toronto's historical sites. https://www.thestar.com/life/2017/02/25/torontos-official-costume-technician-works-with-the-threads-of-history.html Christine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com