[h-cost] the school of historical dress

2011-05-18 Thread Franchesca
I just had to share .. the school of historical dress http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/ This new school has a curriculum that will cover all aspects of the designing and making of historical costume for theatre, cinema and the living history movement; its unique approach will

Re: [h-cost] the school of historical dress

2011-05-18 Thread Emily Gilbert
London! Aaugh! When I started reading, I was hoping it was in the US. Somebody needs to start a branch over here! Emily On 5/18/2011 10:11 AM, Franchesca wrote: I just had to share .. the school of historical dress http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/ This new school has a

Re: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum.

2011-05-18 Thread Leif og Bjarne Drews
-Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Tania Gruning Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:43 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum. Hi Bjarne Do you need a model to wear the gown, I volunteer ;-p , I live in Farum. Tania I am making the costumes

Re: [h-cost] Fluting machine, anyone?

2011-05-18 Thread ShaShalott
I bought a beautiful piece of fabric to make a kirtle to wear under a loose gown. The problem is the fabric has a latex backing on it. I tried looking up on the Internet on how to remove the backing. I tried a bit of nail polish remover on a corner of it and it looks like it might work

[h-cost] Latex backed fabric question

2011-05-18 Thread ShaShalott
I'm sorry but I forgot to change the subject line. That's what happens when I try to do two things at once. Chris In a message dated 5/18/2011 7:30:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, shashal...@aol.com writes: I bought a beautiful piece of fabric to make a kirtle to wear under a

Re: [h-cost] Latex backed fabric question

2011-05-18 Thread Judy Mitchell
It's likely the acetone in the nail polish that's doing it. You can buy straight acetone at wig stores probably beauty supply places. It's still likely to be a PitA to wipe down that much fabric though, but at least you wouldn't be using a teensy brush. -Judy Mitchell On 05/18/2011

Re: [h-cost] Latex backed fabric question

2011-05-18 Thread Robin Netherton
On 5/18/2011 9:55 PM, Judy Mitchell wrote: It's likely the acetone in the nail polish that's doing it. You can buy straight acetone at wig stores probably beauty supply places. It's still likely to be a PitA to wipe down that much fabric though, but at least you wouldn't be using a teensy