In a message dated 4/28/2011 1:27:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
exst...@gmail.com writes:
along with my vintage
sewing pattern collection (though sadly g-ma-in-law was about a foot
shorter and much much thinner than I--sigh).
When and if you want to give away some of your patterns,
If you want to scan in some photos of the vintage buttons,Im pretty
good with identifying glass Czech buttons from pre-Communist, to
Communist, to post-communist, having been to the Czech Rep. twice on
trips for beads and buttons.
And they do sound yummy.
Yours in coustming, LisaA
On Thu, 28
Here is a link to an article Conserving Royal Wedding Dresses:-
http://www.victorianamagazine.com/royalty/Royal_Wedding_Dress.html
It talks about the wedding dresses belonging to Princess Charlotte
(1816), Queen Victoria (1840), Alexandra of Denmark (1863), Princess
Mary of Teck (1893),
Enjoyable indeed; the rest of the site equally so. Enjoyed the cruise.
Thank you!
== Marjorie Wilser
On Apr 28, 2011, at 10:17 AM, Linda Walton wrote:
Here is a link to an article Conserving Royal Wedding Dresses:-
http://www.victorianamagazine.com/royalty/Royal_Wedding_Dress.html
It
A friend has sent me the link to the BBC News item on the exhibition of
royal wedding dresses from the last 200 years:-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13207649
It is an audio slide show, and there are some lovely close up
photographs of the dresses, showing the construction of some, and the
This won't help much but-
I have in my collection:
J P Coats
Clark Company
Coats Clark
White Star Thread Company
Some of the older cotton thread is mercerized boil-fast
I have wooden spools, styrofoam spools (probably 70's), plastic
spools, paper pre-filled sewing machine bobbins (the
This might help:
http://www.fabrics.net/joanthread.asp
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Purple Kat purplkat...@gmail.com wrote:
This won't help much but-
I have in my collection:
J P Coats
Clark Company
Coats Clark
White Star Thread Company
Some of the older cotton thread is
Thank you Linda for the links. Here is the original source of the article:
http://tinyurl.com/6cm6geu it is a press release.
Penny Ladnier...waiting in a NJ hotel for Costume-Con to start Friday.
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An interesting table comparing attire for eight royal weddings for the past
100 years: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12830494 . The table includes the
bridal dress designers.
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
http://www.costumegallery.com/ www.costumegallery.com
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