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Re: [h-cost] dating vintage patterns by number and year

2016-09-22 Thread Lynn Downward

I can't help you with the book but it would be very cool to have something
like that.

However, having said that, I know that I have a couple of patterns, let's
say Butterick 1234, dating in two separate decades. There's only so many
4-digit numbers available and they are recycled constantly.

I searched through my vintage pattern collection and looked on the
envelopes in the small print and on the instruction sheets and was able to
find most of the copyright dates for my patterns from the 30s on. It took a
couple of days, so now I search for it once I get a new pattern and put a
piece of archival paper with notes (copyright 1942, missing sleeve cuff
piece #7, manufacturing folds, unused, etc.) into a clear, archival comic
book envelope with the pattern. I've got mine filed by decade and by year
if possible. (I know, fussy.)
LynnD

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Cascio Michael  wrote:

> Hello the list,
>  Many years ago someone  published a book, I think, that listed ranges
> of pattern numbers for the Big 3 by year they were issued.  I don't recall
> the name of the book since I wasn't doing vintage patterns then.  I can
> figure out decade from the covers of the pattern but would like to be more
> accurate than general decade.  Something to the effect of Simplicity 1001
> to 1075 was published in 1937 or something similar.  Any help with the book
> title much appreciated.
>
>
> Cassandra
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Re: [h-cost] Victorian button boots

2016-08-30 Thread Lynn Downward

Have you checked with Old Sacramento Goods? Can't remember the proper name
and don't have time to look it up, but it's the store from JoAnn Peterson,
owner of Laughing Moon Mercantile patterns.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Lavolta Press 
wrote:

> I have already asked, she says sizes under 6 just don't sell well enough.
>
> Fran
>
>
>
> On 8/30/2016 3:30 PM, Sharon Collier wrote:
>
>> Try asking Lauren (owner American Duchess) if she can make you a smaller
>> pair. There might be others who'd like smaller sizes.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
>> Behalf Of Lavolta Press
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 3:21 PM
>> To: Historical Costume
>> Subject: [h-cost] Victorian button boots
>>
>> I had a nice pair of Victorian repro button boots with scallops. They
>> looked
>> very authentic. I need to replace them. Does anyone know where I can get a
>> replacement?  American Duchess won't work for me. There are a number of
>> their shoes I would buy if they made smaller than a size 6, but I wear 5
>> or
>> 5 1/2.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Fran
>>
>> Lavolta Press
>>
>> Books on historic clothing
>>
>> www.lavoltapress.com
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Re: [h-cost] 1930s Joan of Arc reenactment (color photos)

2016-04-21 Thread Lynn Downward

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I'm going with awesome and not nitpick.
LynnD

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 1:20 AM, Elena House  wrote:

> http://mashable.com/2016/04/18/joan-of-arc-festival/
> This is a collection of photos from the 1932 Joan of Arc festival
> in Compiégne.  The garb is both very nitpickable, and very awesome.
>
> -E House
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[h-cost] History of Linen

2015-04-03 Thread Lynn Downward

Many of you probably receive messages from fabrics-store.com, where many of
us purchase linen for costuming. Today they sent out a link to a
well-illustrated article about the history of linen. It's quite interesting
to know how what we use so often in costuming - and real life - was made
through history.

They say this is the first in a series of articles where they will examine
natural fabrics through the ages.

Required Disclaimer: I'm not connected to fabrics-store.com except as a
customer.

http://www.fabrics-store.com/blog/2015/04/02/a-brief-history-of-linen/?utm_source=newsletterutm_medium=emailutm_term=Patronsutm_content=Debutm_campaign=Thread


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Re: [h-cost] spam (was need help with Butterick B6074)

2015-02-27 Thread Lynn Downward

And I thought it was just my spam in gmail... I check every other day or
so, or whenever I feel I'm missing part of the conversation.

Emily, I love your little mouse picture! Is it something you made?
LynnD

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Emily Gilbert emchantm...@gmail.com
wrote:

 On 2/27/2015 2:12 PM, Sybella wrote:

 Hm. It looks like the list is only sending me some of the messages in this
 conversation. Charlene took a quote from Ann's but I never received Ann's
 message at all! I wonder what else I'm missing. :(


 Ann's messages tend to go into my spam folder for some reason - Gmail's
 security settings don't seem to like them.  I've taken to checking my spam
 every day so I can rescue anything that's not supposed to be in there.

 Emily
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Re: [h-cost] New Topic: Is this a Postmortem Photo

2015-01-15 Thread Lynn Downward

It's a lovely photo. The children are really cute and I love the clothing.
I think I agree with Teena and it's not a post-mortem photo.

I think your aunt is leaning in because the photographer told her to lean
closer to get that lovely head grouping but her body didn't follow her head
before the photographer shot the picture. Most post-mortem photos I've seen
(and I'm sure you've seen more than me) show the child lying down or
sitting.

The children's eyes are quite blue, and blue eyes can wash out in photos.
Any photo of my very blue-eyed uncle-in-law from childhood through his
adult years made him look drunk or dead because of the how the light showed
his eyes. Only until the family started using color film did he look sober
and alive. Herbert seems much fairer than the others, both in hair and eyes
and I think that might be what's going on with his eyes.

Do you think that the belt might be just a very wide, dark sash for his
outfit?

Just my two cents.
LynnD

On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Beteena Paradise 
bete...@mostlymedieval.com wrote:

 I disagree. I don't think it is post-mortem. First of all, why would they
 do it with him standing when the grouping would have been just as pleasant
 with him sitting. That would be much more likely if he was post mortem.
 There is no indication that he is not holding his own weight on his legs.
 They are clearly solid beneath him and not shifted to the side as if
 something else is holding him up. I do, however, think that he has some
 disability and the belt is keeping him steady. There is also drooping on
 one side of his face which may indicate stroke or other brain
 abnormality/injury. And his eyes look blind to me not dead. There is a
 certain look to a dead body and he doesn't have it. Particularly focus on
 his lips. They are not the lips of a dead body at all. Just my 2 cents.
 Teena
   From: Penny Ladnier pe...@costumegallery.com
  To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com
  Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 1:07 AM
  Subject: [h-cost] New Topic: Is this a Postmortem Photo

 I'll open a can of worms.  I have a photo of my Dad and his siblings from
 1912 http://www.costumegallery.com/kids2.jpg . The little boy in this
 front
 is he postmortem or handicapped.  He passed away in 1912.  I have always
 thought the belt around him was odd and being shoeless.  My Dad told me
 once
 that his mother was very strict and would not allow them to go around
 barefooted.  Last week I was dusting the photo's frame and gave it a hard
 look and thought it might be postmortem.

 Penny Ladnier, Owner
 The Costume Gallery Websites, www.costumegallery.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery

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Re: [h-cost] Anyone here?

2015-01-13 Thread Lynn Downward

I'm here. I have time for h-costume but not enough for Facebook.
LynnD

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.gov
wrote:

 Drat!  I'm not able to do Facebook.

 Ginni Morgan

 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com
 Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 4:35 PM
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Anyone here?

 I think so. I believe many who used to come here regularly may have
 shifted to various Facebook groups--I know I have.

 Ann Wass







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 From: Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com
 To: h-costume h-costume@mail.indra.com
 Sent: Tue, Jan 13, 2015 6:40 pm
 Subject: [h-cost] Anyone here?


 Hi, I haven't been getting any messages lately, until today-I got only one.
 Is the list especially quiet?

 Sharon Collier

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Re: [h-cost] slashing fabric

2014-07-23 Thread Lynn Downward

I agree with Kate - it never really made a lot of sense to me too.

It was already mentioned that the slashes on the bias wouldn't ravel as
badly. The fabrics were also woven more tightly when woven by hand than now
by machine, so they were even less inclined to fray. When you use one of
the chisels to slash you get a more even size slash and a sharper edge to
the cuts than by scissors, which also lessens the fraying.
LynnD


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 11:23 AM, RC Sharp r.c.sh...@comcast.net wrote:

 The thing that always got me about the 'slash it to make it larger' story
 was it implied the Landsknechts were either
 1 - too dumb to trade with someone else for a better fitting garment
 or
 2 - too lazy to wash it, patch it,  sell it in the next town
 or
 3 - that they were larger than everyone they vanquished which isn't likely
 because, as with any martial art, it's a random combination of skill, luck,
 and maybe some god looking or not.  (You - you're dead!  What?  oh ...)

 The story just never made sense 

 -Kate



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Re: [h-cost] Chemise/Shift question

2014-05-09 Thread Lynn Downward

Liz,

The ones I've seen photos of had very small seams turned (and maybe turned
again - I can't remember) on each separate piece and stitched with a
blanket stitch. Then the two pieces were joined by something that looks
like a ladder stitch. I don't know if my stitches would stand up to the
stress of the washing...
LynnD


On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Liz H. imco...@verizon.net wrote:

 I'm sure sometime has answered this sometime over the years, but I can't
 seen to find it...

 In the 1480-1600 period of time, does anyone know how the edges of the
 cloth, or seams of under-tunics/shifts/shirts/chemises would have been
 finished?  I figure that as they would have been the most often washed
 garment, something would have been done to help prevent the edges of the
 cloth from unraveling...but I haven't been able to figure out what, during
 that period of time.

 (Me, I either zigzag or whip-stitch the edges usually...but I'm wondering
 what would have been done *then*)

 Thanks!
 -Elisabeth/Liz
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Re: [h-cost] Italian men's cioppa pattern

2014-05-05 Thread Lynn Downward

Alwyn,

Check out the two reviews at Greater Bay Area Costumers' Guild Great
Pattern Review:

http://www.gbacg.org/great-pattern-review/index.php

One person recommended it and one did not.

This is a really great tool for everyone.

Lynn


On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
aylwe...@gmail.comwrote:

 Dear All
 Has anyone here used Period Patterns 43 to make a cioppa? I need to make
 one in the next two weeks and after finding instructions for this pattern
 realised they just don't make any sense. Has anyone had any luck with this
 pattern or know another one I can use?
 Many thanks,
 Aylwen


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 *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
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Re: [h-cost] mailing costume to austria

2014-04-08 Thread Lynn Downward

The company I work for sends at least 8 packages to Europe and Japan via
FedEx daily and have for years and years. We seldom have anything delivered
late. There are a few places they cannot send but they are listed on their
website.
LynnD


On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Katy Bishop katybisho...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello,

 I need to mail a costume to Austria and I am wary of the USPS getting it
 there in time, does anyone have recommendations of shipping companies, DHL,
 UPS, and FEDEX are the three that come to mind.

 Thanks.

 Katy

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 katybisho...@gmail.comwww.VintageVictorian.com
  Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era.
   Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books.
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Re: [h-cost] 1933 hat help - French magazine pattern

2014-02-13 Thread Lynn Downward

I've made patterns out of paper towels (don't enlarge the patterns, just
use them the size they are) and make a few of each piece. Then try to put
the hat together to look the way the picture does. Paper towels are softer
and more malable than regular paper and will move more like fabric than
copy paper. Just play with it until it works.
LynnD


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Sybella mae...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ahahaahaa...yes, translation is everything, isn't it?! Come to think of it,
 decorative doo-dads that are parsley shaped may look rather smashing! ;)

 I'm still confused on where to start though. How many of each to cut,
 what's on the fold, etc. I'm assuming the solid lines are cutting lines and
 the dotted are ribbon guide lines but if I don't have the pieces in the
 right shape to start, no amount of A to A and B to B will result in
 anything resembling a hat.


 On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  Yes, think of translating it to 'garnish'. It's the parsley on the hat??
  LynnD
 
 
  On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Sybella mae...@gmail.com wrote:
 
   Wonderful!! I had a feeling gasket was wrong...LOL! Thank you sooo
  much!
  
  
   On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Kate Bunting katembunt...@gmail.com
   wrote:
  
Sybella,
A few corrections to the translation:
It definitely calls for grosgrain ribbon as the alternative to
 velvet.
Garniture here means the trimming on the hat. (It may mean a gasket
  in
another context!)
Pan may refer to the two hanging ends of ribbon.
Pince seems to mean a dart, if I interpret my dictionary correctly.
Batissez-la - literally build it - i.e. stitch it?
Du sens oppose a la premiere = in the opposite direction to the
   first.
Surely you are meant to bring points E and E' together?
   
Hope this helps,
Kate Bunting
Retired librarian  17th century reenactor
   
Police Bonnet

 It's a very wanted model now.
 The one we are proposing you, is particularly successful.
 Take 1m60 of velvet ribbon summer n?22, or if you don't have that,
 a large grain (grosgrain?) ribbon.
 Take 0m80 ribbon for the gasket plus 0m20 for the pan (?): 0m60
  remains
for
 the cap.
 The pattern is drawn up for a 0m55 head entry:

 I. The Headband cap. II. The gasket.

 Place the pattern over the ribbon, pass threads over
 as indicated in the shematic with the dotted line: mark the
 reference
 points.
 The cap: Shape the clip (the pliers? the clamp?)by bringing
 together
  D
   to
 D',
 b?tissez-l?. Close the headband to your head entry.

 Gasket: From F, form a point (tip) by bringing the reference
 points A
   A'
 together.
 Pin it. Form a shell (case? hull? body?, cover?) by bringing the 2
 B
   and
 B'from the end of the ribbon
 to the 2 B and B'on the edge of the ribbon.
 Shape and pin a second shell (...?) opposite to the first direction
  by
 bringing
 C together witk C' and C' to E'.

 Place the gasket on to the headband cap.
 Secure point E'(en regard de E du bandeau de calotte-- this can
 mean
 opposite E on the headband cap or facing E on the headband
 cap. I
have
 no idea which one is meant here..)
 Align the meeting points and get the back cover to point F, F'.
 Put G and G' together, after which you do te same with I and I',
 and
   then
H
 and H'.
 The seam of the headband cap stops under the front (cover, hull?
   shell?)

 Under point F', slide a piece of ribbon of 0m20, diagonally cut on
  each
side
 Sew the cap by a few points hidden in the folds.
 (a cap with three ribs, in taffetas, serves as headdress)

 Lysiane
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Re: [h-cost] grid board tutorial

2013-11-19 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi Natalie,

If I understand what you're asking, I have expanded the pattern to full
size per the book - that makes it into the size 9 or the size of the
original garment in the case of a Janet Arnold book. Form there I graded it
to my size and made several muslins until it fit correctly. I don't know
that my math skills would be able to change it all at once, from a drawing
on a graph to my size in one step. If you think you're experienced enough
to skip that first step, I'd say go for it and save yourself a couple of
hours. I know I can't - just not enough experience and not a proportioned
body enough to do it.

Good luck and let us know how it goes,
LynnD


On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Natalie natali...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'm not sure I'm conveying my question clearly, so let me try again.

 I'm using The Tudor Tailor to design the next round of costuming for my
 husband. All of my previous experience is with modifying/altering
 commercial paper patterns, and I can do this fairly easily, including
 resizing. The Tudor Tailor patterns are printed on a grid within the book.
 It is my understanding that I need to hand-draw the pattern, life size,
  using a gridded mat. If I need to enlarge or shrink the pattern, may I do
 so by using the grid directly (increase all lines by 1/2 square, for
 example) and save myself having to draw out the original size first, or do
 I first have to follow the grid exactly and then increase/decrease using
 the regular rules for pattern grading? A tutorial on using the gridded mat
 to transfer the pattern from book to life-size would be appreciated.

