Hi,
Blanche Payne made a draft pattern of the pannier in her book History of
Fashion If some of you saw the exhibition Fashioning Fashion they had a
very intricated pannier pleated into the french shaped pannier, the pannier
of Louisa Ulrika is excactly like this, only larger off cause. It is
Yes charlene, but you will learn eventually, be patiente.
And by the way i could take one thread of the time out of a 5 meter skein,
just use a lot of floorspace and hold your tongue in the center of your face
:-)
bjarne
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From: Paul and Charlene
Sent: Friday,
I managed without, but also thoaght about buying a coupple of screws to
fasten the frame to the table, dont know the english name for such schrews.
You could baste the superflous fabric together to make it easyer, i managed
without, also because my fabric is very light and therefore is easy to
I dont understand that you say it would be difficult to move the direction
when it is screwed to the table, you can put the round frame into the
holders in any position you like, without screwing it, the holders catches
it without you have to schrew!''
Bjarne
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Forgot one of your questions, sorry,
Yes i wanted to use eterna stranded with 1 thread.
I have used the smallest needle to tambour on a silk taffeta, and i didnt
have any problems with that. I guess its wich feeling you have to it.
Bjarne
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From: Paul and
Hi Charlene,
I just went down shopping in one of the embroidery shops here on Madeira,
and i found out the thread.
I use (for the whitework) DMC no. 16 it comes in 10 grammes skeins.
For the regency dress i made i used the ordinary multicolloured strands, and
i used 2 strands of thread.
Hope
.
Cheers,
Melanie Schuessler
On May 23, 2011, at 4:58 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
May i ask about the coifs. The coifs seen in Arnolds books and manny other
places with blackwork are mostly as late as cirka 1600. How early did they
start to use these?
Bjarne
meddelelse-
From: Melanie Schuessler
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:52 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] coifs
Hi Bjarne,
That's really interesting! Can you send links to some of those images?
Melanie
On May 24, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
Thankyou Melanie
I am still learning and studying loose gowns for the museum projekt. I love the
loose gown in this film clip from The prince and the pauper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMr5iS_51VA
The coupple dansing right behind the prince of wales, the yellow gown with the
short paned sleave.
But i am
one of the members has recently posted a number of Dutch images
that might be of help to you.
Kimiko
On May 23, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
I am still learning and studying loose gowns for the museum projekt. I
love the loose gown in this film clip from The prince
May i ask about the coifs. The coifs seen in Arnolds books and manny other
places with blackwork are mostly as late as cirka 1600. How early did they
start to use these?
Bjarne
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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
Hi Charlene,
The reason i say it almost killed me to make that dress is because i had so
narrow a time frame to finnish it. I had to painstakely sit and embroider
every single day, also even when i got home from my real job and i was
tired, and i had to go shopping and make the dinner.
I had
I just found what i was looking for.
The type of dress wich i am going to make for the museum is the loose gown
from Germanische Nationalmuseum Nürnberg 1570-80 in Janet Arnolds book, with
the kirtle under.
That type of dress is seen soo often in danish portraits, and would be a
fine example
Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year
Bjarn, I can't tell, did you use any beads?
Is the fabric cotton or linen?
Beautiful, as always.
Genie
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews
drews...@post12.tele.dk wrote:
Thanks for all your welcomes
when i could.
Bjarne
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From: Leif og Bjarne Drews
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:00 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year
Hi Genie,
The regency dress was made of cotton voillé and embroidered with DMC
.
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of
Leif og Bjarne Drews [drews...@post12.tele.dk]
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:17 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] the tambour embroidered regency dress i made last year
Forgot to mention
Hello the list, its long time since last.
I have ben asked to make some renaissance costumes for a shool projekt at a
danish castle. the teachers are going to be dressed up in renaissance costumes,
a man and a woman. They work at a danish castle wich is a museum.
I am going to start this projekt
them. You might consider using them, or looking at the
site for techniques, etc.
Will you be posting pictures? Your work is always so beautiful.
Sharon C.
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Behalf Of Leif og Bjarne Drews
Sent
with.
