RE: [h-cost] Polish dress 1475(?)

2007-12-04 Thread otsisto
-Original Message- At 08:26 AM 12/4/2007, you wrote: I found this picture of Jadwiga Jagiellon on Wikipedia. Does anyone know of any other images of this style of dress, most especially of the sleeves? I have been looking to find this image somewhere else online and it seems that

RE: [h-cost] Polish dress 1475(?)

2007-12-04 Thread otsisto
Kate, It's jewelry. It would not have been connected to the hemd or chemise. Were you thinking of a partlet and not chemise? Also, what may be throwing things off is the gold bands on the hemd which is gold thread embroidery. There is two camps to the banded sleeves, one is that it is a part of

RE: [h-cost]Halloween and the perception of costume

2007-11-05 Thread otsisto
I remember a story of a couple who sang at the New York Renaissance festival back in the 70's. They said that it looked like the the people that owned and ran the Fest. considered renaissance anything pre Beatles. :) -Original Message- Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote : And then there's the

RE: [h-cost]Halloween and the perception of costume

2007-11-05 Thread otsisto
They also taked about it on their tape and mentioned the top seller was a man that collected beach waste and created picturesque sculptures of rats, bats, and buzzards. :) -Original Message- Ah! See, they meant it was A renaissance, not THE Renaissance. :-) MaggiRos --- otsisto [EMAIL

RE: [h-cost] RE:pinking and slashing was: 3 'new' portraits ofQueenElizabeth

2007-10-30 Thread otsisto
So how would a middle class or poor person deal with a pinked or slashed hand me down? -Original Message- I think he was Italian. The sumptuary rules were for England only. -Original Message- It doesn't make sense that it would be for the rich only in that there is a portrait of

RE: [h-cost] RE:pinking and slashing was: 3 'new'portraitsofQueenElizabeth

2007-10-30 Thread otsisto
I wish I could remember where I read it but on some extant pinked clothing there was a glue substance that I thought sounded like our version of fray check. Also some weaves and fabric do not fray as badly as some with wear and tear. And considering that there are extant garments that are pinked,

RE: [h-cost] RE:pinking and slashing was: 3 'new'portraitsofQueenElizabeth

2007-10-30 Thread otsisto
A 1610 loose gown P.118 and I think it was not due to the slashing but the wear and tear of the hem. De -Original Message- In PoF, there is a gown that it's noted was probably remade at some point, because of the slashing patterns. A portion of the skirt I believe that didn't line up

RE: [h-cost] 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth

2007-10-29 Thread otsisto
:) I've been corrected, they are pinkings not slashes because they are small cuts or they are cutouts. :) whoopsie :) De -Original Message- I agree on them being slashes and small cut out diamonds. I've heard such slashings were a sign the wearer was wealthy, as they could afford to

[h-cost] RE:pinking and slashing was: 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth

2007-10-29 Thread otsisto
It doesn't make sense that it would be for the rich only in that there is a portrait of a tailor with pinking all over. But I guess one could say that he needs to show off his work. De -Original Message- First, the first image on my site is the one from the book everyone is referring

RE: [h-cost] 3 'new' portraits of Queen Elizabeth

2007-10-27 Thread otsisto
On the zoom at Sotheby's they look more like puffs/slash then a stud. But definitely not a jewel. The first picture from Chiara's site indicates that they are slashes, small pinkings between embroidered Xs. You find the pink and X pattern on the sleeves under the arm where the horizontal slashes

RE: [h-cost] Rundschau Historische Schnitte HaKa (men)

2007-10-24 Thread otsisto
something with rundschau in the title:-) http://www.intelligenzbestien.wz.cz/images/rundschau.pdf Zuzana otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this it? http://tinyurl.com/2lv3rt or this http://tinyurl.com/2nzu53 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume

RE: [h-cost] 1620's question

2007-10-24 Thread otsisto
You are looking a approx. 3 muskateers era. Baroque Era. http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/l/p-follarkin1.htm http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/j/p-johnson1.htm http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/j/p-johnson2.htm http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdirect/3519.html 1600 and 1605 men

RE: [h-cost] another soucre for pictoral research

2007-10-24 Thread otsisto
I just registered. The have Property from Aristocratic Families including Coaches from a Royal Stable. I'm going through some of the paintings. De -Original Message- I am subscribed to Sotherby's Auction Catalogue Online and this week they have sent me one called Important British

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
Bjarne, What season was this dress worn? http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=57 Is it for a special occasion? De -Original Message- On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote: For those of you who are interrested clothes from 1700 and onwards are on wiev

RE: [h-cost] Vendor: Threads in Time

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
First time I heard of them. How authentic is she wanting? Most of the costume side is a basic that can be upgrade. The silver satin looks more like something that would have been worn under a beaded shift and not with just a sash. It also apears to have darts which I don't recall seeing with 1920s

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
By the way thank you for introducing the site. I love how you can zoom any of the garments. De -Original Message- On Oct 22, 2007, at 12:50 PM, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote: For those of you who are interrested clothes from 1700 and onwards are on wiev on the danish costume museum.

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
So it is not for say, winter but to go from town to town in. Was this a popular or common style of travel clothes? De -Original Message- At 02:41 AM 10/23/2007, you wrote: Bjarne, What season was this dress worn? http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=57 Is it for a special

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
So was the hood for covering an unmade hair do? De -Original Message- Hi, This outfit was used to wear from bed in the morning until you had finnished your toilette. It was timeconsuming to get your hair set and also to make your morning toilette, so this outfit was used. It was common

RE: [h-cost] danish costume museum online

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
I guess this is probably where the quilted robe evolved from. I was hoping it was a little more of a public dress. De -Original Message- According to the site, this is a morning toilette ensemble. For recieving visitors while getting dressed and having hair done. Tania

RE: [h-cost] Rundschau Historische Schnitte HaKa (men)

2007-10-23 Thread otsisto
Is this it? http://tinyurl.com/2lv3rt or this http://tinyurl.com/2nzu53 -Original Message- i! I've just received my copy of this book, so just a few information: It has some few patterns on renaissance doublets, cape, and hosen. Then it has a few good-looking patterns for 18th century

RE: [h-cost] Re: wedding in historical costumes -1830s mens' patterns

2007-10-09 Thread otsisto
I have used Past patterns and have learned that you definitly need a mock up. Some of their patterns have problems and not always in the same area. Clear instruction has been the main problem. De ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

RE: [h-cost] Ideas

2007-10-09 Thread otsisto
Civil war evening gown comes to mind with this. Perhaps Simplicity 4510? http://tinyurl.com/28p6cc S9761 S5724 Or S4479? B4954 -Original Message- I finally found pictures of the set if it helps at all. http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/SorayaNazli/?action=viewcurrent=GREE NTEA1.jpg

RE: [h-cost] Another German Gown

2007-10-08 Thread otsisto
http://pintura.aut.org/BU04?Autnum=11507Empnum=0Inicio=91 Scroll down to portrait of a woman. look at all the slash work and white gloves. http://pintura.aut.org/BU04?Autnum=11507Empnum=0Inicio=61 Scroll down to Salomé con la cabeza de San Juan Bautista #12 I can't tell if it is lace or pearlwork

RE: [h-cost] Ideas

2007-10-08 Thread otsisto
Maybe a Persian coat? Can you remove the quilting without leaving marks or permanent stitch holes? With satin, you are looking more at Renaissance fudging then Medieval, especially shiny satin. Your also looking at winter attire with this satin as it does not breath. Plus you should not make

RE: [h-cost] Another German Gown

2007-10-08 Thread otsisto
Though this is allegorical and Cranach tends to have fanciful stuff, it doesn't explain the lacy stuff under the left arm. The hemd is painted to be very sheer and there looks to be something very sheer under the forearm but the angle of the white speckle could be pearlwork on a sheer material or