 Natalie

 On 11/18/2013 5:03 PM, claudine wrote:

 I googled enlarging with a grid  and came up with a number of sites and
 YouTube vids, aimed at taking a small image (works the same for a
 photograph or cartoon as it does for a pattern) and enlarging it like you
 would with a copy machine. Is that what you're looking for? If you mean to
 change dress size (like, from size 10 to size 12 or vice versa) then you
 need to look up pattern grading or grading patterns  but that doesn't
 necessarily require a grid.



 Claudine



 
   From: Natalie natali...@gmail.com
 To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
 Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 1:47 PM
 Subject: [h-cost] grid board tutorial

 Could someone point me to an online tutorial on how to use a pattern
 grid board to:
 1. Copy a pattern from a book that is on a grid (like in The Tudor Tailor)
 2. Use that grid to make the pattern a larger/smaller size.

 I'm used to working with tissue patterns, so this is new territory for
 me. Thanks in advance!

 Natalie

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Re: [h-cost] tv fashions

2013-10-30 Thread Lynn Downward

Isn't that annoying! SHE's the star but his wardrobe gets the credit. I
remember thinking how well she dressed at the time too, but she should; as
the wife of an ad man they would be pretty comfortably well off.

Is is historically connected in that those 1960s dresses are 'historic'
now, at the very least vintage -- even though I remember those dresses
being on the high end of middle class regular wear.

I wish I could do more than just agree with you. If you find out anything,
please share if you can.

Thanks,
Lynn


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote:

 I know it's not historical in the long view, but I wondered if anyone
 knows if there are any photo collections of fashions from tv shows.

 I've been watching Bewitched and the star, Elizabeth Montgomery wears some
 really stunning classics that would be lovely to recreate - or even see who
 gets credit for dressing her on set. The credits for the show identify the
 wardrobe supplier of the male star, but not her.

 There are other shows from every decade that showed current fashion at the
 time and influenced fashion among viewers.  Is there any author or
 publisher that has gone down this road?

 Denise
 Iowa

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Re: [h-cost] Victorian flat leghorn hat

2013-09-17 Thread Lynn Downward

As I recall, leghorn describes the type of straw the hat is made of. Also,
that brim is wavy, not flat at all. It's a gorgeous hat!


On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Lauren Walker
lauren.wal...@comcast.netwrote:

 Hi,
 Working on the last of the four 19th-century fashion plates I'm recreating
 as doll outfits! I would like to check in with those more familiar with
 19th-century millinery about the hat. It's  an 1889 flat leghorn,
 according to Godey's text; I'm trying to confirm that it has a low flat
 crown rather than an open one or a completely flat one.
 (figure on the right):
 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004176882;view=1up;seq=109
 Any thoughts?
 Thank you!
 (The third outfit was a nightmare; I remade it four times. Eventually I
 got the chiffon pleated in a satisfactory manner using a pleating board and
 plenty of starch, but no heat. There will be photos of all once the full
 project is done and the gift given to its intended recipient.)

 Thanks again for all your aid. This has been so much fun! Even the pleat
 nightmare.
 Lauren


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Re: [h-cost] Nazi propaganda photos of occupied Paris in World War 2

2013-09-12 Thread Lynn Downward

The photographs are really wonderfully done. It's hard to say that he
should be punished for putting the best face on France during the German
occupation. He seems to have shown both sides of the coin in his
photography, although the German side paid better. And the Germans are the
ones who gave him the rare color film, making these photos so important
historically.

I started to notice how even the women called well-dressed in the captions
didn't have nylons on. Only one woman other than those in uniform seemed to
be wearing stockings. You'd think the Germans would have given them
stockings to wear in at least some of the more posed photographs.

And the shoes!!! I wish I could find shoes that interesting now. Lovely
wedges, wedges with cut-outs, elegant heels and strappy shoes. Oh, my!

Fran, thanks for the link; it was really interesting. I'd never seen any
photographs of Paris during this time and it added to my knowledge.

LynnD

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[h-cost] CANCELLED - Costumers'/Seamstresses' STASH BUSTING Rummage Sale, Concord, Northern California, June 2

2013-05-22 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry to send out another mail to everyone but I have to let you all
know that the rummage sale I notified you all about has had to be
postponed. We hope to reschedule it for late summer.

Again, my apologies for this second mail and to you if you were interested
in attending.

Please watch this space for updated news.

Lynn
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[h-cost] Costumers'/Seamstresses' STASH BUSTING Rummage Sale, Concord, Northern California, June 2

2013-05-21 Thread Lynn Downward

Have you been looking for that perfect trim to go on your latest Gatsby
dress? Or a length of fabric to make that dress? How about a purse, parasol
or pair of trousers for Dickens Fair? Maybe something you've been wishing
for but couldn't find the perfect color/design/fit? Come shop at the
semi-occasional Costumers' stash-busting sale on Sunday, June 2nd. Over a
dozen vendors are clearing out their closets and YOU could be the lucky
recipient of some pretty nice stuff for bargain prices. Particulars are:

When: Sunday, June 2nd, 11 - 4

Where: Cue Live Productions Theatre in old downtown Concord, 1835 Colfax
Street between Willow Pass Road and Concord Blvd. Lots of street parking
available.

Mass transit: A couple of blocks from the Concord BART station

Admission: $5.00 Proceeds benefit the Butterfield 8 Theatre, our lovely
hosts at Cue Live.

There is no ATM nearby. Please bring cash.

Can't attend because you will be at Valhalla Renaissance Faire? Heck, send
your friends. They know y pretty darn well and can spot a bargain that
you'll love.

A concession stand will be on site for snacks and drinks, all proceeds go
to Butterfield 8. Please don't bring outside food into the building.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REPOST THIS MESSAGE EVERYWHERE!
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Re: [h-cost] Terms for men's pants

2013-03-20 Thread Lynn Downward

Knickers are short for knickerbockers, from some deep recess of my memory.
I know they weren't called knee-breeches during Victorian times (except
maybe by old ladies) but I can't verify they were called knickers.

My theory is that the ladies' underwear term, knickers, came from the name
of the short trousers worn by men.

Supposition on my part; my library is miles away and I can't remember
anything solid to back up my comments.
LynnD

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Julie jtknit...@gmail.com wrote:

 I thought knickers referred to underwear.
 Julie


 Last Sunday, a friend came to a Steampunk St. Patty's Day party
  sporting knickers. I am in the habit of calling them knee-breeches from
 my
  Rev
  War days.
 Is knickers the correct term for men's knee breeches in Victorian
  times?
 Henry Osier
 
 
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Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-20 Thread Lynn Downward

I don't know... When i was five and six I had peddle pushers and felt
pretty cute in the - in the late 1950s. Alas, no bike with which to push
peddles.

I love words and this has been a really interesting topic!
LynnD

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Sybella mae...@gmail.com wrote:

 LOL! I'm laughing my butt off over here.

 Hope, thanks for trying but you can't pull the embarrassment card unless
 you wore them! You have spared yourself a lifetime of shame by not using
 that pattern! :)

 Clam diggers Great one!!! I'm surprised I forgot that one. It and peddle
 pushers are my favorite names for this horrid, fashion blight!


 'Bella



 On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Kathryn Pinner pinn...@mccc.edu wrote:

  Another name, at least in southeast Virginia, was 'clam diggers'.
 
  Kate Pinner
 
  Costume  Scenic Design
 
  Tech. Coord., Kelsey Theatre, MCCC
 
  609-570-3584
 
  pinn...@mccc.edu
 
 
 
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants
 
  Bella - I won't tell if you won't tell that I actually had a pattern
  very similar to this one. Like so many other fashionable items that I
  thought would put me in the cool kid category, I didn't actually ever
  make them...
  http://momspatterns.com/inc/sdetail/95681
 
  - Hope
 
 
  On 3/20/13 5:11 PM, Sybella wrote:
   Honestly, it's something I'd rather not admit to so I'll trust you all
 to
   keep it a secret! ;)
  
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Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-20 Thread Lynn Downward

Tongue stuck firmly in cheek:
It never changes. Some guy (Charles Worth, for example) decides we all need
to wear hoop skirts (for example) and we all follow along. I bet it's been
going on since Mankind first started wearing clothes. And I don't mean only
women who follow fashion slavishly; men are right in there too. We finally
figure it out, Terry figured it out once she got out of high school. It
takes other people decades to realize that the most up to date fashion
isn't always the one for them. I love people!

And what would we costumers do if no one followed fashion? How could we
tell an 1875 bonnet from an 1885 one?

Lynn

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Terry twal...@us.net wrote:

 Hey, be loud and proud about your sartorial choices.  I had two pairs of
 knickers I got in my last year or two of high school--'81 or '82--the kind
 with the band just below the knee.  One pair was a tasteful tweed.  The
 other was lilac corduroy that I wore with cream colored socks and lavender
 shoes.  I actually had two pairs of lavender shoes, but only one pair was
 deemed dressy enough for the knickers.  After that, I stopped following
 fads...

 Terry

 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Sybella

 Yes, I did mean the 1980s and capri is another one, Cynthia!  And Carol
 may be right, where my memories blended '70s with the '80s...but I do
 distinctly remember asking Mom to take me shopping for a pair of knickers,
 pants that came to a gather just below the knee, during my childhood.
 Honestly, it's something I'd rather not admit to so I'll trust you all to
 keep it a secret! ;)


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Re: [h-cost] art costume

2013-03-15 Thread Lynn Downward

The doily represents a Dutch/Netherlandish lace cap, not ears. The original
would have covered the back of her head and only the front bits would show
from that angle.

I was VERY impressed how many of those photos are so reminiscent of the
original paintings! Thanks very much for posting.
LynnD

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote:

 Wow. He's definitely good. There was only ONE that bothered me a little-
 that's the one where the daughter has ears of lace, and it's only too
 obvious that he cut up a paper doily, not even sticking to the pattern
 lines embossed in the paper.

 But the photography  creativity itself is amazing. Glad you posted it,
 Melissa.

  == Marjorie Wilser

 =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
http://3toad.blogspot.com/
 Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement. --MW



 On Mar 15, 2013, at 2:11 PM, mhprobe...@gmail.com wrote:

  This made me smile!

 http://www.visualnews.com/**2013/03/09/father-takes-**
 photos-of-daughter-posed-as-**classic-art/http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/09/father-takes-photos-of-daughter-posed-as-classic-art/

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Re: [h-cost] University of NH exhibit

2013-03-14 Thread Lynn Downward

I had trouble too but realized that the period at the end of the sentence
carried forward when I clicked on the link. Try again and delete the '.'

LynnD

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.comwrote:

 Astrida,

 The link didn't work for me, and I'm sure it should have. Odd.

  == Marjorie Wilser

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 On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Astrida Schaeffer wrote:

  Hi everyone--

 The Victorian embellishments book is finally well on its way through the
 design process, and I have a date (end of April) for it to get to the
 printer. I'm expecting copies in hand by mid-June.

 Pre-orders (and many more images of the exhibition) are now at
 www.schaeffferarts.com/**embellishmentshttp://www.schaeffferarts.com/embellishments.
 All pre-orders go toward printing costs! I'll also be posting a
 Kickstarter, hopefully tomorrow, with the same goal: raising printing money.

 If you pre-order from my site, it will be $30 plus shipping until
 mid-May; if you go through Kickstarter there will be many options with
 pledges of $50 or more including a book as well as other goodies.

 Thanks for all the interest!

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[h-cost] Fwd: [siliconweb] article

2013-03-05 Thread Lynn Downward

This article is really interesting. Forwarded with permission.
Lynn

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Date: Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 3:11 AM
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this may be of interest.

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Re: [h-cost] Victorian Embellishments exhibit

2013-01-29 Thread Lynn Downward

Me too please! Or will you just send a blanket email to hcostume?
Lynn

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Emily Gilbert emchantm...@gmail.comwrote:

 Count me in!

 Emily


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Re: [h-cost] Modern sewing challenge - suggestions?

2012-12-14 Thread Lynn Downward

Like so many other things, flannel comes in several weights. I noticed that
the stuff I bought at JoAnn's labeled Quilters' Flannel was a heavier
weight than the stuff that was the Snuggle Flannel (or something like
that). The really expensive Spiderman flannel i bought (due I thought to it
being a licensed character) was really thick and sturdy. You might try
looking at different types of flannels.
LynnD
Hoping that the eight pairs of flannel jammie pants I just finished don't
fall apart.


On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg 
gilshal...@comcast.net wrote:

 Hi Carol,

 Interesting to know that set you made of flannel fell apart due to strain
 fairly quickly.  I'm planning to make mine double layer to hopefully avoid
 that and make them warmer.  I'm also contemplating trying a pair where the
 outer layer is polar fleece and the in layer is flannel - that way I get
 the best of both worlds, the warmth of the fleece but without the
 irritation of a man-made fabric next to my skin.  So thanks for the warning
 and the suggestion!

 Cheers,
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Re: [h-cost] Travelling to the US, August 2013

2012-10-11 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi Alwen,

The US is even bigger than Australia. Where will you be? I think your
question is so huge that no one is able to answer it. Of course August is
near the end of our summer, so there's things going on all over the
country, coast to coast. You might also want to let us know what era of
event you're most interested in.

LynnD

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden aylwe...@gmail.com
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 Dear Historical Costume Friends
 I am organising a historical dance teaching trip to the US in August 2013,
 following by a three-week historical costume and dance tour of the UK. Are
 there any good historical costume events on in August in the US that I
 should consider attending?
 Many thanks,
 Aylwen

 *Aylwen Gardiner-Garden*
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 *Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy 
 http://www.earthlydelights.com.au
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 *Jane Austen Festival Australia* http://www.janeaustenfestival.com
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Re: [h-cost] Liquid soap for hand washing

2012-08-20 Thread Lynn Downward

I understand that Woolite changed their formula many years ago and it was
hard to rinse out after that. Clothes could become sticky with the residue.
I stopped using it when I noticed that and use gentle shampoos with no oils
in them. Baby shampoo is rather harsh, surprisingly, because it's developed
to work against cradle cap.

Not really an answer,
Lynn

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote:

 What's everyone using for hand washing clothes? I hand wash my modern
 lingerie, some delicate modern clothes, and vintage clothes. I am not
 looking for an archival product. I am wondering if I should switch from
 Woolite, although for no special reason, really.

 Fran

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Re: [h-cost] sewing machines

2012-08-15 Thread Lynn Downward

Probably won't ever NEED one, unless you house goes under water and the
thing rusts.

My 1971 Kenmore still works wonders. I bought a cheap machine a couple of
years ago because it had a built-in, one-step buttonholer. And it's so much
lighter than my 'real' machine that I take it to Costume College and
classes throughout the year. It's paid for itself in convenience already.
Dragging the other one around, even with some plastic parts, is a pain.
LynnD

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.govwrote:

 I'm still using my Singer Golden Touch n Sew from 1962.  Just had it
 serviced.  It has sewn everything from Vogue wedding dresses to historical
 to my heavy canvas SCA pavilion.  Haven't got a clue where to start looking
 for a new machine and probably won't ever get one.

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Re: [h-cost] Neat link to sunburst pleats in striped fabric

2012-07-29 Thread Lynn Downward

That's really impressive. thanks, Fran.

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Re: [h-cost] 1849 millinery questions

2012-07-27 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi Lauren,

Welcome to millinary, a wonderful, terrible art.

I can answer two of your questions. however, the question of symmetry (#2
and #4) depended on the year and the desire of the wearer. Sometimes
symmetry was all, sometimes asymmetry was the way to go. Perhaps someone
with more experience in 1849 fashion can help you there.

However, yes, a straw bonnet would have that curtain in the back to cover
your (naked!) neck. It could be made of the lining fabric or part of the
trimming ribbon or even some of the fabric to match your dress. There's a
French term that means 'curtain', can't remember it right now and that
ruffle at the back is usually called by that name.

