Thank you!! These are Perfect!!!
Monica Spence
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:53 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] swaddling bands
Quoting monica spence [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
That is actually an old horsecopers trick.
You give the horse a small amount of arsenic everyday untill you are ready to
sell it. The ´horse will react to the arsenic by getting fat and the skin will
get glossy, once the horse is sold the horse will lose weight and the arsenic
stored in the
Where are you located??
I have a copy of the book and might be willing to loan it out.
Katheryne
central-eastern NJ
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From: Becky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have ordered that book but it has not arrived yet. YET!!! I'm
still waiting and waiting. I wish it would get here
I was looking at this website to find out the price of custom made corsets,
as I'm getting tired of the number of times I've needed to alter the corset
pattern I'm currently working on (the 1844 corset in Corsets and Crinolines,
the bust is way too big I'm on my third round of alterations to
Have you tried using your own basic block (sloper)as the basis for the
corset and drawing in the corset lines as applicable - (yes, there is more
to this process than just drawing in the lines, there is dart manipulation
and taking off the required amounts to change the shape..etc) I can
I live near Harrisburg, in Enola.
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Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Princess Elizabeth sleeves
Where are you located??
I have a copy of the book and might be willing to
New term for me... what's a sloper?
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From: SPaterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:12 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Corset cutting suggestion
Have you tried using your own basic block (sloper)as the basis for the
Wednesday, I am heading to Florida for two weeks. We will be in the
Bradenton/Sarasota area, south of the Tampa Bay. My youngest sister is getting
married. This will also be a working vacation for me. I am hoping to do some
research about circus costumes at the Ringling Museum. My Dad was
A sloper is the basic pattern from which other patterns are designed.
(http://www.sew-whats-new.com/sewinglessons/sloper.shtml) It's also
sometimes called the basic body block.
A discussion of them can be found here -
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t00036.asp .
Slopers of various
