--- Penny Ladnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This could be really fun to poll the list. Lurkers > come out, wherever you are! > > About how many costume/fashion related books or > magazines do you own?
Let's see - way too many to count. I have 3 two drawer file cabinets with needlework/cross stitch, quilting, weaving/spinning, and craft mags. Plus all the needlework charts and patterns garnered from years of trading with friends. Books on the same subjects as well as all my costume books take up 4 48" shelves. > > What was the first one you purchased? Where did you > purchase it? Survey of Costumes for Theater. Mary Washington College Bookstore, 1972. > What was your most recent purchase? Most recently I replaced my Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 1560. I was stupid enough to lend my original copy to someone who was very careless and allowed it to be trashed. > What do you think was the best deal that you have > every made when purchasing a publication? When I scored about 10 books from the needlework section of the library during the Buck a Bag sale they have every year. All ten fit into one bag. Pays to belong to the Friends of the Library and go to the pre-sale! > > About how many period photographs do you own just > for the costuming? Do old fashion mags count? > What book or magazine is your most treasured...if > your house was on fire, you would take it with you. > > What is the worse costume book that you own? I know > Robin has a collection! I have some of the Dover publications. I don't use them, but my kids gave them to me because they know I like to sew "Old timey stuff". > Do you have a room devoted to your collection? Yes, I do. My workroom holds just about everything. > When did you start collecting? Books, I have collected since childhood. Needlework and sewing since Jr. High. Costuming since college. > Do you consider your collection for business or > pleasure? Both - > Optional questions: > > How many sewing machines do you own? What types and > age? 4 - Great-grandmother's treadle (1890s?), Grandma's cabinet Singer (prob 40s), Mom's Featherweight, my Bernina Dressmaker from 1983. And a Brother overlock that I use on occasion to make ditty bags for the Scouts. I also have loaned out to family members several machines inherited from my Great Aunt Mabel, but since I don't really expect to ever get them back I won't count them. > > How many sewing patterns do you own? Until about a month ago I would have said at least 1000. I've been sewing for other people since High School. I also inherited the sewing room contents of my Grandmother and her sister(Aunt Mabel)- who never got rid of anything. Because you never know when you might need just that color or a little bit of that color yarn or whatever. And for years I used to go yardsaleing every weekend and buy whatever sewing/crafting stuff I could find. Amazing what you can find that way. Unfortunately, last month while searching for something in the storage room off the garage my hubby discovered that the pattern boxes had become nesting sites for many generations of mice. So I didn't even sort through the boxes - most of them hadn't been opened since we moved here 14 years ago - I just sent them to the burn pile. So now I am down to the ones in the house - probably about 50. Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
