Oh, forgot to say have two cats.
Had cats as a kid too, (along with the budgies, the canary, the rabbits, the
dog, the hamsters, and the fish - surprizingley perhaps, none of the smaller
non-feline animals ever came close to being eaten!).
Debs
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I hope to get a dog when I have more spare time!
P.S. My father hated cats, and wouldn't allow us to have one; all of our
pets
when I was growing up were dogs. Big dogs, like Labradors and
Weimaraners.
But my mother liked all kinds of animals, and so did her second husband.
The
pet they
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 23/05/2006 02:22
On Monday 22 May 2006 3:42 pm, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
[snip]
So, when I joined the SCA, sewing became the way to obtain the
costumes I wanted. I think to this day I like having made something
more
So, when I joined the SCA, sewing became the way to obtain the
costumes I wanted. I think to this day I like having made something
more than I like making it.
I am *so* with you there. That is *exactly* why I sew, and if I could get
exactly what I want without sewing it myself (and could
So, when I joined the SCA, sewing became the way to obtain the
costumes I wanted. I think to this day I like having made something
more than I like making it.
I am *so* with you there. That is *exactly* why I sew, and if I could get
exactly what I want without sewing it myself (and could
- Original Message -
From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: [h-cost] When and how did you start making costume?
In discussion with a couple of friends at the weekend, we fell to talking
about when
In a message dated 5/22/2006 5:13:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Both of them had started very early, making clothes for
themselves and for dolls. And they did it for pleasure!
I first started sewing when I got a Babette (cheap imitation Barbie) in 4th
grade.
- Original Message -
From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 5:12 AM
Subject: [h-cost] When and how did you start making costume?
In discussion with a couple of friends at the weekend, we fell to talking
about when
In a message dated 5/22/2006 5:13:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
we wondered if it
was a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted
amateur, or occasional maker, have cats? All the ones I know do.
Oh, and I have a cat now, but did not always have
Hmm...interesting topic!
My mom used to say that I was trying to make things when I was a toddler. I
know that by the time I was 5 or so, I was only really happy if I was
making, as we called it, or reading. But it wasn't sewing or embroidery
until I was 9 or so. Started embroidery in Girl
I come from a family of sewers. My paternal great-grandmother was a
dressmaker. She literally could copy anything she saw, including most types
of lace. I inherited many of her tools and a ton of handmade lace and lace
samples, which I used on my own wedding dress, and my niece's christening
Wow-- someone else had a Babette doll. Cool.
I started sewing when I inherited my great aunt's sewing machine. No one
else wanted it, but I sure did! I started making clothes for my Babette doll
by hand, and graduated when I got the machine to using the sewing
machine. I found a length of cloth
My story is much like everyone else's. Mom sewed, came from a large farm
family where grandma made everything from the underwear out. I learned
to sew around the time I stopped putting things into my mouth. By 6 or 7
I was making doll clothes and quilts for them. Did home ec and high
school
I hate sewing, though I quite enjoy embroidery and knitting. My Mum hated it
too, and I got little help or encouragement from needlework classes at school.
I used to make clothes for teenage dolls, but they were very crude and
amateurish.
I've made a few garments for myself, but mostly on odd
The magic wand is called a sewing machine (evil grin)
Oh, and coincidentally to the sewing conversation, we wondered if it
was a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted
amateur, or occasional maker, have cats? All the ones I know do.
Ah, yes! They provide quality control,
Oh, and coincidentally to the sewing conversation, we wondered if it
was a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted
amateur, or occasional maker, have cats? All the ones I know do.
Suzi (about to sew the 5th Mary Queen of Scots costume, and putting it off!)
Sadly, I don't have
be.
Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dianne Greg Stucki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: Re: [h-cost] When and how did you start making costume?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 06:53:21 -0400
I started sewing when I was about five. My mother made handkerchiefs for my
father and she would give me one to hem. I remember sitting there trying to
make tiny little stitches, and failing. However, my father was a love and used
them anyhow. Mother had a treadle Singer (we didn't have
In discussion with a couple of friends at the weekend, we fell to
talking
about when we started sewing.
