[h-cost] Re:What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Hi! My toddler size dummy is wearing a Christmas Fairy costume; I just need to cut out 200 holly leaves!! I wonder if my 3 year old daughter will appreciate all the hard work?!! All the best Jayne - 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] Re:What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
In a message dated 11/15/2005 4:53:18 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just need to cut out 200 holly leaves!! I wonder if my 3 year old daughter will appreciate all the hard work?!! I appreciate it! I would never do it--I would use ready-made leaves, myself. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Muppet Fur
Muppet Fur is what I call the currently popular Acrylic furlike fiber. Some folks call it Teddy Bear, some folks call it eyelash. LONG URL... but this gives the texture. The lining I used is in black. Got the fabric for a steal from my local shop. The texture approximates the look in the portrait, and seeing as this project was just for fun, I went with the Muppet. : http://www.fabric.com/Webdata/Product/d4ebf93b-829b-405c-b49d-68a951920948/Images/Medium_AK-781.jpg Mari On 11/14/05, Catherine Olanich Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 14 November 2005 1:51 pm, Marie Stewart wrote: A German coat a'la 1580. Front opening fitted bodice, skirt pleated in the back. Made of rust fulled wool, lined with black Muppet fur. The long sleeves end in hefty turned back cuffs, and a black silk cord is couched along the entire circumference. Sounds lovely. But what is Muppet fur? -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.--Richard Feynman ___ 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] Re: What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Hi! Ann I did look into getting ready made holly leaves, but the ones I have come across come in packets of six leaves at £3.00 a packet (sorry, I don't know what that is in dollars!), and I have to budget for gift shopping for Santa (I'm one of his elves in disguise!! lol), so the DIY option was the cheapest. Hubby has promised to cut some out though! Better find that extra pair of scissors! All the best Jayne - 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] Muppet Fur
Marie Stewart wrote: Muppet Fur is what I call the currently popular Acrylic furlike fiber. Some folks call it Teddy Bear, some folks call it eyelash. LONG URL... but this gives the texture. The lining I used is in black. Got the fabric for a steal from my local shop. The texture approximates the look in the portrait, and seeing as this project was just for fun, I went with the Muppet. : Which portrait? This coat sounds interesting, and I'd love to see your inspiration. Also, depending on the surface quality of the fur, you might be able to make a case for it being similar to silk shag, which was popular in some places in the later 16th c. (See pics of the lining in Verney's loose gown in Patterns of Fashion, p. 38.) Melanie Schuessler ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Muppet Fur
This is the painting which inspired me. Holbein before England ... I misremembered the date. Portrait of Young Woman Artist: Hans Holbein 1517 http://www.wga.hu/art/h/holbein/hans_y/1518/5wife.jpg On 11/15/05, Melanie Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marie Stewart wrote: Muppet Fur is what I call the currently popular Acrylic furlike fiber. Some folks call it Teddy Bear, some folks call it eyelash. LONG URL... but this gives the texture. The lining I used is in black. Got the fabric for a steal from my local shop. The texture approximates the look in the portrait, and seeing as this project was just for fun, I went with the Muppet. : Which portrait? This coat sounds interesting, and I'd love to see your inspiration. Also, depending on the surface quality of the fur, you might be able to make a case for it being similar to silk shag, which was popular in some places in the later 16th c. (See pics of the lining in Verney's loose gown in Patterns of Fashion, p. 38.) Melanie Schuessler ___ 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] about fur
Hi, Now we are talking about fur. Yesterday they had a bargain in my Mall. I could get a silverfox with head, legs and tails, you know how these looks like, for a bargain. Very fine quality. Could i use such a fox and sew on my 18th century cloak? I would consider it a shame to remove the head, legs and tail, but would this be period? My cloak has a wide falling collar made of faux fur! 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
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Mine is wearing a draping of a black wool skirt with an overlay of silver/grey burnout velvet (black background) in a cool scrollie pattern. I'm not sure what it will be yet. I am just playing with fabric at the moment. Sg Other than that it periodically holds my new ruff for the upcoming presentation at the Phoenix Art Museum. SG ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Muppet Fur
Muppet fur is what you get when you skin a dead muppet! Preferrably a prime pelt like Cookie Monster, Elmo or Snuffalupagus. Kermit and the Count never have prime pelts, so not worth the bother. Is Sesame Street old enough to be on-topic for a historical costuming list? grin Denise B in Iowa ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
It's that time of year: holiday parties, winter balls, company
dinners, New Years Eve, cocktail parties,12th Night, You might even be
planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason,
costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's
dummy wearing today?
