[h-cost] A Good Woman
Speaking of movies--I went to see A Good Woman last night. For those not familiar with it, it is a re-writing of Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan set in Italy in the 1930s. It is visually stunning--great clothes, and they even figure in the plot! And the screenwriters kept the great Oscar Wilde zingers. Stephen Hunter, the Washington Post critic, likened it to moving around the furniture--the lines are there, but perhaps in different places. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Very OT: Cheat Sheet
This is very off topic but I thought maybe this could save you some time... so that you could do some sewing, chatting on h-costume, or other important things in life. I heard this on the news yesterday. A website has a cheat sheet on how to get a real live human-being on the phone when dialing a frequently called businesses and govt. offices in the U.S. This bypasses most prompts and you really get to speak to a person! Cheat Sheets at Get Human.com : http://www.gethuman.com/us/ Please feel free to pass this URL on to your friends. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. Kathleen - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 10:43 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer -Original Message- From: Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Feb 8, 2006 8:40 PM To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] pinker alert I've been tempted, off and on, to bid on one of those crank models for pinking trimmings (I don't generally like to finish seams that way). That's why I've been reassured to see there's always a good selection on eBay (although I'm sure some of them are rusty and/or dull). What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that really works well for that? Fran Lavolta Press http://.lavoltapress.com Lloyd Mitchell wrote: Thanks Fran, I love the one I got and didn't think of some of the other ways of listing to find one of the same for other people who might like to gain one of these. Kathleen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] pinker alert
Ah alas, these are for paper Only. I have a friend that uses a rotary cutter that comes with a variety of blades for fancy cuts. I bought a wavy rotary cutter to use for 18th c. edging. I haven't used it on a whole outfit but the inital testing worked well. Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net Everything for the Costumer Become the change you want to see in the world. --Ghandi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] re: embroidery dating - more info...
Dear Lorina [much snippage!] Thank you so much for all your help - I have spent a few hours researching orphrey bands and copes and can see how closely these resemble the 15C museum pieces on the web. Wow. I knew they were special but I think, after all, that they are extremely special and definitely museum quality pieces, whether they've been faffed about after construction or not. Only professional restoration houses can undertake such a delicate operation, I am recommending that I do absolutely nothing to them (reluctantly) since they are way beyond the original inquiry, which was just to sew bits of them back up so they could be hung on the wall again... !! I've put my client in touch with professional conservators who are qualified to deal with such amazing pieces and a framer who can put it into a suitable acid-neutral environment behind UV-proof glass. (unless, of course, he decides to donate them to a museum. Since the VA haven't even acknowledged the last thing he sent I have my doubts). How is that you have come to be commissioned to restore these pieces? Ah - the customer also collects antique books and these were part of a collection owned by a late friend of his. His bookbinder (an amazing craftsman) is a friend of mine and when he asked if said bookbinder knew anyone who could carefully sew things together... I've previously done repairs to vestments in church, matching brocade motifs invisibly etc., since charcoal sparks have a fatal attraction for the front of the priest's phelonion (or cape)! Since I'm even worrying about the small repairs to an 1870s bustle outfit I have just bought, there's no way I'd touch these. I'm going to try and sketch them and take more notes though, since they are truly droolsome. When I've done that, I'll be sure to let you all know so you can 'visit' again. Cheers, I'm truly grateful, Katherine A positive attitude may not solve all of your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort - Herm Albright ___ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] pinker alert
I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was used for the decorative parts of a costume. It may have been that they became dull with their first use because there were times the edge was fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut heavy material, kind of gnawed the edge. De -Original Message- Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] pinker alert- fancy sissors
I used the really fancy edged ones on fabric which had been applied to lightweight fusible glue. It made a nice edge and the fusible didn't seem to gum up the blades at all. --- otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have found that the scalloped worked okay on broadcloth and lightweight. It was used for the decorative parts of a costume. It may have been that they became dull with their first use because there were times the edge was fray checked before the cut and so, they did not cut heavy material, kind of gnawed the edge. De -Original Message- Fiskar, I believe, makes a variety of pinking/dagging scissors--a variety of designs. I don't have any, and I've seen them advertised only in art-supply catalogs, so maybe their usefulness is limited to paper. I'm always tempted to try a pair, but I can't decide among wavy-cut, deep pink, deckled-paper-effect, and the more complicated dags...and can't afford to buy them all! Again: maybe no good for fabricHas anybody tried them? --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking
As to the old table-mounted rotary pinking machines, does anybody have one that actually works? I do. Works like a charm, but apparently mine was maintained properly. Carolann Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.genteelarts.com Ladies Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference, March 2-5, 2006 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wife of Bath's headcovering
--- Melanie Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm wondering about the Wife of Bath and what she's got on her head ... Just occurred to me, Laura Hodges would certainly have addressed this in her book on Chaucer and Costume, which has chapters on most or all of the secular pilgrims. (The religious and academic pilgrims are addressed in the sequel, Chaucer and Clothing.) (Melanie, you may have already met Laura at K'zoo, and she'll be there this year too.) --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking
and my 'new' one sure works like new. I was surprised how sharp the cut was.. kathleen - Original Message - From: Carolann Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 7:26 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking As to the old table-mounted rotary pinking machines, does anybody have one that actually works? I do. Works like a charm, but apparently mine was maintained properly. Carolann Schmitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.genteelarts.com Ladies Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference, March 2-5, 2006 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking
Well, have any of you had a problem using someone else's scissors? It is kid of like a lefty using mine, or me using theirs. Some how, using a person's cutting tool is never quite like using one's own. kathleen - Original Message - From: Martha Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: [h-cost] Pink, pinkers, pinking (What I really want though, is a choice of shapes beyond the standard rather shallow zigzag. Has anyone found a modern or historic tool that really works well for that? Fran) I recently bought a lovely reproduction 18th century pinking tool from Dan Brown of Green Man Forge. It was $40. He will resharpen for $10. He can make any shape pinker you want. Here's his web site: http://www.greenmanforge.com/. I wanted to use some pinked edges on my new 18th century patterns for Simplicity. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a cheap alternative that would be readily available. Can't you just imagine people looking at the back of the pattern envelope and seeing that a special-order $40 tool was required! As to the old table-mounted rotary pinking machines, does anybody have one that actually works? Many years ago I was at a huge costume company (now defunct) called Brooks Van Horne. They had several pinking machines and they were a PAIN. They were always dull and full of lint and chewed your seam allowances to heck. Maybe that's because everybody used them and nobody cleaned or sharpened them? Martha ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