The lining could have been shirred and look poofy or smooth against inside
of the bonnet and/or (are you getting the terrible part yet?) she is
wearing a cap. As soon as I wrote 'women always covered their hair' I
remembered dozens of photographs of women whose hair showed.

Best wishes on your project. I hope you'll take pictures and send us a link
to admire.

LynnD

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:55 PM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:



 Hi,

 I'm working on a 1/12 scale (dollhouse miniature) of the outfit in an 1849
 fashion plate. (If you've subscribed to the Costume Gallery, it's part of
 the Year in Fashion: 1949 collection,
 http://www.costumegallery.com/1849/  . It's   the March 1849   Fashion
 Plate : Lady with Children .)



 I'm almost done with the gown and moving on to the bonne t. I am not
 very knowledgeable about 19th-century headwear, and am hoping someone with
 expertise can give me a clue or two or three .



 The bonnet appears to be straw, and I think it is more or less the typical
 shape of that decade, which I've seen variously described as
 cottage/spoon/scuttle . I've read that by 1849 the brim, while still large
 in circumference, no longer extended very far out beyond the face, which
 seems consistent with the image . Other examples from the same year that
 I've seen had a straight top line rather than a break between the caul and
 brim. A ribbon trims the hat, more or less where the caul would turn into
 the brim if they were not continuous.



 So far so good.



 The plate doesn't show the back of the bonnet. Other examples from around
 the same time have some kind of fabric ruffle on the back at the bottom of
 the caul, coming forward as far as the ribbon trim.



 Here are my questions:

 1) None of the real-life bonnets I've looked at is straw. On these other
 bonnets, the fabric ruffle is made of the same fashion fabric as the
 outside of the bonnet. Would a straw bonnet have the ruffle? What would it
 be made of on a straw hat?



 2) The bonnet in the fashion plate has an elaborate bow and tassel trim on
 the visible side. Would there have been the same  trim on both sides of the
 head ? Or just on one side?



 3) There's something sort of poufy or ruffly going on inside the brim of
 the bonnet. Would the lining have been poufy or did fashionable women still
 wear caps under their bonnets in '49?

 4) There are also flowers trimming the inside of the brim. Would those
 have been arranged the same way on both sides of the head, or
 asymmetrically?



 Thank you for any thoughts you might share!

 Best,

 Lauren



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Re: [h-cost] Review of Farewell, My Queen

2012-07-16 Thread Lynn Downward

That looks pretty interesting. And lovely.
LynnD

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Re: [h-cost] Civil War Frock Coat Pattern? my fav...

2012-06-18 Thread Lynn Downward

I hesitated to respond because I don't remember exactly what year/s the
pattern covers, but the Laughing Moon frock coat is beautiful and as
historic as it can be. I just don't know if it's CW-era or slightly later.
LynnD

On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Melody Watts
celticredhead2...@yahoo.comwrote:

 Since no one has answered this, I will get the ball rolling (so everyone
 who didn't answer can tell me what crap these patterns are,cause they are
 Big  3 patterns  ) but I have used this one with success, McCalls M6143.
 It is a multi size pattern for kids and adults,has 4 American Heros in it
 Uncle Sam,Statue of Liberty, Tom Jefferson  and Abe Lincoln
  The Abe Lincoln pattern is a simple to put together Frock type coat ,that
 turns out quite well. I used this to make my then Teenage son a Black Frock
 coat as  featured on the main characters in the 1990's movie Tombstone. I
 used a havy canvas /slubby linen for a more Cowboy ,less Townie look.
 He still has it ,and he's 35. You can use better material,line it and add
 fancy buttons, It is simple and  not compliccated to use.
 McCalls's also offeres a  mens Civil war  Officers Jacket  M4745. Has 2
 vaariations.
 Now, let the opionions begin...
 melody


 
 From: aqua...@patriot.net aqua...@patriot.net
 To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
 Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:57 AM
 Subject: [h-cost] Civil War Frock Coat Pattern?

 Hello,

 A friend just asked me, can anyone recommend a pattern for an American
 Civil War era frock coat?

 Thank you!
 -Carol

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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-24 Thread Lynn Downward

That's funny because it was The Rhinestone Guy who told us that they
weren't being made anymore because there wasn't a need for them. But as I
said that was 10 years ago or so and things do change.
LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Pierre  Sandy Pettinger 
costu...@radiks.net wrote:

 www.rhinestoneguy.com also  has the rose montees - unfortunately you
 can't order thru the website, you need to call or email.  But we've gotten
 stuff from him and his prices are pretty good.

 Sandy



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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? I have seen that JoAnn Fabrics
carries that in the recent past. However, I just looked on their website
and I don't see much. Perhaps you can check at some of the large trim
companies - Wright, Westrim, Plaid. I know I've seen it on those plastic
oval trim bolts on the trims wall.

Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The ones
with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which you
can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least 10
years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong jewels.
The prongs tear silk taffeta and I don't like the way they snag onto
everything near them. Please share your source for the sew-ins. Please,
please. I've got some I used on a costume

Thanks,
LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote:

I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm not
finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The
closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery -
something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form. I've
actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take apart,
but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I start
looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!)

Modern formal dresses often have a fake buckle or something resembling a
brooch sewn on the bodice front or back, etc. What do you call these
pieces? Having a few more search terms to use might improve my google-fu.

Denise
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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Wow, those embellishments weren't even on my radar. They're lovely.

Unfortunately, no. These look like costume pieces when you get up
close. The sew-ons I'm talking about had a metal base with grooves
formed into the back making an 'x' through which you sewed the rhinestone
onto the fabric. This base wrapped around the glass 'stone.' They looked
really, really good, very much like the pronged ones do - without the
backing forcing itself through the fabric. I haven't seen them in years. I
had a costume with hundreds sewn to it (it cost a fortune and weighed a
ton) and am now planning to take them all off to reuse elsewhere. I bought
them at Berger's Beads or Bohemian Beads in downtown Los Angeles probably
30 years ago - they had millions - and haven't seen them since.
LynnD
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:53 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:



 Whilst I am playing the busybody, are these the sew-on rhinestones you
 seek?

 http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=Swarovski-Sew-On



 - Original Message -


 From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
 To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
 Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:24:19 PM
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

 Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? I have seen that JoAnn Fabrics
 carries that in the recent past. However, I just looked on their website
 and I don't see much. Perhaps you can check at some of the large trim
 companies - Wright, Westrim, Plaid. I know I've seen it on those plastic
 oval trim bolts on the trims wall.

 Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The ones
 with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which you
 can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least 10
 years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong jewels.
 The prongs tear silk taffeta and I don't like the way they snag onto
 everything near them. Please share your source for the sew-ins. Please,
 please. I've got some I used on a costume

 Thanks,
 LynnD

 On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote:

  I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm not
  finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The
  closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery -
  something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form.  I've
  actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take apart,
  but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I
 start
  looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!)
 
  Modern formal dresses often have a fake buckle or something resembling a
  brooch sewn on the bodice front or back, etc. What do you call these
  pieces? Having a few more search terms to use might improve my google-fu.
 
  Denise
  Iowa
 
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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

I don't know, Roxanne. The page opened in Chinese saying that the website
is banned and not safe. Is this a political thing or a pirate website?
LD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Roxanne Price
price_roxa...@hotmail.comwrote:


 What you are describing sounds a lot like these:
 http://hjaccessory.com/ProductShow.asp?PicID=203


  Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:12:06 -0700
  From: lynndownw...@gmail.com
  To: h-cost...@indra.com
   Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
 
  Wow, those embellishments weren't even on my radar. They're lovely.
 
  Unfortunately, no. These look like costume pieces when you get up
  close. The sew-ons I'm talking about had a metal base with grooves
  formed into the back making an 'x' through which you sewed the rhinestone
  onto the fabric. This base wrapped around the glass 'stone.' They looked
  really, really good, very much like the pronged ones do - without the
  backing forcing itself through the fabric. I haven't seen them in years.
 I
  had a costume with hundreds sewn to it (it cost a fortune and weighed a
  ton) and am now planning to take them all off to reuse elsewhere. I
 bought
  them at Berger's Beads or Bohemian Beads in downtown Los Angeles probably
  30 years ago - they had millions - and haven't seen them since.
  LynnD
  On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:53 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:
 
  
  
   Whilst I am playing the busybody, are these the sew-on rhinestones you
   seek?
  
   http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=Swarovski-Sew-On
  
  
  
   - Original Message -
  
  
   From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
   To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
   Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:24:19 PM
   Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
  
   Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? I have seen that JoAnn Fabrics
   carries that in the recent past. However, I just looked on their
 website
   and I don't see much. Perhaps you can check at some of the large trim
   companies - Wright, Westrim, Plaid. I know I've seen it on those
 plastic
   oval trim bolts on the trims wall.
  
   Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The
 ones
   with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which
 you
   can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least
 10
   years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong
 jewels.
   The prongs tear silk taffeta and I don't like the way they snag onto
   everything near them. Please share your source for the sew-ins. Please,
   please. I've got some I used on a costume
  
   Thanks,
   LynnD
  
   On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net
 wrote:
  
I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm
 not
finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The
closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery -
something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form.
 I've
actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take
 apart,
but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I
   start
looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!)
   
Modern formal dresses often have a fake buckle or something
 resembling a
brooch sewn on the bodice front or back, etc. What do you call these
pieces? Having a few more search terms to use might improve my
 google-fu.
   
Denise
Iowa
   
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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Sharon,

will that work? It seems that the settings I've seen have double prongs -
one for the stone and one to go through the fabric.

I;d also like to apologize to Denise for kind of taking over her question.

LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote:

 Just sew on the back first, using an X stitch,  without the stone in it.
 The back will be attached, but not going through the fabric. Then set the
 stone into the prongs.
 Sharon C.

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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi Lauren,

The jewels at Jan's (which I'd never heard of) and at Shipwreck Beads
(which I had) are just what I've been looking for. The Preciosa Rhinestones
are relatively new and, although I'd seen them in the catalog, I didn't
realize they were singles. I thought they were looped together in a chain.
I'm SO excited! Thank you!
LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:

PS: If the rose montee is the setting you're looking for, apparently they
are still made.

http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/catalog/Findings-and-Components/Preciosa-Rhinestones/Preciosa-Rose-Montee-Rhinestones//orderBy/sku/itemsPerPage/20/page/1/item/3RH109

Which I suppose means they are not it. But hope springs eternal.

- Original Message -

From: lauren walker lauren.wal...@comcast.net
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:48:03 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

Lynn,

Continuing to act the busybody--any chance the stones you seek are these
rose montees? Jan's gets new/old stock and vintage stuff, if these are
not the droids you're looking for she still might now where you could find
them.

http://www.jansjewels.com/other/serhi-4.html

- Original Message -

From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:56:40 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

Sharon,

will that work? It seems that the settings I've seen have double prongs -
one for the stone and one to go through the fabric.

I;d also like to apologize to Denise for kind of taking over her question.

LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com
wrote:

Just sew on the back first, using an X stitch, without the stone in
it.
The back will be attached, but not going through the fabric. Then set the
stone into the prongs.
Sharon C.

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Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

2012-05-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Thanks again, Lauren.
Lynn (now where was that Shipwreck catalog?)

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:51 PM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:

Oh, yay! I love when I find something! The one problem with the Internet
is that you have to find the name of something before you can find the
something.

Enjoy!

Lauren

- Original Message -

From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:14:55 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

Hi Lauren,

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:31 PM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:

PS: If the rose montee is the setting you're looking for, apparently they
are still made.

http://www.shipwreckbeads.com/catalog/Findings-and-Components/Preciosa-Rhinestones/Preciosa-Rose-Montee-Rhinestones//orderBy/sku/itemsPerPage/20/page/1/item/3RH109

Which I suppose means they are not it. But hope springs eternal.

- Original Message -

From: lauren walker lauren.wal...@comcast.net
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 4:48:03 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

Lynn,

Continuing to act the busybody--any chance the stones you seek are
these
rose montees? Jan's gets new/old stock and vintage stuff, if these are
not the droids you're looking for she still might now where you could
find
them.

http://www.jansjewels.com/other/serhi-4.html

- Original Message -

From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:56:40 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents

Sharon,

will that work? It seems that the settings I've seen have double prongs -
one for the stone and one to go through the fabric.

I;d also like to apologize to Denise for kind of taking over her
question.

LynnD

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.com
wrote:

Just sew on the back first, using an X stitch, without the stone in
it.
The back will be attached, but not going through the fabric. Then set
the
stone into the prongs.
Sharon C.

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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2012-05-21 Thread Lynn Downward

Rebecca, congratulations on being able to cut one outfit from another.
However, if you need new summer-weigt wool, please check out B. Black and
Sons in Los Angeles California. They have all sorts of colors and prices.
Their website is www.bblackandsons.com but their customer service is
fantastic. At least any time I've been there I've had nothing but wonderful
service. I have no financial connection to B Black  Sons except for the
hundreds of dollars I've given them over the past 12-15 years. It's pretty
much the only place I go for wool anymore except for Britex in San
Francisco.
LynnD

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Rebecca lotsofteap...@charter.net wrote:

 I saw Ansel this weekend - he's looking great! I can't wait to see what
 he'll be wearing this season :)

 Rebecca Schmitt
 aka Agnyss Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire
 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of REBECCA BURCH
 Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 10:53 PM
 To: Historical Costume
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?


 Rebecca Burch
 Center Valley Farm
 Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA

 The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds
 and the brocades.  --Anonymous Costumer--


 Ansel Jr is currently wearing the mock up of the new doublet I will be
 making for Frobisher this year. Ansel has been on a diet and lost many
 inches since the last Frobie suit I made him, so the old pattern won't fit
 any more. I am going to take the opportunity of our visit next week to fit
 him in person. I'm also going to bring the old suit home and hopefully
 remake it. Tropical weight wool is hard to find anymore.

 Slightly off topic - my husband and I will be in Chicago next week. We will
 have Tuesday and Wednesday available to sight see. Anybody have any must
 see
 things to suggest?  We will be in intensive rehearsals for a concert at the
 Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette the rest of the week.

 If anybody is interested, there will be two free concerts on Sunday, May 27
 at 9:30a and 12:30p.


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  From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com
  To: H-costume h-cost...@indra.com
  Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:26 pm
  Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
 
 
  It's that time of year: spring parties, summer balls, summer theater
  season, LARPs, historic recreation events, costume conventions 
  fandom. You might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical
  locale or a historic site.  Whatever the reason, h-costumers are
  probably making something.  So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing
  today?
  --cin
  Cynthia Barnes
  cinbar...@gmail.com
 
  PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on
  the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in
  your design sketchbook, on the worktable, at the sewing machine or in
  the embroidery hoop.
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[h-cost] Reminder: Costumers/Sewers Bazaar, Concord CA

2012-05-01 Thread Lynn Downward

Mark your calendars! Please join us in a fundraiser for Butterfield 8
Theatre Company. Sunday May 6th is the Costumers/Sewers Bazaar!

Fabric, Notions, Costumes, Hats, Shoes and more!

We have committed ourselves to cleaning out our stashes.
What does this mean for you?

Great deals! Vintage wear, hand crafted masks, patterns, trim . . . the
list is endless!
11 - 4 at Butterfield 8/Cue Productions 1835 Colfax Street, Concord
(Willow Pass  Colfax) Right next door to East Bay Music

Cost: $5 at the door - all door proceeds go to Butterfield 8.

