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Subject: [h-cost] 14th c. German interpretation assistance
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Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:16:27 -0600
From: Pierre Sandy Pettinger costu...@radiks.net
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Subject: [h-cost] Is anyone there?
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Subject: [h-cost] Looking for textile, costume needlework museums
near Leeds, Durham or York
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 09:08:00 -0400
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Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 14:25:48 -0700
From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com
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Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
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Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:11:19 -0700
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Subject: [h-cost] Thread- reluctant switcher needs suggestions
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Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:03:11 -0700
From: Laurie Taylor mazarineblu...@gmail.com
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Subject: [h-cost] (no subject)
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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 11:53:57 -0700
From: Regina Lawson reginalaws...@gmail.com
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Subject: [h-cost] 15th c Headdress Help
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I am reproducing the ensemble from the
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I'm looking for reliable info on the methods of closure of Norman women's
dress. Period art or contemporary documentaiton (ie primary sources).
Apparently there are sources claiming they were sewn into their garments,
And, hey, he won first prize!
http://crushable.com/other-stuff/the-daily-wtf-hundred-year-old-bacon-costum
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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:56:59 -0600
From: Pierre Sandy Pettinger costu...@radiks.net
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] question on corset patterns
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:49:49 +1100
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On the other hand, I'm not sure
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:31:35 -0700
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 11:43:20 -0500
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Subject: [h-cost] fitting question
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I would be really interested to
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:27:02 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [h-cost] 20 century corsets with underbelt
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Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:16:33 -0500
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] A question on sewing fur
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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 03:08:54 -0800
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 07:27:01 -0800
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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 16:30:00 -0800
From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com
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Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
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It's
Hi all,
This is not a historical question, for which I apologise, but I thought if
anyone had sensible opinions on this it would be the people on this list. I
recently bought some fairly upmarket linen trousers for work (on sale of
course J). It wasn't until after I wore them that I noticed the
I made a Roman outfit a while ago now. I made my stola from about 3m of
120cm
Wide silk, and my palla from 2.5m of 112cm wide fine wool. This was
perfectly adequate to obtain the drapiness you see on statuary, myself being
about 5'3, and about 100cm wide at the hips. So those do seem like
My dress dummy is wearing a pale blue-green linen 14th century kirtle and a
yellow Effigy corset, both of which I have been working on for far too long
:-)
And wearing is probably the wrong word as they are both just draped over the
top.
Claire/Angharad
I've only ever made 16th through 18th century stays and boned bodices, but I
get silk embroidery floss and make a 4 or 8 strand braid. Phiala's String
Page (http://www.stringpage.com/) has good instructions on these. I find
these work excellently well, and are not too time-consuming to make.
Hi all,
Some of you who were alive back then might not consider this historic
costume, but I thought this was a good place to ask this question. I was
recently reading 'The Gabriel Hounds' by Mary Stewart, which is set in
Lebanon in, I think the '60's (1960's that is). The narrator is English
Not especially my period, but were they worn straight on the head? If you
wear a hat tilted back so it sits where an alice band would be, rather than
around the crown of your head, then the crown of the hat can have a circular
rather than oval profile.
Claire
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009
I'd be very dubious about that - it doesn't look pointed at all to me. I
think the woman's posture and the way she is wearing the belt may possibly
be contributing to this impression.
These mid 15th century kirtles are quite a mixed bag. Some of them clearly
have separate skirts, some of them
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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 12:08:06 -0800 (PST)
From: mlysett mlys...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] More black ruffs?
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I just happened to borrow Strong's English
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Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:38:57 -0700
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I missed a few posts. I am not sure which era you are
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:28:24 +1100
From: Elizabeth Walpole [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] What can I do with this fabric?
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Hi everyone,
I've been trying to cull some
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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:30:49 +0200
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Is there an english term of a piece of clothing called a
Hi all,
I am giving a class soon (in the context of the SCA), entitled 'Cotes and
surcotes:
Alternatives to Cloaks'. The idea is to give a broad view of outerwear in
Western
Europe from the 13th to the 16th century, describing various alternatives to
cloaks
(which can be awkward and a bit
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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:35:54 -0400
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Me again!
It seems to be also a coif of some sort.
I have 1yd x 44 white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it
other than a partlet?
I have 2yds x 44 cream silk netting. A portion of it will be for a
partlet
to go with a cream pre- 1600s gown. What would you make with 2 yds of silk
netting?
De
You could make a little butterfly
michaela de bruce wrote:
There's a nice book on Spanish costume, entitled [strangely enough]
Hispanic Costume 1480- 1530 by R. M. Anderson (1979), where the
author has pulled together artwork of the period and grouped it by
garment type to show the development of styles. It's a great
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
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Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 10:42:52 -0700
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At 02:07 AM 5/5/2008, you wrote:
I
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Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 10:40:51 -0700
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Hi all! Got a question I was hoping you good
1. Image: http://www.costumegallery.com/temp/P1030368.jpg . This is a
skirt section of a dress. The overdress has two panels hanging from the
waist. They are gathered on the hanging end and married by a rosette. My
questions: Is there a period term for these hanging panels? I know
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:13:25 EDT
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So I've finally decided I need to do something about my appalling hems.
I'm talking about getting them level, not actually sewing them. Especially
on dresses with large volumes of skirt (I'm rather fond of large volumes of
skirt) that are floor length or longer. For instance, houppelandes or
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:45:59 -0500
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Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:36:37 -0600
From: Alexandria Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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There are some interesting pictures of the
Another fan of late 15th century here too. I did a fairish bit of
digging around into women's clothes of this period (sorry Julian
not so interested in men's clothes) about 5 years ago. Actually
it must be more than that, because I had no kids then and my
eldest is six now. Anyway.
There is a
Not exactly a historical matter, but it's one of those 'if you guys don't know
I don't know who does' questions.
I just acquired some lovely Italian yarn for a very very cheap price
probably because it is bright orange. Bright orange is not my colour,
especially since I have in mind making
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:59:15 -0400 (EDT)
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That being said - the science is clear - ALL fats are unhealthy.
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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:06:53 -0400
From: Penny Ladnier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I wonder
Aargh! I'm 5'3 and I can't wear more than 3 heels without
seriously killing my feet. Mind you I do have small feet. In 3
heels I am pretty much walking on my toes.
As to past fashion mistakes I did wear leg warmers in the
80s. I had a constant running battle with my mother over
them. I wanted to
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Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:55:43 -0400
From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la
francaise grande panier.
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Is this the one that is subtitled Sex, Death etc or something?
I watched one episode and no more, although they did the
usual thing here and shoved it to a later time slot/took it off
after it didn't immediately generate massive ratings. I thought
that was quite surprising given the amount of
Sounds like it's principally a problem with friction, and if sewing
as slowly as possible doesn't help then unfortunately it probably
means the machine is just too fast at any speed.
Is it possible to get more slippery needles? Stainless steel or
chrome plated perhaps (I don't do much machine
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Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:34:32 +1100
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Subject: [h-cost] New Simplicity 1850s design
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Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:10:15 -0600 (CST)
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