1Re: [h-cost] living history questions

2005-09-30 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
Also from a personal viewpoint, I enjoy some people who do first person and interacting with them to some extent. But I have experienced the sort who are overbearing, set on acting and treat other interpretors as extras. (insulting, etc.) If that was going on in the program, I would lose

2RE: [h-cost] living history questions

2005-09-30 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
Always remember that this is a volunteer outfit! Oh, you thought I was getting paid for this job? Only the park rangers get paid at this site. The rest of us are doing it because we want to. ## Great idea! Cull out the rotten apples first! Perhaps there is another historic site near you

[h-cost] Gustavian harvest feast

2005-09-30 Thread Bjarne og Leif Drews
Dear all, I have uploaded some pictures from this last weekends event at the gustavians in Stockholm. It was situated in romantic sourroundings like a small Petite Trianon. Dinner was esquisite and the company as allways very nice. Please use your back button to get back to the index.

Re: [h-cost] Gustavian harvest feast

2005-09-30 Thread Kate M Bunting
What lovely pictures, Bjarne! So sorry to hear about your broken wrist. Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Tambour embroidery

2005-09-30 Thread Nancy Kiel
I'm confused about the beads---my understanding of tambour embroidery is that basically you produce a chain stitch. Where do beads come into the picture? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Gustavian harvest feast

2005-09-30 Thread elena_o_tighearnaigh
Oh *Bjarne!*. I will pray for a swift healing for you!!! And may your embroidery withdrawl symptoms be small... Hugs (careful)! Elena/Gia Dear all, I have uploaded some pictures from this last weekends event at the gustavians in Stockholm. It was situated in romantic sourroundings like

Re: 2RE: [h-cost] living history questions

2005-09-30 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
I hesitate to tell a real newbie what she or he mustn't do, for fear they'll do it. But I guess I can take a picture of the worst of the don't go there garments, for an example of what to avoid. They will do it why - because they have been advised not to, or because they see it and

Re: 2RE: [h-cost] living history questions

2005-09-30 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 11:25 AM 9/30/2005, you wrote: [snip] We do 1901. There is a posture shown in many contemporary illustrations where the bust is pushed forward and the butt is pushed backward, such that a standing woman is bent into an S-shaped curve (think Gibson Girl). I can hardly present this

Re: 2RE: [h-cost] living history questions

2005-09-30 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
We do 1901. There is a posture shown in many contemporary illustrations where the bust is pushed forward and the butt is pushed backward, such that a standing woman is bent into an S-shaped curve (think Gibson Girl). I can hardly present this un-natural, but historically correct, posture