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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:07:53 -0600
From: L. Williams
Subject: [h-cost] Ben Franklin era or late 1700's America
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Greetings all,
Today I volunteered to participate in a program
3. RE: Re:History Channel (monica spence)
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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:13:58 -0400
From: monica spence
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I feel badly that the people at the HC are being ripped. They
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:00:43 EDT
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In a message dated 7/27/2006 12:44:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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It saddens
Hey, don't blame reenactors for these. (Revolutionary War/Pirates)!!!
The history Channel is taking a big beating on the reenactor lists for these
two offering in particular...
I watched the pirates. every blessed pirate has a fake irish accent,
including the ones from the
This is not really like you...
and I echo what Ruth Anne said. I also am prone to DEPRESSION The
blackdog. It has many names... and I'm not talking the blues. And burn out
can be a close cousin too.
First check that there is no semi-hidden physical cause. Didn't you just
have
Oh Barry Lyndon
one of my favorites
very 18th century, and all the scences look like they came right out of 18th
century artists minds...
18 cent Mia in CHarlotte NC,, pretty hot, pretty wet, but not as wet as
further north. Just back from Williamsburg, VA. We stayed in one
There is definitely something rotten in the state of HANCOCK'S.
The two down here in Charlotte, NC are stinky. They reek to me of this
store is going out of business, this store in on the verge of bankruptcy
After a while you can get to be able to tell the symptoms.
And this
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:05:22 -0500
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Generally Rev War events, at least on the East coast, have
actually, Simplicity may be really gald they have you, Martha. Read that
SHOULD BE GLAD.
Down here in North Carolina it seems to be the home sewing market is really
dried up in the past 10 or so years. Nobody is sewing for children, Nobody is
really doing sewing for themselves, There
What really interests me is that Simplicity is coming out with reasonably high
quality, mass produced stuff that is a step or two beyond costume.
This and Martha McCains stuff, while geared to a mass market of modern
sewists, to me looks pretty good, more authentic than just the
Civil war
Lu Ann
Thanks for that anectdotal ... I hope I qualified it enough, because IT was
something I'd Heard. Knowing the various southern state's possessive nature
(even now) It made anthropoligial and sociological sense to me.
Knowing the south's nature to treasure relics
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In a message dated 2/17/2006 12:45:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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My source seems to be very out of date, then. I'd read that
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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:08:12 -0800
From: Joan Jurancich
Subject: Re: [h-cost] colonial
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At 08:04 AM 2/15/2006, you wrote:
[anip]
If
When 19th cent?
early? middle? late?
There are some patterns Past Patterns( to buy) and Elizabeth Stewart Clark(
free on the web) take care of middle 19th cent (split crothch and all).
Folkwear USED to make a late 19th cent. version, I don't know if they still do.
MIa in
Hey Kristin,
First, take a deep breath, Then decide what direction you want, or even
think you might want to go in. This will help you make your boning and pattern
decisions.
Just for the pleasure of doing it? Only wearing it once a year, indoors in
air conditioning? Don't
Hi Mia,
The petticoat is cotton, but with a nice sateen to it. I thought it would
at least imitate the look of silk to a certain extent.
I'd really like to have a more authentic pair of stays before starting a
second outfit. I've been thinking about trying to draft my own pattern -
but
I used 1/4 inch half round basket making reed. To me it came out nice looking.
and It looks like the pictures's ive seen. Sometimes I used two strips in a
channel, sometimes backed the reed with a piece of steel boning. The reed is
really firm, especially the channels with two pieces.
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Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:15:57 EST
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Kristin, that dress looks like a great start. The fabric for your bodice
This last beag is (to me) the best one yet. It's hard to imagine, cause you
stuff is SOO SO good, but you just keep improving!!!
Send a picture of this one to that silk place, enter their contest. This is
a lot better than some of the things that have won in past years, and such a
Hey Carol K, e-friend and sock guru, thanks for all the info on machine/frame
knit sock (what is the correct term, or are all the terms correct, but for
different techniques?)