And welcome back Bjarne. :-)
Kimiko
On May 13, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
In some danish inventory lists, wich all are written in german ( it was
the language used then in Denmark) it is often mentioned with wide dresses
and narrow dresses.
My question is, could
Thanks for all your welcomes. I am glad you accept me here again.
Here is my webpage with the tambour embroidered dress that almost killed me
:-)
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/empire.htm
Bjarne
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Hi,
The inventory list i have read is from Queen Anna Cathrine of Braunsweig who
married the king Christian IV of Denmark. She died in childbirth in the
beginning of 1600. Both wide and narrow dresses are mentioned as well as
farthingales with rolls.
I think the period they would like me to
Dear Fran,
It is not going to be published for all, only you have to subscribe to Your
Wardrobe Unlock'd to get the article, thats the idea with her website.
Bjarne
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Isnt there also the Historical Museum in Amsterdam?
I think i remember someone from h-costume posting pictures from the costumes
exhibited there, about a year ago, was it Deredere? There was pictures of a
gorgeous 1780 dress embroidered !
Bjarne
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From: Chris
I have today made a mock up of the head dress from 1600 and i found pictures
wich i was allowed to use from an effigy figure at the Ribe Cathedral in
Denmark. This is the type of head dress wich was found in a grave recently!
I suppose the round shape you can see under the head dress must be a
Is there an english term of a piece of clothing called a modest?
In a danish inventory there is the term of modester in plural, have never heard
that word before. Its inventories from 1720 and 1730.
Bjarne
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First i am not sertain if the word is coif or hood, i am talking about the head
dress worn for the lady i am going to recreate:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br2.htm
What i can't figure out is the linnen part that peaks out from the black pearl
coif. To me i cant figure out how it can bend out
I ordered some gold braids from Watts in London via their webpage.
When i clicked the braid i wanted, they had 2 to choose from, i didnt notice
that it was the other one that popped up, so i ordered 10 meters of a narrow
scalloped braid, it should have ben the wider one.
When i clicked the other
Most gennerous of you Sg, Thankyou soo much!
Bjarne
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From: Saragrace Knauf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Journal of the Costume Society
A wedding dress worn by Princess
Hi all,
Thanks a lot for all your suggestions and thoaghts about the word CREPINER.
A friend in Sweden wich has almost same language as danish, told me that they
have the same word, and that it meens ruffles. Either gathered or pleated
ruffles.
So with a pannier, it would be ruffles at the
A friend found a box in an archive, containing letters and bills. One of the
bills was for a young girl in 1748, she had boaght caps, stockings, gloves,
piano lessons and linnens for embroidery. There was also a pannier with
matching crepiner in danish. Is there a similar word in french, german
?
Is it crepins, crepin or crepine? You wrote it three different ways...
It could be French, but I'm not sure exactly what it means (yet!).
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Leif og Bjarne Drews
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A friend found a box in an archive, containing letters and bills. One of
the bills
I always trace the thin patterns to brown wrapping paper, it holds a lot
better and it wont fade away so easy. All the patterns i use frequently are
made of brown wrapping paper.
Bjarne
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Can somebody enlighten me with what is silk zibeline? Is it the same as
duchesse silk satin?
Bjarne
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What about Waterstones? I got a lot there last time i were in London. As i
recall it its in a street next to Oxford Street?
I got both costume related and embroidery related books there, and i thoaght
they had a nice collection.
Bjarne
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL
If you have the time, you could take the train down to Bath.
The museum of Costume, Bath has a large museum shop, packed with all kinds
of costume related books.
Bjarne
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I have finished my Banyan. For those who would like to see it, its here:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/Banyan.htm
Bjarne
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Hi,
Yes i was considering one of these you mention, but i thoght this one was a
little humouristic two. Besides embroidering a cap would be fun, but as i am
only going to use this once, i wouldnt make two much of it.
I am using it in September at the aniversary of Gustavs Skål. We are going
to
http://www.londonbeadco.co.uk/
Bjarne
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Silk Ribbon
Can anybody recommend a supplier of silk ribbons from the UK?
Thanks
Try this!
http://tiny.cc/PLZOh
Bjarne
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From: Martha Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:15 PM
Subject: [h-cost] I want to see the Louis Carrogis watercolors
I'd love to see these watercolors, but the link doesn't work for
Dear Sharon Henderson.