I'm storing a couple of hats on her right now, including my basic Harry
Potter's World hat. Other than that she's just wearing a t-shirt with the
bones of the human torso and hips printed on it. It belongs to her
actually. I used to take her to schools to put costumes on, for
historical talks, and the little kids would giggle when the clothes came
off. But they don't giggle when they see bones underneath. (It ain't no
sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones.)
I forgot to mention that mine has a head I made out of a cut-down Styrofoam
wig head. I added a hollow neck of poster board, that fits over her
original neck, then I paper mache-ed over the whole head/neck thing. I can
take her head off so I can put clothes on her body, then I can replace it
so I can try out the head-wear with the clothes.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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[h-cost] Re:What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
one's wearing the fabric for a coat I'm making the other half for christmas - one's wearing a victorian corset (or the beginnings of it anyway - one (child sized) is wearing a part made British army Crimean uniform (child sized, obv.), and the other is naked, but soon to be wearing an 18th century embroidered coat. well, you did ask debs ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] chemise construktion
Hi, I am a little embarrased to ask, because i really aught to know and have made this before, but actually i never made a chemise before because i always just edged my dresses with lace. But i want to construkt after Jean Hunniset's chemise. My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and over the bust. I suppose this should be my meassure for the front and back pieces then + 2 inches for movement. Is this correkt? Do you think i should add the lace frills to the sleaves, or should i just sew it to the dress sleaves? 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
Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion
Hi, Thanks for taking the time for this. I also have ben thinking it would be silly to add the engageantes to the chemise, as it always is going to be washed after each use, and therefore would be more labout to iron the laces of the sleaves. I want to make a casing for a drawstring along the neckline, so that it can be perfectly fitted to the dress neckline. I will use 2 inches extra, Thanks for this Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion In a message dated 11/15/2005 11:21:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and over the bust. I suppose this should be my meassure for the front and back pieces then + 2 inches for movement. Is this correkt? * I'd add more that 2. Remember, in the period the cut reflects a time when things were not really cut as we think of it today, but came off the loom in rectangles and squares. Not all chemises add the triangular pieces for extra room in the hips and at the hem. It would then be a straight tube the measurement of the hip area and hem. You don't need to be THAT primitiveshaping is allowed. But I'd go a little fuller than usual. It all gets smashed under the corset, true, but sometimes the neck of the chemise gets drawn up by a cord in a casing ... Not as much as a ruffle...but a bit. *** Do you think i should add the lace frills to the sleaves, or should i just sew it to the dress sleaves? *** Both is done in the period. I'd put them on the dressunless you see some chemise sleeve peaking out from under the dress' sleeve.which you do in the 1780s and 90s. ___ 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] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Unfortunately, I have nothing coming up that I can play dress-up at. I'm in a bit of a no-man's land by way of costuming, and any Christmas parties coming up are very informal. *Sigh* So instead I'm using the time to repair and update some of my dance costumes. Presently my dummy is looking all disco-sparkly in a lovely three tone gold Bedlah set, which I am in the process of adding more gold and holographic gold pailletes to. Base fabric is a dark almost tarnished looking matte gold, the silver-lined beads and sequins are orange and bright gold with a smattering of holograpic sequins and paillets in the mix. I usually make all of my own applique's, these ones are simple geometric shapes. I have also added some more large orange jewels, which I have 'set' with gold and orange beads. It's soon getting to the point where I will have to wear sunglasses to finish it. :-) I also need to finish off the set with some accessories, arm bands of some sort and something for my hair. Sheridan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Mine's just wearing the canvas cover since I never got her to remotely resemble me...with an instructor's help. How do you model rounded shoulders and a hollow chest? A friend and I are planning on making duct tape doubles. Any better suggestions? I know that pinning will be more difficult and pins will get sticky. Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion
At 16:14 15/11/2005, you wrote: Hi, I am a little embarrased to ask, because i really aught to know and have made this before, but actually i never made a chemise before because i always just edged my dresses with lace. But i want to construkt after Jean Hunniset's chemise. My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and over the bust. I suppose this should be my meassure for the front and back pieces then + 2 inches for movement. Is this correkt? Do you think i should add the lace frills to the sleaves, or should i just sew it to the dress sleaves? Your lady may need a little more in the width of the main pieces Bjarne. Jean's chemise is made to fit a 91-96 cm chest, (36-38) and you will find anyone bigger needs a bit more or it is very snug. Because you are making a corset, and there should not be a lot of spare fabric under it, 2-3 maximum should be all you will need. You will not need extra for ease or movement because of the corset. Do also check the sleeves, as I find that they are rather snug too. You can use a casing for a draw string, but it also helps to put the corset on the unfinished chemise, pull down the extra, and cut the neckline once the corset is on. The sleeves sometimes have a draw string too, or the ends are left loose on the binding and tied. Do contact me off list if you want - I make these all the time. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion
