Hi Elizabeth I know it may be a bit too late for the project you're working on now, but by the end of January I will have available through Magcloud.com a series of reprints of men's drafting and tailoring books. Scheduled is also a reprint of a couple of tailoring books dated between 1900 and 1930.
If you want to message me directly off list, I'll add you to my notification list to let you know when they are available. Regards Janyce Hill VPLL www.vpll.org On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Elizabeth Walpole < [email protected]> wrote: > I’m in the beginning stages of a steampunk outfit for my boyfriend. > I’ve bought McCall’s 4745 > http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m4745-products-7030.php as a starting > point. I’m looking for some information on a slightly more > historically accurate way of constructing it than the standard modern > costume method with fusible interfacing etc. > > Does anybody know of a resource (preferably online but I can try to > obtain books through the library) on historical tailoring techniques > or modern high end tailoring (e.g. accurate interfacing techniques > etc.). Although the outfit doesn’t have to be historically accurate I > don’t want to spend time on a cheap & nasty substitute when I could > spend the same time on a good outfit that will look good & last for a > long time. > > thanks > Elizabeth > -- > ------------------------------------------ > Elizabeth Walpole > http://magpiecostumer.wordpress.com/ > http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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
