[h-cost] Link to list of sewing blogs

I just ran across this huge list of sewing blogs. I have no idea whether any of them will be useful to h-costume members, but thought I might as well post the link: http://www.suzical.co.uk/sewing-blogs.html Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com

[h-cost] Setting color question

This has probably been addressed here before, but I don't remember the advice (or it was before I joined). I have some dark red linen that I would like to use, but I want to wash it first. My local fabric store usually carries a product called Retayne but they have been out of it for a

Re: [h-cost] Setting color question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This has probably been addressed here before, but I don't remember the advice (or it was before I joined). I have some dark red linen that I would like to use, but I want to wash it first. My local fabric store usually carries a product called Retayne but they

Re: [h-cost] Setting color question

In a message dated 8/26/2008 4:18:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Someone at the fabric store suggested white vinegar, but *** It depends of what the dye was. Procian dyes, like the kind you get from Dharma Trading Co, are fixed with soda

Re: [h-cost] Setting color question

At 01:17 PM 8/26/2008, you wrote: This has probably been addressed here before, but I don't remember the advice (or it was before I joined). I have some dark red linen that I would like to use, but I want to wash it first. My local fabric store usually carries a product called Retayne but

Re: [h-cost] Setting color question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have some dark red linen that I would like to use, but I want to wash it first. My local fabric store usually carries a product called Retayne but they have been out of it for a while. It's a color fixative for cotton fabrics according to the label and is used in

[h-cost] fabric store closing

I have bad news (possibly) for those in the Boston area. I just heard from my sister-in-law (who works there) that the Fabric Place in Woburn will be closing shortly. Don't know yet if it is the whole chain or just that store, but they closed the store in CT a year and a half (or more) ago. It

Re: [h-cost] fabric store closing

The Connecticut store closed on quite short notice; I found out when I went in for a yard of plain china silk. No one now regularly carries china silk in the central Connecticut area. :( Good thing Osgood's isn't too far away. Ann in CT --- On Tue, 8/26/08, Katy Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[h-cost] Goofy costume patterns

from *Khaliah Ali* http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?crit=1065id=1089StartRow=1 They really are pretty awful, but who knows, some parts may be adaptable. And hey, at least they come in plus sizes, for a change! MaggiRos -- Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 ISBN

Re: [h-cost] Goofy costume patterns

I honestly think that was the intention. ;) They are recycled costume patterns with new covers. ♫ Chiara Francesca -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maggie Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:13 PM To: Historical Costume Subject:

Re: [h-cost] Goofy costume patterns

I have taken a bodice with princess seams like those pirate and gypsy patterns (basically the same pattern as far as I can see) and turned it into a decent 16th century bodice (this page gives rough instructions on how I did it http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/Tudor/SiL/Fixing_SiL.html), so for a