Thanks--when I have an extra minute, I will look it up. It's snowing here now, and freezing cold, (In Maryland), so much of what I Was hoping to get done today didn't happen, but I am doing inside things.
Yours in costuming, LisaA On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:38:15 -0800 Lynn Downward <[email protected]> writes: > Lisa, > > The photos of the double piping were in the book by Jennifer > Rosbrugh of > Cloak & Corset "Moder Sewing Techniques for Historical Clothing > Construction," 2nd Edition. This is one of the ebooks Cloak & Corset > offers. > It has a lot of basic information but some real jewels are in there > too. > > LynnD > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:50 AM, Lisa A Ashton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I went ahead and used a very spring green for piping on fabric > that was a > > navy blue with very small white and green flower patterns. It was > a > > ctually quite difficult and took me to 3 separate stores to find > the > > correct green that had enough yellow in it, but it was a great > match and > > looks really nice, since there is very little ornamentation. But > the > > little photo of Mrs. Lincloln's dress will become part of my > > documentation for my dress with the contrasting piping. > > > > The double piping sounds really intriguing, I would loveto see a > photo or > > reference for it. > > > > Yours in cosutming, Lisa A > > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:11:24 -0800 Lynn Downward > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > I have seen pictures of evening bodices double-piped, once with > the > > > fashion > > > fabric and once with a contrast but, as I recall it was only at > the > > > waist > > > edge. I'm disappointed because I really wanted to pipe an > entire > > > cotton > > > dress with a turkey red that matched exactly the little bit of > red > > > in my > > > pattern. I'm ging to do it anyway at the waist, even for my > cotton > > > day > > > dress. > > > > > > The not-piping at the back curved seam is in the Laughing Moon > > > Mercantile > > > 1860s dress. The tuck is on the outside and actually helps with > > > fitting the > > > back. It's a very pretty addition to an otherwise plain back. > > > > > > LynnD > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Lisa Ashton <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you thank thank y ou!!!!! This is so awesome and it > is > > > EXACTLY the > > > > affirmation I Was looking for. I"ve never seen where they > piped > > > the front > > > > darts, but it IS quite attractive, and I may well try it on > my > > > next > > > > go-around with this pattern of dress. Yours in cosutming, > Lisa A > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > > > From: Laura Rubin <[email protected]> > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses > > > > Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:27:14 -0800 > > > > > > > > The National Museum of American History has one of Mrs. > Lincoln's > > > > dresses that is a heavy purple velvet piped along every seam > with > > > > white satin piping. It's a rather eccentric style! Even the > > > front > > > > darts are piped! I'm led to believe that the dressmaker was > > > rather > > > > unconventional as well, but was Mrs. L's favorite. > > > > > > > > You can see a tiny picture of it here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&e > > xkey=696&pagekey=710 > > > > > > > > -Laura > > > > > > > > > > > > Message: 13 > > > > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500 > > > > From: Lisa A Ashton <[email protected]> > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses > > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > > > I know that dresses from this era (in America) were piped, > and > > > almost all > > > > self-piped, around the armscyes, and the back seams, but does > > > anyone have > > > > a reference or a photo showing a solid piping with a print > dress > > > (or even > > > > anything refering to contrasting piping, for example, black > piping > > > on a > > > > lighter colored dress bodice)? > > > > > > > > Yours in costuming, Lisa A > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
