hello all,
I've gotten permission to make my own cap, gown and hood for my
graduation this June. I would like to use the Alcega scholar's robe,
or something similar. Does anyone know of a good source for
patterns? Thank you!
Althea Turner
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Ignorant themselves of the
I've gotten permission to make my own cap, gown and hood for my
graduation this June. I would like to use the Alcega scholar's robe, or
something similar. Does anyone know of a good source for patterns?
Either look into the Janet Arnold 'Patterns of Fashion' covering the
Renaissance, or
Artbooks.com shows it as being available in April, I
believe.
http://artbooks.com/wc.dll?AB~searchquick~cart=0
Maggie
--- Catherine Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think we are going to have a better way of getting
this book. David
Brown
books contacted me because I suggested THEY carry
Hi,
I am thinking about buying a Simplicity pattern for a modern dress
style, but it has been years and years since I used one of theirs
(most of my historic stuff I just fit to myself.) When I was younger,
the patterns were made with so much ease that if I followed the
cutting lines for
Hi,
They still run large.
I always make it one ore two sizes smaller.
Greetings,
Deredere
Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking about buying a Simplicity pattern for a modern dress
style, but it has been years and years since I used one of theirs
(most of my historic stuff I just fit
Lauren Walker wrote:
patterns were made with so much ease that if I followed the cutting
lines for the size suggested by my measurements, the finished product
would be about six inches too big -- the ease must have been about 10
inches! Has anybody got a sense of how these patterns run
In a message dated 2/6/2007 3:18:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
There's often a chart on the envelope with real
measurements for bust and hips, which is useful in determining which
size to cut. I still almost always have to take two inches off the sides
for
In a message dated 2/6/2007 3:04:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Has anybody got a sense of how these patterns
run now?
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Isn't the standard 3 of ease?
Things fit a little tighter now than they did a decade ago.
When I was taught to
Thanks to all. Luckily this thing has a very full skirt, it's only
fitted above the waist, so I only have two measurements to really
worry about. What I found confusing in the past was that the
measurements listed on the back would suggest that I needed the
pattern to be about two sizes
I will gently disagree. I can easily breathe in a garment with only 1 ease, as
my body will adjust as well as the fabric, not that I recommend it. I still
prefer 2-4 for ease in semi-fitted modern garments, and find 6 too big.
And I suggest to use the upper bust measurement for pattern
Thanks, Kimiko. That was part of my worry -- that the shoulder straps
would be falling off me, or far too widely-spaced, or way too long
(that is, that they'd widen into the bodice way too low to be of use
to me) and I'd have a devil of a time refitting everything. That's
why I wanted to
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Lauren Walker wrote:
Thanks, Kimiko. That was part of my worry -- that the shoulder straps would
be falling off me, or far too widely-spaced, or way too long (that is, that
they'd widen into the bodice way too low to be of use to me) and I'd have a
devil of a time
In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:00:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I found confusing in the past was that the
measurements listed on the back would suggest that I needed the
pattern to be about two sizes bigger than my normal dress size, and
then I'd get
If this is the style I am thinking of:
My experience with halter-top-like bodices is that if even a few inches
of skin is exposed at bust level (by a low neckline, and/or bare back),
the bust measurement becomes less meaningful than the length of the
straps, or whatever you want to call the
In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:07:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And I suggest to use the upper bust measurement for pattern fitting, because
us larger gals will have a fitting issue if we try to buy the pattern based
on our full bust size. Companies think that
Hi Ann,
My point is to use the upper bust measurement of the person when looking at
the pattern for the bust size, if one is a larger person and hence probably
larger than a B cup. While the upper bust measurement is not shown on the
charts, using it as the bust measurement gets the upper
Anybody know what an anglaise is? The quote from Woyzeck (written by
Beuchner in 1836) has him talking to a Captain '...if I were a proper
gentleman with a watch and an anglaise '...
Kate
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Comparing to normal dress size may actually be closer to right currently,
since garment makers seem ot be making their clothing bigger and bigger for a
given size. Clothing that would have been a 10 when I was younger is now a 6 or
even a 4.
Patty
From:
Well, I don't have a lot of experience with larger than usual
busts--certainly not my personal problem, and as most of my work was with
college students,
not theirs, either!
