[h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery

2006-12-19 Thread Five Rivers Chapmanry
Well, if you're looking for the period 800-1600, certainly I would highly recommend the tome written by Schuette and someone or other (memory fails me) called The Art of Embroidery. You can get it through inter-library loan, although I did so often I finally broke down and spent an entire

Re: [h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery

2006-12-19 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 10:07 19/12/2006, you wrote: Well, if you're looking for the period 800-1600, certainly I would highly recommend the tome written by Schuette and someone or other (memory fails me) called The Art of Embroidery. You can get it through inter-library loan, although I did so often I

re: [h-cost] costume pictures and keeping track of them

2006-12-19 Thread Cin
Thank-you, Jay! Yes I do collect... or rather amass pictures. This sounds really useful! --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] costume pictures and keeping track of them To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;

[h-cost] OT--Fashion Fabrics now ships int'l

2006-12-19 Thread E House
Sorry for the commercial crassness... I know the matter has been discussed here, though, and I'm very excited that the policy has now changed! I just got official permission from the owner to announce that Fashion Fabrics Club will now ship to Canada and western Europe (yay!). The website

Re: [h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery

2006-12-19 Thread Cynthia J Ley
Or you buy a much cheaper, but very useful small book by a former curator of the Museum of London, called Embroiderers which also has information about Opus Anglicorum. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Staniland,%20Kay Suzi Have it. Staniland's great. Think my local library

Re: [h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery/Staniland

2006-12-19 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 15:15 19/12/2006, you wrote: Or you buy a much cheaper, but very useful small book by a former curator of the Museum of London, called Embroiderers which also has information about Opus Anglicorum. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Staniland,%20Kay Suzi Have it. Staniland's

Re: [h-cost] RE: question re: floss silks for embroidery/Staniland

2006-12-19 Thread Cynthia J Ley
She'll be pleased to hear you are a fan - she currently has a broken thumb and is feeling very under the weather! Suzi Major bummer, esp. for someone so into fiber arts! Wish her speedy healing for me. Arlys ___ h-costume mailing list

[h-cost] Even Weave Fabric

2006-12-19 Thread Elisabeth Doornink
My mother has requested even weave fabric for Hardanger Embroidery (a Norwegian form of drawn thread work and counted thread white work embroidery). I haven’t been able to locate any besides the tremendously overpriced stuff at a local Scandinavian shop. This isn’t the cross stitch stuff, but is

Re: [h-cost] Even Weave Fabric

2006-12-19 Thread REBECCA BURCH
Where are you? There is a needlework shop in Cambridge, Ohio where you can get it from the bolt. --- Elisabeth Doornink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mother has requested even weave fabric for Hardanger Embroidery Rebecca Burch Center Valley Farm Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA

RE: [h-cost] Even Weave Fabric

2006-12-19 Thread Elisabeth Doornink
I'm in NW Washington state, so no, that won't work. I wish it would, though! Quia Christus Perpetuo Regnat, Elisabeth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of REBECCA BURCH Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 2:45 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: