For the plain gold ring, go to an antiques shop. Some sell plain gold
bands priced more by weight than by aesthetic or antiquarian value
(so, depending on K, $20-$40 is what I've paid); and in a shop that
carries "old & collectible" as well as "antique" you have a good
chance of finding a w
I'd go super Edward Gorey just for the fun of it. All blacklong
dramatic
veilmaybe a black fur boa-like stole. Black gloves and a large black
umbrella. Be sure to paint some circles under your moist eyes that you
keep
dabbing with that huge black lace hanky. And walk around in a
daze
thanks for everyone for the advice, I'm going to cut out the Butterick
bonnet
(http://store.sewingtoday.com/cgi-bin/butterick/shop.cgi?s.item.B4210=x&TI='4210'&page=1
view B but minus the brim so it will stop where the trim is in the picture)
in paper and see how it looks. If that doesn't work
In a message dated 5/15/2007 5:48:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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I've also got Butterick 4210
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Hat D looks very "Merry Widow" deep mourning bonnet to me. Imagine it all
black with a veil all the way round.
I'd go super Edward Gorey just fo
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Subject: [h-cost] a cheat's late Victorian hat
Hi everyone, A friend is throwing a costume party next month and has decided
the th
At 11:00 14/05/2007, you wrote:
Hi everyone, A friend is throwing a costume party next month and has decided
the theme is 'an Irish wake' so she wants everyone in black or green, so
when the topic of mourning comes up I tend to think Victorian as I already
had plans for a natural form dress I jus
>From Suzi Clarke:
Do you have a thrift shop/charity shop anywhere near, where you could buy a
hat, and alter it to suit?
To use the veil, you could get an old hat, cut off the brim and wire the
bottom of the crown (covering the wire with bias tape) and attach the veil to
that making a sor
Hi everyone, A friend is throwing a costume party next month and has decided
the theme is 'an Irish wake' so she wants everyone in black or green, so
when the topic of mourning comes up I tend to think Victorian as I already
had plans for a natural form dress I just decided to bump this project to
