Hi Linda, further to Mike and Bjarne's comments, I tried a little experiment and found the easiest place to hide a letter 'about my person' was between my shift and corset.
Stevie Davies, 'Unbridled Spirits, Women of the English Revolution:
1640-1660 is a very useful source.
regards
Joy
Hi again Linda,
it is also very easy to suspend a pouch or similar from a belt between
under and outer petticoats.
regards Joy Shillaker
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Linda Walton wrote :
This piece about the 'adventurous women' has excited my curiosity,
so that I'd love to know how they might
have hidden their dispatches. Unfortunately I've no idea what women
were wearing at the time. Would they
have sewn them into a hem? Tucked them into some sort of
Whoops - I got over zealous in deleting and lost the post about which I am
inquiring. Someone in response the Monkey claw buttons subject said they
were weaving buttons on a loom? Can you share more about that?
Thanks,
Saragrace
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Monkey FIST-- No wonder I could not find anything on monkey claw buttons!
Thank you to everyone who responded so thoroughly--I have lots to work with now.
Jane in No VA
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I think that might have been me. I first learned how to make wrapped (woven)
buttons from the Renaissance Tailor web site
http://www.vertetsable.com/demos_buttons.htm but then a very nice lady taught
me her method of making the same kind of button on a loom (saves the hands from
aching and
Thought some of you might be interested. If not for this particular item,
there may be some other goodiesmight have to spend some time here!
Sg
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From: Sheryl Till [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:49 AM
To: Vintage Fabrics
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That was absolutely perfect!! Thank you so much Kenet!!
Kenet Muir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a site for tying a monkey's fist would that
help?
Kenet
http://www.animatedknots.com/monkeysfist/index.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpgWebsite=www.animatedknots.com
--- Jane Pease wrote:
This is from a belly dance list I'm on. Any suggestions for her? I've
already posted never put anything like nail polish on vintage fabric.
Jeanine
^..^
J
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Subject:[costumers_notes] Restoring old fabric
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:01:59
Jeanine Swick wrote:
This is from a belly dance list I'm on. Any suggestions for her? I've
already posted never put anything like nail polish on vintage fabric.
Jeanine
^..^
J
I know you mean well, and I'm not trying to be bitchy, but isn't it just
a little rude to take somebody
Cat Devereaux wrote:
Second season (warning this sounds like a commercial and didn't look up to
see what years it really is): The second season will be even juicier than
the first as we get into the infamous marriage of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn,
the birth of their daughter Elizabeth (who
Amazon.com already has the first season of The Tudors listed as
forthcoming on their site. But no release date or cost has been set. My
local Best Buy carries DVDs of HBO series available on DVD so I will
probably check for it there when it comes out.
I don't get HBO, but what pics I've seen of
Gosh, I do this on a regular basis if I have permission of the person who
wrote the note...maybe I am missing the point; who is supposed to be the
offended person? The recipients or the person who wrote the original note?
Confused in AZ,
Sg
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Thought some of you might be interested. If not for this particular item,
there may be some other goodiesmight have to spend some time here!
Sg
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From: Sheryl Till [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 9:49 AM
To: Vintage Fabrics
Subject:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2007, WickedFrau wrote:
Gosh, I do this on a regular basis if I have permission of the person
who wrote the note...maybe I am missing the point; who is supposed to
be the offended person? The recipients or the person who wrote the
original note?
I wouldn't think there would
The Tudors TV show is yet another example of something that makes me wonder,
Am I the
only one? 19 times out of 20, it doesn't matter how good or how interesting
the costumes
are in a production; I just can't stand to watch it. I haven't seen more
than about 30
seconds of any of the famous
Simplest solution: you are already doing it. Ignore what you do not like,
much like when you were a child and did not want to eat that ... stuff ...
mom and dad kept telling you to eat but your mouth screamed for soap to get
rid of the taste.
If you personally find something so revolting why
Speaking of pictures... Ady, if you see this, are you the one
responsible for the Mistress Hemyngton and Master Carter (I assume
that's him on his knee) picture?
I did a double-take when I saw that, not expecting to see anything from
the Company (then Guild) of St. George / Hengrave Hall
This is an interesting thread, to which I HAVE to add my
comments, useless as they are.
In the late 1930's a certain forward 14 year old tempted
my Dad at the tender age of 8 or so, with Cigarettes
hidden in a pocket in the hem, or higher, of her
petticoat. now I can't imagine that this
I'm one of those who can watch, even if there are glaring inaccuracies. I've
been active in live theatre for many years, and so often, because of budget
constraints, or directorial vision,(I recall especially one show, set
specifically in 1904, where the director wanted the women dressed in 1830's
In a message dated 20/04/2007 04:00:34 GMT Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Gosh, I do this on a regular basis if I have permission of the person who
wrote the note...maybe I am missing the point; who is supposed to be the
offended person? The recipients or the person who wrote
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