Oh my goodness. I am sorry. That's what I get for reading mail on a full
stomach.. My apologies fro misunderstanding.

MaggiRos

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> At 20:41 09/12/2008, you wrote:
>
>> Oh  it's so much more than patterns from old clothes. The photo section
>> that
>> iws half the book is, like the other JA books, a vast amount of
>> information
>> about how they actually made these clothes: close ups and details that, in
>> many cases, you have never seen (and in some cases, thought of) before. If
>> that kind of information is of interest to you, as it is to me, then
>> seeing
>> the pattern shapes derived from the actual garments is just frosting.
>>
>> MaggiRos
>>
>
>
> Maggie, you misunderstood me. I have all the Janet Arnold books, and extras
> she gave me. Kimiko was talking about a book called "Pattern Cutting for
> Men's Costume"
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pattern-Cutting-Costume-Elizabeth-Friendship/dp/1408100061
>
> As I said, I saw it while at the "Colloquium for Janet Arnold", in
> Florence, but as it is mainly block patterns I decided I did not want it, as
> I was taught to drape my patterns by, among others, Janet herself.
>
>
> Suzi
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Maggie Secara
~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603
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