Re: [h-cost] Help in dating an image

2016-08-26 Thread Kim Baird
To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Help in dating an image Subject: Help in dating an image My friend is an archeologist and found this image at a recent dig. I thought this group might be a good resource to help zero in on a date. If you are interested in weighing in, feel free to email me

Re: [h-cost] Help in dating an image

2016-08-26 Thread Kate Bunting
Lia, Can you give us a clue as to the general period the image is from? Is it a photograph, or something earlier? Kate Bunting Retired librarian & 17th century reenactor On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 12:18 AM, Hansen, Lia wrote: > Subject: Help in dating an image > > My

[h-cost] Help with 1890 toque hat

2013-03-19 Thread Janine Crocker
Please can someone help? I am trying to make a hat that I thought was fashionable in 1890 or thereabouts. It is a toque shape on a wire frame and sits at an angle, slanting downwards towards the wearer's forhead. I had the idea that the back of this hat had a rigid band of silk covered buckram

[h-cost] Help requested -Medieval Type Fabric Swatch book creation

2013-03-07 Thread Angharad ver' Reynulf
  *De-Lurking for a bit, yes it's been a long time since I posted here*           I'm looking for help with creating a fabric swatch book geared to help me understand what modern fabrics would be closer in look or feel to recreating historical garments, especially in the medieval period,

Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-12 Thread Marjorie Wilser
Typical 50s dresses had side zippers, from underarm into the skirt. They're much easier to reach! I used to put them in my square dance dresses (and make many women ask how I got into them!). ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Jun 9,

Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-10 Thread annbwass
- From: McHugh Megan me...@benchite.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sat, Jun 9, 2012 11:02 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure I'm missing something here a skirt with 4 gores would usually have seams at oth sides, plus center front and back. So why

[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-10 Thread Julie Tamura
Thanks all. I went to a costumed event today and talked with one of the ladies there. I realized that in the process of cutting my gores I also ended up with a pair of half gores. So DUH! I'm going to put the half gores in the back and then magically I *will* have a center back seam for a

[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-09 Thread Julie Tamura
I'm making a 50's-ish sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted, boned bodice with a gathered skirt. The pattern was designed with a zipper in the center back seam. I've modified the skirt to have four gores. Can I put a zipper in that will have to kink off to one side to follow the gore? What

Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-09 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
Can you not put it in the side seam? Sylvia Rognstad Ezzyworld Custom design sewing Theatrical costume design http://www/ezzyworld.com Hand-dyed silk belly dance veils http://www.facebook.com/emeralds.belly.dance.veils.etc  On Jun 9, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Julie Tamura wrote: I'm making

Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-09 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
I just got it.. You don't have a side seam either, do you? I think I would divide up the center back gore so that you do have a CB seam to insert a zipper. Sylvia Rognstad Ezzyworld Custom design sewing Theatrical costume design http://www/ezzyworld.com Hand-dyed silk belly dance veils

Re: [h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure

2012-06-09 Thread McHugh Megan
I'm missing something here a skirt with 4 gores would usually have seams at both sides, plus center front and back. So why does the zipper need to jog? However, I agree with not using a back zipper whenever possible because many of us cannot pull them up all the way by ourselves, and it is

[h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency gown from a woven embroidered silk dupion. Looks gorgeous on the outside but the embroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. What would you do to it to save the day? It is supposed to be a wow gown and all I feel like

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread annbwass
Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency gown rom a woven embroidered silk dupion. Looks gorgeous on the outside but the mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. What would you do to it o save the day? It is supposed

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
. Could you back it with a lightweight fusible? Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden aylwe...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( Any helpful hints appreciated - I have

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Katy Bishop
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency gown rom a woven embroidered silk dupion. Looks gorgeous on the outside but the mbroidery is shedding like

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Magge Genie
If fray check doesn't work, drop a dot of glue right on the back of the embroidery to hold it. When it dries, it shouldn't have more problems. Magge/Genie On May 18, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden aylwe...@gmail.com wrote: Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Monica Spence
Regards, Monica -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Katy Bishop Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( Would fray check work? How big are the motifs? Katy

