When I did a course with Jean, she mentioned the Arnolfini dress - It is
quite a while ago but I am pretty sure she said she made it for a television
programme. I can't remember if she said which programme - sorry.
Best wishes
Viv.
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I have the piece you describe above and the 'sewing' item is nothing like it.
VT Country Store still stocks the hair item.
?My 'racket' is definately a sewing/knitting tool of some kind. It came in a
lot of sewing items; also in the lot is a piece (same plastic) that at first
looks like a baby
Yes - you are correct it was for a TV program/film - she says this too in
her book. What a shame, the poor woman did so many productions (I did find
somewhere where it gave a number) and you can hardly find a reference to her
online!
Thank you all for responding
Sg
On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at
I am thinking by your description that it may be something to do with making
lace but not bobbin lace. Or it could be a pin puller.
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I have the piece you describe above and the 'sewing' item is nothing like
it. VT Country Store still stocks the hair item.
?My 'racket' is
I am, once again, making a Frobisher suit for Ansel to wear at Bristol. This
time I want to approximate the outfit Sir Martin is wearing in the only full
length portrait of him that I have seen. I need some input though on the jerkin
he is wearing. I think that it looks to be made of leather,
The sleeves certainly have wrist openings, but both hands are painted wrist
down, so you can't see them. They're there, I an assure you, on the inside
of the wrist. At the top, they're lightly gathered into the armhole of the
doublet underneath the leather jerkin.
There's a pretty good image
Do you have any ideas on the ruching effect in the cuff area? Is it perhaps
just a long fore arm pushed up?
Rebecca Burch
Center Valley Farm
Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA
The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and
the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer--
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Do you mean this one?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
I wish it was a larger file to see the details better.
It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his
sleeves have a fabric look to them, and may be attached to a doublet of the
If you go to YouTube, there are a lot of videos of various parts of the
film. Maybe you can find the costume you want there.
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On Wednesday 14 April 2010 4:55:21 pm Kimiko Small wrote:
Do you mean this one?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Frobisher_by_Ketel.jpg
I wish it was a larger file to see the details better.
It looks like the jerkin and possibly his breeches are in leather. But his
sleeves
As a knitter historian, I can't see how the second object might be
used. A pic would help.
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On Apr 14, 2010, at 6:33 AM, R Lloyd
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