I got Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1660-1860, Nineteenth Century
Fashion in Detail (a VA book with absolutely stunning photographs), and
After a Fashion by our own Fran, which looks like one of the most useful
general reference books a costumer could have!
I also got the Roumanian
My sewing machine is now in the shop for having its first major
problem in 10 years of ownership. Noo!! That wasn't a present. The
present was getting my backup machine out of its box for the first
time in 3-4 years, oiling it, and having it work perfectly!! Never
again will I wonder is this
On 12/26/2011 02:35 PM, Kate Adams wrote:
My sewing machine is now in the shop for having its first major
problem in 10 years of ownership. Noo!! That wasn't a present. The
present was getting my backup machine out of its box for the first
time in 3-4 years, oiling it, and having it work
I hope everyone had a joyous and happy Holiday!
What did I recieved Elizabethan Treasures: The Hardwick Hall Textiles, and
a Uniquely You Dress Form, which has not arrived as yet so I got a print
out of it!! I also recieved a Husqvarna Viking Emerald 203 with sewing
table. So it was a pretty good
Got The Basics of Corset Building. I have all the items. Now a body to
pattern and make one working corset for the 1890s. At 65 I want a real corset
for real clothing. The days of being a Vamp are long gone and totally
uninteresting :-). Anyone else drooling over the OMG That Dress
With apologies for multi-posts, since this is going to many lists:
Costume-Con 30's new competition, CC Runway, will open for sign-up in
ONE WEEK! We are looking for up to 10 entrants to show off their
design and construction skills in this homage to the popular TV
contest, Project Runway.
Correction - it is Ballets Russes: The Art of Costume rather than
The King's Servants: Gentleman's Dress at the Accession of Henry VIII...
Still good.
Sandy
At 11:07 PM 12/25/2011, you wrote:
I got:
The Empire's New Clothes: A History of the Russian Fashion Industry
1700-1917 (still in