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread albertcat
Do you mean where you cut the fabric it's fraying? Dupioni does that. In actual period gowns, the bodice (at least) is usually flat lined in glazed cotton. The seams are bound in seam binding. Often in a contrasting color. Curved seams are not just clipped to lay flat, they are scalloped

Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :((

2012-05-18 Thread Cin
I've tried that but it bubbled - because the thickness of the threads under the embroidered flowers prevents it from sticking at that point. Since the fusible I/F was too stiff gluey, can you whip stiitch a organza protective layer over the interior to protect it? I've just done this for a

[h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie Scrooge

2012-02-06 Thread Michelle Plumb
Hello, all. I have questions about a beautiful outfit I saw in the 1970 version of the movie “Scrooge”. The lovely Edith Evans portrays the Ghost of Christmas Past, and enters so beautifully dressed! I have to copy it. I know, it's Hollywood (okay, Shepperton), but it's just so lovely I'm

Re: [h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie Scrooge

2012-02-06 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 05:49 PM 2/6/2012, you wrote: Hello, all. I have questions about a beautiful outfit I saw in the 1970 version of the movie Scrooge. The lovely Edith Evans portrays the Ghost of Christmas Past, and enters so beautifully dressed! I have to copy it. I know, it's Hollywood (okay,

Re: [h-cost] Help! Really want to copy an outfit from the movie Scrooge

2012-02-06 Thread Michelle Plumb
Thank you, Joan! That's a big help. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-30 Thread AVCHASE
What my grandmother told me when I was a girl but a little background. she was born in Virginia in 1882. Her Father was an Anglo-Irish earl, who had relinquished his title to become an American citizen, and he became a circuit riding preacher after taking his family to West Virginia and farming

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-30 Thread Marjorie Wilser
Mine was born in Kansas in 1887. Yes on all accounts except for the trousers grin; they were a really conservative family. Her wedding dress had been used to make my dad's first suit (I have the pattern, but not the suit). And her trousseau underwear featured a combination undergarment

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-30 Thread annbwass
...@peoplepc.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sun, Oct 30, 2011 3:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress What my grandmother told me when I was a girl but a little background. she was orn in Virginia in 1882. Her Father was an Anglo-Irish earl, who had

[h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-27 Thread Challe Hudson
My sister is trying to sew something completely outside my area of expertise, but I offered to ask for advice here. She wants an everyday gown for a farm woman to wear (in Piedmont North Carolina, in case that makes a difference). These pages have information she's found useful (though she hasn't

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-27 Thread Marjorie Wilser
Hi Challe, The Past Pattern view you linked to would probably have a continuing button placket in front past the waist to open the waist enough to get it on. The skirt in the other link would probably close in back or on the side, hidden by a pleat. A fold of fabric under the opening would

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-27 Thread Monica Spence
Baird Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 9:51 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress Challe-- The Past Patterns dress would be suitable. The skirt closure on the other pattern can be in any seam. Just include a placket and use hooks and eyes. For work

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-27 Thread Cactus
I have made this pattern up twice.    It is a one piece dress.  Was very pleased with it.  Did fully line the bodice on both.  The front opening goes down into the skirt about 8' or so so you step into the dress.  I think it has pockets which I moved closer to the front of the skirt.  Seems the

Re: [h-cost] help on a c. 1900 rural woman's dress

2011-10-27 Thread Lavolta Press
My parents used to go to rural PA estate auctions a lot. I have a fair number of farm women's clothes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, some from families my parents knew. Most of the jackets and coats, and some of the underclothes, look commercially made. Most of the other

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-22 Thread Katy Bishop
Cool feature, I was going to guess something a little later than Ingres or around the time of Tissot..The chemise she's wearing looked very mid-19th century. Katy On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Elena House exst...@gmail.com wrote: Ooo, turns out Google has a nifty new way to search to do

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-22 Thread otsisto
The chemise/camicia/hemd looks like it could pass for 1500s except for the eyelet embroidery. http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/CARIANISeduction.JPG http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/VenetianLovers.JPG

