[lace] 17thC Women's Dress Patterns--Book One

2011-07-22 Thread Jean Nathan
Susan brought this book to our attention 4 days ago. Having looked at the review she mentioned (www.needlenthread.com), I decided it was a book worth having. All I can say is Wow Large colour photographs of garments in paintings and of actual garments. Then full cutting and constructions

Re: [lace] 17thC Women's Dress Patterns--Book One

2011-07-22 Thread lynrbailey
. No one else is out either. Iced cappuccino is good. -Original Message- From: Jean Nathan j...@nathan54.freeserve.co.uk Sent: Jul 22, 2011 1:45 PM To: Lace lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] 17thC Women's Dress Patterns--Book One Susan brought this book to our attention 4 days ago. Having

[lace] 17thC Women's Dress Patterns--Book One

2011-07-18 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Mary Corbet just reviewed this book on her site www.needlenthread.com she says there is a section on bobbin lace with patterns! Lots of other stuff that might interest Arachne members: gloves, embroidered waistcoats, coifs, sleeves etc., including pics of x-rays of museum