[h-cost] custom taxes
I have found, from my experience, that smaller and lighter packets are less likely to get noticed by Customs. Under a certain weight and it doesn't even require a customs form. YMMV. Some time back i had exchanged goods with people from an embroidery list. I sended purses, and in exchange i received silk embroidery threads. Went very well, without the custom. I had parcels from USA, New Zealand and Germany. They also had no problems with customs. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: holiday idea
Although I tend to lurk very quietly here, I'd love to join the holiday exchange. I'm in the UK, and have had very few problems sending and receiving stuff from the US via customs. Given that the value is will be clearly written on any customs slip as $10 or less, and a gift, we shouldn't be liable for anything. Of course, it's worth more to us and those that know what our time is worth, but we don't have to tell customs this! So count me in. Just a thought - should we say our strengths as well, so the organiser knows what we're likely to want to do. Tablet weaving, for example. Freyalyn, in Yorkshire, England. - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water
Hello, I've done a few gowns out of 'regular' (as opposed to moire) taffeta for my eldest daughter, but not silk taffeta. I've discovered that with taffeta if I wash the whole thing in water (not in the washer or the whole thing is a wrinkled mess), it doesn't lose it's crispness or sheen in my eyes. But if you put just a bit of water on it (like in spot cleaning) the spot is visibly obvious and (I think) I've not figured out a way to get that spot out, once it's there. Even after washing it. My experiences with silk specifically, is with China silk, 'silk' velvet , raw silk and duponi. China Silk and Silk velvet washes up beautifully if carefully hand washed. Washing raw silk make the fabric 'stiffer'. Duponi loses it's sheen, becomes fairly stiff and loses it's resiliency for wear and tear. Just my .02 worth... Elena/Gia -- Original message -- Hi, Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold water? Would it get spoiled? Thoaght about the water solluble solution for transfer of embroidering pattern to silk. I could try a small sampler, but thoaght some of you already tryed? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: holiday idea
Well, I think the response is overwhelming. The list would like to give the gift exchange a try. May I respectfully suggest that we now let the organizer decide how she is going to do it, then await her instructions as to how we give her our information? Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] a holliday idea
(I'm in, too.) It might be handy if, on the list of info we give about ourselves, we included our pattern size, because surely patterns are one of those things that most people have sitting around unused in their sewing stash. Or, since there are so many pattern sizing systems, especially when you're dealing with an international list, include some basic measurements. And along those lines, if you're male but go by a name that requires some knowledge of your period or culture if one wants to determine the gender, let us know! I don't remember running into that on this list, but on a few other lists I've assumed that someone whose email came from his Welsh persona name was female when he definitely wasn't. Embarrassing. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: holiday idea
how much would I have to slip you to make sure that Bjarne is my gift exchange? === So how about if we *all* have Bjarne's name? And of course then he gets all of ours :)? Catherine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] my new suit
These colors are wonderful together, Bjarne--and using the taffeta is very resourceful. Can't wait to see the finished suit! How is your wrist healing, by the way? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -Original Message- From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 25, 2005 9:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i want to use on the new suit. First to the right is the ribbed silk, second is a silk taffeta wich is very close to the colour of the ribbed silk, wich i will make a border of each side of the jacket to embroider on. It is very difficult to embroider on the ribbed silk, so that is why i use the taffeta. Finally to the right is the dark grey silk taffeta for the waistcoat. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/mixedsilksuit..htm Bjarme Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water
And just one other note - don't wad the fabric up. Every crease will be permanent. Good luck! Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender --- Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:33:43 -0400 To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold water? Would it get spoiled? Spoiled no. But you'd probably lose some of the shine and crispness. It works well on any kind of silk I've tried (though I've never tied taffeta). Fix your dye with vinegar though, or use silk specific dye. You might also want to try with a little more than a small sample, something big enough to judge changes in the way fabric will drape, because that can change after the fabric got wet. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 19th Century Fashion in Detail