For more info contact Liz at costumersstu...@gmail.com
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REPOST THIS EVERYWHERE!
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Re: [h-cost] Reminder: Costumers/Sewers Bazaar, Concord CA

2012-05-01 Thread Lynn Downward

Concord, CA. that's in California. I put it in the header so people in
Florida or Colorado didn't need to open it.
LynnD

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:42 PM, REBECCA BURCH ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.netwrote:

 Concord Where??
 Mass???   New Hampshire???California ???

 Rebecca Burch
 Center Valley Farm
 Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA

 The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat
 folds and the brocades.  --Anonymous Costumer--


 --- On Tue, 5/1/12, Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com wrote:

  From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
  Subject: [h-cost] Reminder: Costumers/Sewers Bazaar, Concord CA
  To: gbacgcostum...@yahoogroups.com, Historical Costume 
 h-cost...@indra.com, Historic Needlework h-needlew...@ansteorra.org,
 cgwcostum...@yahoogroups.com, silicon...@yahoogroups.com
  Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012, 3:17 PM
   Mark your calendars! Please join us
  in a fundraiser for Butterfield 8
  Theatre Company. Sunday May 6th is the Costumers/Sewers
  Bazaar!
 
  Fabric, Notions, Costumes, Hats, Shoes and more!
 
  We have committed ourselves to cleaning out our stashes.
  What does this mean for you?
 
  Great deals! Vintage wear, hand crafted masks, patterns,
  trim . . . the
  list is endless!
  11 - 4 at Butterfield 8/Cue Productions 1835 Colfax Street,
  Concord
  (Willow Pass  Colfax) Right next door to East Bay
  Music
 
  Cost: $5 at the door - all door proceeds go to Butterfield
  8.
 
  For more info contact Liz at costumersstu...@gmail.com
  PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REPOST THIS EVERYWHERE!
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[h-cost] Fabric Costume Rummage Sale Extravaganza, Concord, CA May 6

2012-03-21 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi everyone,



I apologize if you receive this message more than once. I'm forwarding it
to multiple lists.



Liz Martin and I are putting together what we’re calling “The Fabric 
Costume Rummage Sale Extravaganza” in early May and wondered if you’d be
interested in participating.



The basics:

WHO: Benefit for Butterfield 8 Theater

WHAT: The Fabric  Costume Rummage Sale Extravaganza

WHERE: Cue Live Productions Theater on Colfax in “old downtown” Concord,
Butterfield 8’s playhouse

WHEN: Sunday, May 6, 11-5; we have the space from 9-7

HOW MUCH: $20 for a space to sell; $5 for a table; you’re encouraged to
bring your own table and rack.



The sale will help the sellers move stuff from their closets to someone
else’s and be a benefit for Butterfield 8, a wonderful small non-profit
theater group under the directorship of John Butterfield and
Maureen-Theresa Williams. http://www.b8company.com/



There will be a $5 admission fee to our public and all proceeds from the
space/table rental and door will go to Butterfield 8. The money you make at
your table is your money and not part of the proceeds. We expect to sell
sandwiches, drinks, snacks, etc. at the bar, also for Butterfield 8.  (Of
course, you can always bring your own food and drink.) We hope to hold a
raffle or two and the discussion is on for tickets to the Butterfield 8
opening night to Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer, which opens soon
after the Extravaganza. There might also be bottles of wine, sewing books
and a basket or two of sewing bits and bobs.  All profits will go to
Butterfield 8 and donations for any of the above will be gladly accepted.



This sale won’t just be for costumers, although I expect most of our
customers will be interested in some sort of costuming and sewing. We hope
that with our diverse advertising, we’ll interest general seamsters as well
as costumers so that any fabric, trim, patterns, pieces of not-really
costuming, can be sold, not just accurate, period-appropriate items.



Please reply to me offlist at lynndownw...@gmail.com and let me know if
you're interested in joining us so we can add you to our Rummagee's list.
Please use the rummage sale in the subject line so I know you’re interested
in signing up with us.



For those of you who would rather be Rummagers than Rummagees, we'll send
out a notice a couple of weeks before the date.



We hope to hear from you soon!



Thank you,

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Re: [h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-13 Thread Lynn Downward

Sorry about the poor link.That's all that was offered in the article. But
isn't it GORGEOUS!?!
Lynn

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 Thanks! That was a complete, working link :)


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  On Mar 12, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Helen Pinto wrote:

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[h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-12 Thread Lynn Downward

Maybe we don't have to go to Belgium after all. The Ghent Alterpiece is now
online.

Two articles about it in the LA TImes:

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/11/opinion/la-oe-charney-ghent-20120311

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/11/entertainment/la-ca-ghent-altarpiece-20100711

and the link: *closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be*
It takes a while to load, so be patient.
Lynn
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Re: [h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-12 Thread Lynn Downward

It took me reading the articles twice before i found it wy at the
bottom. It is there. It seems to be a partial link but it opened for me.
It's lovely and worth the work to find it. As one of the articles says,
it's a piece from Art History 101. I fell in love with it as a teenager and
it's even better now with this restoration.

Lynn

closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be

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 My browser (now recovered from the earlier spam message) can't find the
 link (frustrated look!). waaah!

 ==Marjorie Wilser

  @..@   @..@   @..@
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Re: [h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-12 Thread Lynn Downward

Also, Marjorie, perhaps FireFox doesn't like the link. Do you have other
options?

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote:

 My browser (now recovered from the earlier spam message) can't find the
 link (frustrated look!). waaah!

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Re: [h-cost] History of pattern sheets with overlapping patterns

2012-02-28 Thread Lynn Downward

Fran,

That's really interesting information. I knew about later periods with
patterns later in the 19C and in the 20th but this early information is all
new. Thanks for sharing.

Having worked with Burda patterns from their magazines (in German without
the seam allowances) before I made costumes and learned more, I can only
imagine that the women sewing from their homes from these magazines had to
be really determined to get that pattern.
LynnD

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote:

OK, I wrote this for another forum, but thought you guys might be
interested.

I own published pattern sheets dating from the early 1830s, the earliest I
can find. (Tissue patterns for consumers [that is, not tailor’s master
patterns] were sold as early as the 1820s, but as far as I have been able
to discern, these were single patterns.) Thee early sheets overlap patterns
a bit, on the edges, maybe a very small piece completely inside a larger
piece. As the 1850s went on, pattern sheets became denser.

The primary origins of many (if not most) published Victorian pattern
sheets were German. Der Bazar (in Berlin) licensed all their sewing
patterns, needlework patterns, and black-and-white fashion plates to La
Mode Illustrée, De Graciuese (in Holland) and from fall 1867 on, to
Harper’s Bazar. Also to numerous similar magazines in Spain, Russia, and
other countries. They did not always publish identical issues, but the same
material appeared in all the magazines in short order, accompanied by text
in the native language. Around 1901 Harper’s Bazar quit licensing the full
set of material from Der Bazar, but La Mode Illustrée continued. This
widespread international licensing system was broken up by World War 1.

However, the Germans (Burda) currently publish overlapping pattern sheets
and publish editions in different languages, including English. The
Japanese also use them, and sometimes publish versions in English. Both the
German and the Japanese pattern publications are popular with modern US
sewers who want something a little different.

I used a full set of 1867-1868 Harper’s Bazar pattern sheets for my book
Reconstruction Era Fashions. The sheet size is typically about 20 ½ by 30 ½
inches, although extra-large sheets were used a few times a year. The
sheets are always printed on both sides. Different line types are used to
distinguish different patterns. Harper’s Bazar proudly advertised a tracing
wheel (which looks exactly like a modern one) for tracing single pattern
pieces onto other paper. The assembly instructions are on the left sides of
the sheets and the fashion plates are within the magazine. However, certain
patterns were featured by having significant fabric and trimming
suggestions and more assembly information included within the body of the
magazine. Sometimes patterns for embroidery, braiding, or other needlework
were designed for a specific pattern, and often these were in the main body
of the magazine rather than on the pattern sheet. Therefore I included this
supplementary material in the book. I also used dozens of 1877-1882
Harper’s Bazar pattern sheets and magazines for my two-volume Fashions of
the Gilded Age. The format was much the same as in the late 1860s.

Given the short time frame between the appearance of different
international editions, my guess is that Der Bazar’s licenses required the
other countries to publish the patterns slightly after German publication.
And, even if the choice of the foreign patterns for an issue was exactly
the same as for Der Bazar, the arrangement and lines on the sheets are
different. This says to me that rather than making and shipping multiple
sets of printing plates, that Der Bazar shipped full-size paper patterns to
their licencees, who then laid them out and traced them onto the metal
plates used for engraving. If a pattern piece was too large for the plate,
the printer folded over the paper pattern and traced the folded-over part
onto the plate. (For example, if a dress was too long they folded up the
bottom, so that the line for the hem is printed above the edge of the
sheet.) The printer probably also traced the fashion plates, which are
clearly woodcuts rather than metal engravings. I have period instructions,
not related to Harper’s Bazar, for “rubbing off” a printed woodcut onto a
new block of wood, to then engrave with woodcutting tools.

Fran
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Re: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths

2012-02-27 Thread Lynn Downward

Mmmm. Clove and lavender! And I have a large bottle of them left over from
making orange pomanders. That's a great idea. Thank you

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:27 PM, seamst...@juno.com seamst...@juno.comwrote:

 I use a couple of tablespoons of whole cloves in those little drawstring
 organza wedding favor bags in all my boxes of wool/feathers. It seems to
 work pretty well. There's no staining from the cloves and my clothing has a
 warm spicey aroma. I'm sure they would work as well for cedar and lavender.
   Karen

 -- Original Message --
 From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
 To: gbacgcostum...@yahoogroups.com, Historical Costume 
 h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths
 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:27:40 -0800

 Hi all,

 We've had an infestation of moths in the house, mostly in my feather
 collection. I had them all in a (not airtight) plastic container. Thinking
 that they needed some air, I kept all the vintage feathers carefully
 wrapped up in tissue. Those feather I didn't care much about were in
 zip-lock bags and had no moths in them at all. Of course the damage was to
 the vintage feathers.

 When I bring feathers home, I always put them in a zip bag and leave them
 in the freezer for a couple of weeks to kill off any bugs that may already
 be in them before I add them to my collection. Unfortunately, something
 went wrong with my plans. After tossing about a third of my collection,
 I've cleaned the rest and put them back into the freezer. I'll be ready to
 take them out this weekend. Before I do I want to purchase some cedar chips
 or a bit of cedar and put them in with the feathers and in my wool boxes
 (the smell of moth balls makes me nauseous so I'm not going there).

 SO my question: I understand the oils in the cedar (or lavendar if I decide
 to use that instead) can stain and I wondered how you have avoided this.
 Would putting the cedar or lavendar into one layer of muslin keep my
 fabrics/feathers from being stained and still keep the moths out? Two
 layers?

 Thanks for any information you might have,
 Lynn
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Re: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths

2012-02-27 Thread Lynn Downward

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 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths

 I use a couple of tablespoons of whole cloves in those little drawstring
 organza wedding favor bags in all my boxes of wool/feathers. It seems to
 work pretty well. There's no staining from the cloves and my clothing has a
 warm spicey aroma. I'm sure they would work as well for cedar and
 lavender.  Karen

 -- Original Message --
 From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com
 To: gbacgcostum...@yahoogroups.com, Historical Costume 
 h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] Cedar chips/moths
 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:27:40 -0800

 Hi all,

 We've had an infestation of moths in the house, mostly in my feather
 collection. I had them all in a (not airtight) plastic container.
 Thinking
 that they needed some air, I kept all the vintage feathers carefully
 wrapped up in tissue. Those feather I didn't care much about were in
 zip-lock bags and had no moths in them at all. Of course the damage was
 to
 the vintage feathers.

 When I bring feathers home, I always put them in a zip bag and leave them
 in the freezer for a couple of weeks to kill off any bugs that may
 already
 be in them before I add them to my collection. Unfortunately, something
 went wrong with my plans. After tossing about a third of my collection,
 I've cleaned the rest and put them back into the freezer. I'll be ready
 to
 take them out this weekend. Before I do I want to purchase some cedar
 chips
 or a bit of cedar and put them in with the feathers and in my wool boxes
 (the smell of moth balls makes me nauseous so I'm not going there).

 SO my question: I understand the oils in the cedar (or lavendar if I
 decide
 to use that instead) can stain and I wondered how you have avoided this.
 Would putting the cedar or lavendar into one layer of muslin keep my
 fabrics/feathers from being stained and still keep the moths out? Two
 layers?

 Thanks for any information you might have,
 Lynn
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[h-cost] Cedar chips/moths

2012-02-24 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi all,

We've had an infestation of moths in the house, mostly in my feather
collection. I had them all in a (not airtight) plastic container. Thinking
that they needed some air, I kept all the vintage feathers carefully
wrapped up in tissue. Those feather I didn't care much about were in
zip-lock bags and had no moths in them at all. Of course the damage was to
the vintage feathers.

When I bring feathers home, I always put them in a zip bag and leave them
in the freezer for a couple of weeks to kill off any bugs that may already
be in them before I add them to my collection. Unfortunately, something
went wrong with my plans. After tossing about a third of my collection,
I've cleaned the rest and put them back into the freezer. I'll be ready to
take them out this weekend. Before I do I want to purchase some cedar chips
or a bit of cedar and put them in with the feathers and in my wool boxes
(the smell of moth balls makes me nauseous so I'm not going there).

SO my question: I understand the oils in the cedar (or lavendar if I decide
to use that instead) can stain and I wondered how you have avoided this.
Would putting the cedar or lavendar into one layer of muslin keep my
fabrics/feathers from being stained and still keep the moths out? Two
layers?

Thanks for any information you might have,
Lynn
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Re: [h-cost] Starch recipe

2012-02-14 Thread Lynn Downward

Very cool and thanks for sharing! I did wonder what sort of form the women
used to iron their sleeves since a regular ham wouldn't work so well.
LynnD

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Katy Bishop katybisho...@gmail.com wrote:

 When starching ironing is a necessity u less the item can be dried
 flat or in shape--the balloons allow the sleeve and starch to be dried
 in shape.  Minimizes  that tedious ironing.  SOme of my sleeves are as
 big as watermelons.

 I have some down filled sleeve puffs for my 1830s, the softest most
 wonderful things.  Copied from some at the MFA in Boston.

 Back to the 1890s, I also have an original little sleeve ironing board
 from the 1890s, basically a little curved croissant shaped wooden
 board with a screw clamp to attach it to a table, it can fit into the
 gathered sleeve of a blouse.

 Katy

 On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 4:46 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell
 rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu wrote:
 
  I have a pair of early 19th C. down pads for the sleeves of the 1820's
 and re-discovered in the Gay 90s to provide petticoats for the second
 generation of balloon sleeves... have also seen tulle shoulder cuffs to do
 the same service...Doing the stuffing with baloons or whatever and
 using?spray starch creates the form that could benefit the underpinnings.?
  -Original Message-
  From: Katy Bishop katybisho...@gmail.com
  Sent 2/14/2012 1:05:13 PM
  To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Starch recipeThanks.
  When I am starching my large puffed 1890s leg-o-mutton sleeves, a real
  pain to iron, I blow up a balloon in the sleeve when it is wet and dry
  it stretched as flat as possible over the balloon to reduce the amount
  of ironing needed--it works great.  Though my daughter is sad when I
  have to pop the balloon to get it out.
  Katy
  On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Martha Kelly marthake...@nyc.rr.com
 wro
  te:
 
  From the Argo web site:
 
  Q: Can I make laundry starch from Argo and Kingsford's corn starch?
 
