Its a remnant before hangers when clothes were just hung up.
Silvara
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From: zelda crusher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 8/17/2007 12:18:53 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Modern shirt construction question...
Audrey,
When I was growing up in the Pleistocene,
My grandmother did the dampen and chill method for ironing the cotton
muslin curtains in our house. She made them for every room, including
the mile-a-minute crochet lace to go on them. After she got too old to
do it, my mother took up the tradition. Me, I barely have curtains at
all, and the ones
Hi all!
Later this year I expect to costume a modern play (present time) featuring
cowboys and others.
The characters are:
a real cowboy
a very youthful wannabe cowboy
a dude ranch cowboy
an English professor disguised as a cowboy
a small town barfly
a TV cameraman
and,
a
battery operated small but powerful desk fanAND the batteries fo run it
+
elbow of PVC pipe
+
Styrofoam cooler just big enough for one package of block ice
+
large block of ice
+
one very sharp knife
e-mail me if you need distructions to go along with this parts list
it
Thank you Linda for the Robert Doyle source. I don't think my mother had a
frig when she was growing up. Her mother was very old-fashioned, so I am
curious for her response.
My mother visits us for two months every year. Last year, she taught me how
to starch the 1950s petticoats and
Oh Linda... hmmm... the Lipton factory is your neck of the road. From
Modern Marvels tea episode:
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detailepisodeId=214205
Penny Ladnier,
Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
www.costumelibrary.com
www.costumeclassroom.com