[h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread humbugfoto1
Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/9/9/330d9013-0b7f-468b-9c3a-b22044bb4e02.jpg It seems to me it's clearly a Victorian or later representation of a Renaissance style, either Italian or German. But I've never seen it before and have no idea where

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread monica spence
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of humbugfo...@att.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 3:15 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] help identifying picture Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/9/9/330d9013-0b7f-468b-9c3a-b2 2044bb4e02.jpg It seems to me it's

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread Hope Greenberg
-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of humbugfo...@att.net Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 3:15 PM To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Subject: [h-cost] help identifying picture Has anybody ever seen this before? http://images.cheezburger.com/imagestore/2010/9/9/330d9013-0b7f-468b-9c3a-b2 2044bb4e02.jpg

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread Rickard, Patty
, 2011 3:35 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture I'd guess it is Victorian or even 20thCentury. The Renaissance era paintings I've seen seemed to always have the sitter looking out at the viewer. Here you don't see her eyes at all. Creepy. Monica Spence

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread otsisto
The style of painting looks to be early 1900s, definitely modern. The clothing style looks to be a blend of German and Italian. The hat is German in style. The hair would be in a caul with this type of hat. The camicia/hemd style is seen both in Germany and Northern Italy in the early Ren. The

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread Elena House
Well, being somewhat familiar with the site in the caption at the bottom of the image, I'd definitely view it with suspicion, as evidenced by this: http://chzhistoriclols.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/funny-pictures-history-disco-duck-what-manner-of-plainchant-be-this.jpg from the same general

Re: [h-cost] help identifying picture

2011-07-18 Thread stilskin
Would love to see the thing up close but it looks like a portrait painted from a photograph as was very popular with infomercials a few years back. Style seems to represent an absent-minded person in a time machine who has visited Renaissance, Victorian and 1830s all on the same day ... days ...

[h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Rebecca
Long ago I remember a website where one could test trim placements on Elizabethan bodice/gown/doublet. Or something like that. However, I'm not finding it in any of my links. Does anyone else remember this, know where it went, or know if it is simply no longer in existence? Thanks! Rebecca

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
It used to be @ Sempstress.org; it doesn't appear to still be there BUT there's a copy of it on wayback.org http://web.archive.org/web/20090419091243/http://www.sempstress.org/tools/dialadress.shtml Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Rebecca lotsofteap...@charter.net wrote: Long ago I

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread WorkroomButtons.com
Is there a direct link to wayback.org?  What a valuable resource!  Although... just looked up obsolete versions of my website via the Sempstress link, and... *cringe* Dede ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Guenievre de Monmarche
The Wayback Machine is a resource from www.archive.org ... Also I think you can ask that things be removed, but it's a bit frustrating for people looking for it later. Jennifer On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:52 PM, WorkroomButtons.com westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote: Is there a direct link to

Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website

2011-06-13 Thread Rebecca
, June 13, 2011 2:26 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] help in finding a website It used to be @ Sempstress.org; it doesn't appear to still be there BUT there's a copy of it on wayback.org http://web.archive.org/web/20090419091243/http://www.sempstress.org/tools/di aladress.shtml

[h-cost] Help identifying 2 fur pieces.

2010-11-03 Thread Michelle Plumb
As suggested, I measured both fur pieces. The lighter one appears to be two critters attached at the center. Each piece measures 19x4. I measured several of the darker ones, and they are all about 16x3, nose to tail-tip. Do any of you reenactors out there have a use for these? I don't do

[h-cost] HELP!

