I thought some of you might want to know about the June Joy sale
we're having here at Five Rivers - 20% off all in-stock merchandise, which
means patterns, patterns, patterns.
Regards,
Lorina
Five Rivers Chapmanry
purveyors of historical sewing patterns, quality hand-crafted
Well, Victorian covers a lot of time [1839-1906?] and a lot of silhouettes
so you need to be a little more specific. I mean, an 1840s frock coat does
not look like an 1890s frock coat. And lots of clothes were still made by
hand, and the patterns reflect this, up until the late 1860s [they
You know...
I can't be called an expert on art, but this does not look like Eleonora of
Toledo, 2nd Duchess of Florence, to me. It looks like our Eleonora's
niece Eleonora of Toledo,(she was the daughter of her brother Garcia). The
younger Eleonora married Cosimo and Eleonora's youngest son
At 03:00 PM 6/1/2006, you wrote:
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 17:15:36 -0700
From: Stephen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] Stash Enhancement Possibilities
Good news, bad news, and more bad news.
The good news is that Hancock Fabrics at 7900 Florin Road in Sacramento
CA has everything
hello to the Victorian costumer's on the list (and my apologies to those who
have already received this message from the reenactment ladies list), I've
got a costume ball coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm wearing a very
plain 1840s-50s style ballgown (it's a modern formal dress as I still
Sweet! Thanks for sharing!
--Sue
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Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: [h-cost] New Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo
I heard about this miniature on the BBC radio news
this
Fran,
Is there a book on the 19teen years in the works??? The other books are
amazing sources of information, but I don't work in to Victorian era any
more...looking for more information, always, but now looking into the first
part of the 20thC.
Kelly
Bravery is something you can
Stephen Bergdahl wrote:
The good news is that Hancock Fabrics at 7900 Florin Road in Sacramento CA
has everything marked off at least 30%. The bad news is that the sale
is because they are closing up the store.
Julie wrote:
The Hancock Fabrics in
Bremerton, Washington (on Wheaton Way) is also
We're going to do the entire period from the early 19th century into the
early 1920s eventually, and are working on a book now (we're always
working on one). However, we don't discuss any book until it's
published, and we don't publish them in era-chronological order.
Thanks for your
Stephen Bergdahl wrote:
The good news is that Hancock Fabrics at 7900 Florin Road in Sacramento
CA has everything marked off at least 30%. The bad news is that the sale
is because they are closing up the store.
Julie wrote:
The Hancock Fabrics in
Bremerton, Washington (on Wheaton Way) is
The fichu isn't very ball gown to me. A bertha would be more formal I think.
I made an entire Ball gown out of Cafe curtain fabric I bought by the pound
at a mill outlet. The stuff was only like 18 or 20 wide and I cut the hem
off...which made it look very curtain-like...instead cutting
Hancock's is part of a bigger corporation and if a store doesn't meet a
certain profit margin, it gets closed. Wonder if Hancock's chain owners
have changed in recent years--I've seen this happen here in Omaha when
long-time independent or small chain stores voluntary sell controlling
interests
Stephen Bergdahl wrote:
The good news is that Hancock Fabrics at 7900 Florin Road in
Sacramento CA has everything marked off at least 30%. The bad news is
that the sale
is because they are closing up the store.
Julie wrote:
The Hancock Fabrics in
Bremerton, Washington (on Wheaton Way) is also
Abel, Cynthia wrote:
Notice if your favorite chain fabric store isn't what is used to be for
selection or not. The real owners may want to close it, forcing
customers to drive further to another store in the chain, or go online.
Like we are going to buy all of our fabric online--sometimes you do
At 10:55 AM 6/2/2006, you wrote:
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 12:53:53 -0500
From: Abel, Cynthia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Another Hancock's closing
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hancock's is part of a bigger corporation and if a store doesn't meet a
certain profit
Forwarded from a friend:
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Dating back to ancient Egypt, India and Peru, short-fiber cotton was grown in
a variety of natural colors (tan, red, green, gray, and brown). Around 300
B.C.,, Alexander the Great brought the vegetable
Actually, that painting is nearly dead-on to about 5 paintings attributed to
several artists. A few months back I was digging into the source of an
lithograph I had found in Levi-Piesetsky (sp? I'm lazy today). I was trying to
find out who this Bahuet guy was, and we came to the general
Ever wondered what to do with those defunct pattern pieces? Need just the right
piece of art for your sewing room wall? Take a look at this website.
http://esart.com/paintings/showwork.php?s=pattern
My favorites are the rockpiles. :)
Tea Rose
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Hi all-- Can one of you dye experts out there tell me if Procion dyes work on
leather? I'm about to take the leap into dyeing my own fabrics for my dolls,
and it would be cool if I could buy a bleached hide and dye my own leather for
their shoes, too.
Thanks!
Tea Rose
Oh yes. There's a modern revival. I've owned socks made of it. Here is
a web page on the history of colored cotton:
http://www.perunaturtex.com/scientif.htm
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
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Forwarded from a friend:
There used to be loads more Hancock stores in Ohio. A several years ago, on
the way home from Pennsic, I stopped at the store in Boardman. The manager
told me that all of the stores in a 200 mile radius had been closed. So far
as I can see, there are no more Hancocks in the Cleveland area.
I
For some reason, I can never find Threads articles online, but I was able to
find these website about color-grown cottons:
http://www.perunaturtex.com/scientif.htm
and
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/lecture12.html
and
http://www.vreseis.com/sally_fox_story.htm
Natalie
There is definitely something rotten in the state of HANCOCK'S.
The two down here in Charlotte, NC are stinky. They reek to me of this
store is going out of business, this store in on the verge of bankruptcy
After a while you can get to be able to tell the symptoms.
