Re: [h-cost] volunteering
I'm actually on staff to recruit, supervise, and train volunteers for a large museum. For the most part, if you don't have a criminal record and are fairly normal (read, not looking at womens parts) then we accept you. Frankly, if a museum needs volunteers they will find you a placement somewhere you will like. I second all the other advice - read up a bit on the site, treat it like a real interview, ask those questions - time commitments, dress code, training. Be honest - the worst thing it to say what they want to hear (or you think they want to hear) and then no be happy - then you won't want to stay and no one benefits. Overall treat it like a job - because the museum will depend on you like it's a real job - and have fun! Good luck, Sarah - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Dawn - need contact, don't have you're off list address
Dawn, I accidently lost my person's contact info for the Holiday Gift Exhange and can't seen to find you're e-mail either. Can you send me the info off list? Sarah Nucci __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Simplicity Regency Patterns
Okay, I'll pipe in... I actually walked a group of Ann's volunteers through a patterning class about two years ago - to make a custom pattern with that diamond back. Lots of research before hand, and started with a sloper. I found it easy to do and my mock up was great - the down side was that as much as these people wanted to learn, many lacked the sewing skills to do it. I do own the SS patterns, although I tend to buy these (and the historically accurate patterns) and then use them as jumping points to recreate originals. I have a feeling that if there were tutorials out there on how to adjust your Simplicity Regency patterns to make a diamond back that people would use them. Until then, most will just go the easiest route, and aside from the expensive but well researched Past Patterns dress, most will just make this one Sarah Nucci - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] bodiced petticoats
I'm trying to get the Period Costume for Stage and Screen but between living in a somewhat out of the way area and a full time job (and being out of my bugdet) it hasn't really happened. What I did manage to find is a picture of a petticoat for the last five years of the 19th century in Costume in Detail. The bodice is fantastic in detail for copying - not at all what I would have expected. The down side is that while I can now pattern it and it will fit under the dress I want to make - I can't decide how full the skirt should be. Any idea with yours? Sarah __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] East Coast Trip
Suzi, I would love to see the pictures and some of the info you collected. Can you add me to the list - e-mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send h-costume mailing list submissions to h-costume@mail.indra.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of h-costume digest... Today's Topics: 1. My trip to Washington - report - some O.T. (Suzi Clarke) -- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:52:40 +0100 From: Suzi Clarke Subject: [h-cost] My trip to Washington - report - some O.T. To: Historical Costume Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed First I would like to thank everyone who came up with suggestions on where to stay and what to see. The Hotel Harrington was ideal - walking distance to wherever we wanted to go to, clean, a bit shabby, but really helpful staff. I got to spend a whole day (!) at the DAR Museum, looking at female clothing from +/- 1780-1820. Alden O'Brien asked a colleague, a former curator, to join us, and then simply opened drawers and asked if we wanted to see the contents. There were short gowns, altered gowns, corsets, a bodiced petticoat, fans, pockets, purses, a few fashion plates referring to a couple of garments we were looking at... The next day we started off for Virginia, but got seriously distracted by G street Fabrics, where I topped up the stash, and bought several items from the Notions department. (DH meanwhile was buying shoes.) The former curator very kindly arranged for Anne and I to meet with Linda Baumgarten at Colonial Williamsburg for an hour and a half, where we got to see some ladies' garments of the same period, plus drawers full of quilted petticoats, pockets and stomachers. We over-ran our time, so Linda sent me the details of what we saw, which I will enjoy checking out once my brain stops aching. I spent some very pleasant,if busy, days with Anne, her DH and my DH, including a trip to see Colonial Williamsburg - the town - and Jamestown. We only hit one fabric store, honest, and I only bought a couple of notions, no fabric. On the morning of the day we left, Mary, the former curator, met me, showed me some more items from her personal collection and we then had a very rushed visit through the National Gallery of Art in Washington, where there is a wonderful Venetian exhibition currently on show, I also bought a few (not!) postcards to add to my collection. If anyone would like more details, I will be sending a newsletter to my friends and colleagues who are interested. I can add you to the list. Unfortunately there will not be photos, as I signed forms to keep them to myself, and not publish on the internet. (Quite normal with museum collections.) Suzi -- ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume End of h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 521 * - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] flat patterning
You can definatly buy it on Amazon - it's not too expensive and worth every penny you will spend on it! I want to say that it has both childrens and adults - but I won't guarantee it, and it definalty has both men and women. It does have some head wear and other items, but I use it most to get me from my size to the historical pattern - i.e. I use the pictures in patterns of fashion or period costumes for stage and screen and the techiniques in Costume Technicians Handbook to get there. You'll be amazed by the techniques and how easy it is once you get started - it even tells you how to measure things! Sarah __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Patterning book
The best book for drafting both historical and modern patterns is Rosmary Ingraham's Costume Technician's Handbook. She walks you through how to do a sloper and how to alter it into whatever form you want. You can also try a Flat Patterning book once you've mastered Rosemary's book - I use it all the time!!! Sarah Nucci __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