2010-08-19 Thread penny1a
I am having trouble receiving email from h-costume for the past month. Can someone please forward this to Eliza or please send me privately her email address. Email me at penn...@costumegallery.com . Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites http://www.costumegallery.com/

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

2009-08-31 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
- From: Maggie maggi...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 11:56 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier Get on MJ's mailing list. They frequently have very good sales. And yes, the home dec department at any fabric store is frequently

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

2009-08-30 Thread Maggie
the effort with the grid and have the roll of plain paper. Take care and happy Saturday! It's my last two days of freedom before classes start again :( -Justine. -Original Message- From: bphal...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 10:58 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

2009-08-29 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
with the grid and have the roll of plain paper. Take care and happy Saturday! It's my last two days of freedom before classes start again :( -Justine. -Original Message- From: bphal...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 10:58 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

2009-08-27 Thread Viv Watkins
My other goal for today that didn't happen was to try just the photocopying method. Is there any particular number of times that anyone knows of that I should enlarge each scaled down peice? If the pieces are 1/4 scale, would that mean I'd enlarge them 75%? Oy, math definitely isn't my cup of

Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hann,is this your system method?

2009-08-27 Thread Melody Watts
?categoryId=7   I'd like to try this someday. Melody   --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Hanna Zickermann h.zickerm...@gmx.de wrote: From: Hanna Zickermann h.zickerm...@gmx.de Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:16 PM Hi, there´s a method called

Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hann,is this your system method?

2009-08-27 Thread Hanna Zickermann
--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Hanna Zickermann h.zickerm...@gmx.de wrote: From: Hanna Zickermann h.zickerm...@gmx.de Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 2:16 PM Hi, there´s a method called radial projection or something like that. Get

Re: [h-cost] Help!

2009-08-27 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
knows of that I should enlarge each scaled down peice? If the pieces are 1/4 scale, would that mean I'd enlarge them 75%? Well, 75% means 75% of the original size, which would be smaller. 100% is an exact photocopy. So, if you want to make it four times as big as the original, you have to put

Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier

2009-08-27 Thread bphall76
for a pattern. Britta/Vasilisa -Original Message- From: Viv Watkins viv.watk...@virgin.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 2:34 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Enlarging with a photocopier My other goal for today that didn't happen was to try

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-26 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
Message- From: Maggie maggi...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 11:43 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! No matter how you blow up the one period pattern you have, you're still only getting the pattern that was made for that one person

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-26 Thread Penny Roberts
ladybeanofbun...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:53:40 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hi all. Well, I started battling the grid method last night. I started by tracing the pieces onto the 1/4 graph paper and I felt like everything was going great... and I knew exactly

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-26 Thread Kate Pinner
, August 26, 2009 12:54 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hi all. Well, I started battling the grid method last night. I started by tracing the pieces onto the 1/4 graph paper and I felt like everything was going great... and I knew exactly how to dive into the next step, which

[h-cost] Help!

2009-08-26 Thread Julie
Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on using a projector has always intrigued me but the unfortunate thing is that now days people who would or did once use them are less likely to, since the upgraded technology has led many to discard the old projector and

Re: [h-cost] Help!

2009-08-26 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
to have patterns if one has to pretty much redraw each peice!? -Justine:) -Original Message- From: Julie jtkn...@jtknits.cts.com To: h-cost...@indra.com; h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 3:02 pm Subject: [h-cost] Help! Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions

Re: [h-cost] Help!

2009-08-26 Thread Marjorie Wilser
Justine, Hie thy buns to a graphics supply store and see if they have a percentage conversion wheel. It's a wonder. You can take any inch (or pica!) measurement at all, move the outer ring to the desired measurement, and presto, here's your pecentage to enlarge. == Marjorie Wilser

[h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
Hello all, I am in need of some help from an experienced pattern enlarging bustle dress maker! I woud like to throw together my first bustle dress, or make for myself a bustle since my budget is not allowing any new acquirements. At one point before I got very enthusiastic about doing this, as

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Penny Roberts
I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: ladybeanofbun...@aol.com ladybeanofbun...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42:17 AM Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am in need

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
wrote: I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: ladybeanofbun...@aol.com ladybeanofbun...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42:17 AM Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread bphall76
pennyrobert...@yahoo.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 6:01 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: ladybeanofbun...@aol.com

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Kim Baird
-Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of ladybeanofbun...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am in need of some help from an experienced pattern enlarging bustle dress

