----- Original Message ----- From: "E House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] a holliday idea
(I'm in, too.) It might be handy if, on the list of info we give about ourselves, we included our pattern size, because surely patterns are one of those things that most people have sitting around unused in their sewing stash. Or, since there are so many pattern sizing systems, especially when you're dealing with an international list, include some basic measurements.
perhaps you could use the pattern sizing system from the big 3 as a standardised set of measurements, they have a chart of measurements on their website (and they are apparently standardized between the 3 companies). This sounds like a nice idea and hopefully I'll be able to join another year, (this year I should just about manage to afford presents for my family and 1 or 2 friends but only a couple of my closest friends will be getting anything more than a card). Maybe we could consider matching up people in the same area as fitting assistants as a holliday gift, that's what I need most, somebody to help me fit a pair of bias cut hose as you just can't do it on yourself (bending down to do it changes the shape)
Elizabeth -------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
