RE: [h-cost] viking apron dress
Wow, thanks for all the webpages!! And thanks for the info, too! I think I'll try to shape it a little but have loose enough to pull over the head:-)) Zuzana - Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] viking apron dress
Just a heads up. If you follow the first extra info link to http:// www.vikinganswerlady.org/, you will get a rather nasty site that tries to put malware on your computer. I'm on Mac, so it didn't manage to do bad things, but I had to hard close my browser to leave the site. If you know who links to that site, you might want them to update their links. Althea On Jun 9, 2007, at 4:21 PM, otsisto wrote: It would be snug in the chest area. I have an apron dress that is snug in the bust for a wee bit o' support. The weave of the fabric allows some give so that you can pull it over the head. This is similar to the pattern I made. http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/mjc/sca/aprond.html extra info http://www.silverdor.org/viking/vikingad.html http://www.tjurslakter.nl/viking%20apron-dress.pdf http://www.earlyperiod.com/articles/viking-apron.php http://www.vikingagevessels.org/documents/C_%20Viking%20Womens% 20Costume.pdf http://members.aol.com/MtFreehold/Viking_handout_women.pdf I had another site earmarked but can seem to find it. De -Original Message- Hi, a friend of mine has asked me to sew a viking apron dress for her. But the thing that makes me wonder is that she wants it to be fitted, which would most certainly mean a fastening. Now that's the trouble: I've never heard of any viking fastening but of a brooch or something. Do you know something about that? Were all viking dresses so loose that they didn't need any fastening? If not, what would the fastening be? Many thanks, Zuzana ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Althea Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ignorant themselves of the forces of nature and wanting to have company in their ignorance, they don't want people to look into anything; they want us to believe like peasants and not ask the reasons behind things. William of Conches, 12th century ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] viking apron dress
Thank you. I have TVAL site earmarked so I never used it on Vigdis' site. I have notified the webminister of the site of the problem. Here is my earmark for TVAL http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml De -Original Message- Just a heads up. If you follow the first extra info link to http:// www.vikinganswerlady.org/, you will get a rather nasty site that tries to put malware on your computer. I'm on Mac, so it didn't manage to do bad things, but I had to hard close my browser to leave the site. If you know who links to that site, you might want them to update their links. Althea ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] re: current DC exhibits
There's actually one more - the Treasures of American History exhibit at the Air and Space Museum has Jackie Kennedy's inaugural gown, Sandra Day O'Connor's judicial robes, a dress of Mary Todd Lincoln's (I can't remember off the top of my head if that was an inaugural gown, or another), a dress belonging to Margaret Mead (specially made to accomodate her changing dress size every time that she went out on her expeditions), a pair of Marilyn Monroe's gloves (and a pair of Mohammad Ali's boxing gloves), Andrew Jackson's uniform, an outfit of Ray Charles' (gold sequins on black - I suspect they figured the brighter jackets that were on display a year or two ago wouldn't look right in with the other items on display in that area), George Washington's uniform (dress uniform, dating from *after* the American Revolution), a (buffalo?) skin coat belonging to Gen. Custer, a *bunch* of hats dating from the mid 1800s to present-day... a poofy shirt from Seinfeld, Mr. Roger's sweater (one of... reminds me I need to drop the curator a note about that...).. and currently a wedding kimono that belonged to a Japanese immigrant to Hawaii. Hmm... oh, I forgot, the scarecrow costume from the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's red shoes, a *gorgeous* Oscar de la Renta (sp?) gown (can't imagine painting and attaching all those gold covered feathers!)... I think that's it - - I've got *most* of the collection memorized at this point, but I do tend to forget parts. (*g* forgot one of the guns when I listed them to a visitor this morning - had to find him again to tell him it was *four* rather than three... and that pike and sword to round off the weapons on display). I volunteer as a docent with the Museum of American History - currently only working in that exhibit once a month, while the museum's closed for renovation. Yup - I'm in the DC area - ish - also, but closer to Baltimore. I'd love to get together with folks if there's a get-together, but with two kids and other stuff going on, spare time that works with others is rare. One reason I'm always happy to see those who stop by at MDRF when they do :-) -Liz / Elisabeth ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