RE: [h-cost] Another German Gown

2007-10-08 Thread otsisto
/database/image.asp?id=23232 http://tinyurl.com/22skb2 -Original Message- I haven't been able to get into this site all morning. I think I know which picture you're talking about, but I can't tell! Could someone send me a .jpg of it directly? MaggiRos --- otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

RE: [h-cost] Another German Gown

2007-10-08 Thread otsisto
discusssion picture http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=23232 It might be lace. This sort of looks like a possibility http://www.costumes.org/HISTORY/renaissance/lace/7.gif though it is not German. It is also 1598 so yes it's a far reach. :) -Original Message- The hemd

RE: [h-cost] wedding in historical costumes

2007-10-07 Thread otsisto
Again, not my statement. De -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not one of those huge hoop skirts. Impossible to dance a waltz in that. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

RE: [h-cost] Duchess Katherine von Mecklenburg.

2007-10-07 Thread otsisto
http://pintura.aut.org/BU04?Autnum=11507Empnum=0Inicio=106 Click on the little picture and a new screen comes up, click on that picture and another screen which will allow you to enlarge a bit more then the wikipedia and a bit clearer. From the left of the skirt it appears to be appliqué with

RE: [h-cost] Re: wedding in historical costumes

2007-10-07 Thread otsisto
know that you have decided to do a later period but you need to put the two styles together to see if they meld or look down right odd. De -Original Message- De: From: otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [h-cost] wedding in historical costumes Thanks for all those links

RE: [h-cost] wedding in historical costumes

2007-10-06 Thread otsisto
The Victorian era begins with her reign in 1937. To my understanding crine or horse hair tape was uses in the sleeves and petticoats during the 1830s but around 1840s or fifties is when the hoops skirts start appearing. You Victorian/Civil War gowns w/hoops are 1861. So if 1830 is the choosen era,

RE: [h-cost] wedding in historical costumes

2007-10-05 Thread otsisto
1830 info. http://www.connerprairie.org/historyonline/clothing.html AFAIK, they had layers of petticoats and not hoops. http://www.fashion-era.com/romantic_era.htm#The%20Underwear  Men/paperdoll 1830 http://www.fancyephemera.com/historicalfashion.html#1830sbeau 1830 wedding gowns

RE: repurposed fabric... Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmakers dummywearing?

2007-10-04 Thread otsisto
For $2 a yd. 100% linen medium weight. White with black appliqued linen flowers. Took the flowers off and now I have a solid white linen material. I plan on attaching the flowers together to make a long vest, may line it with another color or fancy crochet/needle work bettween the flowers. For $1

RE: [h-cost] OT: Standard American Diet

2007-10-02 Thread otsisto
Mine said that they found out that soy has a chemical that interfers with iodine absorbtion. A friend of mine was diagnosed with hypothyroid, she cut the foods out that inhibited iodine absorbtion and exercised and six months later her thyroid test came back negative and lost 13 lbs. but in her

[h-cost] Sofi dress and painting/finally found

2007-10-02 Thread otsisto
Sofi gown http://tinyurl.com/27vqcj The Northern Italian painting that's similar. It has the puff and slash. Still isn't 1525. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_32.100.81.jpg I have been toying with the idea of making the dress in the painting but not so ornate for masquerades. De

RE: [h-cost] OT: Standard American Diet

2007-10-02 Thread otsisto
-Original Message- That being said - the science is clear - ALL fats are unhealthy. De:I believe this is incorrect. Know anyone with a heart bypass yet? De: Yes, but it was oddly for a genetic abnormality and he is a Vegan. The science is not perfectly clear and never will be. We

