After all these interesting tales of historical laundering, I asked my
mother what she remembers.
She was born in 1937; he father was an executive at the paper mill in
Old Town, Maine. She wrote:
My mother had a hired girl/woman who did all the personal stuff by hand
and then ironed the
Hurray! Now i have compleated all the embroidery for the jacket of the
silver spangeled suit.
This has ben a lot of work, with moments of dispare and solitude.
10 years ago i baught these flower spangels with the leaves in Beak Street,
London, and had no idea, i would use it for such a slow
Wow! It is beautiful Bjarne!
Monica
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Hurray! Now i have compleated all the embroidery for the
At 11:26 AM 8/24/2007, you wrote:
Hurray! Now i have compleated all the embroidery for the jacket of
the silver spangeled suit.
This has ben a lot of work, with moments of dispare and solitude.
10 years ago i baught these flower spangels with the leaves in Beak
Street, London, and had no
There was a movie, Hope Floats, (1998) starring Sandra Bullock, about a
woman who returns to small Texas town after something (I don't remember).
There is a scene in it when she goes out on Saturday night to local watering
hole to drink and dance. It might help.
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My bet is they all have websites for their businesses, with pictures!
Fran
S
No answers to my request for ideas, impressions, images on modern cowtown
floozies on Saturday nite - I know its not an historic thing and I also know
some of you do stage productions; my impression is that most do
Also, in Thelma and Louise the main characters spend several scenes in a
Texas (I think) dance hall/bar. There are plenty of people in the background
to look at. Not sure when it's supposed to take place -- they drive a
60something convertible, IIRC.
There was a movie, Hope Floats, (1998)
But we didn't have IKEA in those days. I was very pleasantly surprised by
some of their prices/quality.
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Actually one thing that is interesting is the amount of consumer
pressure these days compared to 25 or 30 years ago. My niece is starting
college this year and had to coordinate with her new roommate on the colors
and styles of sheets, towels, curtains, etc.
For myself and my brothers,
Uh..no. Hope Floats is one of my favorite movies. The main character's
husband has an affair with Birdie's (main character) best friend and Birdie
is brought on a Springer type show and told by her best friend about the
affair. So Birdie and her daughter go back to her home town to live with her
As always, these are stunningly magnificent! I wish I could afford to have
you make a suit for my husband, he starts drooling every time I show him
your pictures. :)
Susan
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I'm interested in experimenting with this style of gown. Does anyone
know of a diagram that shows the cutting shape of the bell sleeve? The
body of the dress I think I can figure out.
Here are some examples:
http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/eliz1-scrots.jpg
On page 115 of the Tudor Tailor, there is a pattern/diagram. I personally think
that the alternate cut given looks closer to the ones shown in the portraits
you provided.
Good luck!
Teena
Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm interested in experimenting with this style of gown. Does
Gorgeous, as always! I'm drooling over your work.
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for. - Ride the Dark
Trail by Louis L'Amour
On Aug 24, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hurray! Now i have
I agree too that the alternative cut gives a more portrait look,
although I've only played with both as possible sleeves for Tonner's new
12 Agnes Dreary doll. Now that I have a digital camera, I can take pics
of the project in progress--when I get to doing it--and maybe share
those pics, if
In a message dated 8/24/2007 6:22:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Hunnisett also has scale patterns of Tudor bodices, foreparts.
Undersleeves, and overskirts.
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Indeed. And they all look quite good when made up.
One problem you might [will]
This website
http://livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/tudorcostumes/howtosleeves.html has a
diagram of the basic sleeve pattern which is not that different to those in
Tudor Tailor or Hunnisett, though, all the other sleeve patterns I've seen
have a more square bell rather than the rounded one on
Beteena Paradise wrote:
On page 115 of the Tudor Tailor, there is a pattern/diagram. I personally think that the
alternate cut given looks closer to the ones shown in the portraits you
provided.
Duh! I have that book! For some reason I was thinking it only covered
lower class clothing.
Aside from it's beauty, I amazed at the speed at which you work! Wow!
It is beautiful!
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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:26 AM
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If you are looking for something north of the border..perhaps take a
look at the Calgary stampede in it's historical context and go from
there. Apparently there are generations of girls that work that
route.
Hope to have helped.
Z
On 8/24/07, otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Uh..no. Hope
I remember seeing your drawings somewhere awhile ago; your choices of color
are beautiful!!! I also am very impressed by your buttons- your patience is
amazing. Is this for you? Where will you wear this?
I recurited a whole new following for you in Seattle last week-end. I will
send this
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