I just got 19th Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston from Amazon.com and it is worth every penny. For those of us on the U.S. side of the pond, it is a companion volume to Fashion in Detail(17th and 18th centuries)and the photographed fashions(from the VA collections)are every bit as drool worthy. The format is the same as the previous book and the World Fashion in Detail(I don't own both have seen this one): The left-hand page has a complete description and line drawing of an entire garmet or garmets. The right hand side of the page has a stunning full-color view of a detail and sometimes the entire garment or garments. The book covers men's and women's fashions, including shoes. It is divided into the usual sections like the other books that are a little offbeat as it is subjects, not strictly chronological. On the cover is a stunning magenta bustle dress of the mid 1870's that lovers of the bustle era will itch to copy. The dress is actually three pieces with two separate bodices which was pretty common among surviving dresses of the last half of the 19th c, and has both a back view of one bodice and a side view of the entire ensemble. One bodice is for day and the other a dinner(not short sleeved formal ball)bodice. Get this as a Christmas gift for self or a friend who loves beautiful surviving fashions. Cindy Abel ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water
In a message dated 10/25/2005 5:47:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Duponi loses it's sheen, becomes fairly stiff and loses it's resiliency for wear and tear. I dyed down a dark with white stripes [to tone down the contrast] dupioni in HOT water in the machine and it looked exactly the same when it came outbut now had a soft hand. Mind you it wasn't particularly shiny to start with. Made an early 1840s gown out of it. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] my new suit
Lov-er-ly! I was just thinkingit's important, I think, to make sure somehow that the appliqued embroidery looks, without a doubt, that it was MEANT to be appliqued. Y'know what I mean? I'm not sure how this can be achieved, but somehow the applique process must be part of the embroidery process too. Maybe some element, leaves or fruit or something, can be the quilted taffeta. Or appliqued lace is also incorporated. [I don't mean to design things for you, I'm just thinking out loud] In Fashion in Detail somewhere is some embroidery on a waistcoat that is made up of multiple techniquesan appliqued lace with embroidery over it and sequins or something like that. Am I making sense? I just don't want someone to look at your suit and think Oh he took the embroidery off a bed hanging and applied it to the coat. It must look like it was meant to be appliqued from the start. Then of course you have to do it to the waistcoat. :-P ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] my new suit
Oooh, Bjarne, they look just yummy! What kind of colors will you be using for the embroidery? --Sue, thinking Bjarne must be the best dressed guy in Denmark - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:02 AM Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i want to use on the new suit. First to the right is the ribbed silk, second is a silk taffeta wich is very close to the colour of the ribbed silk, wich i will make a border of each side of the jacket to embroider on. It is very difficult to embroider on the ribbed silk, so that is why i use the taffeta. Finally to the right is the dark grey silk taffeta for the waistcoat. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/mixedsilksuit..htm ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] a holiday idea
I would like to be part too. Tania Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, yeah. Put me down, too. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] my new suit
Hi, Yes i know exactly what you have in mind, have ben thinking about adding a fine mesh tulle into the taffeta and make an embroidered border of a ribbon between the ribbed and the taffeta. I am making embroidery drafts in the evenings. Also got a box full of hand twisted Mulberry silk threads, wich i want to use for the embroidery, together sith flosses from Eterna and Scallamandre. And and and, also tiny tiny silver spangels from Hedgehog. But i force myself to work on the chenille dress, and i have made quite a progress, finished all the embroidery and are sewing on the bullion trimmings. I wont start the embroidery of this jacket untill i have finnished thisdress. Ill post some pictures of the yellow dress soon. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] my new suit Lov-er-ly! I was just thinkingit's important, I think, to make sure somehow that the appliqued embroidery looks, without a doubt, that it was MEANT to be appliqued. Y'know what I mean? I'm not sure how this can be achieved, but somehow the applique process must be part of the embroidery process too. Maybe some element, leaves or fruit or something, can be the quilted taffeta. Or appliqued lace is also incorporated. [I don't mean to design things for you, I'm just thinking out loud] In Fashion in Detail somewhere is some embroidery on a waistcoat that is made up of multiple techniquesan appliqued lace with embroidery over it and sequins or something like that. Am I making sense? I just don't want someone to look at your suit and think Oh he took the embroidery off a bed hanging and applied it to the coat. It must look like it was meant to be appliqued from the start. Then of course you have to do it to the waistcoat. :-P ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] my new suit