RE: [h-cost] OT: Standard American Diet

2007-10-01 Thread otsisto
Really? I weigh 260 lbs. and I am 5' 7 almost 8. My problem is that I don't remember to eat or I put off eating. I slowed my metabolism down. I have been told by my doctor that they are finding out that people whose eating patterns like mine have a greater chance of diabeties. My meals when I have

RE: [h-cost] Fringe source? Ltl OT

2007-09-24 Thread otsisto
Baumgartner On Sep 23, 2007, at 3:32 PM, otsisto wrote: Looks like long haired fake fur almost similar to the skunk ridge. Their notions section doesn't say fringe but it doesn't say long hair fake fur like it does for the skunk. You might get a clue from the instructions and you might want

RE: [h-cost] Valuation of collection

2007-09-24 Thread otsisto
What I'd like to know is if most of these costumes are made for and worn by her and her daughter and thus proof of ownership, it therefore should NOT be shared property unless HE has been wearing the items himself as well. His lawyer can not make her sell the costumes. If she sells the costumes

RE: [h-cost] Valuation of collection--again

2007-09-24 Thread otsisto
So any costume that is the daughter's stays with the daughter and should not be up for sale unless the daughter wishes to sell it. Right? De -Original Message- BTW, I don't see that a father has any claim on his children's (or stepchildren's, if that's the case) personal posessions in a

RE: [h-cost] Fringe source? Ltl OT

2007-09-23 Thread otsisto
Looks like long haired fake fur almost similar to the skunk ridge. Their notions section doesn't say fringe but it doesn't say long hair fake fur like it does for the skunk. You might get a clue from the instructions and you might want to notify McCall about they oversite with the monkey face

[h-cost] 1780 men's embroidered waistcoat

2007-09-19 Thread otsisto
http://www.trousseau.net/trousseau2.asp?P=2I=543 De ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] 1780 men's embroidered waistcoat

2007-09-19 Thread otsisto
No, I hadn't noticed. I came across this while looking for a shirt. I am using the Simplicity Pirate pattern #4923 http://tinyurl.com/359l8g to make a costume, maybe for Halloween and for sure, for 2008 Archon and wished to adapt it to make it look more authentic then costumy. Thinking of putting

RE: [h-cost] chain of office for Elizabethan

2007-09-18 Thread otsisto
From my understanding, Livery collars were replaced by gold chains for everyday wear which would sometimes have a pendant of some sort hanging from it, like a miniature portrait or if say the person is of the Order of the fleece, they would have a gold fleece/sheep pendant in the time of

RE: [h-cost] Underwear

2007-09-15 Thread otsisto
http://www.randyasplund.com/browse/medieval/chausse1.html Scroll down to the first of the last two pictures. These are not as loose as the previous. Similar to a previously presented print. http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/library/Semiramis.gif De -Original Message- Only the

RE: [h-cost] middle ages: braies for women?

2007-09-14 Thread otsisto
February. Du Berry Hours http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/DB-f2v.jpg http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/DB-f2v-d3l.jpg But the man next to the woman not wearing any underwear isn't wearing any either, so does that support men not wearing brais? -Original Message- Greetings!

RE: [h-cost] Laudonia de Medici

2007-09-10 Thread otsisto
Sometimes museums and site do not have the same title of a portrait..so Lucrecia http://tinyurl.com/22ltz6 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Angelo_Bronzino_045.jpg Laura http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Angelo_Bronzino_042.jpg Young woman

[h-cost] portrait I came across,

2007-09-06 Thread otsisto
I was looking for something else and found this 1756 portrait (Stepanida Yakovleva, Russia. http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/v/p-vishnya1.htm De ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] A few fabric sources to check out.

