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I should add that I use a non-historically accurate (for MY time period)
cross-lacing, and not the spiral lacing, which I really do intend to try
at some point. Really. ;o)
*
Umm, I don't know your time period but
late 1400s
At 04:03 14/09/2005, you wrote:
I wonder if the green thread is related to the old use of green as
the color of mourning (long before black)... because green grass
grows on the grave. Gytha
Chris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I worked for the local
A couple more:
(1) It's unlucky to baste anything with green thread. (Green is
supposed to be a generally unlucky color anyway.) IIRC (and it was
a LONG time ago) I think my grandmother actually told me this one.
(2) It's unlucky for anyone to sew or mend clothing while someone
is
What fantastic pictures - love the theatre - the bears are cute too.
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 14/09/2005 01:44
www.ckrumlov.cz/uk/seznamy/t_obrzam.htm
Stumbled across this site while looking for something else. Appears to
be a Czechoslovakian
Just lovely Karen! And I think your crown is a good choice in keeping
with the portraits of QE you found.
I have the site bookmarked for the cartridge pleating info, have a
project this winter that will require it, thanks.
Catherine
Wooo Hooo Calontir :)
(2) It's unlucky for anyone to sew or mend clothing while someone is
actually wearing it. But the person wearing the clothing can avert evil
consequences by holding a piece of thread between their teeth while the
sewing is going on. (Can't remember where I saw this, but it was
relatively recent.)
Thanks for your replies. I was looking for the modern usage, I guess. I was
reading something that said that trousers were introduced to Europe by
northern barbarians sometime after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and I
remembered we'd just had a discussion about some early extant
Even worse luck to iron something on a live body, and the thread
between the teeth doesn't help there.
ahhh...so *that* is why the instructions that come with an iron actually
specify Do Not Attempt to Iron Garments While Being Worn!
Silly me, I thought it was common sense safety...
but, if you wear a garment inside out, it protects you from the faeries!
Arlys
And another one . If you put on a garment inside out (usually a
vest/t-shirt, or knickers/underpants) you shouldn't change it, as
that too would be bad luck. Too bad if it was trousers or pants!!
Suzi
This sounds like a semi practical thing. Like using spit to smooth a cowlick
then a superstition.
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... I ran into a superstition about hems flipping up at the edges somewhere
in a book. Have you ever heard of that one? The character in the book
had to spit on it before
Actually, the original lore to wearing clothing inside out and fairies
has
to do with weird sod.
*snip*
Um . . . Weird sod?
A definition, please?
Kate McClure
Who may have gardened in such . . . ;)
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From: Chris Laning
(2) It's unlucky for anyone to sew or mend clothing while someone is
actually wearing it. But the person wearing the clothing can avert evil
consequences by holding a piece of thread between their teeth while the
sewing is going on. (Can't remember where I saw this, but it was
I too have stitched several actors into their costumes before going on
stage. You do want you can in a hurry.
Penny E. Ladnier
Owner,
The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com
Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com
Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com
steel hoop boning over here doesn't hold the tips well either. I have
found that the spiral steel corset boning holds the tips well if you use a
particular method of attaching themdon't know if you saw the link to
my tutorial earlier. Sg
Could you repost it please? I didn't need it at
Penny Ladnier wrote:
I too have stitched several actors into their costumes before going on
stage. You do want you can in a hurry.
... and it's a lot better than superglue and staples.
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
Such virtue hath my pen -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81
Got to be quick as in hurry (as ever)!
I'd consider it to be a difference in the construction method, as trousers
are actually cut quite differently to hosen (esp the 15th / 16th cent. variety).
A couple of costume historians have suf=ggested that the construction of what
we'd call trousers
On 9/14/05, Land of Oz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ahhh...so *that* is why the instructions that come with an iron actually
specify Do Not Attempt to Iron Garments While Being Worn!
Silly me, I thought it was common sense safety...
at my old job, one of my coworkers confessed that the mark on
Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
At 16:23 14/09/2005, you wrote:
Even worse luck to iron something on a live body, and the thread
between the teeth doesn't help there.
ahhh...so *that* is why the instructions that come with an iron
actually specify Do Not Attempt to Iron Garments
jordana robinson wrote:
from his attempt to iron the collar of his shirt while he was wearing
it.
I actually watched a person try to drive with one of those cardboard
windshield sun things still on the car. He/She had bent down a corner
to peer out.
It's unlucky to sew with green, because green dyes
were notorious for coming off onto your garment or
project.
I have some green silk with just that problem--the
thread is long gone, but there's a great ugly dark
green splotch where it used to be. Never got wet,
just crocking.
I wouldn't baste
Cynthia,
I am guilty of stapling a hem when an actor needs to get on stage real
quick. I have taped a bodice of a gown to a model. It helps with very low
cut dress.
Penny E. Ladnier
Owner,
The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com
Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com
Costume
Penny Ladnier wrote:
I am guilty of stapling a hem when an actor needs to get on stage real
quick.
I was trying to be amusing -- sorry it wasn't clear.
But don't staples really mess up the fabric? Pulls and such?
cv
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Actually, the original lore to wearing clothing inside out and fairies has
to do with weird sod.
If you step on weird sod you will walk forever, the way to break the spell
once you figured out you stepped on weird sod is to turn your clothing
inside out (usually it is just the jacket). One lore in
Hmmm..
I've touched up a hem while I was wearing it. Maybe I should have spat on it
instead G
Julie
Even worse luck to iron something on a live body, and the thread
between the teeth doesn't help there.
Not that I tried it myself.
Actually, they lace each other. Meaning that instead of the lace going to
the loop on the other side it uses the oppose lace as the loop.
Does that make sense?
De
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Just a comment on an interesting thing that I have just noticed about this
portrait :
Ok, here is a question - this has been in letters sent to Ann Landers
Dear Abby in the past. A woman starts a new job (usually as a
secretary) and the boss (male of course) either learns or assumes
that she sews. He asks her to mend his trousers, a crotch seam,
while he is wearing
Julie,
It makes me wonder if a straightening iron for hair would work for last
minute hem pressing? Maybe I will try it in a rush one day.
I have ironed some full-skirt hems while a few actresses and models were
wearing them. If you have confidence in what you are doing and the
No, not at all, it's complete superstitious nonsense. Elderly
relatives will claim it causes huge blisters and worse, but there is
no real cause effect. :-)
Ok, here is a question - this has been in letters sent to Ann Landers
Dear Abby in the past. A woman starts a new job
On Wednesday 14 September 2005 6:30 am, Joannah Hansen wrote:
Just a comment on an interesting thing that I have just noticed about this
portrait :
http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/earlyflor/3flor5.html
- it looks to me as if the criss-cross lacing isn't just crossed over,
It was believed that you were taking a chance stepping off commonly
traversed paths to say, take a short cut, because you might step on weird
sod or enchanted piece of ground. Upon stepping on the weird sod your sense
of distance and direction is a skewed and you continue walking and you may
even
I'm hoping someone here can help me.
I am looking for an online source for a ladies high heeled Oxford shoe.
Zappos had, but they do not ship to Canada, and the price was a bit above
what I wanted to pay (including shipping and exchange).
Any ideas are greatfully accepted! :-)
Sheridan
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I would like your expert opinions on what the official difference is between trousers and leggings or hose. Is it just that trousers aren't as fitted in the legs? Or are trousers one piece while leggings are two?
Trousers are a loose fitting garment typically
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