> You've been on h-cost so long, it astonished me when you told me you 
> don't sew.

I made the mistake of being a female and a Laurel (music stuff). Getting
constantly bombarded with costuming questions made me determined to learn
as much about it as possible without sewing which I don't have time
for--see aforementioned music stuff. ;)

The historian and researcher in me wants to know and understand both
conceptual and practical approaches. I've learned a lot from a number of
Ithra classes and tons of good info from this list. :-)

> It should be obvious by now that my lectures are really all just 
> "research
> methods" classes in disguise. Talking about sewing the clothing is a 
> very
> minor part of them -- it's all about looking at art, documents, 
> artifacts,
> etc. to determine social context, aesthetic sensibility, and 
> development
> of a style. The mechanics are only one small part of that 
> understanding.

You're singing my song, Sister! :-)

Arlys
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