2007-09-01 Thread otsisto
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/th_adindex.asp Her computer seems to repeat the url and make it as one. In the future you can click on them and then remove the repeat, then click and you should get to the site. De -Original Message- These links dont work for me, i think something

RE: [h-cost] Looking for picture link

2007-09-01 Thread otsisto
From this site http://www.marileecody.com/eliz1-images.html Elizabeth's gown is embroidered with English wildflowers, thus allowing the queen to pose in the guise of Astraea, the virginal heroine of classical literature. Her cloak is decorated with eyes and ears, implying that she sees and hears

RE: [h-cost] Feminists be damned, one for the blokes to look at (bra centenary)

2007-08-26 Thread otsisto
Try this http://tinyurl.com/yrhxho For those who find long URLs go here http://tinyurl.com/ to shorten it. -Original Message- Cut and pasted the thing twice, came back bad request. Laurie (not a bloke but interested in bras nonetheless) centenary) Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:23:06

RE: [h-cost] Feminists be damned, one for the blokes to look at (bra centenary)

2007-08-26 Thread otsisto
Wow. this is the first time a tinyurl didn't work. -Original Message- Try this http://tinyurl.com/yrhxho For those who find long URLs go here http://tinyurl.com/ to shorten it. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

RE: [h-cost] Looking for sources, etc.

2007-08-24 Thread otsisto
Uh..no. Hope Floats is one of my favorite movies. The main character's husband has an affair with Birdie's (main character) best friend and Birdie is brought on a Springer type show and told by her best friend about the affair. So Birdie and her daughter go back to her home town to live with her

RE: [h-cost] Walmart cloth...good news/bad news...

2007-08-22 Thread otsisto
There are (and I don't know why) 3 super Walmarts in our little ol' College town. The oldest is keeping thier's for a while the other ones are keeping the bare minimum. De -Original Message- The little one in Dade City, Florida is keeping theirs. Good thing too, it's 50 miles to the

RE: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510

2007-08-17 Thread otsisto
Will they be enameled or is she going the embroidery route? De -Original Message- Thank you. A friend of mine is going to make the tulips for me and I wanted to give her the best image possible. kate ___ h-costume mailing list

RE: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510

2007-08-17 Thread otsisto
A weak sub would be to make embroidered appliques, then attaching a metal ring towards the stem end and thread cover the ring. Then applique the tulip to the camicia. De - Original Message It looks to me like the black ribbons are laced through loops on the stem end of each tulip, so

RE: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510

2007-08-15 Thread otsisto
A wee bit better http://tinyurl.com/2n6r4o I remember once upon a time that there was a site that zoomed in on the portrait but I can't seem to find it. De -Original Message- Greetings. I'm looking for detail images of this portrait by Bartolomeo Veneto:

RE: [h-cost] Just a test

2007-08-13 Thread otsisto
Small note for the future. Coleman makes battery operated tent ceiling fans. :) -Original Message- Definitely too much rain. When not raining, too much heat and humidity! But I had a great time all the same. Melanie Schuessler ___ h-costume

RE: [h-cost] Urgent question about 1927 outfit

2007-08-12 Thread otsisto
Some extant garments for ideas. http://www.vintagetextile.com/1920s_to_1930s.htm If you click on the pictures, it will take you to a site with more details of the dress/item. more extants http://www.antiquedress.com/item6011.htm http://www.antiquedress.com/item4484.htm this would have a slip

RE: [h-cost] Urgent question about 1927 outfit

2007-08-12 Thread otsisto
Not necessarily there were those of well to do families that kept up with the fashions of the time. For the Titanic era you are looking at the 1910s, specifically 1912. There is at least seven years (if not more)of a fashion change, so I do not believe that she would be wearing something from the

[h-cost] 1920s

2007-08-12 Thread otsisto
http://www.vintagetextile.com/gallery_1920s.htm http://tinyurl.com/2pzowy http://www.onlinecostumeball.com/Delineator/Nov_1920/Women/EveningWear.htm 1912 styles to see the difference http://www.antiquedress.com/item4335.htm http://www.antiquedress.com/item2698.htm

RE: [h-cost] Just a test

2007-08-10 Thread otsisto
Last minute vacationing before school starts. -Original Message- Haven't seen any H-costume posts for a few days. Did everyone go on vacation??? [I hope so. Have fun y'all!] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] need a wee bit o'help

2007-08-04 Thread otsisto
I am not good at drafting patterns and I asm have a fog. I want to achieve this bodice. http://www.homolaicus.com/arte/pittrici/madre.jpg Any recommendations? would using the Margo Anderson pattern work? I plan on using Simplicity 7215 http://tinyurl.com/2vgyrp for the camicia but will change

RE: [h-cost] Book search?