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Andrew T Trembley
Kim Baird wrote: Justine-- To make enlarging easier, you can buy pattern paper that is printed with a grid. Or it may be sold as interfacing, not paper. It is white with a blue grid. There are two versions of this: Quilter's Grid is usually heat-bond non-woven interfacing material with a

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Maggie
It's also possible to make a transparency of the pattern page, then put it on an overhead projector and project it on to paper or a sheet on the wall. Enlarge it to the actual size you need and trace onto the paper/sheet. I've never actually done this, but if you have access to the tools, it seems

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Kimiko Small
I did that once with a transparency. The only issue is that in some overhead projectors, there is a distortion along the edges, so what may be accurate in the middle, will end up slightly larger at the edges, so you have to keep the image you are drawing in the middle of the field. You can also

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Hanna Zickermann
Hi, there´s a method called radial projection or something like that. Get a rather large copy of the pattern you want to make and have the scale on the copy. Glue the copy on a large sheet of paper. Choose one point in a corner of the pattern piece and draw long lines from there through the

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread ladybeanofbunny1
Baird kba...@cableone.net To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, Aug 25, 2009 10:42 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Justine-- To make enlarging easier, you can buy pattern paper that is printed with a grid. Or it may be sold as interfacing, not paper. It is white with a blue grid

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Rickard, Patty
to start, though. Patty From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Kimiko Small [sstormwa...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:28 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! I did that once

[h-cost] Help

2009-08-25 Thread Cat Devereaux
Grid square or image blow up only gets you so far. The big catch is your body is not not like the body in the pattern... and it's not just a matter of grading to size up. If you're working off a grid pattern made for modern bodies.. grids will work... if you know the original measurements

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Dianne
Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on using a projector has always intrigued me but the unfortunate thing is that now days people who would or did once use them are less likely to, since the upgraded technology has led many to discard the old projector and adopt

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Becky Rautine
in the morning when I clean up the crafts room. Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine From: goo...@comcast.net To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:36:41 -0400 Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Thank you everyone so much for your suggestions. The recommendation on using a projector has always

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

2009-08-25 Thread Maggie
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Kimiko Small [sstormwa...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 4:28 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! I did that once with a transparency. The only

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-15 Thread Penny Ladnier
Many, many thanks to everyone who gave advice about working with organza. I tried the painter's tape method. My son is a painter and all we had in the house was expensive blue tape...it is supposed to stick better. It worked too well. It had leftover bits of tape in the seam that I had to

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-15 Thread Maggie
I've always used Stich 'n' Tear. It's not iron-on. You cut a strip and lay it in the seam and sew through it, then tear away from both sides of the seam. Works lilke a charm. It's especially good when lining velvet with satin, which do not like to play nicely together otherwise. And it's heavy

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-15 Thread Penny Ladnier
MaggiRos, I think this is what was talked about a few years ago that I was looking for as an answer. I am saving your message so I will have it in the future. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-09 Thread Tania Gruning
Silk paper, baste your fabric to silk paper or the paper florist use to put around flowers, that should prevent the creep and should be easy to get off again Tania --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote: From: Land of Oz lando...@netins.net Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-09 Thread Dianne
I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-09 Thread Cin
I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to a

[h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread Penny Ladnier
I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years ago, a tear away stabilizer. Can someone point me to a

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread Land of Oz
BTW, I can't use the iron-on stabilizer because the organza, because the organza has a plastic type glitter on it. The glitter melt when an iron touches it. --- I hope someone can prove me wrong, but I don't think there is a tear-away stabilizer that *isn't* iron on. Can you use

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread cw15147-hcost00
Message From: Land of Oz lando...@netins.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 3:06:14 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer I hope someone can prove me wrong, but I don't think there is a tear-away stabilizer that *isn't* iron

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread Beth Chamberlain
:32 PM Subject: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer I am working on my daughter's prom dress. There is an outer layer of organza that is very slippery. Is there a trick to keep it from sliding all over the sewing machine when stitching? On the list, I recall someone mentioning a few years