A, I had never thought about using the upper bust measurement as the
stated bust measurement--if I ever do run
I have found patterns I use nowadays to be pretty accurate, but maybe
it's just that I am more careful than I used to be. I always check
what the finished measurements on the pattern say and go by those.
Sylrog
On Feb 6, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi,
I am thinking about buying
Does anyone know of a clever tool for measuring the 5/8 all round the
outside? I usually draw it on the cloth with a pencil, but the
measurements get a bit, um, impressionistic on some of the curves.
Lauren M. Walker
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On Feb 6, 2007, at 7:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For machine sewing I just use the guide on the platen. For hand
sewing, yes, I measure as often as needed (very often on curves,
twice or three times on the straight) and connect the dots with pencil.
I'll bet you could take one of those little compasses we used to get
in our pencil boxes,
In a message dated 2/6/2007 4:00:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I found confusing in the past was that the
measurements listed on the back would suggest that I needed the
pattern to be about two sizes bigger than my normal dress size, and
then I'd get the
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Lauren Walker wrote:
Does anyone know of a clever tool for measuring the 5/8 all round the
outside? I usually draw it on the cloth with a pencil, but the
measurements get a bit, um, impressionistic on some of the curves.
Most of my tape measures are 5/8 inches wide. I
I have a double tracing wheel that I run along the edge of the pattern,
and it makes an indent 5/8 away.
Fran
Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Robin Netherton wrote:
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Lauren Walker wrote:
Does anyone know of a clever tool for
You can use a french curve or one of those bendable rulers also.
Monica
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Behalf Of Robin Netherton
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:54 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pattern ease
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007,
The pattern companies changed their specs in the middle 60s.
FWIW--Sizes as we know them are not accurate since there is no real
standard. Most companies have their dress form made to their own specs--
Target. Kmart and JCPenneys have them. Others probably do too. It gets
expensive for the
Something in an English style, or something (an accessory?) associated
especially strongly with the English?
--Sue
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From: Kate Pinner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:08 PM
Subject: [h-cost] anglaise??
Regina said:
I like David Brown Book Company because their marketing director
knows me by
name from all the times I have written him to point out he is an
Agent of
Satan (His duties being largely ceremonial) and a pusher. I've also had
wonderful dealings and gotten great books at prices
If you put a hold on it, he can't renew it, right? So, he'll have to return
it or face HUGE late fees. If your library doesn't charge late fees, drop
him a note saying they do now, it's a new policy, to try and encourage him
to return it. :-)
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Suzanne responds:
... So I'll
have to be quiet and wait 'til the semester ends and he's forced to
return everything -- or until I just can't take it any more and
Recall the book! (Just call me Conan the Librarian.)
grin
Argh! obscure humor!
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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Yeah, but professors get to keep books 'til the end of the academic
year. I'll have to wait 'til mid-May. The Recall feature is for
items that someone reallyreallyreally needs for research; I don't
apply it lightly and I already hit this professor once last semester
for something I
Suzanne wrote:
Yeah, but professors get to keep books 'til the end of the academic
year. I'll have to wait 'til mid-May.
After 8 years of college and 3 universities I never met a professor who
returned anything at the end of the semester. I had to go chasing down
more than one book over
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Suzanne wrote:
I like David Brown Book Company because their marketing director knows
me by name from all the times I have written him to point out he is an
Agent of Satan (His duties being largely ceremonial) and a pusher.
I've also had wonderful dealings and gotten
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 11:24 pm, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
I always give them a month or two with the book and *then* request it.
Tomorrow, I'm going to put in a request for Thor
Ewing's Viking Clothing book. Anybody got any comments on it?
Yes, I do. It's an interesting read. Wisely,
Quoting Catherine Olanich Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 11:24 pm, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
I always give them a month or two with the book and *then* request
it. Tomorrow, I'm going to put in a request for Thor Ewing's
Viking Clothing book. Anybody got any
In a message dated 2/6/2007 9:14:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a double tracing wheel that I run along the edge of the pattern,
and it makes an indent 5/8 away.
*
I do too...and you can adjust it to other measurements as well [like 1/2 or
Maybe contact him and borrow it for a week or so.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Suzanne
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] [OT] borrowers' privileges [was DBBC etc.]
Yeah, but professors
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