2007-07-31 Thread otsisto
http://www.allbookstores.com/author/Daniela_Turudich.html Amazon no longer carries it. -Original Message- A friend of mine is looking for the following book. Any ideas? She is in the U.K. so Library searches in the U.K. are preferable, but she would actually like to buy a copy.

RE: [h-cost] Book search?

2007-07-31 Thread otsisto
http://www.fetchbook.info/fwd_description/search_9781930064089.html Alleged to have come out in 2003 others say 2004. But you may be correct for when I scrolled down the with the first posted url it said can't find the book with any of their members. The above url gives the impression that they

RE: [h-cost] Article on Russian Viking-era find

2007-07-28 Thread otsisto
I have not seen the sketch but does it say anywhere that there are loops at all on this specific dress? Why do you feel that all apron dresses at the time had loops? Could there not have been an exception somewhere? De -Original Message- To do that, though, you'd need a second set of

RE: [h-cost] Moliere

2007-07-26 Thread otsisto
http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0796335/Ss/0796335/8.jpg.html?hint=group http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/0796335/Ss/0796335/13.jpg.html?hint=group not my area of interest but the costumes seem to be close to the era depicted. You may be right about the same style, though the first picture the woman

[h-cost] 1700s man's embroidered vest

2007-07-25 Thread otsisto
http://www.vintagetextile.com/new_page_562.htm ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] 1700s man's embroidered vest

2007-07-25 Thread otsisto
Your welcome. I was searching for ideas to embellish a pirate outfit and came across it. De -Original Message- Thanks Otsisto, Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] Re: batiste weight linen

2007-07-22 Thread otsisto
I guess I will have to settle on the Linen/cotton blends and silk tends to insulate and the camicias are for summer. De -Original Message- Hi De, This thin linnen is not available today. I can tell that for sure. How about using a thin silk in stead? Bjarne

RE: [h-cost] New Simplicity patterns

2007-07-21 Thread otsisto
I have come to find that JA and HL, most times have their sales at about the time the new book is about to come out so that they can make room for the new patterns. It's quite annoying. I was hoping to get Simplicity 3677 for a Con in two weeks but my local JA had not got it yet and if they had

RE: [h-cost] Re: batiste weight linen

2007-07-21 Thread otsisto
Hmmm..I remember that at the end of the past discuss someone produced a website so perhaps this woman is not the one I was thinking of. Please hold off on the email address. I guess what I am going to have to do is do a major search through the archives and see if I can find the retailer. If that

RE: [h-cost] New Simplicity patterns-corset question - Bjarne?

2007-07-21 Thread otsisto
Would butterick 4484 work better? -Original Message- At 16:54 21/07/2007, you wrote: Curious about the back of the corset - Is that inverted V at the small of the back correct? http://www.simplicity.com/designFrontBack.cfm?design=3635 Sg Those underwear patterns look like they have

RE: [h-cost] Re: batiste weight linen

2007-07-21 Thread otsisto
Thank you. The linens are still to thick. I am looking for linen that is about as sheer as the veil on this Madonna http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/lippi/p-lippi12.htm or http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/lippi/p-lippi1.htm I know that one can get silk that sheer and I know there is cotton that sheer but I am told

RE: [h-cost] New Simplicity patterns

2007-07-20 Thread otsisto
The blue dress color comes close to the blue dress found on a Dutch(?) painting of a woman. Her husband's portrait with him in a smoking jacket(?) was the same shade of blue. I posted both to this site. I don't have the url saved. De -Original Message- Dear Cynthia, That was a nice

RE: [h-cost] Re: batiste weight linen

2007-07-20 Thread otsisto
I believe your suppier is who I am thinking of. May I have their name and are they on line? De -Original Message- I have also a supplier of very fine batiste linnen. My one is 100 % linnen. But its very expensive, no bargains here, you have to pay for it! I have 3 meters waiting for a

RE: [h-cost] Re: batiste weight linen

2007-07-19 Thread otsisto
but there was further discussion and a name of the sheer linen (it was not called batiste)was said and a site that sold it for roughly $25 a yard was found. De -Original Message- The discussion I remember began when Julian Wilson (Hi, Julian!) mentioned that he had bought some batiste

[h-cost] batiste weight linen

2007-07-18 Thread otsisto
Once upon a time there was a discussion on batiste weight linen and a source was posted. I thought I saved the URL but I can't find it in my link files. Could someone with the link please post it and post (if you remember) the name of that type of linen as I know it isn't batiste. Thank you, De

RE: [h-cost] Order of the Phoenix

2007-07-17 Thread otsisto
It is slightly on topic for the costumes, specifically ms. Umbridge's pink Chanel knockoff. :) What is scary is that at JoAnne's on there clearance shelf in my town, they have that pink blended thick yarn material. But I'm to tall to go to the masquerade at NASCI-FI as Umbridge. :) But I agree

RE: [h-cost] 18th century German hosen

2007-07-12 Thread otsisto
You should look for German Baroque artists. For a start; Johan Liss, early 1600s http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Johann_Liss The Bildindex seems to be having problems so wait a day and try them. De -Original Message- Greetings: I'm new to the list and really seeking resources

RE: [h-cost] leine question

2007-07-09 Thread otsisto
In all the pictures I have seen the cuff of the leine was not gathered. I vaguely remember a few looked like the sleeve tapered to the wrist with an approx. width opening that a splayed out hand could get through it. A rough idea of one style of a leine http://tinyurl.com/2ph8lh It's been a long

RE: [h-cost] Christian Lacroix

2007-07-08 Thread otsisto
Most of the fashions look like a exaggerated early 1900s. One or two from the 60s and one or two from the 1700s. Hairstyle can be 1700s but you find it could be compared to the late eighteen hundreds. The raccoon eyes are reminiscent of the 1930s silent movies which would meld with the outfits

RE: [h-cost] Christian Lacroix

2007-07-08 Thread otsisto
Maybe the dark under the eyes is a French thing. http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion_designers/christian_lacroix/2007f/clf0 721.asp or another trademark of Lacroix. Though for the HC spring line they do not appear to have them

[h-cost] 1919 corsets

2007-07-08 Thread otsisto
Was looking for a good example for the Lacroix comparison and came across this which I think someone was asking about. http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1900s/images/corsets.jpg http://www.sensibility.com/vintageimages/1900s/images/1916corsets.jpg De

RE: [h-cost] 1620 dress images?

2007-07-05 Thread otsisto
Nice. Someone may have already suggested it but how about some small lace along the edge as an option? metallic? Or combine the split and gold lace? De whose brain this week seems to be in first gear and slips into neutral periodically. -Original Message- Thanks, but I have patterns for

RE: [h-cost] Out of my period again - 1914

2007-07-05 Thread otsisto
How about making the tunic out of lace and add a few pearls, pink, green and clear beads to spots. De -Original Message- Ooh, deeply glamourous! However, I've got a month exactly till the event, so a heavy beading project isn't gonna happen. I think I'm thinking of something summery with

[h-cost] 1920 pattern

2007-07-05 Thread otsisto
AlbertCat wasn't kinding about the lace and embroidery prices. http://tinyurl.com/2l7w2a http://tinyurl.com/26g2xg http://www.finefabrics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGYCategory_Code= BD ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

RE: [h-cost] Medieval gold thread

2007-07-04 Thread otsisto
No I do not have it but it was recommended to me when I was looking into goldwork for a gown. Other things have come up so that I have not gotten around to ordering the book. De -Original Message- On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, otsisto wrote: Will this help? http://www.sallymilner.com.au

RE: [h-cost] 1620 dress images?

