[h-cost] custom taxes

I have found, from my experience, that smaller and lighter packets are less likely to get noticed by Customs. Under a certain weight and it doesn't even require a customs form. YMMV. Some time back i had exchanged goods with people from an embroidery list. I sended purses, and in exchange i

[h-cost] Re: holiday idea

Although I tend to lurk very quietly here, I'd love to join the holiday exchange. I'm in the UK, and have had very few problems sending and receiving stuff from the US via customs. Given that the value is will be clearly written on any customs slip as $10 or less, and a gift, we shouldn't be

Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water

Hello, I've done a few gowns out of 'regular' (as opposed to moire) taffeta for my eldest daughter, but not silk taffeta. I've discovered that with taffeta if I wash the whole thing in water (not in the washer or the whole thing is a wrinkled mess), it doesn't lose it's crispness or sheen in

Re: [h-cost] Re: holiday idea

Well, I think the response is overwhelming. The list would like to give the gift exchange a try. May I respectfully suggest that we now let the organizer decide how she is going to do it, then await her instructions as to how we give her our information? Ann Wass

Re: [h-cost] a holliday idea

(I'm in, too.) It might be handy if, on the list of info we give about ourselves, we included our pattern size, because surely patterns are one of those things that most people have sitting around unused in their sewing stash. Or, since there are so many pattern sizing systems, especially

[h-cost] Re: holiday idea

how much would I have to slip you to make sure that Bjarne is my gift exchange? === So how about if we *all* have Bjarne's name? And of course then he gets all of ours :)? Catherine ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

These colors are wonderful together, Bjarne--and using the taffeta is very resourceful. Can't wait to see the finished suit! How is your wrist healing, by the way? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -Original Message- From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water

And just one other note - don't wad the fabric up. Every crease will be permanent. Good luck! Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender --- Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:33:43 -0400 To: Historical Costume

[h-cost] 19th Century Fashion in Detail

I just got 19th Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston from Amazon.com and it is worth every penny. For those of us on the U.S. side of the pond, it is a companion volume to Fashion in Detail(17th and 18th centuries)and the photographed fashions(from the VA collections)are every bit as

Re: [h-cost] dipping silk in cold water

In a message dated 10/25/2005 5:47:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Duponi loses it's sheen, becomes fairly stiff and loses it's resiliency for wear and tear. I dyed down a dark with white stripes [to tone down the contrast] dupioni in HOT water in the

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

Lov-er-ly! I was just thinkingit's important, I think, to make sure somehow that the appliqued embroidery looks, without a doubt, that it was MEANT to be appliqued. Y'know what I mean? I'm not sure how this can be achieved, but somehow the applique process must be part of the

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

Oooh, Bjarne, they look just yummy! What kind of colors will you be using for the embroidery? --Sue, thinking Bjarne must be the best dressed guy in Denmark - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:02 AM

Re: [h-cost] a holiday idea

I would like to be part too. Tania Susan B. Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, yeah. Put me down, too. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

Hi, Yes i know exactly what you have in mind, have ben thinking about adding a fine mesh tulle into the taffeta and make an embroidered border of a ribbon between the ribbed and the taffeta. I am making embroidery drafts in the evenings. Also got a box full of hand twisted Mulberry silk

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

Hi Sue, I am forceing myself to work on the stumpwork dress, it must be made first. But i have gotten a box full of wonderfull collours from Mulberry silk and ill post pictures soon. My every day clothes are not worth writing about, i dont give a damn about how i look, as long as it is clean

[h-cost] Male or Female Name Was :a holliday idea

Trust me it does not have to be any place but the good old USA for there to be problems. I am Stephen on most list, Red Bear on others. And I still get people who think I must be a Stephenie, just because I am into clothes. They have been rather surprised to find out that I am 6' 2 tall

Re: [h-cost] Male or Female Name Was :a holliday idea

- Original Message - From: Red Bear [EMAIL PROTECTED] Trust me it does not have to be any place but the good old USA for there to be problems. I am Stephen on most list, Red Bear on others. And I still get people who think I must be a Stephenie, just because I am into clothes. They

[h-cost] Re: my new suit

Ohh! Those colors look absolutely gorgeous together! Annette M Message: 2 Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:02:17 +0200 From: Bjarne og Leif Drews Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i want to use on the new suit. First to the right is the ribbed silk, second is

[h-cost] leg o' mutton sleeves

Please forgive me if this comes through twice! Since there was a recent discussion on the list about leg o' mutton sleeves, I thought you might be interested in seeing this lovely example currently on eBay: