At 23:54 17/10/2005, you wrote:
$400 is about the equivalent of what you'd pay for a newer version of a dyson
over here these days - but from my experience they're probably not worth the
outlay (we've got one - can't remember which model). Was brilliant for a few
months, but it just couldn't
This is my best thread chaser, too!
Kathleen
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From: lindasterner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: h-costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 8:42 PM
Subject: [h-cost] carpet sweeper
At the restaurant where I work we use Bissel carpet sweepers all the time.
We
That's interesting. I've never heard of this author or her character before. As
far as I was aware, the name Samantha was unknown in Britain before the 1960s,
(it isn't in the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English Christian
Names) and I had been grumbling because the TV series
From: Carolyn Kayta Barrows [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Personally, I have never tried to collect byssal threads from mussels,
though here's an article showing how to work with
them. http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/byssus_howto.html
I don't necessarily believe all the stuff in that article, nor in
Hi Bjarne,
Your silk must be lighter than I imagined, as a pale pearl gray - as I think of
it anyway - isn't a very dark gray. I am sure your suit will turn out lovely
and I look forward to seeing pictures of the finished results.
900 colors of embroidery silk! You are sure to find a perfect
How do they work on hardwood floors?
My Border Collie sheds enough to knit a whole new dog. There, obligatory
costume content--sort of! ;)
Arlys
At the restaurant where I work we use Bissel carpet sweepers all the
time.
We cannot use vacuum cleaners in the restaurant because they kick up
The Samantha books can be read online at project Gutenberg. You can also
find copies fairly easily online. They aren't true children's books although
they are often cited as such. They are books for young ladies. I'd say the
13 and up crowd. I assure you however that they are well before 1960 and
Thought this might be of interest to some of our
embroiderers:
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?intObjectID=4587
482
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/LotDetail.asp?intObjectID=458
7482SN=7109LN=0106 SN=7109LN=0106
Regards,
Lorina
Five Rivers
I don't have a whole lot to add to the discussion except that it has
been discussed on our list before. Might want to check the archives.
Sg
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Dear Lorina,
It doesnt work. Not in tiny url either.
Bjarne
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From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 6:04 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Napoleonic train
Thought this might be of interest to some
Sorry, I could not get these links to work even after cutting and pasting the
entire content.
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From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 12:04:32 -0400
Subject: [h-cost] Napoleonic train
Thought this might
Cut and paste the two bits separately. Copy the first line into the location
field, and then type the 482 on after that, and it'll come up. It's gorgeous,
and you especially need to see it, Bjarne!
KP
Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Lorina,
It doesnt work. Not in tiny
Well drat! Okay, so go here:
http://www.christies.com/promos/oct05/7109/overview.asp
Then click on the 5th icon on the right hand side of the
screen, which is a purple and gold train. It is truly one of the last
vestiges of the glorious art of embroidery.
Meow! Very gorgeous. I have developed a profound respect for embroiderers who
use metallic threads thanks to my coif, and looking at this mantle made my eyes
roll back in my head.
;-)
~Kimberley
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From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I saw a commercial on TV for a new Swiffer - it's for carpets
and has a sticky pad on the inside to catch the sweepings. They show
it working with loose items, such as dry cereal. I don't know how
well it would work with things that stick, like thread and cat hair.
-Carol
Here are some cool shoes from the same lot...
*http://tinyurl.com/dzjlq*
WickedFrau wrote:
Holy Smokes...that is something else!
Here is the first link as a TinyI couldn't get the second link to
work either...maybe it was just the close up as the item number seems
to be the same.
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Dawn wrote:
Does anybody know why vair was considerd an upper class fur? Surely
squirrels must have been as common as rats or rabbits.
I'd highly recommend a book mentioned often on this list: Elspeth Veale's
The English Fur Trade in the Later Middle Ages. Thoroughly
Here's a tinyurl for it... http://tinyurl.com/8ofvj and the second one...
http://tinyurl.com/a32zx
The train is stunning! Thank you for the link.
Robert of Stonemarche
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Hi,
Thanks for posting the link. Embroidery is stunning but honnestly i would
never have made it on a purple velvet.
It dont match gold i think.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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Embroidery is stunning but honnestly i would
never have made it on a purple velvet.
It dont match gold i think.
Ah, but very imperial, isn't it?
Ann Wass
Perhaps it was because he was emperor and not king. Kings uses red,`?
At the danish national museum there is an embroidered court suit made for
the danish ambassador in Paris. He wore this when Napoleon was crowned.
Denmark was for Napoleon, and as you all know, the english came and bombed
I haven't yet, but a friend of mine who is a spinner did. Made some very
successful yarn from it too. She said it didn't need blending because it
already had a nice twist in it and made a fairly strong yarn.
Arlys
On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:15:48 -0400 Helen Pinto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Arlys
Carol wrote:
I saw a commercial on TV for a new Swiffer - it's for carpets and has
a sticky pad on the inside to catch the sweepings.
I just used mine for the first time, and it pulled everything off the rug-
beads, crumbs, hair, thread. You don't want to look at the pad too closely
Hi Marc, here is a bookmark for some of the emails I was referring to.
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~fashion/archives/hcos01/hcos03.cl
Sometimes it is easier to google the web for what you are looking for
and include h-cost too. This allows you to search the body if the email
as well as the
I'm doing some research on the german Cranach dress style. I would love to
hear thoughts, ideas, websites etc. for a. Bodice: attached or not, b. is there
a band of fabric from shoulder to shoulder at the back that is edited out of
most paintings (But is often seen in the German housebook for
At 1:50 PM -0700 10/18/05, Cynthia J Ley wrote:
I haven't yet, but a friend of mine who is a spinner did. Made some very
successful yarn from it too. She said it didn't need blending because it
already had a nice twist in it and made a fairly strong yarn.
When I was actively spinning, I was
I'm doing some research on the german Cranach dress style. I would love
to hear thoughts, ideas, websites etc. for a. Bodice: attached or not,
There's one Cranach painting where the front edges of the dress don't quite
line up, as tho the front corners weren't attached to the skirt. But
Lurking newcomer actually has some input on this one :-) Having made about
50 - literally - of these placket-front Germans, maybe I can share some
insight.
The bodice is indeed attached to the skirt, and the cartridge pleats of the
skirt are set horizontally to the bottom of the bodice or a
At 12:57 PM -0500 10/18/05, Marc Carlson wrote:
From: WickedFrau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't have a whole lot to add to the discussion except that it has
been discussed on our list before. Might want to check the archives.
I would be surprised if it hadn't been previously discussed, but
As to straps across the back, I haven't seen a reason to do them, and I've
managed some pretty low-backed styles. The trick is to get the edge of the
shoulder piece to sit right in the av joint (that little hollow you can feel
on shoulder), and then the shoulders stay put.
The dresses in
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Was carpet sweeper, now dog hair
At 1:50 PM -0700 10/18/05, Cynthia J Ley wrote:
I haven't yet, but a friend of mine who is a spinner did. Made some very
successful yarn from it too. She said it didn't need blending because it
already had a nice twist in it and made a
Hi Jean/Raella--
I'm doing the Martyrdom of St. Barbara gown (Metropolitan Mus. of Art, NYC)
20,000 beads and counting... The shirt and bodice are definitely connected.
Because of how she is kneeling I think it would be a back closure-- at least
on this dress. It has a lot of Italian influence to
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