And this
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Forwarded from a friend:
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Dating back to ancient Egypt, India and Peru, short-fiber cotton was
grown in a variety of natural colors (tan, red, green, gray, and
brown). Around 300 B.C.,, Alexander the
Well, they must have heard you because they list a
store in Poland, which is in the Akron/Canton area.
Then there is one in Columbus area and the others are
split between Dayton and Cincinnati.
I don't think they have much to worry about from
JoAnn's. From what I can see they are turning into a
I've had good luck dyeing leather with any dye that works on other protein
fibers (wool/silk), though the color generally winds up a bit different.
The best way I've found to 'set' (probably not technically the correct term)
the dye on leather is to dip it into a vat of white vinegar right
At 2:03 PM -0600 6/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a direct quote from the back page of Threads magazine (July
2006 number 125), which shows a picture of colored cotton.
I wasn't aware that you could grow colored cotton and thought I
would share this.
I actually don't see much difference where I am in the inventories carried by
Hancock's, Jo-Ann's and the fabric sections of Beverlee's. All of them are now
about half-and-half fabric and crafts. While each of them has some things the
others don't, that means they are in _more_ direct
Mia,
There is a reason for the sharp jump in price.
I am right now making up a wholesale order for super spiffy linen from Ulster
Linen in NY. Apparently, the Czech Republic, where most of the mid-lower grade
linens were being made, more or less are getting out of that business. This
leaves
Fran's books cover 1877-1882; the patterns and instructions in her books are
specifically those with which I am seeking assistance. Since interpreting the
patterns and instructions in Volume 1 seems to be dependant upon having Volume
2 (Volumes 1 2 being everything Fran said she could provide)
Well, actually, quite a lot of people have managed to make up patterns
from Volume 1 without buying Volume 2. I repeated over 40 pages of
directions for using the patterns in both volumes, as well as the
glossary and some other material, so no one HAS to buy both books
(though many people
I might add that if you have a specific question, and you actually want
to do something constructive (other than publicly trashing the book
and/or promoting a friends' pattern line at its expense), there is no
reason why you should not send me a private email.
Fran
Lavolta Press wrote:
Fran, I'm sorry, but I don't think that getting on the defensive is
terribly constructive here. She wasn't trashing your work and she didn't
promote someone else's. In fact, it seems that, for someone just
starting out in the world of more complicated sewing, a little friendly
help might go
IShe wasn't trashing your work and she didn't
promote someone else's
No, but she and probably a group of other people are about to start
doing so. I've seen this discussion before.
Fran
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I knew how to knit as a kid, but at the time was not really interested in
keeping the skill up, and it's not really a period technique for the Dark
Ages costumes I'm interested in doing now. (That's why I've taken up
nalbinding)
Nalbinding... now that's something I have to try at some
In a message dated 6/2/2006 5:52:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Fran's books cover 1877-1882;
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Wow...ESP...o...
When I 1st read your pattern problems, I thought She's making a bustle
gown..
Some adviceeven
The problem with Joann's and Hancock had to face is the amount of people
sewing have drastically reduced over the years. All of our Joann's closed
up about five or so years ago while they were in bankruptcy. The problem
about location is that most of Hancock were built three or more decades
In a message dated 6/2/2006 7:04:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I've seen this discussion before.
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Hm
Anyway, I'd like to check out the books. Where can I get them?
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Mia,
When Joann's was in bankruptcy, part of the aggreement was that they closed
down a lot of stores in Virginia and North Carolina.
Since you are in Charlotte, can you please answer a couple of questions for
me. I have been teaching my students the history of textile mills in the
U.S.
Rebecca,
This is the way our Joann's was before it closed. If I want to go to a
crafts store, Michael's and Ben Franklins is so much better. Joann's wasn't
even a good craft store when it was here. The merchandise was of a cheap
quality.
Penny Ladnier,
Owner
www.costumegallery.com
The local Joannes here closed in March (wah! not the best fabric but at
least it was close), along with another one in the city. Now there are only
two left, the nearest about 1/2 hour away. But at least there is a fairly
close Hancocks -- or so I thought. It's looking quite lean there, though
From us, and from many bookstores; although we don't know exactly which
ones have them in stock, because most of our sales go through Ingram
(the 800-pound-gorilla wholesaler of the book industry).
If you want to see the books before buying, if you are in southern CA,
AlterYears usually
I am of the very firm opinion that it is *impossible* for one to have too
many string-hobbies.
I want to try naalbinding, too (am even spinning yarn for it), but suspect
it won't be easyAll of the books and online stuff I've seen assume
you're right handed, and I'm not.
--Sue in Montana,
Many, many thanks to all of you who answered my question about identifying the
19th Century bodice. I am so sorry for not replying sooner. Cramming a
semester in three weeks has been a massive undertaking. Tonight is my first
time to get a little spare time. M-F mornings I am teaching the
Wal mart is really the kudzu of retail. They're cheep, put they never
really have what you want or need. And they kill off all the
competition, and don't have real wool or other natural fibres
I just bought some 100% cotton in a WalMart in VA on my recent vacation
there. It was on a
I want to try naalbinding, too (am even spinning yarn for it), but suspect
it won't be easyAll of the books and online stuff I've seen assume
you're right handed, and I'm not.
So read the directions, then look at the illustrations in a mirror. When I
teach crochet or embroidery or
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Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:25 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1850s ballgown a lace berthe or fichu
The fichu isn't very ball gown to me. A bertha would be more formal I
think.
Actually I have only seen fichus used
I agree with the folks who are ambilvalent about Walmart. We had a fabric
store here in town until Walmart opened; a year later the fabric store was
gone. I must say, though, that fabric store didn't seem to be paying much
attention to what its customers wanted, it seemed like the owner just
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