[h-cost] Sally Queen Associates--annual costume calendar?

2007-12-07 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
Does anyone here know whether Sally Queen Associates are doing a costume-related photo calendar for 2008? Both their old and new websites are selling the old calendars, including the one for 2007, but it's December and there's no mention of a new calendar for 2008. Thanks. -- Cathy Raymond

[h-cost] THANK YOU ALL

2007-12-07 Thread AVCHASE
Thanks for the help with show I costumed recently. When I was designing it it was not known if the show would go up by itself or with another play that was also a winner in the January playwriting festival at Hill Country Community Theatre in Central Texas. So I designed it fully and when it

Re: [h-cost] Irish cloak

2007-12-07 Thread ruthanneb
When the Kinsale cloak FolkWear pattern was bran-new I made one for my sister, who was a professional musician at the time and traveled in various weathers when her symphony orchestra did run-outs into the state's hinterlands. I used black cotton velveteen and lined it with a shiny silver

Re: [h-cost] Re: Sally Queen Associates--annual costume calendar?

2007-12-07 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Friday 07 December 2007, A. Thurman wrote: AFAIK, this is the last year the company is doing calendars. Her latest effort is largely the USA Costume Collections guide. Dang. I was afraid it was something like that. Thanks for the information. Anyone know of a calendar with costume-related

Re: [h-cost] Speaking of Dress forms...

2007-12-07 Thread Carmen Beaudry
Hi there, I am thinking about finally getting a dressmaker's form for myself, but I am not sure which type I should get. Here is the dilemma, I am a woman of ample size (US size 26-28). My hope is, as always, to drop some or a lot of weight, but if I waited to get dressform until I was

[h-cost] Re: Sally Queen Associates--annual costume calendar?

2007-12-07 Thread A. Thurman
AFAIK, this is the last year the company is doing calendars. Her latest effort is largely the USA Costume Collections guide. Allison On Dec 7, 2007 2:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 07:58:58 -0500 From: Catherine Olanich Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost]

[h-cost] Wool satin RE: What's your dressmaker's wearing?

2007-12-07 Thread Ann Catelli
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is wool satin? I've never heard of it. Sounds yummy. Do you have pics? Sorry - not yet, cos I don't often photograph things till they're done. It's wool in a satin weave - is v nice to work with, and quite rare it

[h-cost] Speaking of Dress forms...

2007-12-07 Thread Peggy - Krazy Kat Fiberhaus
Hi there, I am thinking about finally getting a dressmaker's form for myself, but I am not sure which type I should get. Here is the dilemma, I am a woman of ample size (US size 26-28). My hope is, as always, to drop some or a lot of weight, but if I waited to get dressform until I was

Re: [h-cost] Re: Sally Queen Associates--annual costume calendar?

2007-12-07 Thread Lynn Downward
I heard at Costume College that 2007 would be her last calendar. I always pick up the next year's calendar at CoCo, and was very disappointed. I can't remember when the last time I didn't have a SQA calendar on my office wall! Having said that, things can change and she may decide to produce

Re: [h-cost] Speaking of Dress forms...

2007-12-07 Thread Megan
Uniquely you - although you may have to add some padding. I made the cover to fit me, then when on the form I needed to add some fiberfill to the belly area to make it fill the cover. But it did make it me. I don't know if there are any others out there that you can pin into. I actually