  A: ?Yes you can starch clothing with regular corn starch. In a large bo
  wl or
  pot, stir 1/2 cup of corn starch into 1 cup of cold water. Stir in
 boiling
  water (2 quarts for a heavy solution; 4 quarts for medium and 6 quarts
 fo
  r a
  light solution). Dip the clothing into the starch solution and let dry.
 To
  iron, sprinkle the garments lightly with warm water, roll up and place
 in
  a
  plastic bag until evenly moistened, then iron as usual.
 
 
 
 
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Re: [h-cost] beginner sewing machine

2012-02-08 Thread Lynn Downward

Yes it did, and I couldn't figure out (then) why anyone would need a round
buttonhole. Now I can think of several uses for it.
Lynn

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Rickard, Patty ricka...@mountunion.eduwrote:

 Was that the one that would actually do round buttonhole?
 Patty

 since I moved from my mom's early 1950s Singer with the nifty buttonhole
 foot accessory. That was a wonder!
 Lynn


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Re: [h-cost] beginner sewing machine

2012-02-07 Thread Lynn Downward

Yes, my Kenmore was from 1973 and it has run like iron except when it was
new and I didn't oil it. I've had it in once for a timing issue but it's
been wonderful ever since. I have a couple of other machines but use this
one most. I bought an inexpensive Singer a couple of years ago because it
was lightweight and it did an amazing button hole, something no machine
I've ever owned has done. I take it to Costume College and pull it out when
I need button holes and it's fine. I will never give up my Kenmore; it's
like an old VW - it just keeps running.
LynnD

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:24 AM, lynn tlynn1...@gmail.com wrote:

 I'd like to second the old Kenmore machines of the late 70's are
 workhorses. I was given one for my 8th grade graduation. I have sewn many a
 delicate wedding gown and delicates to tent repairs and leather.  It is an
 all metal workhorse.  I have had it actually repaired twice in my life.  I
 just got a new machine with all the bells and whistles more because I
 wanted it then needed but the repair shop insisted I should hang on to the
 kenmore because it's a solid machine.  Clearly the different years are
 vastly different and not the same at all.  I would recommend one because
 they are so simple to use. All the new Kenmores are awful, all plastice

 Oh and Hi everyone :)

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Re: [h-cost] beginner sewing machine

2012-02-07 Thread Lynn Downward

Not at home, so I can't be certain. It's either a Singer Tradition 2250 or
2259 or an Esteem II 2273. They all seem to have the same manual. Actually,
the machine was on sale at Target for $69 instead of the usual $89 or $99
and didn't come with a manual; I had to download it from the Singer website
- therefore my confusion. It's the first machine I've owned that had a
one-step buttonhole since I moved from my mom's early 1950s Singer with the
nifty buttonhole foot accessory. That was a wonder!
Lynn

On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Alexandria Doyle garbaho...@gmail.comwrote:

 So what was the model number of the amazing buttonhole machine?

 alex
 seriously considering purchasing a machine just for the buttonhole
 feature, but still prefers her 1954 Pfaff, another of those workhorses
 that does sews everything but buttonholes.


 So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with…



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 lightweight and it did an amazing button hole, something no machine
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[h-cost] Eiko Ishoka

2012-01-30 Thread Lynn Downward

No one mentioned this yet, but we lost Eiko Ishioka,the costume designer
for, among other things, Bram Stoker's Dracula. I remember how excited the
people not demanding perfect historical clothing were with these costumes
when the movie came out. She also designed for Broadway, Cirque du Soleil
and Bjork.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20120126/US.Obit.Ishioka/

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Re: [h-cost] Victorian Underpinnings

2012-01-19 Thread Lynn Downward

My grandmother was convinced that, although flannel was warmer than other
kinds of fabric for underthings, the warmest flannel was red. Something in
the color insured that it was better for winter than any other color of
flannel. It could even be plaid, but it HAD to be mostly red. She had a
large piece of red flannel she'd wrap around the neck of anyone who was
sick. I saw her wear it many times and I wore it myself if I visited when I
was sick. She had (white) flannel vests to wear under her slips when it
was winter and one red vest for those really cold days. And she lived in
San Francisco, not the coldest area of the world!
LynnD


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subversivey...@me.comwrote:

 This topic is really interesting. My great grandmother,  post Victorian
 and a very conservative dresser, wore a red winter petticoat. I believe it
 was flannel. When I was young I though that it was amazing and wanted one
 of my own. I wonder how ideas and colors of underpinnings have changed.

 Angelique

 Grandmother was a tee totaling Methodist and not wild in the least. She
 did bake an excellent sugar cream pie and smelled like Lavendar.
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Re: [h-cost] Beading supplies

2012-01-03 Thread Lynn Downward

The 3 or 4 1920s dresses I've had in my hands had the beads sewn on as Lisa
said. They are sewn down by going through 2 or 3 or 4 beads then looped
under the fabric back one or two beads then up through the fabric and into
the last bead or two sewn and one or two more. You're always going through
most of the beads twice. When I've Sewn beads down, I tend to knot off
every 4 or so. That way, when I lose some beads, I' only losing a few at
at time, not whole strings of beads.
LynnD


On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:13 PM, lis...@juno.com wrote:

 I can speak to your bead needs.  I have a little experience with them.

 The first issue is that you want to couch them, AND that you want them to
 be washable and dry-cleanable after having couched them on.  At least
 that's what I understood you wanted.

 Couching is fine, but you should not do it using the thread that the
 beads are sold on, because that thread is not made to be used for that
 nor is it durable.  So.what I would do, is re-string the beads on
 bead thread or C-lon (which is pretty heavy thread that I use for bead
 crochet) or buttonhole thread.  Then you can couch it on using bead
 thread or quilting thread.  Even so, I personally would not trust any
 garment so beaded  to a dry cleaner.  I would expect some beads to come
 off.  Unless it is a specialty dry-cleaner that does a lot of that sort
 of thing., and has a good reputation.

 Any glass or crystal beads will be washable--in fact, the garment could
 be carefully washed by hand with Woolite or any such cleaner, and laid
 out to dry on towels or racks safely.

 Couching is not a favorite method of mine.  I generally actually SEW the
 beads to the fabric, 3 or 4 at a time.  But that's me.

 Yours in cosutming,Lis AA


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 writes:
   I don't really like beading. Most of my experience is in restoring
  1920s
  evening dresses. When I am working on one section, more sections are
 
  always coming apart.
 
  Having said that, I want to buy strands of (washable and dry
  cleanable)
  fine glass beads I can couch onto a project, meaning the thread for
  the
  strands has to be of permanent quality, not just beads strung
  together
  for sale.  Where can I buy them?
 
  Fran
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Re: [h-cost] Beading supplies

2012-01-03 Thread Lynn Downward

Ah, that's a different story. Yes, you can sometimes find beaded ribbon, in
my experience seldom when I want it and never in the right color. Styles
and colors are often slim. Even though you want to just couch them down,
you may still want to transfer the pre-strung beads to a sturdier thread
before couching. Bead companies really don't use sturdy thread, and often
times the beads, made of glass, are sharp on the edges and will wear
through the thread.
LynnD

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote:

I've often seen beads on 1920s dresses machine sewn on. When the thread
pulls through thin fabric, leaving a string of beads, I couch them down
over the thread because it's easiest. I wanted these beads for an entirely
different project, to add to the edges of brocade ribbon. Maybe I can just
buy beaded ribbon!

Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com

On 1/3/2012 1:59 PM, Lynn Downward wrote:

The 3 or 4 1920s dresses I've had in my hands had the beads sewn on as
Lisa
said. They are sewn down by going through 2 or 3 or 4 beads then looped
under the fabric back one or two beads then up through the fabric and into
the last bead or two sewn and one or two more. You're always going through
most of the beads twice. When I've Sewn beads down, I tend to knot off
every 4 or so. That way, when I lose some beads, I' only losing a few at
at time, not whole strings of beads.
LynnD

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:13 PM,lis...@juno.com wrote:

I can speak to your bead needs. I have a little experience with them.

The first issue is that you want to couch them, AND that you want them to
be washable and dry-cleanable after having couched them on. At least
that's what I understood you wanted.

Couching is fine, but you should not do it using the thread that the
beads are sold on, because that thread is not made to be used for that
nor is it durable. So.what I would do, is re-string the beads on
bead thread or C-lon (which is pretty heavy thread that I use for bead
crochet) or buttonhole thread. Then you can couch it on using bead
thread or quilting thread. Even so, I personally would not trust any
garment so beaded to a dry cleaner. I would expect some beads to come
off. Unless it is a specialty dry-cleaner that does a lot of that sort
of thing., and has a good reputation.

Any glass or crystal beads will be washable--in fact, the garment could
be carefully washed by hand with Woolite or any such cleaner, and laid
out to dry on towels or racks safely.

Couching is not a favorite method of mine. I generally actually SEW the
beads to the fabric, 3 or 4 at a time. But that's me.

Yours in cosutming,Lis AA

On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:11 -0800 Lavolta Pressf...@lavoltapress.com
writes:
I don't really like beading. Most of my experience is in restoring

1920s
evening dresses. When I am working on one section, more sections are

always coming apart.

Having said that, I want to buy strands of (washable and dry
cleanable)
fine glass beads I can couch onto a project, meaning the thread for
the
strands has to be of permanent quality, not just beads strung
together
for sale. Where can I buy them?

Fran
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Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles

2011-10-23 Thread Lynn Downward

Wanda, my hair is a perfect #4 in false hair plus about 50% grey. Since the
mix of #4 and grey come only in 25% or 75% grey, I purchase #4 and 25% grey
and comb the two together until they blend. Work on towel and expect to lose
a bunch from the hank of hair you're building; the lost hair goes into a
baggie and it will make a hair rat later. Keep brushing or combing the two
together until the blend matches your own hair and you can make your own
shade of blond and grey or white. The only difference between a poly switch
and your own hair is that the store-bought stuff, unless human hair, will be
shinier. I solve that by covering it with a net that cuts down on the shine.
I understand you can also use hair spray on your own hair to shiny it up.
LynnD

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On 10/23/2011 6:31 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:

And your reply to any inquiries will be of course it's my own hair! I
paid for it myself. (or just omit the 2nd sentence)

The trick with any kind of hair bits and pieces (and I see from Fran's
books which I certainly recommend were used extensively) is to match your
own hair well enough that it isn't evident. For me this is going to be
tricky since the shade isn't really blonde, and not fright wig white.

If I get real human hair I suppose it could go in the same dye bath I use
on my own to even out the color or lack thereof. It was easier when I could
pick a color and get away with it, but my skin is firmly saying you are 65
and should be proud of it!

Wanda

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Re: [h-cost] Has anyone here beaded garments with real stones

2011-10-03 Thread Lynn Downward

I have sewn Indian garnets and (horrors!) thousands of 2nd grade rice pearls
onto a forepart. The forepart was dry cleaned several times over a few years
of wear and I had no problems with either; however, I used to have a very
special dryclean company that has since gone the way of all good, family
companies.

Both the people at Fire Mountain Beads and RIngs and Things suggest that
testing be done to any beads or stones before sewing to garments because the
dye may wash out and ruin your garment. Perhaps you can sew one of the
stones to the inside hem of something you're about to dry clean and see if
the color is stable.

If you do sew them onto something, I suggest you make a knot between every
3-4 beads, so that if the stone shreds the thread, you only lose a few
beads.

LynnD

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote:

 It depends on the stones.  Diamonds  rubies are very hard to fracture.
 Opals, pearls  emeralds very easy.  I accidently laundered my tanzanite
 ring when I left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans.  It did color change
 slightly. Worse, the setting got scratched.  Check the Moh's hardness scale
 for an idea, knowing whether your rocks are natural, synthetic or
 synthesized stones will also help.
 FWIW, Some rocks are still a bit rough thru the hole  might cut the thread
 that sews them onto the gown.
 In any case, I wouldnt launder or dryclean the dress.  I have a vintage 50s
 dress with clear quartz in individual settings that are sewn on.  Still
 dont
 have any idea how to clean that dress.
 Do let me know when you're rich enough to sew diamonds onto your dresses.
 I'm going to be your very best friend.
 --cin
 Cynthia Barnes
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 cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com wrote:

  I have not done what you're describing, but I just checked with a friend
  who is a jewelry maker. She says the stones would survive dry cleaning,
 but
  the color may change. She said she wouldn't risk it.
 
  I've sewn beads (glass pearls) onto fabric with a standard beading
 needle.
 
  Claudine
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Re: [h-cost] Saques

2011-09-22 Thread Lynn Downward

I think that if they were adult pinafores or aprons they would close in the
back, not the front. An apron opened down the front wouldn't be much
protection to clothing, I would think.

Other than that, I can't give any insights to what you have.
LynnD

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.orgwrote:

 My immediate reaction to the pictures (thanks!!!), was... hmm, look at the
 discolorations, maybe hard-used... reminds me of the idea of a pinafore or
 apron, for the top half of the body!

 I had descriptions from both grandmothers, I think, of their childhood
 wardrobes, of one dress for Sunday, one dress for the rest of the week, and
 a clean pinafore for every day!  So only the pinafores got washed weekly...
  with the long sleeves for grown women, this would make sense, to me,
 anyway, because women would be doing housework and cooking that could easily
 dirty the sleeve at the wrist and lower arm, so that part of the under
 dress would also need protection, not just the front of the under dress...

 Are there any adult-sized pinafores or aprons in those garbage bags, of
 similar material?  Or have you gotten that far yet?

 The ruffled neck is very interesting, for a utilitarian item... but I
 suppose if you were going to be spending a large part of the day in it, it
 would be an easy way to fancy-up a little...

 Looking forward to hearing more as yr excavations continue through
 bag-land.

 chimene


 On Sep 22, 2011, at 11:22 AM, WorkroomButtons.com wrote:

  Definitely not a clothing expert, either, but it certainly makes sense to
 me.  Consultants far wiser than I have documented them as garments
 specifically worn by women.
 
  Link:
 www.flickr.com/photos/workroombuttons/sets/72157627724105088/detail
 
  Dede
 
 
 
  --- On Thu, 9/22/11, Angelique Carlson subversivey...@me.com wrote:
 
  Disclaimer- I am not a costuming expert, I just like clothes and lurk
 here.
  I wonder if they might be for women who are breastfeeding? You could have
 access quickly, which was necessary for me, and also modesty. What do you
 think?
 
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Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble

2011-09-15 Thread Lynn Downward

Hi chimene,

I don't quite know how #3076 got involved in the link, but Simplicity 2529
is indeed the cape with the pointy bits on the shoulder that I wrote about.
If you hold your cursor over the shoulder area it will zoom in and you can
see the points. I don't eve know if there is a pattern 3076.

LynnD

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.orgwrote:

 Hi Lynn,

 Unfortunately, the URL below (for pattern 3076) now re-directs to what you
 were probably referring to as the dreadful costume cape, pattern 2529.  Do
 you have any idea where one might find even an image of the real 3076?

 thanks in any case,
 chimene

 On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Lynn Downward wrote:

  I can't address most of your questions - I haven't seen the movie enough
 to
  be able to fast-forward directly to that scene.
 
  However, I maybe can offer a suggestion to the fabulous sleeve caps.
 There
  is a Simplicity pattern for a dreadful costume cape. Unfortunately it's
 out
  of print. It's really close to what you want. But if you could get a copy
 of
  it, I'm sure you could extend the points to the height you wanted. I
 wanted
  to buy it on sale specifically to see how they did the sleeve cap.
 
  http://www.simplicity.com/p-3076-misses-men-teen-costumes.aspx

  LynnD


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Re: [h-cost] Techniques - sample suggestions? (long)

2011-08-18 Thread Lynn Downward

Someone used it on my daughter's renaissance skirt when I didn't have time
to finish it and another project in time. Someone I PAID. It was bulky, you
could see the sewing threads on the right side (not as big a problem from
stage) and, the worst issue, it hung badly and gave the wrong silhouette.
After one weekend of hating it, I ripped it out and redid the pleats. I'll
never use it.
LynnD

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote:

 I've tried it, but as it makes tiny, 1/2 inch pleats and you have to sew
 all
 those on by hand, it's more hand sewing than doing it differently. Plus, it
 adds a lot of bulk, if you are trying to fit a large amount of fabric onto
 a
 small waistband, for example.
 Sharon C.

