Thank you for all of your suggestions and offers of help!
No I've not looked at the Italian sources and the definitions of it as a
filled ticking are what I had found, or incomplete quotes that now that
I've seen the complete ones, refer to the ticking...
And a lot of early century studies did
HI
I can trace coutil as a French word for fabric back to 16mumble, but I
can't trace what it was made of (hemp, linen, cotton?) then nor if it
was a plain 4 harness twill or a three harness twill or a herringbone.
The herringbone I can trace back to 18mumble.
Help!
And suggestions or info
At 10:55 AM -0700 11/10/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have an additional question, if one were to purchase a machine just
to do buttonholes, what machine would you reccomend?
Um an older Singer with the attachment. Makes the best button holes.
I got a Singer 401 (slant needle) for $40 and
IT's here!! And it is wonderful!!
Now to have a moment or 12 to sit down and read it slooowly from
cover to cover!!!
I think this old 1st cent Celt may be wandering up the time stream...
Ta
Carol
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Creative Clutter is Better Than Idle Neatness!
Wahooo!
Amazon just charged me for Vol 4. It should be inn the mails today G
And the best part, the pound is down so it only cost $35 American G
Happy Happy happy
TA
Carol--now to await the mails...
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It's hre
Just diving in--thank you Robin and everyone else!
The Russian flax industry is fascinating.
Pity I have to go out and do chores G But it's a great reward for
finishing them up.
Ta
Carol
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Creative Clutter is Better Than Idle Neatness!
Fireside carries it...
http://www.firesidestitchery.com
along with many other silks...and there is a good Indian restaurant
around the corner...plus a good Vet specialty practice...G
Of course if you are going to the Vet's, there is no money for
Fireside, but it's fun to shop anyhow.
Ta
Carol
So I went to Darkover Grand Council (had a great time! Saw people,
got cool books...)
and got the flyer for CC in 2009...in Baltimore!! Yah!!!
on the first weekend in May WAHH!!
That is Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival weekend.
So once again I'll be missing CC and it's right in my
Spinning technology!
Spindle types and weights
timeline of wheel types and introduction...
detailed drawings!
and details on types of yarns-
wpi, fiber type, plies etc etc
And while we are blue skying it...
fiber types, timeline of introduction
and fiber prep tools and devices
What dyes where
At 7:50 AM -0700 11/9/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 11/9/2007 3:35:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After looking at s many I'm confused (not that it takes much
to do that)
and can't make up my mind. My question is this in your opinion
Well I don't own one, yet...but my sewing table has a pair of stays
almost done, Cloth piled up to make 17th/18th cent skirts and the
muslin staring at me to do the mock ups for a set of 17th men's
breeches/pants/whatever G
Once the stay's are done it's a toss up as to what gets cut out
Hi
How 'poofy' would a tradesman's breeches be in the 1st half of the
17th cent in England?
Are the ones in The Cut of Men's Clothing a good rep for one of the
middling sort?
Ta
Carol
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At 2:40 PM -0600 8/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The blue--brown with bleach issue has me wondering if your blue is actually
indigo, which (I believe, unless I have things backwards) turns
yellow in basic
solutions and blue again in acids. That might also explain why it's so very
hard to
At 10:39 AM -0600 8/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ooh, thanks Denise. THAT was my exciting costume news that I forgot to
share!
I was in our Norfolk, Va. Walmart last week, and also noticed that the
$1.00 bolt table was restocked. I found my favorite sales lady and she
said that indeed, they
At 8:55 AM -0600 4/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have found flat winders a pain to use, so instead I
found some spools that are still modern shaped but
made out of wood, and wound the thread on those. I
also found some old wooden spools among my
grandmothers sewing stuff! You can sand off
At 8:55 AM -0600 4/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would think that you could use dowels or a smooth piece of branch, minus
the bark if you can't find the old wooden spools.
