maybe put some trim down the front over the holes. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rickard, Patty Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:23 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost] American Civil War
Lucky you! I think fezzes are right out. I'm just starting to look into this myself & would appreciate information, too. I've read that young women wore hats but older women would wear bonnets & don't know what constitutes the difference. Thanks for any light anyone can shed. Patty ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Lalah Sent: Sun 1/14/2007 11:53 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] American Civil War I am making garb for a Civil War enactor's girl friend and his mother is driving me crazy. She has some really weird ideas and since she has been playing with this group for a number of years, I just shut up and do what she wants. However, I made the mistake of putting Fray Check on the buttonhole marks on a blouse and it spread out and it shows badly. Having tried everything I can think of to remove it, I am ready to take the blouse apart and make a new left front. Then it occurred to me that it would be easy to use the left side for buttons and put the buttonholes on the right. My friend went crazy saying they never had the buttonholes on the right. I am so sick of the whole thing that I don't want to do any more research. Does anyone know if the buttonholes HAD to be on the left on women's blouses during the Civil War period? Also what kind of hat would be appropriate? I am not going to make her a fez! Thanks for the help Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. _______________________________________________ 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