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 On 8/18/2011 12:32 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:
  One good technique I learned was how to gather using a zigzag over a
  strong base thread. Very useful when gathering a LOT of material, like
  a big ruffle onto a skirt bottom.
  And the gingham method of cartridge pleating.
  Sharon C.

 Some people use drapery shirring tape for cartridge pleating--sew on the
 tape, then draw up the cord. I haven't tried it, but it sounds like it
 might
 work well for theater, as apparently theatrical productions often keep hand
 sewing and other labor-intensive techniques to the minimum.

 Fran
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Re: [h-cost] dressing pins for 19th cdresses

2011-08-16 Thread Lynn Downward

Ah, Philadelphia. Nice. Thank you, Teena.
LynnD

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Beteena Paradise 
bete...@mostlymedieval.com wrote:

 www.dressu2012.com

 Teena



 
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 Subject: Re: [h-cost] dressing pins for 19th cdresses

 Dress U? Please give us more information - where and when at the very
 least,
 a website if at all possible.
 thanks,
 LynnD

 On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Lisa A Ashton lis...@juno.com wrote:

  It's becasue of this discussion list thatI even know what to be on the
  lookout for!  I have learned so much, and had so much fun making
  Victorian dresses and trying to make them with the authentic look.
 
  I hope to see many of you at Dress U. next spring.  I'll be giving a talk
  on using original 19th C. Photographs as fashion sources, and I hope to
  gather a decent number of artifactss to set up a sort of mini-exhibit
  there.
 
  Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
 
  On Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:30:25 -0400 penn...@costumegallery.com writes:
   WOW Lisa what a great find!
  
   Penny Ladnier, owner
   The Costume Gallery Websites
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   15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history
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Re: [h-cost] dressing pins for 19th cdresses

2011-08-15 Thread Lynn Downward

Dress U? Please give us more information - where and when at the very least,
a website if at all possible.
thanks,
LynnD

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Lisa A Ashton lis...@juno.com wrote:

 It's becasue of this discussion list thatI even know what to be on the
 lookout for!  I have learned so much, and had so much fun making
 Victorian dresses and trying to make them with the authentic look.

 I hope to see many of you at Dress U. next spring.  I'll be giving a talk
 on using original 19th C. Photographs as fashion sources, and I hope to
 gather a decent number of artifactss to set up a sort of mini-exhibit
 there.

 Yours in cosutming,Lisa A

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  WOW Lisa what a great find!
 
  Penny Ladnier, owner
  The Costume Gallery Websites
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Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?

2011-08-08 Thread Lynn Downward

I agree with you on the teeth grinding - about any group, not just SCA - and
think that your generic notation about period and place are perfectly
appropriate for this group.
LynnD

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  It IS very offputting, for a non-SCA member, to join a list for costume
  or some other historic interest, and then have to deal with a constant
  We are the m'Lord and M'Lady, and everyone else is mundane attitude.
 snip

 Too true! For a while I was running a mailing list that would attract the
 occasional SCAdian, and they would blithely assume that everyone else was in
 the SCA too. It made me grind my teeth, let me tell you.

 But the point I was trying to make, was if the list is concerned about
 recruiting/retaining new blood, and where everyone has wandered off to,  is
 it really worth having a 'warning' on the sign-up page that has apparently
 outlived it's usefulness? A one-line This list is not exclusive to members
 of [insert organisations here], please do not assume that everyone is
 thinking about the same time period and place, to prevent any confusion  is
 probably nicer than an entire paragraph singling out one group. :)

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Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?

2011-08-07 Thread Lynn Downward

I don't post very often but I read h-costume daily. I also like the fact
that it comes to my in box and I dont' have to search for it.

I'm not on facebook or twitter or anything but email. I have only so much
time to play on the computer and I find that the few email lists I'm on are
sufficient to fill that time. I read only one blog, written by a friend with
whom I share a large community and a history; her version of the history is
from a different slant and I read her religiously almost daily.

I agre with Fran in that there are a lot of historic costumers out there who
don't know about h-costume. I've mentioned it several times in covnersation
recently and many people have asked about it; they didn't know that it's out
there.

I also believe that, since the inception of h-costume, more and more
period-specific lists are out there and they have probably siphoned off many
of the h-costume people. Kimiko's comments are a good example of that. Since
she (Kimiko, sorry about using you as an example) has previously only been
interested in the Tudor-Elizabethan periods, the conversations about 17-20C
periods are useless to her. I'm pleased she has maintained her status on
h-costume because she often has added very interesting comments and
information to our conversations. There are many other lists appropriate to
English 15-16C costuming, some that Kimiko started herself; these
lists weren't there when h-costume started up. When you add up those people
who left for more what we loosely call Ren lists those people only
interested in 18C or 19C, you get fewer of us interested in several periods.
I'm interested in most periods between 1550 - 1950. Where else am I going to
get the information and conversations I want without going to 20 different
lists? I don't have the time to go there. H-costume covers all of them,
granted in a more-overviewed way, but there are enough of us we can still
ask a question about an Elizabethan shift and maybe Kate Bunting or someone
else very knowledgable will answer. The next day I can ask something about a
Victorian accessory and be pretty sure that someone else will have an answer
or a picture link.
LynnD

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Is it because costume is visual? For your other e-mail lists, are they
about visual arts, or can everything be expressed with writing?

When pictures are necessary people post links to them. But I don't think a
picture is worth 1,000 words in costume. Usually accompanying words are
necessary even for construction information. And, pictures can be not very
useful for discussing social-history aspects of costume.

On H-costume, if someone wants to show a finished costume or a project in
progress, they need to direct us to a website.

But, there are many things to say about costume other than, Here's what I
am making, do you like it? That's one reason I like h-costume more than
many other groups, it is less focused on personal projects.

I enjoy H-costume as a view into what people are doing in other areas and
eras of costume. I like that it comes into my in-box rather than having to
go to various blogs or web forums.

I like all that too.

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Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?

2011-08-07 Thread Lynn Downward

Yeah, h-costume an dh-needlework at about the same time, I think.
LynnD

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Franchesca franchesca.ha...@gmail.comwrote:

 Same here, this one in its first incarnation back in 93 or 94, then a
 couple
 on Aol and a bbs. :)

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Re: [h-cost] Domestic Sewing Machine Disaster Ads

2011-06-24 Thread Lynn Downward

Yes. It says so on the third link where you see both sides of the postcard
that the machine is insured against all these events.

On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote:

 Can anyone tell me why the Domestic Sewing Machine Company postcardss
 featuring pictures of major natural disasters?  Was the idea that in the
 event of floods, cyclones, etc., your sewing machine would still be present
 and intact?

 See:

 http://cgi.ebay.com/FREE-**SEWING-MACHINE-TORNADO-**
 CYCLONE-OMAHA-NEBR-POSTCARD-/**160539991871?pt=LH_**DefaultDomain_0hash=*
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Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?

2011-06-23 Thread Lynn Downward

And pictures of my dapper father in his teens and twentys with the same
style in San Francisco. I think it was a universal style for casual wear.

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Tracy Thallas fathal...@collinscom.netwrote:

 I have a photo of my father and uncle strolling down a street in Atlanta,
 Suits and white shirts, collars open and over the coats, no hats.  In
 contrast, a man seen in a doorway behind them looks like a 30s gangster in
 suit, tie, and jauntily tilted hat.

 Liadain
 Practical Blackwork Designs
  http://practicalblackwork.com
 http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com

 You get a wonderful view from the point of no return...


 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Jill Hadfield
 Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:39 PM
 To: Historical Costume
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?

 At 18:18 23/06/2011, you wrote:
  I'm just starting to notice on contemporary photographs from
 1945-1955 that many men who wore suits or sport coats without ties
 often wore their unbuttoned shirt collars _outside_ the coat (i.e.
 on top of the coat's collar rather than tucked underneath).

 This was prevalent in England during that time and I'm sure, into the
 sixties.  In fact I think I've seen photos from the thirties with
 this style - especially for hiking or camping.

 Jill



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Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?

2011-06-23 Thread Lynn Downward

The difference between farmers/immigrants and city people/first generation
citizens?

My immigrant grandfather who had been a farmer in the old country and in his
youth here in the US, always wore a tie and a hat outside the house, even
walking the dog, even in his 90s.

My father, San Francisco born in 1930, was very American as a first
generation person would be. He only visited the farm in Fresno for summer,
never worked there. There are lots of pictures of Dad, the dandy of his
family, in the 1940s and into the 50s with his collar outside his jacket.
LynnD

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Tracy Thallas fathal...@collinscom.netwrote:

  Maybe it was the Rebel Without A Cause style of the era?
 Funny, I never think of open collars + pre-WWII...  even pics of my
 grandfather, etc, from the farm had shirts buttoned all the way up.

 Liadain
 Practical Blackwork Designs
  http://practicalblackwork.com
 http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com

 You get a wonderful view from the point of no return...


 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Lynn Downward
 Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:54 PM
  To: Historical Costume
 Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?

 And pictures of my dapper father in his teens and twentys with the same
 style in San Francisco. I think it was a universal style for casual wear.

 On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Tracy Thallas
 fathal...@collinscom.netwrote:

  I have a photo of my father and uncle strolling down a street in Atlanta,
  Suits and white shirts, collars open and over the coats, no hats.  In
  contrast, a man seen in a doorway behind them looks like a 30s gangster
 in
  suit, tie, and jauntily tilted hat.
 
  Liadain
  Practical Blackwork Designs
   http://practicalblackwork.com
  http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com
 
  You get a wonderful view from the point of no return...
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com]
 On
  Behalf Of Jill Hadfield
  Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:39 PM
  To: Historical Costume
  Subject: Re: [h-cost] Shirt collars outside 40s coats?
 
  At 18:18 23/06/2011, you wrote:
   I'm just starting to notice on contemporary photographs from
  1945-1955 that many men who wore suits or sport coats without ties
  often wore their unbuttoned shirt collars _outside_ the coat (i.e.
  on top of the coat's collar rather than tucked underneath).
 
  This was prevalent in England during that time and I'm sure, into the
  sixties.  In fact I think I've seen photos from the thirties with
  this style - especially for hiking or camping.
 
  Jill
 
 
 
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Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress

2011-06-17 Thread Lynn Downward

There's a side story line about a wedding during the war in the British
production, UXB, that was on PBS several years ago where the groom's friends
have/steal/buy a parachute for the wedding dress. I't been a long time since
i saw the program.
LynnD

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jean Waddie 
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute
 silk generally, certainly, in Britain.  Fabric was rationed, so there were
 all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had time to
 prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed to get a
 day's leave).  I have a feeling many of the British ones were made from
 German parachutes though, when enemy planes were shot down.

 Jean


 On 17/06/2011 18:25, m...@aol.com wrote:

 Has anyone heard of this wedding dress?

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Re: [h-cost] Shoe glue

2011-05-12 Thread Lynn Downward

Barge is wonderful with a caveat. My husband repaired his heavy court ren
fair boots several years ago and the place where he used the Barge still is
going strong. The problem with Barge is that it can be dangerous if you
don't use it outside in good ventilation - it causes woozy. It's better than
Shoe Goo but hard to find as many stores have pulled it off their shelves.
LynnD



On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM, otsisto otsi...@socket.net wrote:

 I would recommend the shoe repair offered first since the boots are 50
 years
 old and you don't have that much experience with shoe repair. If budget
 doesn't allow it, then the Shoe Goo which can be found at most Wal-Marts or
 the like stores. I have not used the Barge glue as I have not seen it and
 several shoe repair shops recommended the shoe goo which I have had good
 results. Note: first time use of the shoe goo can be a bit messy. :)
 De

 -Original Message-
 I have a gorgeous pair of child's cowboy boots that are at least 50 years
 old, but the upper is separating from the sole at the heel. A good 3 inches
 is no longer attached.

 A shoemaker is not within a manageable distance for me. Would I be
 successful tackling this myself? If so, what sort of glue do I need to look
 for?

 Thanks for any advice.

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[h-cost] Tradition

2011-05-04 Thread Lynn Downward

You may have already seen it but there's an article in the UK Daily Mail
regarding the traditions of the wedding party. I know, as much as we liked
the dress, we're getting tired of the wedding news; however, this article -
well, way at the bottom - identifies the children in the wedding party and
at the very bottom touches on the traditions in the uniforms the boys wore.
I found it interesting.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1381873/Royal-wedding-2011-Kate-Middletons-sister-Pippa-stole-show.html

Of course, it's a bit gossipy and focuses on the Middleton family. There's
some fabulous photos of the bridesmaid and some pictures I hadn't seen
before.

LynnD
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Re: [h-cost] pouting about R. Wedding coverage

2011-04-29 Thread Lynn Downward

I met a woman who had worked in the Chanel shop (for lack of a better
word) under Ms. Chanel. She said that they never had green thread in the
shop because green was such bad luck - and most shades looked unflattering
on most women (I have wondered which was more important). If they made a
green dress they would purchase green thread for that particular dress but
didn't keep it as they would black or white or the usual colors of fashion.

And I love the trees too. Jean, you're absolutely right!
LynnD

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Jean Waddie 
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote:

 I thought the trees were brilliant.  How do you get enough flowers to look
 significant in a huge Abbey? - just get trees instead!


 On 29/04/2011 19:08, Sharon Collier wrote:

 My daughter theorizes that Kate had always wanted an outdoor wedding and
 this was the compromise. I liked it. It made it magical. Tied the stone
 trees (pillars) into Nature.
 Sharon C.

 -Original Message-
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 Behalf Of Cin
 Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:38 AM
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 Subject: Re: [h-cost] pouting about R. Wedding coverage

 So wierd they brought trees into Westminster!  They werent there when
 I
 was in that church earlier this month.
 --cin
 Cynthia Barnes
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Re: [h-cost] least favorite hat

2011-04-29 Thread Lynn Downward

Did you notice that the blue dress had a square neckline and shoulder rolls
- mighthave made QEI proud. Yes it might have looked better in a smaller
print or a solid color or even a stronger color; it seemed a bad copy of a
Pizarro or Monet.

I really liked the pink dress's yoke, spagetti straps woven from collar to
shoulder point, very 1940s. I didn't like her hat - for a hat - but I liked
it as a piece of art to sit on a stand. Maybe if it hadn't been raked so
severely it might have looked better. I think that the UK has been under the
thumb of Phillip Treacy for far too long. It was he who designed the
sisters' hats and Camilla's hat plus several of the others at the wedding.
LynnD

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Sharon Collier sha...@collierfam.comwrote:

 The sisters should have switched colors. Blonde Beatrice wouldn't have
 looked so washed out and brunette Eugenie wouldn't have looked like she was
 competing with her dress.
 Their hat fairie should be fired.
 Sharon C.

 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Marjorie Wilser
 Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 4:07 PM
 To: Historical Costume
 Subject: [h-cost] least favorite hat

 Well then. My least favorite hat, of the ones I was able to see well, was
 HRH Beatrice's-- I think! The one wearing pink, with the odd vertical
 sculpture on it.  Yeesh. You'd think she'd have noticed it wasn't
 flattering. Or perhaps they didn't give her a 360 mirror.