Kate
Google wooden spools. The woodworking supply folks sell various sizes
by the gross...they are used in
At 7:09 AM -0600 4/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am thinking of getting a second sewing machine table, to put a modern
machine on. I really love the antique treadle tables with an iron base,
and, the great part, a big hinged fold-out leaf on the left side on which
you can support long
At 7:55 PM -0600 4/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Walmart carries garment quality fabric? I suppose it does depend
on location. The Walmart here (NW WA) has a somewhat diverse craft
department, carries a limited selection of patterns and I haven't
seen any fabric there that I would want to
At 7:46 AM -0600 3/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you read either of these phrases in an article, would it pull you up
short, or would it make sense to you?
...the properties, hand, and appearance of a finished fabric.
...the properties, feel, and appearance of a finished fabric.
Other
At 12:00 PM -0700 3/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anybody know of a place where i can buy some silver leaf palliettes.
Shaped like leafs?
They dont have to be excactly like these i have here:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/cel.htm
And it doesnt matter if they are metal or plastic, when it
At 7:51 AM -0700 10/3/06, Patty Dennis wrote:
Fashion in Film: Period Costumes for the Screen
WHAT: The exhibition features 35 costumes created for film
adaptations of classic novels and movies set from the 16th to
mid-20th century. Costumes were worn by Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Meryl
At 12:02 PM -0600 8/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
front) to make it luxurious and swirly. If you have to piece fabric for one
or more gores, you will feel even more medieval!
The gown should be fairly tight, just loose enough to slip over your head
with a little difficulty. You can sew
At 9:30 AM -0600 7/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Awaiting Martha McCain's rumoured 18th patterns for Simplicity.
Cindy Abel
Last I heard they *might* be out in the Spring 2007? Anyone else?
Ta
Carol--also awaiting the 18th cent line...
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Hi
So just when did the Flat Cap cease to be worn? In England? The
Americas? I'm looking for an end date range...
Ta
Carol
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HI
Not to interrupt the subject line discussion or anything VVBEG but
how late were the 'flat caps' (ones that look like a short stack)
worn? In England? In the American Colonies? I've seen a ref on the
web that suggests they lingered in London long enough to become a
slang ID for Londoners,
At 3:59 PM -0600 7/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do you do when you finally realise you dont want to reenact anymore,
and when your costumes gets bored to look at?
When alll your reenactment friends leaves you, and your family two?
What is left then?
Try to do other non related
At 6:28 PM -0600 6/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Better yet, I remember when they took up seven floors of an ancient
building on G Street, with stuff piled everywhere. If you were willing to
dig, you could find old bolts of wonderful stuff with old wonderful prices
on them, which clearly had
At 7:17 AM -0600 6/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could you possibly refit a beading loom to stretch
your ribbon on? I have seen beadwork ribbons that
were quite long and were rolled as they were worked
on.
Have you looked at the Harrisville 'Friendly Loom' (I think that's
what it's called)?
At 2:03 PM -0600 6/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a direct quote from the back page of Threads magazine (July
2006 number 125), which shows a picture of colored cotton.
I wasn't aware that you could grow colored cotton and thought I
would share this.
Hi
I too have this bundle of 25 yds of linen staring at me...I'm
starting small with an 18th cent cap while carefully figguring and
measuring cuts for the underclothes--2 sets per weekend x 2 people x
3-4 Eras...
Hey at least I'll be savin on gas by being home and sewing like a mad
monkey!
Hi
While we are wishing...I've got the Ars Textrina coming, have most of
the local SE PA ones, have Bress's book (worth every penny if
coverlets and such are your hearts desire!).
SO what else is out there?
Ta
Carol
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At 12:07 PM -0600 4/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Gytha Stonegrinder wrote:
I got mine today! Looks good! Thanks, Kathy
And, hurrah, mine just arrived!
