Re: [h-cost] Pockets

I wear a pocket in that style (with my own design of embroidery) with my 1640s outfit, because I like them and it doesn't show, but I, too, understood that they were really 18th century. I thought I had read that 17th century ones were plain. Message: 4 Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 15:40:46 -0500

[h-cost] crochet 18th C

It could be very primitive crochet, or something else. There are certainly none of the usual crochet stitches (doubles, trebles etc), only chains. To my eye it looks like it has been worked horizontally (ie parallel to the skirt edges. Those two vertical lines are the top and bottom of the

[h-cost] Rare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans Produced Fine Fabrics

Textiles conservator Margaret Ordoñez, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, spent a month at the site in 2004 examining 100 textile samples found in a tomb, and since then she has been analyzing tiny fragments of 49 samples she brought back to her lab to see what she could learn from

Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C

Thanks Katy, you made it easy for me! Yes this is the dress i was speaking of. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Katy Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C I believe the dress in

Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT

I hope you won't kill me for this...but when I was studying in America (at the age of 12), most of my schoolmates made such terrible spelling mistakes it's quite funny, but I was one of the few students who managed to get an A in spelling:-D Zuzana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it weren't

Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C

Oh, goody! I will be at the Met in about 2 weeks. It looks like I will lots of costumes to photograph. Anne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leif og Bjarne Drews Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:35 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re:

Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT

I hire college students to intern in the museum for which I work, and as part of the application process I require that they submit a college-level paper so that I can see how well they write (writing is part of the job). And the one person who wrote the most beautifully in the seven years I've

Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C

On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Lynn Downward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, that looks exactly like a mesh crochet stitch. I saw a lot of it when I used it for the sleeves of the Irish lace over-tunic of my wedding dress. I would never have thought of it for something that early. Are we

[h-cost] Elizabethan dress generator

Somewhere on the internet there is a sort of paper doll Elizabethan dress design thing. A basic figure that you can add basic shapes of costume pieces to, and get an idea of what you want. Unfortunately it's bookmarked on a computer I no longer have1 does anyone know what I'm talking about? And

Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan dress generator

Is this what you are looking for? http://www.sempstress.org/tools/dialadress.shtml Laurie Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:24:17 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Elizabethan dress generator Somewhere on the internet there is a sort of paper doll

Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan dress generator

Or is it this site? www.elizabethancostume.net Dressing Ceciely: An Elizabethan paper doll. Catharine -- Original message from MaggiRos [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Somewhere on the internet there is a sort of paper doll Elizabethan dress design thing. A basic figure

Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT

Oh, knowing how bad I am at the only non-English language I'm even vaguely able to communicate in (Italian), I'd agree about not making fun of any English - as - second - language speaker! and they do say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn, because it's so inconsistent.

Re: [h-cost] Languages - OT

There is a bad joke around campus here. They call a person who knows two languages bilingual, what do they call someone who only knows one language... American. :P It is becoming a necessity here to learn Spanish because of the influx of people settling in the area that are coming from the south

Re: [h-cost] Elizabethan dress generator

Maggie - it only works with IE. I tried it in Firefox and it wouldn't work and then tried it in IE. Worked fine. Kate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or is it this site? www.elizabethancostume.net Dressing Ceciely: An Elizabethan paper doll. Catharine

Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C

On May 7, 2008, at 11:53 AM, Bonnie Booker wrote: I think you are right. There has been mention from 16th c. of Queen Elizabeth's favorite cauls being made of chains. Could this have been done the same? There were crochets and hooks counted in Queen Mary's belongings when she returned to the

Re: [h-cost] crochet 18th C

On May 7, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Chris Laning wrote: As I've said, I'm quite willing to believe Bjarne's example may be chain stitches and attachments made with a hook; I'm not dead set against there being crochet in the 18th century. Really, I do understand why people keep trying to find

Re: [h-cost] Rare Textiles From Honduras Ruins Suggests Mayans ProducedFine Fabrics

Thanks Dawn for the link. What wonderful research Margaret is doing! There are some nice links on that webpage about the Mayans. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeslideshows.com

Re: [h-cost] How Many Costume Books/Magazines/Photos Do You Own

At 11:02 PM 4/23/2008, you wrote: This could be really fun to poll the list. Lurkers come out, wherever you are! About how many costume/fashion related books or magazines do you own? Books - right around 1100 Magazines - too many years to count of Sew News, Threads, Creative Machine