 Feathers, I can live with. But that thing was just plain odd. Her blue
 sister's hat was simply unfortunate; but the pink one was an oddity.

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Re: [h-cost] historical stuff (some costume related)

2011-04-27 Thread Lynn Downward

I would bet that a Iowa-specific museum would be thrilled to get those
photos you don't choose to keep. I don't quilt but I'd definitely make a
blanket of the quilt pieces (maybe see if you can date the fabrics so you
know who/when started the project). Other than that I can't help you.

How very nice, however, to be able to touch your family again.
LynnD in the city where we don't have that barn opportunity

On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote:

 I inherited a crapton of stuff from my grandmother's house.  It's been
 stored dry, but not clean, in my brother's barn for about 10 years until I
 brought it home last weekend. There was a lot more than I brought, but I try
 not to think about that.

 The only interesting textiles I've found so far are a veil/scarf of some
 kind - extremely fine black lace. It was wadded up in a wood box (like for
 cigars, only it says candy on the lid) and a bag of hexagon quilt pieces
 that I haven't looked at closely.  I don't know if the lace is nylon or silk
 - it weighs next to nothing and is fairly fragile. it's about 15 x 50 or
 so and looks like it would have been for church or funerals.  Oh - and a
 tanned mink skin in a breadbag.

 The photos, however are a treasure. I have one large rubbermaid tote full
 of albums going back to the 1870s - most of the people are identified, and
 there is at least one photo of a child in a coffin.  O.o  There aren't too
 many dates on the actual photos, however. There is a story inscribed on the
 flyleaf about how that album was the only thing rescued from a house fire
 when the dad broke a window from outside and reached in to get it off a
 bookstand.

 There are two books inscribed to my grandfather in 1919 several years
 before he graduated highschool. Both are military in nature and full of
 photographs. I've looked them up on Amazon and they all seem to be in the
 same condition as mine and are priced from $9 to $900.   lol  There are some
 great photos of military uniforms of all kinds, and everyday wear of people
 in Croatia, England and Germany (and prob. others).

 I also have my great grandfather's wood bound school slate and another one
 from someone with the same last name (sibling?) and a tiny pair of leather
 baby shoes with my dad's name on the bottom.

 What does a person do with this kind of stuff?  I don't have infinite
 storage. My brother kept it all, but didn't do anything with it either. I
 doubt much of it has a lot of value to people who aren't related to the
 family in some way.

 Denise
 Iowa

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[h-cost] Very sad news

2011-04-06 Thread Lynn Downward

An arson attack destroyed Lionel Digby's costume storehouse where, among
many historic pieces, the costumes for The King's Speech and Downton Abbey
were held. There were also 100-year old Busby hats and Royal Guard uniforms.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1373516/Kings-Speech-Downton-Abbey-costumes-destroyed-arson-attack-Lionel-Digbys-storehouse.html

Lynn
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Re: [h-cost] Corset patterns and research questions

2011-03-24 Thread Lynn Downward

Two people have mentioned JoAnn Peterson's Laughing Moon Mercantile
patterns. Please know that she's already had her design copied and printed
elsewhere. Blah-blah-blah copyright. Yes, I've actually seen how it is when
someone I know has been ripped off. I don't want to sidetrack this
conversation to copyright issues; that's been done and done twice more. I
just want to suggest that since JoAnn's patterns have been mentioned, you
should certainly look at them if interested and TALK to her about them.
LynnD

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Joan Jurancich joa...@surewest.netwrote:

 Hello, Michael,

 I recommend that you look into Laughing Moon Mercantile patterns (
 www.lafnmoon.com ). Joanne has an excellent mid-Victorian corset pattern
 with both hip and bust gores.  Sometimes, though, as in my case, the
 corsetier had to remove the hip gores to get a better fit.  The main fitting
 issue with me is the fact that I am very short-waisted; something that will
 not be solved with gores.  Joanne has her patterns very nicely graded, but
 corsets always require individual fittings since no two female bodies are
 shaped the same, even if the two wear the same size.

 Joan


 At 02:15 AM 3/24/2011, you wrote:

 Good morning everyone!

 I'm doing some research into corsets, and thought it best to start on here
 where many of you already have research. While I know a lot regarding
 corsets, I have two main focuses.

 The first is regarding corset patterns. I am hoping to develop a corset
 pattern and thus would like to be able to have as many corset patterns to
 base it off of as I can. While any corset pattern works, I am specifically
 hoping to find Victorian era corset patterns with hip and/or bust gores.
 From the many companies out there currently selling commercial pattersn,
 there are few who focus on corsets with gores. I am looking at trying to
 simplify the process of grading for different sizes, and believe that
 there
 might be a way to accomplish this with gored patterns. So if any of you
 have
 or know of patterns that I can get, please direct me in that direction!
 (Remember copyright laws and direct me to where I can find things, rather
 than just copy and paste.)

 Second, the little research I've done so far indicates that during the
 Victorian eras, there were many corset patterns that used gores - yet many
 of the current commercial patterns focus on those without. Is there a
 reason
 for this that anyone might be aware of? Is it easier to fit without gores?
 Are gored patterns more difficult to make up? Any help in this direction
 is
 also a huge plus!

 Please don't shy away, the more I can accumulate, the better my final
 pattern shall be once it is ready! Thanks in advance!

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Re: [h-cost] Great Trip!!!

2011-03-21 Thread Lynn Downward

This is all great information, Penny. It sounds as if you had a wonderful
trip.

My brother-in-law was working in Biloxi in one of the riverboat gambling
house/theaters on the coast before Katrina. He managed to get his wife and
newborn daughter out of the state just in time. When he went back to see if
they could salvage any of their things from their first floor apartment, he
found his place of business in the middle of the freeway and a high water
mark a few inches below the ceiling of his apartment. Very little was
saveable. This certainly wasn't historic stuff. I hope Biloxi's museum can
recover.

LynnD

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:41 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:

 New Orleans: I am back from Mardi Gras!  OMG!!!  Wait until you see the
 photos and video!  Zulu's costumes were great!  I am working on them now.
  I
 asked one of the Zulu paraders to stop so that I could photograph him.  Got
 the photo and he gave me the most treasured item of Mardi Gras...the golden
 coconut!

 I also got to see Pete Fountain and the cast of HBO's series Treme...Steve
 Zahn is as crazy as on the show. All the cast was on the float.   I was so
 excited to see Pete Fountain.  I grew up hearing his music.  I did get a
 close-up view of the Comus Queen.  I watched on TV the toast of Comus and
 Rex and their trains were so plain in comparison to Mobile's MG royalty.

 Mobile:  I got lots of photos of Joe Cain's Merry Widows.  There is a lot
 of
 history behind the story.  The Widows were so thrilled that someone from
 Virginia came to photograph them.  One of the widows, my favorite, was
 wearing a bustle dress.  After the funeral, a man went down on one knee and
 she pulled up her skirt and he took off her garter.  She also smoked a
 large
 cigar.  What a ham!  The Merry Widows wore large Edwardian, Merry Widows
 style.  Their prize throw was a cup with their signature trinkets, emblem
 necklace, doubloons, and a garter.  Guess who gave it to me...Mrs. Bustle.
 They also give out black silk roses...I got a rose from each widow and wove
 them into a wreath for my head.. The Widows were a true story!  Nine widows
 showed up at the real Joe Cain funeral.

 The Widows always started the Joe Cain Mardi Gras parade in their special
 float.  My sister noticed some ladies stationed in front of their
 float--all
 dressed in nice, some sexy red dresses.  I flashed my press pass to
 investigate who they were and photograph them.  Six years ago these ladies
 showed up at the parade all wearing red.  They call themselves Joe Cain's
 Mistresses.  They saw my black rose wreath and said, You need some red in
 that!  They gave me some red roses for the wreath.  I hand carried the
 wreath everywhere, even on the airplane.

 While in Mobile, I took more photos at the Mobile Carnival Museum.  After a
 big search for the location of the local history archive library, we found
 it with two hours to spare.   I am researching descriptions of the kings
 and
 queens costumes back to the 1920s.  So much thought was put into each train
 to reflect their family history, personalities, hobbies, religions, etc.
  We
 did pull newspaper articles with the descriptions for two years.  A BIG
 bonus was an article about a designer who created 25 robes/trains for 25
 Kings  queens from 1909-1950s.  She made all of the trains with a treadle
 sewing machine.  I will be back in Mobile late May through mid-June for my
 son's wedding.  I hope that I time to pull more research.

 I did find out that the museum's lower floor was flooded during Hurricane
 Katrina.  They lost some of their 1960s kings  queens regalia.  I pray
 that
 we can find our master copy of the video were shot in 1999 with these
 costumes.  It has to be somewhere in our house.  We have been tearing the
 house apart to find it.  I did photograph a 1961 Queen train  crown this
 visit.

 Sadly, Biloxi's Mardi Gras Museum is still not open.  They are working on
 the historic mansion that housed the collection.  The museum was under 20
 ft. of water during Hurricane Katrina.  Their costumes were sent to
 Jackson,
 Mississippi to try to restore them.

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Re: [h-cost] How to cover your head tutorial? Lost link - help.

2011-03-03 Thread Lynn Downward

could it have been the photographs that Kimiko took of the Tudor Tailor
class 2-3 years ago? i don't have the link but that's what came to mind
first for me. Good luck.
LynnD

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 Hi all!  One of you wonderful people out there has a tutorial on how to tie
 fabric on your head, and your use of veils.  It is a vertical series of
 Photos of said authorI can' find the link - I want to share it with a
 class.

 Thanks!

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Re: [h-cost] Altered Couture Review

2011-02-28 Thread Lynn Downward

Fran, thank you for the review. I've looked through the magazine several
times and, although the ideas are great, instructions are minimal and the
finished item is too busy for me too. But it is an inspirational magazine;
one doesn't have to do it exactly as the editors suggest, as you said.
LynnD

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote:

 After considering it for some time, I bought all the back issues of Altered
 Couture that are still in stock, plus a one-year subscription. My comments:

  This magazine is not for people who have a few boring or half-worn items
 in the closet they want to revive. It's for people who compulsively haunt
 thrift stores and discount clothing stores for really interesting garments
 and trimmings, and keep a big stock on hand till they decide how to combine
 a number of items into one garment.

  The overall taste displayed in the magazine is extremely elaborate. Even
 though I am fond of highly decorated Victorian and Edwardian clothes, I find
 looking through several issues in one session to be visually exhausting.

  The magazine is inspiration oriented, rather than project oriented. There
 are a few examples of decorated T-shirts, jeans, and slips---garments most
 people have around or can easily buy. (Although, I really like a lot of the
 vintage slip examples, but don't know where to buy a large supply of rayon
 vintage slips in good condition and for a low price. Any suggestions? I did
 a big eBay search and most of the good slips there were not that cheap.)
 However, most of the garments used are so unique that it is unlikely you can
 precisely duplicate the projects.

  Probably for this reason, the instructions are minimal. You need a basic
 knowledge of sewing, and in many cases, dyeing, to do most of these
 projects.

  The focus is primarily art. Whether it's wearable depends largely on your
 taste and lifestyle. However, you will not be either going to work or taking
 out the garbage in most of these outfits. I suspect some of the garments are
 not very durable, because the originals used to make them look to be in poor
 condition. I do not think materials in poor condition are worth much effort,
 and the massive quantity of trimmings heaped onto some of them will drag on
 the material. I do not like garments with a lot of raw edges; finished seams
 and hems are much more durable. Also, I suspect the garments dyed with
 acrylic paints, and the shoes rendered very stiff with coverings, will not
 clean or last well. The bottom line is, if I am going to put a lot of effort
 into reconstructing something, I want it to last.

  All that said, there are some very interesting ideas in this magazine. The
 editors don't boil them down into basic points. Once you have the idea of a
 pretty slip dyed, and then elaborately decorated with lots of different
 laces and fabric flowers, you have the idea. Once you have the idea of
 elaborate decorations in subtle variations of the same color, again, you
 have the idea.

  I do like the Altered Couture magazine. I really hate cutting up books or
 magazines, but in this case I am cutting out the pages with ideas I like,
 from each issue, and putting them in a binder. I just find the magazines
 intimidatingly busy and colorful to look through all the way. I am not sure
 I will renew my subscription once it runs out, but I now have a lot of
 interesting pictures for future reference.

 Fran
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Re: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume...

2011-02-14 Thread Lynn Downward

HOLD ON! I bought that book in 1972; it sits with all my other costume
books. At the time it was very cool and taught how to sew alternative
lifestyle clothing - recycle, reuse. Sound familiar? It was a great
introduction to a couple of my friends who were convinced they'd never learn
to sew because they didn't want that Chanel look. Very basic instructions,
ideas for recycling and repairing clothing - it was a great book for its
time. It was a 'hey, even I can do that' sort of book for non-sewers.

Yes, I admit that it's very dated, but the basic ideas of how to sew, how to
modify or repair or reuse existing clothing were there, in between the 'far
out' and the 'heavy' and the 'my old man' comments. It was a more immediate,
more personable version of Better Homes and Gardens Sewing Book.

Denise, enjoy your little slice of underground living.
LynnD

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote:

 Far out!
 (An expression I learned watching The Flintstones)
 --cin
 Cynthia Barnes
 cinbar...@gmail.com


 On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote:

  but soon to be!
 
  I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own
  Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam.
 
  I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was
 going
  to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past
 of
  clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full
 of
  hippie phrasing like my old man groovy fairly heavy cat funkiness
  up-tightness and even the f-bomb.
 
  I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old
  tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp
  rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was
 hilarious.
  We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able
 to
  correctly interpret such phrases as he was a fairly heavy cat  lol!  My
  mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I
 had
  admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed
 sheets,
  and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the
 pant's
  legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!)
 
  Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s?  :-)
   This book may prove to be a valuable reference!
 
  Denise B
  Iowa
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Re: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume...

2011-02-14 Thread Lynn Downward

Probably not too soon.
LynnD
San Francisco, CA
Lincoln High, Class of '69
We're so cool, we're so fine/We're the Class of '69

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.govwrote:

 Oh dear!  I guess I should hang onto those crocheted minidresses from my
 high school  college years, then.  They just might be worth something
 someday soon.

 Ginni
 Sacramento, CA
 ECHS '68

  Laurie Taylor costume...@mazarineblue.com 2/14/11 1:13 PM 
  Oh my, I laughed so hard at the idea of there ever being re-enactment
 groups
 for the era of my childhood!  I'm having trouble coping with the idea of
 the
 70's, 80's and 90's being 'vintage' and collectible.  Still, I wish I had
 hung on to some pieces from back then.

 And if we can re-enact the Middle Ages or the Civil War, well...why not?

 Laurie T.

 Phoenix

 -Original Message-
 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Land of Oz
 Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:39 PM
 To: Historical Costume
 Subject: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume...

 but soon to be!

 I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own
 Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam.

 I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was going
 to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past of
 clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full
 of

 hippie phrasing like my old man groovy fairly heavy cat funkiness
 up-tightness and even the f-bomb.

 I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old
 tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp
 rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was
 hilarious.

  We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able to
 correctly interpret such phrases as he was a fairly heavy cat  lol!  My
 mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I
 had

 admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed sheets,
 and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the pant's
 legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!)

 Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s?  :-)
  This

 book may prove to be a valuable reference!

 Denise B
 Iowa
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Re: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume...

2011-02-14 Thread Lynn Downward

No, Lincoln High in San Francisco, built in the 1920s, at the top of the
hill that is the Sunset District.

