I'm still here, and my first project for the new year will be a very late
1500s-early 1600s middle class outfit from the skin out, for the Jamestown
Foundation's Historic Clothing Conference, "Tailored to a New World",
coming up in June. To avoid conflicts for Jamestown visitors that weekend,
Sounds like a fun project, Sheridan!
Is there a website or a reference where we could see the bra finds, and
will you post pics of the resulting shift? A Cranach gown has been on my
Wanna Do This List for ages. :)
Cheers,
Meli
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Sheridan wrote:
Currently I'm
Hi Astrida,
I would be very interested as well, especially as the book will include
making instructions. :) Original details like these are so exciting. I
want to go up and see the exhibit--field trip, anyone?
Meli
(Sharon Henderson)
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Hi folks,
The eBay seller chick1154 sells Kershaw's Laundry Starch in 200g bags;
they're in the UK with reasonable prices and shipping. They also carry
Argo Laundry Starch.
Argo is also available through lehmans.com in the US. Lehman's carries
genuine lye soap, too. :)
Have fun!
Sharon
Good evening all,
In the SCA, my kingdom 12th Night for this season has a theme of the
Court of Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor, basically a Night in Vienna
in 1500. 1500 is such an interesting year. :) I've looked at a lot
of images lately. Seriously a transitional time for noble clothing.
I tried Goggling the site and got a number of hits; you can view
single pages by clicking the link for a cached version of the page,
but if you try any of the links ON the pages you get the Site under
construction message. I did see they've got a sketch of Mina's
pretty green walking dress from
I bought the discontinued Simplicity 2529 both for the Yule outfit and
just to have it, because though I would probably never use it as
is you never know, just as you said, when some interesting chance
might arise! :)
Now to have fun with muslin, trying to get that peak into the top of a
sleeve
Good point, that, and probably the one thing I forget (then have a
d'oh! moment afterwards!) just about every time I dye something. I'll
give it a shot, see what happens, and continue searching for the
perfect colour even if not tucked. A dye experiment does sound like
fun, that's for sure.
Hi everyone,
You are all the most amazing costume sleuths I have ever known! The
links and colour info are just wonderful, and all these details! Wow!
I promise I will post pics of the result. I may try making the black
gown too--watching Minerva lead the defense of Hogwarts was just
Thanks so much to everyone who responded! I never cease to be amazed
by the way colours show on computers, depending on how the image has
been manipulated, what the background in the shot looks like, etc.
The links are all wonderful; I think I'll be spending a lot of time on
those sites. :)
Hi Dede,
I don't know if it helps at all, but I have a couple of very old
family garments that have notes with them calling them sacques. They
date across a certain spectrum: one to the 1890s, the others to a
scattering of years between 1910 and the early 1980s (the last being
one I preserved
Hi folks,
Has anyone here ever made Professor McGonagall's outfit from Goblet of
Fire, the Yule Ball scene? Forever ago I saw some pics from an
exhibition where someone had photographed the over-gown, but I can't
now find them. I'm trying to put together resources to recreate the
ensemble as
Hi folks,
I saw this on the Wall Street Journal site, of all places. It's an
article with a slideshow and an amusing video, about a lady who writes
historical romances--and wanted to get her steamy scenes right. :)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304911104576443871615544338.html
I'm glad you did this, Fran! I didn't get the Captcha dialog either, but
that's probably because I was logged in to my page at the time. I'll try
later with a different account to see if I get captcha'd when not logged
in.
Meli
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Your guess that it was Pennsic (at least as far as many of the SCA
folk on the list are concerned) is spot-on; this is War Week (and last
week was Land Grab) so that may certainly account for a lot of the
quietude. :)
My quietude has to do with trying to prep an empty, distressed TH for
sale...
Looks like you'll need about 9 yards of material 60 inches wide for
that lovely (mixed period) confection... :) And I agree with whoever
suggested true box pleats for that nice bodice detail. Anything that
gives texture to an otherwise monochrome outfit is a happy thing--and
people will drool
Nice pics... God I wish I had more time to sew. :)
The Mary Tudor portrait... that looks like multi-coloured tatted lace on the
under-sleeves, between the chemise puffs. How far back does tatting go?
Meli
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Margaret wrote:
I just happened to borrow Strong's
Good morning all,
Can anyone point me toward some historically-accurate web links or resources
for clothing from the 1760s in France, during the reign of Louis XV? Some
friends are planning a large-group cosplay gathering for the anime version
of Le Chevalier D'Eon, and while the costumes are
Hi Jane,
Greetings from soggy Fauquier County! :)
I have a Bernina Artista 200e, which I adore. It performs superbly as a
standard sewing machine, can do overlock/serging, and is really excellent at
embroidery. It has fairly easy to understand instructions on scanning new
designs, can hoop
Oh yummy... 2887 done in grey silk taffeta with gold silk cuffs and
trims would be scrumptious for a Confederate cavalry officer's lady,
now wouldn't it?? :)
Yes, I'll be shopping come sale time tomorrow :)
Thanks for posting the simplicity link!
