"Further more, Ninya is generous, encouraging, and lacks some of the snoberism I have detected in some other people who have moved "up a notch" in the historical reconstruction world."
Well said. Elizabeth On 4/16/06 6:01 PM, "WickedFrau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are interesting comments - I got my copy and am happy with it. I > don't think it was meant to be a scholarly book, nor a step by step > guide to how to make these articles of clothing. I don't think you can > convey all the things you need to make excellent garments in a book. > Even Margo's patterns, which have detailed instructions, will not get > you a great fitting, beautiful garment. I have all of the books > mentioned before, but what it really takes is lots of practice, lots of > fiddling, and/or a skilled person to study with to produce excellent > garments. > > What I like about the book is that it is inspiring. It is another > example (I am thinking of Drea, and Margo here) of someone starting out > where we all do, and then moving to a different level. It is a great > example of how hard work can get you, doing for a living, what you love > to do and how self publishing really is attainable for the 'average' guy. > > I don't need the book to help me figure what to do out anymore, but am > very happy to have it in my collection as a reference to how other > people "do it." Are the gowns absolutely perfect? No, but I can find > faults with lots of other reconstructions - even the goddess Arnold's - > the question may be, can I do them any better? > > Further more, Ninya is generous, encouraging, and lacks some of the > snoberism I have detected in some other people who have moved "up a > notch" in the historical reconstruction world. > > Sg > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