Thanks for your post.
This is not anything about undergarments, but i am sure these wil be a big
inspiration to you, they are to me!
Louis Carrogis made these water colours pictures of the french nobility:
Excactly what i would say, i also looked in Pat Earnshaws book, but there
was none like this. But i think you are quite right with this!
Bjarne
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Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:41 PM
Subject:
I have uploaded some more pictures. I made a drawing after the portrait and
removed the hands from the front, and this is my theory of her skirt.
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br.htm
I wondered about her juwelry necklace with the big S on it. Her name is
Constance, but i found out she was a
familiar with
England) because wearing a crucifix was out of favor as being too Papist.
Personally, I think this is the most likely explanation although the
wearing of initials/symbols of significant people is not out of the
question.
Karen
Seamstrix
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Seamstrix
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Oh you are quite right, sorry about that mistake,
Thanks for the informations..
Bjarne
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Hi all,
I have received some close up photos of the portrait i am going to make the
dress from, and i have uploaded to my webpage, mind the big files!
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br.htm
Am i right to suggest that this could be a small wheelfarthingale?
To me the angle of the bodice - skirt is
) maybe a little larger in the back. Thickness of the pad would
be what sits best on the hips to make the skirts stand out as
required.
hope this helps
alex
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Hi all,
I have received some close up photos of the portrait i am going
You can zoom in,it is very unusual trim, not what everyone thinks of
as trim from that period. very interesting. I wish the zoom was a
bit more closeup! There's a detail in the book of the fly fringe.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews
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When tomorrow
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From: zelda crusher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] crotched
I have to say, this post wasn't what I was expecting from the subject line.
Honestly not sure what I *was* expecting.
When tomorrow it is lighter, i shall photograph the dress from the book and
post it for you all to see. It looks authentic to me!
Bjarne
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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: Re:
I am looking for a brokade of some sort, black and red. Or it could also be
orange and red. The pattern should be renaissance.
I found one at the Delectable Mountain fabric store wich was posted here some
time ago, but its miniature format for dolls.
I have looked everywhere, but dont seem to
This is not crotched. Its needle lace Penny, if you look at the right corner
above the medallions, you can see some round loops on each center bar.
Either this, or it could be a combination of crotched and needlelace.
Bjarne
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Hi Suzi,
I know Hyena, and i have had things from them before, but i dont find what i
am looking for here.
Thanks anyway!
Bjarne
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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost]
Hi Zuzana,
Thankyou for the big favour, but i think it would be two much to ask.
I only need one skirt height as i want to fake the underskirt and only have
the front part in the real brokade. Rest of the dress is black. So it would
be two much to ask you for such a little quantity.
Also the
I know we have disgussed the history of crotched here manny times. I was amazed
when i got a book :
Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the 1990ies from The Metropolidan Museum of
Arts.
There is a beautifull Robe a la francaise dated 1740ies, floral handpainted
cream silk moiré faille.
It has
I have a question. Its about the cut of a banyan.
I dreamed about this for manny years, finally i have the oportunity to make it,
because there is an event in september where i can use it at breakfast.
I want to make my banyan in an oldfashioned 18th century cut, with t-shape and
doubble
Hi Suzi,
Thanks for your input!
I know its a lot, but its because i have it about 30 at the neck, but i
increase the width from the neck to the hem. I want the banyan to have width
at the hem, its not cut straight.
But maybe you are right about it being two much?
Bjarne
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I have not counted my books, but if i include books about embroidery and lace
making i think i have collected about 400 books.
My best buy was last year where i found a book with all fashion engravings of
Moreau Le Jeunne from 18th century and i payed about 1000 kr. for it wich is
about 200
Sorry this is off topic, but it is historical costume.
I finnished the doll dress and i promised you to see it finished:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/cl31.htm
More here:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/the_queens_lady_in_waiting.htm
I am going on a small holliday to Berlin the day after tomorrow,
Gosh, thanks a lot all for the nice feedback on this. It is my first, and
sertanly not the last, i have a polonaise in my head for the next one.
Thanks a lot!