When I first joined the SCA, I made some rudimentary costumes but never
particularly enjoyed it. What I enjoy tremendously is embroidery and
embellishment, which started when I was
I started sewing around age 4, well, actually, that is not entirely
true. I was knitting at age 4. Not my idea, it was Mom actually. She
was pregnant with my baby sister and was exasperated with my energy
level one day and handed me her knitting. Not only did I stop
talking and moving, which
In a message dated 5/22/2006 10:03:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I started making clothes for my Babette doll
I dressed Babette as the Empress Josephine in her coronation gown for a high
school class and she still wears that to this day, 35 years later.
I started sewing when I was 5. My gran sewed clothing and made quilts. I
remember sitting on the floor watching the wheel spin on her treadle sewing
machine. I kept on sewing, making my own halloween costumes. I, too, became
interested in Star Trek and made several costumes for aliens to wear.
I starting hand sewing things when I was pretty young, pretty much taking
fabric scraps from my mother's sewing room and making doll clothes, which
lead to making dolls too because I didn't think I had enough. I didn't
start regular sewing until I was nearly a teenager. What I remember most
: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] When and how did you start making costume?
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 13:25:40 EDT
In a message dated 5/22/2006 10:03:39 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I started making clothes for my Babette doll
I dressed
In a message dated 5/22/2006 11:19:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ended up buying three pairs of slacks to take on a trip last month. I must
get around to making myself some modern clothes one of these days.
But why waste your precious sewing time making
Alexandria Doyle wrote:
...As to costume sewing I regularlly look for garbie dolls, people
who need
costumes, but don't sew for whatever reason. Since they pay for the
fabric,
and sometimes for labor, I get to feed my habit without cost to myself.
*snicker* I love it! Garbie dolls. I'll
At 19:15 22/05/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 5/22/2006 11:19:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ended up buying three pairs of slacks to take on a trip last month. I must
get around to making myself some modern clothes one of these days.
But why waste your
I started sewing when I joined the SCA. Before that, my mother would
make me wonderful Halloween costumes, and I'd help her by sewing the
straight seams on the machine, but that's about it. I never even made
doll clothes, or anything of the kind before. But I LOVED historical
clothing. Ever since
Suzi Clarke wrote:
In discussion with a couple of friends at the weekend, we fell to
talking about when we started sewing.
(snipped)
Oh, and coincidentally to the sewing conversation, we wondered if it was
a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted amateur, or
occasional
I don't remember voluntarily sewing articles as a child. I remember
making a toy rabbit at Brownies, and Binker embroidered mats at primary
school, but I never made clothes for dolls or anything like that. My
mother was a needlework teacher, so I learned the basics, and we had to
do
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In a message dated 5/22/2006 5:13:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
we wondered if it
was a given that costume makers, whether professional, gifted
amateur, or occasional maker, have cats? All the ones I know do.
3. As to my Current
snip
My first serious attempts came my first year in grad school, when I joined
the SCA. Although my first garment was something I now refer to as the
Ostrogothic prom dress (green taffeta bog-style gown), I got better
fairly quickly, since being a history grad student did make me start
I started sewing by age 9 or 10 - I remember begging my mother to let me
take a class at Sears in the summer when I was 12. She made many of our
clothes when I was under age 8 or so. I made all my long dresses for
whatever I needed them for in high school and college, but at that point my
[snip]
I've never had a cat; I keep dwarf hamsters because (apart from being cute)
they can look after themselves for a night or two when I'm away at weekend
events. I hope to get a dog when I have more spare time!
P.S. My father hated cats, and wouldn't allow us to have one; all of our pets
On Monday 22 May 2006 3:42 pm, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
[snip]
So, when I joined the SCA, sewing became the way to obtain the
costumes I wanted. I think to this day I like having made something
more than I like making it.
I am *so* with you there. That is *exactly* why I sew, and if I
When? 1994 or A.S. XXVIII, I was married and I wanted to be Elizabethan and
I did not know how to sew. I priced some gowns in the marketplace, but they
were not authentic enough to please me nor was their price in my range of
life.
I was living in An Tir, in Adiantum. I was approached by a
In about 1948 or 1949. I wanted to be a princess like the pictures in one of
our books. Probably very styalised but thaniks to 4H training the costume
passed mustard.
Margaret
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