Bjarne, my reply about the lace frills is from a costumer and considers practicality rather than necessarily being authentic, but for what it's worth: I always edge the chemise in lace rather than sewing the lace to the dress, because the chemise is much easier to launder. With the actresses in make-up, the lace gets soiled easily but the dress usually stays pretty clean, and if the actress perspires this also affects the chemise much more than the costume, so washing the chemise keeps the whole costume looking clean and smelling fresh. Depending on how carefully the actress dresses, the lace edging may or may not be as precisely lined up with the sleeve and neckline edges as you'd want, but the ease of care is more important to me. --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -Original Message- From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Nov 15, 2005 11:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] chemise construktion Hi, I am a little embarrased to ask, because i really aught to know and have made this before, but actually i never made a chemise before because i always just edged my dresses with lace. But i want to construkt after Jean Hunniset's chemise. My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and over the bust. I suppose this should be my meassure for the front and back pieces then + 2 inches for movement. Is this correkt? Do you think i should add the lace frills to the sleaves, or should i just sew it to the dress sleaves? 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] chemise construktion
I am assuming that this is a 1700s outfit. (got in the topic late)a suggestion and not this is how it's done. If you have a double row of lace/ruffle on the sleeve, you could have the lace/ruffle that is near the skin sewn to the chemise and the top lace/ruffle sewn to the dress. -Original Message- Bjarne, my reply about the lace frills is from a costumer and considers practicality rather than necessarily being authentic, but for what it's worth: I always edge the chemise in lace rather than sewing the lace to the dress, because the chemise is much easier to launder. With the actresses in make-up, the lace gets soiled easily but the dress usually stays pretty clean, and if the actress perspires this also affects the chemise much more than the costume, so washing the chemise keeps the whole costume looking clean and smelling fresh. Depending on how carefully the actress dresses, the lace edging may or may not be as precisely lined up with the sleeve and neckline edges as you'd want, but the ease of care is more important to me. --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Bless you! You had better get lots of photos, to be sure your daughter remembers! Absolute must - my Nana spent hours making me a medieval princess dress when I was little, but we didn't get any pics - all I can remember is that it was gorgeous, purple, and had a big pointy henin! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
The last time I did this sort of project, after cutting the first 10 leaves, I began to cut the rest free-hand. This made the chore more interesting (as to repeating the shapes from a given piece of felt), The assembly thereafter was Much more interesting. Pick your best flick and enjoy the evening. Kathleen - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing? In a message dated 11/15/2005 8:15:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I did look into getting ready made holly leaves, but the ones I have come across come in packets of six leaves at £3.00 a packet (sorry, I don't know what that is in dollars!), Ouch! That is pricey. You couldn't pull leaves off bunches for a lot cheaper? And are you sewing them all on, as opposed to gluing? Bless you! You had better get lots of photos, to be sure your daughter remembers! Ann Wass ___ 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] Muppet Fur
On Tuesday 15 November 2005 7:50 am, Marie Stewart wrote: Muppet Fur is what I call the currently popular Acrylic furlike fiber. Some folks call it Teddy Bear, some folks call it eyelash. LONG URL... but this gives the texture. The lining I used is in black. Got the fabric for a steal from my local shop. The texture approximates the look in the portrait, and seeing as this project was just for fun, I went with the Muppet. : I thought that might be what you meant. Thanks. -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.--Richard Feynman ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: holly leaves
That's what I was going to suggest - getting a large 'silk' holly garland and peeling off the leaves. They usually come off very easily. This is how we did the angel wings from one of our painting reproductions (fantasy) - got every bit of silk greenery from the local craft store that had the right shape leaves, and peeled them off. We lucked out - the store had all silk flowers/greens at 50% off that day only. Sandy At 01:14 PM 11/15/2005, you wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:49:53 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing? [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I did look into getting ready made holly leaves, but the ones I have come across come in packets of six leaves at £3.00 a packet (sorry, I don't know what that is in dollars!), Ouch! That is pricey. You couldn't pull leaves off bunches for a lot cheaper? And are you sewing them all on, as opposed to gluing? Ann Wass Those Who Fail To Learn History Are Doomed to Repeat It; Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -- Why They Are Simply Doomed. Achemdro'hm The Illusion of Historical Fact -- C.Y. 4971 Andromeda ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