The spousal unit (Corporal Dappert) bought a pair or the machine knit Civil
war socks. in coton. they look
I just finished a pair of knit from the toe up/ knit two at a time socks on two
circular needles. While it was an intersting challenge, I don't think I'll do
it that way again. Didn't like the toe and didn't like the binding off at the
end of the cuff. I did like the use of two circular
And try knitting them on circular needles. It makes a world of difference.
THat silk is impossible to knit on straight doupble pointed needles. THey make
circular needles in american 000 and 0. Using two circular needles to knit
one stocking or even two at a time is a technique suggested
Huum
You are on the big place on the other side of the world, so I can't loan you
any of my patterns.
That leaves Big Pattern Co's. where I haven't yet seen anything that really
turns me on, or books, Some of the good ones have pattern drafts right in
them.
The easiest to
Yes, do try to get her to upgrade to a more authentic dress, instead of a
costume. Bottom line, it looks better. you don't have to go the whole hog
authentic route, many adjustments can be made to make it easier/faster/more
accessible
1. wear correct underpinnings. That corset stays
http://www.18cnewenglandlife.org/18cnel/delorey5.htm
This si old, so of course the picture is dead or something
Mia in Charlotte, NC, now done trying to convert costume to clothes. as in
Wait, this isn't a costume, these are my clothes!
Alot of questions come up on this one.
1. What time?, colonial covers alot of ground
2. Where? US,
3. Whats the venue? a historic house? a play. just for fun, just because
4. What do you have access to? small pattern companies, only big pattern
manufacturers?
18c
This is for anyone18c and lace oriented folks, but I'm addressing it to Bjarne
as he is most familiar with the high style
Has anyone seen blonde used on men's 18c shirts. I'm talking about the silk
lace, very fine and beautiful, sometimes in an off white color. The exhibit I
was at at
your forehead cloth puts me in mind of the cap and undercap combination worn by
the early moravian settlers in North Carolina. (haube?)
The interpreters in Old Salem up in Winston-Salem still wear them sometimes.
It gives a very non-18th cent/non-american look
18 cent Mia in
And not only do you have to consider the costumes and the direction of the
production, with opera and any other Period Music, You have to consider
whether it is one with period instruments and sensibilities, or if it is done
with a modern orchestra. (and vocal talents...were there castrati or
Thinking on illustrations I have seen.
The mid 18th c opera women must have sun in stays. I'm working from memory
here, but the engravinfgs I can remember of Handel operas show full-bore 1700's
court dress, wigs, paniers out to there, feathers on the tops of heads. And
all of this
I just looked at my cut out pattern for the butterick stays, the very next
project (well maybe, or maybe a new 18c fancy pants waistcoat for my husbands
birthday, and finish my...)
The shape of these stays is not the classic ice cream cone shape of the
middle 18c years (ala J.P. Ryan's
What are you wanting to buy from Coon River, and what is the level of
authenticity you want? If Coon River doesn't come across for you I might be
able to make some other suggestions of people who would love to deal with you.
Mia in Charlotte, NC
I'm not at home and can' look at my back issues, but
Didn't Pieceworks magazine have an article on rick rack a while back?
(Huh...rick/rack/back)
I Seem to recal that it was a history of rick rack and I think they might have
addressed that rick rack/wavy braid difference and shewn at
Tell me about the UK and wool. All the sheep we passed on the way to
Litchfield (We actually slept quite near a place called Yarnfield) should have
been a clue.
We were there in the beginning of September. The first few days were
(unseasonalbly) warm to hot. Then it cooled off to what
Oh Penny, My prayers are to you and all of your family.
Mia in Charlotte, NC
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Subject: [h-cost] elizabethian corset
I just purchase a pattern for what I think is an elizabethan corset.
Butterick
THis is MIa in CHarlotte, late as usual.
Personally I would try everything., except bleach on linnen. I have had BAD
bad experiences with material deteriorating when I used chlorine bleach. It
was long enough ago, that I can't remember what exactly the material was, and
the situation I used
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