Ah Me...My passion these last two months has been e-Bay and dolls! I have managed in a space of about 3 months to amass a fairly well balanced doll collection with which to play with in my dotage. The one thing I have realized is that I have a real thing for china dolls. Since I am after the right heads and bodies that will be graced by 19thC clothing, I have not been too particular with the "original (so called) clothing" or body condition. I have a nice store of vintage and antique sawdust, linen, and fabulous lace to play with.
Some of the dolls have already suffered extreme makeovers,so I am not cowed by the antiquarian idea that all this history should be preserved. I am taking notes of all the carcasses along with pictures, and will save any threads that seem to be remarkable...and discard all the wrappings and patches that managed to keep the poor things together for their final destination. I've been doing the costume thing since 1976 and am rapidly getting free of the things I don't want to play with, and am basically diminishing the size of the costume project but retaining the construction and detail including jewelry and findings. Your books have been tremendously helpful to me in the past and I have discovered occasionally that I can almost take your pattern shapes as they exist on the page exactly as they are. Thank You for all your hard work. In my e-Bay travels last week I did net a wonderful pair of purple silk mules that had crewel embroidery on them for my late 18th C kit. Even the heel was ok! Happy hunting, Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavolta Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Tea towels > We have vintage clothing and textile shows here too (there's one this > coming weekend), and I used to love going to them. But now I love eBay > more, to the extent that, when I'm pressed for time, I don't even always > go to the local shows. On eBay there's just so much more merchandise > available, and new stuff every day (from all over the world), and it's > so much easier and quicker to browse it. I've been collecting clothing > and textiles,and related publications, since I was 16. The net has just > opened up the market incredibly; even though I often used to buy from > other geographic areas by mail. I'm not really much of a window > shopper; I look for things to buy rather than just spending hours > looking around. And I don't need to lose weight, so that's not a factor. > I agree though, that walking is practical exercise, in that you can > get somewhere as you do it. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > > Lloyd Mitchell wrote: > > Ah, but one misses out on the practical activity of treading all the dusty > > or muddy trails! A great way to walk off a few pounds. Also, the venture of > > the hand and eye in discovering potential bargains has its own pleasure. > > In our region, most of the reproductive linen has catered more to the > > multitudes of Battenberg enthusiast than good old birdseye and other > > interesting weaves. Huck cloths aplenty, too. > > Kathleen > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
