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

Lia- When I sent you an email offering to help, I got an automatic "out of office" reply. Shcekc your email. Kim -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Hansen, Lia Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 6:18 PM To:

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

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

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

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

- 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

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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

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

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

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

Looks gorgeous on the outside but the mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. 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

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

I've tried that but it bubbled - because the thickness of the threads under the embroidered flowers prevents it from sticking at that point. *Aylwen * On 18 May 2012 20:39, annbw...@aol.com wrote: Looks gorgeous on the outside but the mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside.

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

Would fray check work? How big are the motifs? Katy On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden aylwe...@gmail.comwrote: I've tried that but it bubbled - because the thickness of the threads under the embroidered flowers prevents it from sticking at that point. *Aylwen * On

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

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 :((

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 :((

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 :((

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

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

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

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

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

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

...@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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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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 -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com

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Not quite an answer, but another vote for modern: A few years ago a Ren magazine (Renaissance? This one? http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/backissues/issue16.html) did a photo article on people dressed and in settings approximating rennaissance paintings. I don't recall your image as one of

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, 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

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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

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

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 ...

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/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

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

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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

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, 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

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

- 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

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

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

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?

?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?

--- 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

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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

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!

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!

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!

, 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

Re: [h-cost] Help!

Well... my progress wasn't too great today since I was busy all afternoon doing other things, but I went to Staples first to see if they had projectors while I was there pricing large-format copies and they have two models, both $199. That seems like an awful but it's Staples, office supplies.

Re: [h-cost] Help!

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

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 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

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The way I learned in the sixth grade to enlarge any drawing is to grid it out on the page and then grid out the larger piece of paper according to the desired size--that is, in the case of a pattern illustration, if the illustration as printed is scaled so that 1/4 represents 1, then grid

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

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

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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. You need to overlay your small pattern with a quarter-inch grid, if that is not already done in your source. Then figure out what

Re: [h-cost] HELP!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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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

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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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the days before stabilizers I used tracing paper or tissue paper cut into narrow strips. Depending on how nasty the fabric is you can just put one under the seam (against the feed dogs) or one under and one on top. You can do exactly the same thing with the stabilizer but the paper will tear

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[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

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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?

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?

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

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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

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

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

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

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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

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

So I don't have any ideas, it does not have to be historical, but I don't mind if it is. Help My brain hurts from trying to come up with ideas. I've been seeing everything through a steampunk lens these days, and I've been really digging Firefly, so my first thought was

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume

Why not celebrate the small letter and do Chinese Emperor? Their robes were flowing and gorgeous, and I believe wide-shouldered? (Top of my head without looking at any pictures, so forgive any false memory) Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Sep 11, 2008, at

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How about a kimono with hakama? Looks good on basically any bodyshape and fairly easy to sew Tania --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Stephen Bergdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Stephen Bergdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

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I agree with the idea of keeping it with the Oriental flair.  Could even make a Mongol type coat with different breeches.  The fabric sounds wonderful even if the color is green/yellow silk.  The Asians/Chinese all loved bright colors.   Carletta --- On Thu, 9/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

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Stephen Bergdahl wrote: Help! I have been invited to a Halloween party, and I am trying to figure out what to wear. I have 10 yards of BRIGHT green/yellow silk brocade with a small Chinese letter on it, that I have been wanting to use for year, but it is not period, unless you consisted the

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In a message dated 11/09/2008 19:01:40 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been seeing everything through a steampunk lens these days, and I've been really digging Firefly, so my first thought was Chinese-inspired space pirate. Oh, god, I thought more or less the same

Re: [h-cost] Help with OT Costume try this idea..go a little .......Mongol........

This may work looks simple, it's in the Discontinued Patterns Section :under costumes , http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?page=athumbnail_OOP.cfmStartRow=1category=4 goes up to size 52... or if you haave a good eyes you can just steal teh line art and figure it out yourself...it

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Not necessarily in order of preference: Chinese emperor Mongol emperor Harry Mudd (Star Trek, anyone?) Lord Yu or one of his court - Stargate SG-1 - one of the Goauld Amidala's father (Star Wars) Nicholas Van Rijn (literary space pirate) Note - all either Asian-based or at least Nehru jacket

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Ooh! Ooh! I vote Harry Mudd! Don't forget to have a pocketful of Tribbles! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Help with Alcega was: Re: Spanish gown

I'm very tempted to cut my fabric in strips 56 cm wide, then use the pattern almost as is, once I solve the waist width problem. Any tips? Insight? This is how I have cut mine :) I folded my fabric in half and cut in the fold, which is sort of like cutting 2 single widths of period silk. As

Re: [h-cost] Help with Alcega was: Re: Spanish gown

me. While the Alcega patterns don't show piecing in the front skirt Ah, the pattern with the long pointed sleeves does, though. It's drawn as a cone, and the point has to be taken off and used to complete the bottom side of the front panel. Also the Spanish girl's dress has a back panel

Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes

I agree that 2 looks Scottish. I've never seen Robin Hood portrayed wearing a kilt! Yes. and the man on the right is playing a bagpipe. The crossed swords under his feet make it a sword dance. 7 looked to me more Australian Aborigine than African, with the heavy beards and the body paint.

Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes

I looked at the pictures before reading other people's comments. I agree that 2 looks Scottish. I've never seen Robin Hood portrayed wearing a kilt! The headdresses in 4 reminded me of ancient Cretan art. 7 looked to me more Australian Aborigine than African, with the heavy beards and the

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Penny, I glanced at the lovely ceiling pictures. This is my favorite era. Wow! What a treat to have seen them in real life. I'm going to opine on the America social dances, merely because I run with a crowd of historic dance fans. #18 that cute pink flapper could represent most any of the

Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes

Oh, my. Tastes in art have certainly changed over the last 100 years... ;-) Here's my take on the countries: #1 - ancient Greece; #4 - Aztec; #5 - Bali (Indonesia?); #7 - Aboriginal Australia; #8 - North Africa; #14 - Hungary; #15 - Italy (Sicily?); #17 - Czech or Slovak (or Bohemian,

Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes

My take on the pictures is: 13 is definately Russian, look at his shirt - proto-typical of Russian historical shirts. I have seen sleeveless over pieces like hers on historical documents/ pictures. Most likely worn during the 'hot' summer days. 14 appears to be from the Tartar Mountain region

Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes

*** -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 4/6/2008 7:43 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes My take on the pictures is: 13 is definately Russian, look at his shirt

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