Has anyone watched the Artful Detective aka Murdock Mysteries? Set in late 1800s through early 1900s in Toronto, Canada.
I enjoy the way the author intertwined actual contemporary people into the stories YES!! I love The Artful Detective (Murdock Mysteries)!! The series was on a cable channel (Ovation) right behind Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries so I fell in love with both costume dramas. I like that it’s in Toronto and not the usual places and that their coroner was a woman (Doctor Ogden). The ladies fashions, from the high society to the shop girl look pretty HA and as a milliner, I love the hats they wear. I’ve just found it repeating and will be recording for future binges while staying inside. Donna Scarfe Fyne Hats By Felicity Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 25, 2020, at 3:06 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send h-costume mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of h-costume digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: What are everybody up to? (Susan Data-Samak) > 2. Re: What is everyone up to? ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:39:00 -0400 > From: Susan Data-Samak <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What are everybody up to? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Has anyone watched the Artful Detective aka Murdock Mysteries? Set in late > 1800s through early 1900s in Toronto, Canada. > > I enjoy the way the author intertwined actual contemporary people into the > stories. Of course, there is plenty of nonsense intertwined, as well. > > Feedback on the costuming, anyone? > > Susan, NJ > > > >> On Apr 21, 2020, at 2:40 AM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 4/20/2020 1:31 PM, Lynn Downward wrote: >>> It's been great to hear how others are coping with isolation and of the >>> projects they're working on. I hope you all stay safe and as happy and busy >>> as possible. >> >> I haven't left the house (and yard) since Sacramento County shut down, which >> was after the SF Bay Area shutdown but before the entire state shutdown. I >> could actually walk around the neighborhood more. This is a suburb (of >> Sacramento), it's not dense, and my husband says he sees few people on his >> morning runs. My husband does the grocery store pickups. We order online, >> get a pickup time, drive to the pickup area, and they put the bags in the >> trunk of the car. >> >> I buy DVDs (rather than streaming) and have spent more time than usual >> watching them. Lately, the Frankie Drake mysteries, set in the 1920s. >> They're not even trying with the costumes, or the hairstyles. I just watched >> an episode where Coco Chanel gives a runway show. It's a parade of >> *identical* dresses! The same style, fabric, color, everything. Someone is >> not clear on the concept . . . >> >> We have all the DVDs of Game of Thrones and I am trying to get my husband to >> start watching them with me. He wants to see the series, but then he starts >> calculating how long it will take if we watch one or two episodes a week, >> which is all he is willing to do. He gave me a book on the costumes for >> Christmas. He looked through it and he loves them, so we'll get around to >> the DVDs eventually. >> >> For fitting your clothes, I'd suggest buying an adjustable dress form >> online. I got one of the hard adjustable forms (quite a while back) and put >> an old leotard over it to pin to. >> >> Re stash, I am wondering how easy it will be to buy fabric over the next few >> months, considering how much of it is made in China or India. In any case I >> really should be using up what I have. >> >> Fran >> >> Lavolta Press >> >> www.lavoltapress.com >> >> >> >> >> -------------- >> >> It's been great to hear how others are coping with isolation and of the >> projects they're working on. I hope you all stay safe and as happy and busy >> as possible. >> >> I'm working from home so I don't have all of the day for myself. Still, >> I've managed to make about 18 face masks, until I ran out of bias binding, >> elastic and cotton fabrics from my stash. The San Francisco Bay Area >> (California) has been shut down since March 9th, so we've got a head start >> on sewing over much of the rest of the country. Being over 60 with some >> medical issues, I've only left the house four times since then so I've had >> lots of time in the house. We just got Acorn so I've been watching Brit >> television while doing handwork. Murder mysteries really help to keep me >> focused on anything other than the pandemic. >> >> I'm working on a shaub for my husband, one I promised him about four years >> ago. Most of the shaub is made and I've put together the fur collar, which >> will be basted to the shaub whenever he wears it and taken off for cleaning >> and storage. Next tasks are to finish the facings and cartridge pleat the >> sleeves to the body. >> >> I've made a 1890s petticoat with lots of pleated ruffles, the muslin for >> the linen skirt I have planned. I've made a muslin for the Folkwear >> Armistice Blouse but need someone to help with fitting. No matter how hard >> I try, I can't seem to self-fit. Next up is a 1920s skirt to go with the >> Armistice blouse. I'll make a muslin and use it as the petticoat if it >> works. I have dreams of sewing a bunch of other projects but I'll have to >> see how far I get down the list. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:17:41 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I knew CC had to make a decision soon but I hadn't seen anything yet, and I'm > on their email list. After I saw that the Louisville Jane Austen Festival was > cancelled, I figured it would probably be the same for CC. > The Jane Austen Festival committee is rallying and making as much virtual as > possible. Of course not all types of activities can do so. (The National > Square Dance Convention had to cancel outright.) > Ann Wass > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sharon Collier <[email protected]> > To: 'Historical Costume' <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Apr 20, 2020 4:16 pm > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > > A friend of mine was supposed to present at CC also. She is thinking of doing > it as an online presentation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2020 5:45 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > > I retired the end of August, so days aren't much different, but I'm finding > it hard to settle down to sewing. I have finished a reticule and have a > chemisette cut out. I went through my stash and sent all my 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 > inch elastic to one mask maker and all my extra wide double fold bias tape to > another. > The Costume Society of America's symposium is cancelled. I was going to > present some of my privateer research. > > I guess we are lucky,supply chain wise. We are in the Washington, DC, area. I > was able to find flour at a Dollar Tree. Once was at Wegman's just as a > shipment of Caboo toilet paper came in--it is made from bamboo and sugarcane. > I will not be switching for good. Now, our Wegman's is fully stocked with > their own brand. > We are all now required to be masked to go into a store in Maryland, so I am > going with the bandanna train robber look. We have quite a collection so I > can match outfits. > Ann Wass > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lavolta Press <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Apr 19, 2020 5:27 pm > Subject: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > > It turns out sheltering in place is time consuming. Making masks. > > Making artisan bread (which is hard to buy now). Baguettes, bagels, > pita, everything. It's become impossible to buy yeast and when the end > of a two-pound bag I bought a year ago runs out, and if I still can't > buy yeast, I'll have to switch to using sourdough starter for > everything. But there's hope--we just found eggs for the first time in a > month. Getting groceries requires placing two to three pickup orders a > week at different stores and still not getting everything. Toilet > paper, paper towels, facial tissues, and rubbing alcohol have > disappeared altogether. > > I just finished all the masks I was going to make, so it's a perfect > time to sew something else. Not that I'll be able to go out anywhere any > time soon. Like, till there are almost no local cases and/or until there > is a cure. Maybe a year or longer. Because even though I am healthy, > just being over 60 puts me in a high risk group for death or long-term > organ damage. > > I have a fair number of dyeing projects planned and my husband is eager > to help. It means he can run the dye washer in the garage while > sporadically cleaning up in there. > > I bought Gutermann thread charts from Wawack https://www.wawak.com/. So > I can match threads to my fabric and order online, without going to a > fabric store. > > This is the time to be thankful for your fabric stash, your button > stash, your trim stash, and your elastic stash. I actually had enough > elastic on hand for the masks. > > Fran > > Lavolta Press books on historic clothing > > www.lavoltapress.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > ------------------------------ > > End of h-costume Digest, Vol 19, Issue 6 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