--Robin
And if you pre-ordered from Amazon and haven't been charged for it
yet--rattle their tree. You may be
At 7:05 PM -0600 4/26/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Umm, how do you nudge Amazon.com? I just cancelled my pre-order with
Amazon.uk to save on shipping fees and preordered from Amazon.com.
Amazon.com gives a ship date of the end of June. Although the pub date
is given as April 1st, neither Amazon
HI
So in the 15th, 16th, 17th century, how did the tailors handle larger
sizes? Did the skirts get wider? Or did they keep the same bottom
edge circumference from size to size? (I know this is phased badly,
hopefully the meaning struggles thru!)
Thanks
Carol--befuddled sorta by the later
At 9:58 AM -0700 3/20/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a new pattern for costume shirts. I was wondering if anyone
can identify view A (lower right corner with the book) and tell me
what time period it's supposed to be from:
http://www.simplicity.com/assets/4219/4219.jpg
Middle
At 12:02 PM -0700 3/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think there is any problem. In my case, as I said, the book is
not even late. My voucher says it will be mailed when the First Editions
come in (expected by the end of March). Given processing and mailing
time, I wouldn't be concerned
Hi
I have a question for all of you 17th cent mavens...What options are
available for the cloth for a woolen or worsted jacket? Was most all
of the wool cloth so heavily fulled and napped that the surface was
smooth and plush? Was there much use of wool cloth (Middle sort, NOT
Highlands,
Hi
The best explanation I've heard for magenta from the roots was that
the roots were used as an assist in getting the color (I think it was
from Sue Grierson's book--insert Lame Whine I have it somewhere and
this cold is making me fuzzy!).
Since it seems that many of the dye books use each
At 9:27 AM -0700 2/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I've been working on the 18th
century patterns for a almost two years. (The people at Simplicity assume
I'm dead.) These are much harder to make mass-marketable than the Civil War
ones. By the mid
At 7:57 AM -0700 2/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never managed to find the watch spring that the originals were made
from, and am no longer sure if it's made in large quantities any more
(though if
anybody knows otherwise, do let me know!)
Though last time I used the narrowest flat steel
Um I was 'learned' that you can comb anything that has a fiber length
longer than the depth of the comb (see combed cotton for *short*) to
make combed rovings.
How you spin it then makes it worsted--drafting the fibers parallel
to each other before the twist enters the drafting zone.
Longer
Hi
It's not schmutz, it's an added embellishment! VBEG And muddy paw
prints just add ambiance...
Seriously have you tried shaking stuff out? Sticky tape rolled around
your hand sticky out?
A nice clothes brush?? Which is what me Mum always used...
Ta
Carol
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At 8:56 AM -0700 1/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a friend who
has a circular wooden Frame on which she makes no- seam stockings for
herself and her man. She was working on a pair at Christmas time. Her era
for reenactment is the 18th century. As a spinner and weaver, she is very
At 3:41 PM -0700 1/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carol still looking for a treadle powered serger like my Mennonite
friend has...
I was truly intrigued by this, so I went looking. Here's someone who
built, actually converted, her own!
At 12:27 AM -0700 11/30/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
as well. I'm lucky - mine is 4 x 12, with a heavy cotton canvas
base which lets it curve over a ham if needed. I got it at least 20
years ago, and it cost $50 then. I panic if I forget where I left it
last, and I need it.
Yah know they
At 11:20 AM -0700 11/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The non-existent wall that prevents otherwise intelligent people from
enjoying these delights of Opera and Shakespeare is sewn, here in
America anyway,
by the anti-intellectual brigade. Those usually sports-soaked numb-nuts that
seem to be
At 11:11 PM -0600 10/12/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know the name of some software that will take a photo and grid
it for cross-stitch? I know there are people who will do this if you mail
them the photo. But I wonder if they are doing this in some computer
software or by
At 8:08 AM -0600 10/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been playing with it and you can only get details of images when you
go into 18+ count aida cloth. I am putting an old fashion plate into the
software and can't get details of the face.
I am looking for anyone's suggestions as to your
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