Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2010-12-06 Thread Sid Young
Ours is wearing a 1950's bodice, blue with white polka dots... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Looking for book on Christening gowns

2010-12-06 Thread Sharon Collier
Don't know about the book, but I have my great aunt's christening gown, made in 1886. I could send pictures, if that is what you're interested in. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Hanna Zickermann Sent: Monday, December

[h-cost] Looking for book on Christening gowns

2010-12-06 Thread Hanna Zickermann
Hi there, perhaps one of you can help me - I am looking for a book but canĀ“t remember the proper title. I *think* it was "Baby wears white" or something like that, and the book was an average sized paperback with photos of 19th century Christening gowns and a few patterns of them. Does that

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2010-12-06 Thread Tania Gruning
My dressform is wearing a half finished Lady Grey coat from Colette patterns. Tania ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Fur trims

2010-12-06 Thread Kate Bunting
Mary Piero Carey wrote: >On 12/4/2010 9:39 AM, Kate Bunting wrote: >Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur coats in >charity >shops... >Huh? >Kate, where are you? The 2nd hand stores around here still sell fur >>sometimes& the yard sales& estate sales are rife with th