2007-07-04 Thread otsisto
Bohemia http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/1610_2.shtml spain http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/1606_1.shtml english http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/161x_6.shtml baveria http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/1613_1.shtml france http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/161x_4.shtml denmark

RE: [h-cost] 1620 dress images?

2007-07-04 Thread otsisto
more pictures http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Various_8.htm perhaps the Margo Anderson pattern might help as the hanging sleeve is a carry over from the late 1500s. De -Original Message- http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Sistersuzi/1600dress_9.jpg Thank you - there a couple there I

RE: [h-cost] Out of my period again - 1914

2007-07-03 Thread otsisto
Maggie, I have this pattern and have material set aside for it. It is an early 1920s style, evening dress or can be a summer tea dress. The girdle top is at waist level. What I have found so far is that it would that you could make it in a darker color. I am not sure of what you mean by watery but

RE: [h-cost] Medieval gold thread

2007-07-02 Thread otsisto
Will this help? http://www.sallymilner.com.au/framedetail.php?Book_ID=249 http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1220_gothic/craftsperson.php http://medieval.webcon.net.au/technique_goldwork.html -Original Message- Hi all! I've searched the archives but haven't found what I'm looking

RE: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-06-29 Thread otsisto
The try to or endeaver is sounding like what it is. Because I am ever so rusty with the German and only tidbits of Norwegian, I did not trust my translation of the word. The phrase: Vom Ochsen seind drei und achtzigerlei Speise und Trachten zu machen Thank you all for the help! :) De

[h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-06-28 Thread otsisto
Bjarne, do you know of any German, Danish or Dutch food called Trachten? I have heard this word to mean to try or try to but several who are trying to translate a 1500s Germanic recipe book thinks that is is a food of some sort. Thank you, De ___

RE: [h-cost] WOT Bjarne,

2007-06-28 Thread otsisto
In reference to rumpolt. -Original Message- In Dutch it means to try now (according to babelfish anyway), so the context is going to be very important. If it's Rumpolt (which I use quite often in experimenting with vegetable dishes) it's a noun anyway, not a verb.

RE: [h-cost] Anglo-Saxon in a nutshell?

2007-06-19 Thread otsisto
for starters A bit early about 10th c. http://www.regia.org/ http://www.regia.org/listings.htm 11th c. http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/anglo-saxon.html http://www.moondragon.org/costumes/11cdress.html http://members.lycos.co.uk/Wulfingas/11thdress.htm book

RE: [h-cost] Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]

2007-06-19 Thread otsisto
I have plans to make this dress and from what I can tell is that it is embroidery. It is not velvet though a short haired velvet wouldn't be bad for a rendition of the gown. http://www.marileecody.com/isabel.jpg http://ladysarafina.home.att.net/isabeldevalois.JPG bigger picture

[h-cost] lovely find

2007-06-18 Thread otsisto
1879 home robe http://www.antiquedress.com/item4260.htm De ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] late 11th early 12th century

2007-06-18 Thread otsisto
I think this is a 1100s manuscript http://www.tempora-nostra.de/tempora-nostra/manesse.php?id=203 click on the pictures for a closer look. De -Original Message- can anyone direct me to good sources for information on late 11th century early 12th century german clothing? i'm working on

RE: [h-cost] viking apron dress

2007-06-10 Thread otsisto
Thank you. I have TVAL site earmarked so I never used it on Vigdis' site. I have notified the webminister of the site of the problem. Here is my earmark for TVAL http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml De -Original Message- Just a heads up. If you follow the first extra info link to

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