Bjarne
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As some of you had these dolls, my question is: Are there any groups you can
join to talk about these dolls?
Thanks in advance
Bjarne
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This is a french style court gown. It is boned bodice laced center back and
skirt over pannier.
I have made a lot of research of this style because i made a danish court
dress in this style.
Look in Costume and Janet Arnold made a pattern draft of Sofia Magdalenas
wedding dress, wich also is in
Thanks a lot Joy, ill try it,
Bjarne
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Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: [h-cost] for Bjarne
Hi Bjarne you may find these people helpful. They are very friendly and
full of fantastic
Dear all,
I feel terrible because i have not answering all your wonderfull suggestions
and comments on my coming projekt.
I am burried in work right now, and i have saved all your replyes for me in a
folder, so that i dont miss anything. I wil probably have some more questions
later when i
Hello,
Thankyou all for the nice welcome back to the list. You are all very kind. I
feel that here on this list, i have manny renaissance experts so this is why i
joined again to get help with the costumes i am going to make.
I have some questions for you, but i dont have time right now, ill
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/br2.htm
I see that the coif is not edged with lace, is it a linnen coif she has under
the black pearl embroidered coif, wich shows in the front?
Would this dress have the bodice sewed on to the skirt? Or is it seperate?
Would the neck cut of the bodice be the same
The german company you would like to know would be Wiessner.
http://www.wissner.de/
I use their plastic bones, and they are very nice for corsets. I mostly make
18th century stays.
Their minimum order is 200 meter.
A very happy costumer
Bjarne
Dear all,
I am sorry for the confusion, i have joined the list again.
This is because i have had an order from Gammel Estrup, whom i made the danish
courtdress. They want me to make 2 renaissance costumes (late period 1614).
I am going to make these after 2 portraits, of a coupple who owned the
Dear all,
I am most gratefull to all of you who commented on my new waistcoat embroidery.
Its always nice to be phraised!
You are all very kind!
Thankyou..
Bjarne
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Yesterday evening i finnished the second part of the new waistcoat. I am
pleased, it looks like porcelain i think.
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/g10.htm
Bjarne
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Manny thanks.
The embroidery surely is hand done. No machine here.
Bjarne
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Subject: [h-cost] Waistcoat:
Yesterday evening i finnished the second part of the new waistcoat. I
Gustafs Skål invited to a small winter party at Lövsta Gård on the second of
february this year.
It was very cosy and intimate because we were not as manny people as usually
when they invite to partys at Beatelund.
I compleately forgot to take pictures, but a lady borrowed my camera, and ended
?
There are no photoes of them at all?
Tania
Leif og Bjarne Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations with
your book.
Do you know that Frederiksborg shows some of the table cloths every year?
I believe it is every easter time.
Also Rosenborg has a wonderfull collection of silk embroidered
I watched a documentary film about Marie Antoinette from swedish television
with a swedish story teller. I believe the original of the film is french.
Anyway he tells that they burned 1 candlesticks every day at Versailles and
the price of 1 candlestick would be as much as the vages of a
Hi,
I know this is for some of you way two much out, but it is a little costume
contented, therefore i post.
In november the television in Denmark showed a clip from the danish armory
museum. They had catched a ghost on live cam between 11.15 and 11.45 before
midnight.
The clip is extracted to
Congratulations with your book.
Do you know that Frederiksborg shows some of the table cloths every year? I
believe it is every easter time.
Also Rosenborg has a wonderfull collection of silk embroidered tablecloths from
early 1600 but they are never shown and in no catalogues wich is such a
Hi.
I have a frame from an english online site called Barnyarns. You can find it on
google!
My frame is 68 cm wide. It has roller bars on top and bottom. On these you can
roll your fabric, if you have a very long projekt. These roller bars are
fastened with skrews? dont know the right word
Forgot to show this picture:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/g5.htm
Here you see most of the frame with a waistcoat embroidery in it.
Bjarne
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:45
Very nice pictures Ann. You look wonderfull!
Bjarne
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In a message dated 1/16/2008 5:09:10 AM Eastern Standard
Thankyou very much Suzi,
You always have the right answer to my questions.
I am so happy for the needles you provided me.