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.govwrote:

 Ahh, but if I lost just a few more pounds I could probably get back into
 them and wear them for Halloween next year.  ;)  BTW, is that Lincoln High
 in Stockton you're referring to?

 Ginni

  Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com 2/14/11 1:30 PM 
  Probably not too soon.
 LynnD
 San Francisco, CA
 Lincoln High, Class of '69
 We're so cool, we're so fine/We're the Class of '69

 On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.gov
 wrote:

  Oh dear!  I guess I should hang onto those crocheted minidresses from my
  high school  college years, then.  They just might be worth something
  someday soon.
 
  Ginni
  Sacramento, CA
  ECHS '68
 
   Laurie Taylor costume...@mazarineblue.com 2/14/11 1:13 PM 
   Oh my, I laughed so hard at the idea of there ever being re-enactment
  groups
  for the era of my childhood!  I'm having trouble coping with the idea of
  the
  70's, 80's and 90's being 'vintage' and collectible.  Still, I wish I had
  hung on to some pieces from back then.
 
  And if we can re-enact the Middle Ages or the Civil War, well...why not?
 
  Laurie T.
 
  Phoenix
 
  -Original Message-
  From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com]
 On
  Behalf Of Land of Oz
  Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 1:39 PM
  To: Historical Costume
  Subject: [h-cost] not ancient hist. costume...
 
  but soon to be!
 
  I recently found a book called The Illustrated Hassle-free Make Your Own
  Clothes Book by Rosonberg and Weiner published by Bantam.
 
  I ordered it sight-unseen, so it's not exactly what I thought it was
 going
  to be, but it's proven to be an interesting glimpse into the recent past
 of
  clothing/costuming. It was published in 1971 and the introduction is full
  of
 
  hippie phrasing like my old man groovy fairly heavy cat funkiness
  up-tightness and even the f-bomb.
 
  I read the introduction aloud to my mother (who was a 31 year old
  tailor/seamstress in 1971 but definitely in the Channel and Pearls camp
  rather than the counter-culture group) and we both thought it was
  hilarious.
 
   We both noted that in just a few more decades most people won't be able
 to
  correctly interpret such phrases as he was a fairly heavy cat  lol!  My
  mother also reminded me of several older-than-me friends of the family I
  had
 
  admired growing up who were into making mu'umu'u from flowered bed
 sheets,
  and using wildly contrasting fabric to insert large wedges into the
 pant's
  legs of their jeans. (I was, of course, forbidden to do any such thing!)
 
  Will there someday be reinactment groups for the late 60s to 70s?  :-)
   This
 
  book may prove to be a valuable reference!
 
  Denise B
  Iowa
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Re: [h-cost] Your family and costuming genes

2011-01-20 Thread Lynn Downward

My husband's family all were in school plays as kids; they also entertained
the family by putting on skits, making costumes out of anything that was to
hand. One sister sewed but the other didn't until recently. Their mom was
always supportive and helped sew costumes for the cast past high school into
their community theater stuff. She didn't act until the 1970s and was in an
adult singing group that put on plays in their small community with the kids
from the school district and the adults. He grew up in costumes and joined
the Northern California Renaissance Faire at 16 and the Dickens Fair that
same year; at 50 he's still participating in a Ren Fair and the Dickens
Fair.

My mom sewed from the time she was in high school and wanted nice clothes
her divorced mom couldn't afford to buy. As children my sister and I (she
didn't sew for the boys except for Halloween) had beautiful clothes year
round. She taught me to sew in a sneeky way. I was too young to sew but I
could help pull out the pins after she sewed a seam. I could pick up the
pins she dropped. I could help sew this button or do this hem. Then I was
able to pin pieces together, then sew straight seams, but the sewing was too
hard for me because I was too still little. She hooked me at an early age.
Before I knew it, I was sewing. Mom hasn't sewn in years, but she got both
of her daughters interested, me more than my sister. She always used Vogue
patterns and taught us the best techniques. I got lazy and forgot much of
what she taught me in the 70s making quick skirts and blouses for college,
but relearned them later.

I joined the NorCal Ren Faire and Dickens Fair in 1977 my husband and I met
there a few years later) and have made costumes for those venues for for my
husband and myself for years and years. Our children were raised at the Ren
Fair since the S.F earthquake put an end to the Dickens Fair for many years.
There was always a costume box full of costume bits and pieces not connected
to any fairs, with fabrics, belts, ties, capes and hats for them to play
with any time they wanted to. The box has gone to my niece, except for a
piece each girl kept for sentimental reasons.

My older daughter did not get the gene; she is done with costuming except
for Halloween, when she invents wonderful costumes that take a good month to
build (the bathroom sink was one of my favorites) and the younger daughter
wears costumes any time she wants. The force is strong in that one; she got
a double dose of the costumers gene. She acted in high school and has
continued acting at the Dickens Fair and in community theater. She doesn't
sew but she does appreciate the costumes I've made over the years. Some of
her favorite clothes have been costumes I made for her. I think she will be
in costumes until she dies.

LynnD


 Quoting penn...@costumegallery.com:

  I was re-reading Margo's post and it got me to thinking...How many
 of our
  family members are enjoying costuming since we became a member of
 h-costume?
  Or maybe inherited the costuming gene?  If so what kind of
 costuming?

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Re: [h-cost] Thank you and 1940s Halo Hat Question

2011-01-11 Thread Lynn Downward

Can you show us what you're talking about? I study hats and don't recognize
the term.
LynnD

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:52 PM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:

 Thank you to everyone for making our websites anniversary very special.  I
 truly appreciate all your kind comments.



 Question:  I've been watching a lot of 1940s films and keep seeing women
 wearing halo hats.  It seems to have been fashionable for a while and kept
 getting large and larger.  I also have a nice collection of bridal photos
 with halo hats from the 40s.  What or who started this fashion craze?



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Re: [h-cost] question on corset patterns

2011-01-07 Thread Lynn Downward

I've made the LM corset, both styles, six time in total. They all
went together easily, the instructions are clear and they fit well. The only
thing that isn't clear s where the boning goes: on every seam and in between
if you're a large size. The problem with all corset patterns is that they
need to be fitted correctly before you even get to the sewing of them. Make
a muslin!

LynnD

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 2:18 PM, penhal...@juno.com penhal...@juno.comwrote:


 I have used the Laughing Moon pattern and found it to be a very good
 pattern. It is easy to make (comparatively speaking) and the instructions
 are clear. I know other people who have used it and heard nothing but good
 things about it from them.  KarenSeamstrix  -- Original Message
 --
 From: Rebecca Schmitt lotsofteap...@charter.net
 To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] question on corset patterns
 Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:02:49 -0600

 I am planning on making a bodice and dress from Truly Victorian's line
 (TV490 Ball Gown Bodice  TV298 Umbrella Skirt, both from 1892). But, of
 course before that, I need a corset! I went to GBACG Pattern Review, and
 found nothing on TV's corset, but lots of great reviews on Laughing Moon's
 Dore corset.

 My usual era is Elizabethan, so if I wear a corset, it is of a very
 different construction. I would consider myself an intermediate sewer.

 Question: Do you prefer TV or LM corset, especially for a first-time
 Victorian sewer?

 
 Rebecca Schmitt
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Re: [h-cost] eek, quick opinion pls...

2010-12-29 Thread Lynn Downward

You might want to check with B. Black  Sons in L.A. for the Arno
canvas. I am certain they have the sew-in but I'm not sure about the
fusible type. They'll ship anywhere.
LynnD

On 12/29/10, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote:
 Me, too. I already miss doing my annual order from GH.
 I got the Pellon brand hair canvas from Joann's online store.  Even the
 superstores dont carry it.
 I'd prefer Arno's Acro fusible canvas, but J's doesnt carry it AFAICT.  I'm
 also fond of Tailor's Pride, a very good sew-in one that's hard to find.
 Happy New Year, Katy!
 --cin


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 Cin,

 Where do you buy your hair cloth?  I used to get it from greenberg and
 Hammer, I'm so sad they are gone.

 Katy

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Re: [h-cost] Silk ribbon embroidery supplies

2010-12-20 Thread Lynn Downward

Fran,

I'd suggest Hedgehog Handworks in the L.A. area.
http://www.hedgehoghandworks.com/catalog/fibers_ribbon.php They are very
helpful and knowledgeable about most handworks, especially silk
ribbon embroidery.

LynND
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 What is the best place online to buy silk ribbon in a wide range of colors
 for embroidery?

 Fran
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Re: [h-cost] Piping in CW era Bodices

2010-12-17 Thread Lynn Downward

Elizabeth,
You make some excellent points. I had already planned to have a red (we're
talking turkey red, not a bright cherry red) box pleated ruffle down the CF,
the cuff and (a smaller one) at the neck. That may be enough contrast;
however, I really want to challenge myself with correctly making the double
piping at the waist edge. It may end up that I double pipe with the fashion
fabric; it depends on whether the originally-planned contrast seems to be
enough red to spice up my predominately toast and brown pattern. The dress
will be an English woman's dress, not American, and I know that there were
some differences in fashion styles. (And, since I always wear an apron tied
around my waist, very few people will ever see the contrast piping once I'm
dressed. It will be something *I* know about my dress - like using one real
pearl amongst the good fakes in my Renaissance court outfit.)

Elizabeth, thank you for your input; I know your focus and have often
appreciated and sent others to your website for how-tos and to see how it
looks when it's Done Right. I will keep your message in my references for
when my dress absolutely, positively needs to be perfectly authentic. For my
theatrical focus, I will still keep my options open until the dress is more
complete, maybe by next Christmas time.
LynnD

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Elizabeth Clark 
elizabethstewartcl...@hotmail.com wrote:


 If your costuming goal is to have a garment that reflects overall norms for
 the mid-century, then please do use self-fabric piping or corded piping on
 cotton print dresses. It is *by far* the most typical. Mrs Lincoln's gown is
 atypical, even for a high-fashion dress, and should not be used as
 documentation for contrast piping on a cotton print dress.

 That doesn't mean, however, that you lose the opportunity to add color
 contrast. Pick up the red with covered buttons (perhaps do little ones, set
 in close groups of three... that's one treatment I've seen on a print dress,
 and it's very effective), add flat bands of red to a cuff (perhaps with more
 buttons), and/or add a belt with a red rosette at the closure. Or, add a red
 ribbon bow at your neckline instead of a brooch. There are lots of ways to
 pull up that red that would be quite normal and typical for a cotton print
 (or wool or silk print) dress, so you'd be both individually stylish *and*
 consistent with decorative dress details for the period.

 (Of course, if you have a different costuming goal, don't worry about it!
 Do as you like! Not every use calls for an outfit that stays fully
 consistent with the period.)

 Regards,

 Elizabeth Clark

 The Sewing Academy Main Site
 The Sewing Academy Historic Clothing Tech Support Forum



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Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses

2010-12-16 Thread Lynn Downward

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 lis...@juno.com 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 lynndownw...@gmail.com
 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 lis...@juno.com
  wrote:
 
   Thank you thank thank y ou!   This is so awesome and it is
  EXACTLY the
   affirmation I Was looking for.  Ive 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 rubin.lau...@gmail.com
   To: h-cost...@indra.com
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=1267e
 xkey=696pagekey=710
  
   -Laura
  
  
   Message: 13
   Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500
   From: Lisa A Ashton lis...@juno.com
   To: h-cost...@indra.com
   Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses
   Message-ID: 20101213.075512.5052.168.lis...@juno.com
   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
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Re: [h-cost] eek, quick opinion pls...

2010-12-16 Thread Lynn Downward

I've hard fabulous stuff about the Laughing Moon patterns from a friend who
made the frock coat for a very tall, thin man. It fit perfectly and went
together easily. Unfortunately no personal experience.

LynnD
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kimiko Small sstormwa...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Have you checked out the GBACG Great Pattern Review for those patterns?
 http://www.gbacg.org/great-pattern-review/index.html

 I own the Laughing Moon pattern based on other folks' reviews, but haven't
 made
 it up yet so no personal review. Don't know about the others.

 Kimiko

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 Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 2:56:35 PM
 Subject: [h-cost] eek, quick opinion pls...


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Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses

2010-12-15 Thread Lynn Downward

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 lis...@juno.com wrote:

Thank you thank thank y ou! This is so awesome and it is EXACTLY the
affirmation I Was looking for. Ive 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 rubin.lau...@gmail.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
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=1267exkey=696pagekey=710

-Laura

Message: 13
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:26:12 -0500
From: Lisa A Ashton lis...@juno.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses
Message-ID: 20101213.075512.5052.168.lis...@juno.com
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
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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2010-12-03 Thread Lynn Downward

I've been wearing cheap gloves with the finger tips cut off in my office for
the past week because of the cold. My office doesn't have much heat and it's
been real work just to type on my computer. I've been finding excuses to get
up and walk around the building just to get my blood circulating.

thank goodness for mittens/mitts/fingerless mittens, whatever we call them!

LynnD

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote:

 Ann,

 I don't think there's any differentiation in the mitts category. Though
 fingerless handwear in general seems to be mittens OR mitts. But it all
 depends on what century and what decade of the century.

 Makes me want to take my mitts tomorrow to work at the printing museum.
 Sometimes equipment rooms are downright chilly, especially if they don't
 boast a Linotype in residence!

== Marjorie Wilser


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 In a message dated 12/3/2010 4:39:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
 aqua...@patriot.net writes:

 What is  the item called when the fingers are also
 differentiated? Usually I  see them ending just before the knuckle,
 but I'm thinking about  making some that would only have an open
 fingertip. I'm sure I could  just adapt a glove pattern for that, but
 I'm just curious if there  is a name for it.

 I believe they are also mitts, but not fingerless.

 Ann Wass
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Re: [h-cost] Alice Cooper Photos

2010-10-26 Thread Lynn Downward

I want to talk to his milliner!
LynnD

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:15 AM, AVCHASE achasedes...@peoplepc.com wrote:

 Penny, just wonderful. What a dramatic site! Audy

 in the high boonies of Central Texas

 
 PeoplePC Online
 A better way to Internet
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Re: [h-cost] new, modern Sherlock Holmes

2010-10-25 Thread Lynn Downward

It's being shown in the US on PBS as Masterpiece Mystery.
LynnD

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Julie jtkn...@jtknits.cts.com wrote:

 A new Sherlock?!!  I'm a lifelong fan.
 Is it only in the UK?
 Where/when/details for U.S. please!
 Julie in San Diego

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Re: [h-cost] Source for Hat Blanks

2010-08-21 Thread Lynn Downward

You might check Hats by Leko, although I don't remember their website
or their prices. I haven't purchased from them for a while.
LynnD

On 8/21/10, Linda Rice vm...@cox.net wrote:
 Off the 'top of my head' (hahaha)

 www.18cnewenglandlife.org/18cnel/Merchants.htm
 has a list of possibilities, including Dirty Billy's Hats.

 I got my heavy black felt hat from Steve Pano of Ranger Reproductions and
 can easily recommend him. He does not, however, have a website. His other
 contact info can be found on the above site.

 There is always Jas Townsend and Historic Enterprises for a look-see:
 www.jas-townsend.com/
 www.historicenterprises.com

 HTH-

 ::Linda::



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 From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
 Behalf Of Kathy Hoover
 Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:51 AM
 To: h-cost...@indra.com
 Subject: [h-cost] Source for Hat Blanks

 I am in need of several black felt, round, wide brim hat blanks of
 decent quality (so they will last the abuse of theatre work), but
 that cost in the $20 range.  Does any one know of a resource?  I have
 already tried Smoke and Fire.  They are out of stock and having
 trouble with their supplier.

 Thanks,
 Kathy Hoover

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