Sharon/Meli
Virginia girl by inclination
*lower lip wibbles*
And... and... you aren't gonna share??
:)
Meli
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:04:47 -0700
From: Wicked Frau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Done! :) Responded off list...
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Behalf Of Althea Turner
Sent: Sunday,
My dear, please accept my prayers on your behalf and on your family's!
May the holidays bring you joy and comfort, and as you are able,
please keep us posted on how you are doing!
Blessings,
Meli
Hello,
thanks everyone who answered my questions about dancing in hoops,
wedding
Hey Julian,
I'm right there with you! My SCA persona, Meleri ferch Iasper ap Dafydd, is
a follower of the beloved and darn-near sainted Earl of Pembroke, the Earl
of Richmond's uncle and protector... :) I would love to see a good study of
this period too! I'm sure the Burgundian influences
One of the ace pilots who flew with the Red Baron, a delightful youngster
named Kurt Wolff, had a nightcap with a black velvet band that he wore as a
lucky talisman. Somewhere I have a pic of him and another officer; the guy
is teasing him by holding up the tail of the nightcap. :) Lothar von
Oh WOW, those are wonderful pics! Alas you cannot save the very
close-ups, but it is well worth the brief pain of filling out the
forms! I have long wanted to make that gown and feared to start...
err, I mean the crimson van der Meulan portrait of Elizabeth.
Are those cuttes in the hem? Some
What I'd like to know is where did you get the set in the first
place??? That's gorgeous--and I am coveting it big-time. :)
Meli
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Ooo, lookit the one that's two down from Katharina... it's black with
a gold-coloured placket and all those PEARLS!!! I want to make that
one... the hat's a little wacky, but oh wow, the black--is that
velvet? Pearl work all down the sides, and more beading on the gold
top of the placket...
*stares in awe* That is just absolutely gorgeous, Bjarne--and you
wear it so well!! Your work is always wonderful, the description of
the event is just fantastic--I can't wait to see the other pics!
Thank you for sharing your experiences!
Meli in the US
(Sharon)
Bjarne wrote:
Hi folks,
Can anyone who may ever have made or helped with the making of Chinese
garb of previous eras give me a hint on making the undergarment that
creates the Water sleeve look that is used in opera? It seems to be
a very VERY full, long-sleeved garment, almost always in white, that
the
Hi Melissa,
Brandon and Mary were married in February of 1515; most of the sources I
have date the original portrait (showing them both from the waist up) to
shortly after their marriage, so your extrapolated portrait (love the
beading and pearls at the hem!) is a mid-fifteen-teens gown. That
What a lovely design! Bereth means Queen in Sindarin; which Queen are you
costuming for? :-) I have a gown in progress that is a design that might
have been worn by Thranduil's Queen in the Great Greenwood, and I just
adore all the movie costumes (and many of the examples of similar designs
LOL! They not only are the exact same pattern... just a different
envelope... you can still get the original by clicking the Out of Print
link and choosing Historical as your category. *g* It's #8855...
I do rather like the Marie Antoinette sacque back though. Movie costumes
can be fun...
I have an additional Leine question: on some of these sites, the sleeves are
pleated all the way up the arm--sometimes covered with trim. I've also seen
them with drawstrings alone in the same area--both make a very pretty
presentation, but I'm wondering if they are documentable in period? I
International diacritics on a Mac are reasonably easy: hold down the Option
key, type the letter it affects (if you want the Spanish upside-down
question mark type the question mark, the upside-down exclamation point is
Option + 1... German ess-tset is option + s). Some of them are a little
more
in No. VA... the rest of the
time I costume and try to sleep. *g*
Maybe we should have a Suburban DC costuming day or something! :-)
Meli ferch Iasper,
AKA Sharon Henderson
Jerry/Brenna wrote:
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:47:50 -0400
From: Jeraldine Rorstrom-Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h
Hi all,
There's a monkey claw/monkey fist knot, found here:
http://www.realknots.com/knots/faqknot.htm
Perhaps the monkey claw button is this knot done in finer cord? It
looks as if it would make a lovely button!
Meli
Eastern Virginia,
USA
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Bjarne,
Can I just say that your work is absolutely GORGEOUS WOW!
What a beautiful project this is shaping up to be! Thank you for
sharing the link--I am very inspired! (I'm inspired by a lot here,
but lately have wanted to make a nice new gown in something different
for me... *g*)
Just
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