Hi Sue, I am forceing myself to work on the stumpwork dress, it must be made first. But i have gotten a box full of wonderfull collours from Mulberry silk and ill post pictures soon. My every day clothes are not worth writing about, i dont give a damn about how i look, as long as it is clean clothes, i am happy. Bjarne Bjarne - Original Message - From: Sue Clemenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] my new suit Oooh, Bjarne, they look just yummy! What kind of colors will you be using for the embroidery? --Sue, thinking Bjarne must be the best dressed guy in Denmark - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:02 AM Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i want to use on the new suit. First to the right is the ribbed silk, second is a silk taffeta wich is very close to the colour of the ribbed silk, wich i will make a border of each side of the jacket to embroider on. It is very difficult to embroider on the ribbed silk, so that is why i use the taffeta. Finally to the right is the dark grey silk taffeta for the waistcoat. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/mixedsilksuit..htm ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Male or Female Name Was :a holliday idea
Trust me it does not have to be any place but the good old USA for there to be problems. I am Stephen on most list, Red Bear on others. And I still get people who think I must be a Stephenie, just because I am into clothes. They have been rather surprised to find out that I am 6' 2 tall with a 53 chest, and a full red beard. So for the record I am male, so is Bjarne, and what Teddy is, if he were still on the list is up for grabs. GRIN Stephen E House wrote: (I'm in, too.) And along those lines, if you're male but go by a name that requires some knowledge of your period or culture if one wants to determine the gender, let us know! I don't remember running into that on this list, but on a few other lists I've assumed that someone whose email came from his Welsh persona name was female when he definitely wasn't. Embarrassing. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Male or Female Name Was :a holliday idea
- Original Message - From: Red Bear [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trust me it does not have to be any place but the good old USA for there to be problems. I am Stephen on most list, Red Bear on others. And I still get people who think I must be a Stephenie, just because I am into clothes. They have been rather surprised to find out that I am 6' 2 tall with a 53 chest, and a full red beard. Good point! With Stephen I'd never have thought Stephenie, but with Red Bear I'd have played the odds and guessed wrong. I always go by my first initial, so most people guess I'm male (I'm not) until I've posted a few times. (Nice to have you on the list, by the way. There's a whole lot more garb guys out there than are represented on this list; wish we had more.) -E(lena) House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: my new suit
Ohh! Those colors look absolutely gorgeous together! Annette M Message: 2 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:02:17 +0200 From: Bjarne og Leif Drews Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i want to use on the new suit. First to the right is the ribbed silk, second is a silk taffeta wich is very close to the colour of the ribbed silk, wich i will make a border of each side of the jacket to embroider on. It is very difficult to embroider on the ribbed silk, so that is why i use the taffeta. Finally to the right is the dark grey silk taffeta for the waistcoat. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/mixedsilksuit..htm Bjarme Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ -- Message: 8 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:43:28 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] my new suit Lov-er-ly! I was just thinkingit's important, I think, to make sure somehow that the appliqued embroidery looks, without a doubt, that it was MEANT to be appliqued. Y'know what I mean? I'm not sure how this can be achieved, but somehow the applique process must be part of the embroidery process too. Maybe some element, leaves or fruit or something, can be the quilted taffeta. Or appliqued lace is also incorporated. [I don't mean to design things for you, I'm just thinking out loud] In Fashion in Detail somewhere is some embroidery on a waistcoat that is made up of multiple techniquesan appliqued lace with embroidery over it and sequins or something like that. Am I making sense? I just don't want someone to look at your suit and think Oh he took the embroidery off a bed hanging and applied it to the coat. It must look like it was meant to be appliqued from the start. Then of course you have to do it to the waistcoat. :-P -- Message: 10 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:43:21 -0600 From: Sue Clemenger Subject: Re: [h-cost] my new suit Oooh, Bjarne, they look just yummy! What kind of colors will you be using for the embroidery? --Sue, thinking Bjarne must be the best dressed guy in Denmark - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] leg o' mutton sleeves
Please forgive me if this comes through twice! Since there was a recent discussion on the list about leg o' mutton sleeves, I thought you might be interested in seeing this lovely example currently on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1Item=8344957062 I was suprised to see in the back view that the puff is joined to a second, flat piece, rather than being puffed all the way around (showing my ignorance, I'm sure). I think of that more as men's tailoring, so it was interesting to me to see it applied here. KP - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