Bjarne
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:44 PM
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I am going to an event in Sweden in start of february the north of Sweden,
where it usually is very cold for this season.
I wondered if someone knows if a womans department in a big warehouse would
have long knee woolen stockings wich i could wear to my 18th century outfit?
Bjarne
Hi,
Or perhaps they used sticks? Sticks as long as the pleating was going to be
like, you know, lye one under, then one over and so on.
This method is used for some of the headwears, that pheassant women in
Denmark used.
Done with wet water, and taken up again when dry?
Bjarne
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Hi,
That is my website, its here:
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
Bjarne
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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 8:40 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Bjarne's Website
I am new to the list and am in the process of
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] huge fashion engravings database
On Dec 13, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
Type in mode in the place at the left,
I got this far in the directions but what do I type? When I type mode,
I get
Hi,
I just am curious about this book, Dress in Stuart England, its not the right
title, but i am sure you know wich book i am talking about.
How is this book, does it have manny nice pictures?
Its just that Amazon has reduced the price from 40 pounds to 3.20
I got a notice about this when i
Ups.
Sorry this was posted to the wrong person, sorry so much!
Bjarne
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WOW! I am
Thanks a lot Neale...
Bjarne
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WOW! I am supposed to be researching
From what i have experiensed, shantung is thinner than dupioni, and shantung
also has less slopings as dupioni has.
Bjarne
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 4:19 PM
Subject: [h-cost]
Sorry i post again, can it really be, that noone on the list knows anything
about this book?
Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Literature in Stuart England (Paul Mellon
Centre for Studies in British Art) (Hardcover)
by Aileen Ribeiro
Has it manny pictures, or is it more of a text book?
How about making your own callender, using some of the gorgeous fashion prints
from the database i posted here.
I actually have desided i want some of my favourite ones in a callendar, and my
photo shop makes the callenders in a lot of varieated versions, and prices.
Bjarne
I thoaght, as there are manny here who loves regency to send this link.
It has hundreds of fashion prints starting end of 18th century and onwards,
year by year.
Go to this page:
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I remember i saw a tv programme from the workshop at Chanel where all the work
of the couturieres was shown.
It happened from time to time, that some of the ladies, stuck their fingers and
bleeded on the haute couture creations, but then they had a lady they send for
who emediately came and
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Laurie T.
Phoenix, Arizona
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:58 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] huge fashion ingravings database
I thoaght, as there are manny here who
Hello,
I just wanted to finnish the diskussion about needles, in telling that i
received my needles from London this week, i have ben using one of them, a
sharp nr 12 for 2 days, embroidering on the waistcoat. Today i embroidered
about 12 hours in a row, and my needle is still straight. Usually
Hi.
Suddently all the stores in Denmark dont have the needles i use for my
embroidery any more.
I used Millward sharps, and i dont think i can find any online.
The needles i can find here, are two big, that is to say, the heads are two
big. I need really small heads, not bigger than the shaft in
Stupid me, it was because i misspelled the name, sorry folks!
But could someone tell me wich are smallest, 5/10 - 3/9 or 7?
Usually not attended to the size nr. cause i just chose the smalles i could get.
Also heard that you can get extremely fine sharps with the numbers of 12
according to
Dear Linda, Jane and Liadain
Thanks for letting me knowing this. Nice that some of my old arachne friends
noticed it.
But a little note, i dont make lace anymore.
Also Jane! i dont need an extra copy, i had one send for me, when the
article was published, but thanks for the offer anyway!
This
I must second that your blackwork is magnificent!
What a lot of work, and so beautifull!!
Bjarne
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From: Frank A Thallas Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Re: welcome back
Hi,
Also 17th and 18th century have some very nice night caps survived.
If you would like to try to embroider an 18th century one, there is a
gorgeous pattern in the book Costume Close Up from Colonial Williamsburg.
It has the draft of the embroidery two.
Night caps were used by men, not only
Hi,
Although it is in danish, lots of the sites has illustrations.
The danish book Dagligtliv i Norden i det 16. århundrede by Troels Lund, has
ben published to the internet. It is several thick books.
The book about costume is here:
http://runeberg.org/dagligt/4/
Manny manny interresting
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