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread Kimiko Small
Hi Penny, You can use anything from newspaper (which may get black ink so I usually don't use it anymore), white printer paper or tissue paper to act as a stabilizer while sewing organza. Just cut up strips a few inches wide, and put it on top of the fabric while you sew, and it will tear

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread stilskin
Hmm, this is why all clothing should be made of leather or denim...no need for stabilizers! Still, if you are committed, a few things I have had luck with are: Teflon foot (helps reduce resistance between foot-side and feed-side); Stiff but see-through tissue paper on top and/or underneath;

Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer

2009-05-08 Thread LuAnn Mason
From: stils...@netspace.net.au To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Tear Away Stabilizer Hmm, this is why all clothing should be made of leather or denim...no need for stabilizers! Still, if you are committed, a few things I have had luck with are: Teflon foot (helps

Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion

2009-01-25 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
I believe that Greenberg and Hammer still carry this item. Kathleen -Original Message- From: stils...@netspace.net.au Sent 1/24/2009 2:01:22 AM To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion tux. The notions list one cummerbund assembly (two

[h-cost] help needed to find a notion

2009-01-23 Thread Rebecca Schmitt
I am making Vogue 7488, view C, which is a men's formal vest to wear with a tux. The notions list one cummerbund assembly (two sliders and one buckle). Can anyone tell me what those might be, and where I could find them? Rebecca Schmitt aka Agness Cabot, Guilde of St.

Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion

2009-01-23 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 1/23/2009 3:46:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lotsofteap...@charter.net writes: I am making Vogue 7488, view C, which is a men's formal vest to wear with a tux. The notions list one cummerbund assembly (two sliders and one buckle). Can anyone tell me what those might be,

Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion

2009-01-23 Thread Rebecca Schmitt
[mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Shane Sheridan Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:59 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion You would be looking for these: http://www.bblackandsons.com/store/media/product-images/tuxedo /TX-06.jpg

Re: [h-cost] help needed to find a notion

2009-01-23 Thread stilskin
tux. The notions list one cummerbund assembly (two sliders and one buckle). Can anyone tell me what those might be, and where I could find They are parts of the back belt assembly. Why not grab an old waistcoat from an op shop and cannibalise it? -C.

Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to?

2008-10-17 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
Dans la Tribune des Dames le jour des Drags What event was these hats worn? If I put in Google jour des Drags images come up like equestrian events. Was/Is there an equestrian event called Tribune/ Day of the Drags? I am just guessing...so the French speaking list members, go on...fall

Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to?

2008-10-17 Thread Chiara Francesca
Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:02 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to? Dans la Tribune des Dames le jour des Drags What event was these hats worn? If I put in Google jour des Drags images come up like equestrian

Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to?

2008-10-17 Thread Rickard, Patty
Like the ladies at Ascot. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:02 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to? Dans la

[h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to?

2008-10-16 Thread Penny Ladnier
I have an illustration of three beautiful hats from a 1922 French fashion magazine and the caption is: Dans la Tribune des Dames le jour des Drags What event was these hats worn? If I put in Google jour des Drags images come up like equestrian events. Was/Is there an equestrian event called

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

2008-09-12 Thread otsisto
Harry Mudd wasn't the one in the Trouble with Tribbles, that was Cyrano Jones. Also known as Harcourt Fenton Mudd, Harry Mudd was in the one with the women that took the illegal Venus drug to make them beautiful, Mudd's Women and with the women robots I, Mudd. -Original Message- Ooh!

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume--and even more OT

2008-09-12 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 9/12/2008 2:05:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the one with the women that took the illegal Venus drug to make them beautiful, Mudd's Women and with the women robots I, Mudd. And one of the few bits I remember from my teen years reading movie

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

2008-09-12 Thread Pierre Sandy Pettinger
Cyrano Jones works, too! Sandy At 01:00 AM 9/12/2008, you wrote: Harry Mudd wasn't the one in the Trouble with Tribbles, that was Cyrano Jones. Also known as Harcourt Fenton Mudd, Harry Mudd was in the one with the women that took the illegal Venus drug to make them beautiful, Mudd's Women and

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