First incarnation, then a looong hiatus due to the vicissitudes of
life. . . and finally back again last year.
Currently in motion: fantasy costume for our local Old Spanish Days
celebration. Just a skirt: I own all the ready made blouses I need to
go with it. It's fantasy because the
As for sewing...it is the #1 hobby for women this past year.
This was on the news during the past six months. I don't recall the actual
source. I was just surprised to hear this.
It's not just the cons, it's the battles and other big reenactment
events. I hear people saying they are not
LynnD,
H-needlework was the other group that I joined at the same time as
h-costume. I just remembered that it was 1995 when I joined...my first
costume history course in college. I will forever be grateful to the
h-costume old-timers!
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
Penny said:
If I was tech savvy enough (and I am not), I would develop apps for
costuming. There you go...someone smart enough go for it! Just send me a
thank you card when you are rich! I love apps!
They have great apps for sewing though. Unfortunately they are only for the
iPhone
On 08/08/2011 01:08 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:
So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list? And
what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the newbies have
found it.
I found the H-costume list website by searching the web shortly after I
Teena,
Great-sounding apps! I don't go searching for them, but when somebody
recommends one, that's when I take a look at it.
Try the Famous Books app for pure eye candy. It's the collection of
the Bavarian State Library-- of incunabula! And it's free. Books in
all the ancient languages,
I'm teaching a workshop on how to scale up patterns of original garments that
have been drawn out such as the ones you see from Janet Arnold. I'm trying to
compile a lit of sources for these patterns. Other than the usual suspects of
Janet Arnold and Jean Hunnisette does anyone have
I can't help you get an appt. at the Costume Institute, but I got to
examine two Fortuny gowns, one with sleeves, at the Museum of History
and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle earlier this year and can share my notes
with you. The construction is really interesting.
Contact me off-list and put
How about period sources like La Mode Illustree, Godey's Lady's Book, Harper's
Bazar, etc? Also on ebay you can often find original period magazines with
patterns. :)
Teena
From: Maggie Halberg hhalb94...@aol.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, August 8,
It is for theatrical costumes and has by far the best instructions on
scaling: Patterns for Theatrical Costumes by Katherine Strand Holkeboer. You
can apply her instructions to just about anything. :)
Franchesca
: -Original Message-
: From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-
I joined in 2006, when I was looking for information and assistance making the
first Frobie suit for my son to wear at Bristol. Up to that point he had been
a yeoman and his garb was provided. 2006 was when he became Capt. Frobisher.
I'm not sure, but I think it was recommended to Ansel by
Blanche Payne has scale drawings of patterns. Her History of Costume
book is where I first started back in college. :-)
Norah Waugh's books: Corsets Crinolines, Cut of Men's Clothes and
Cut of Women's Clothes all have scale patterns, too.
Are you looking strictly for drafts taken from
I joined temporarily in about 2003 or so, I'm not sure exactly, when I
was asking for everyone's comments on the vintage phtoo of my
great-grandmother, to help me in reproducing th e dress she wore in
thephoto. Then I dropped out.the volume of mail was just too much
for what I was going
I joined sometime between 2002 and 2003 because I was living in Atlanta at the
time. Does anyone else mark time by where they lived? Gotta love the army!
Anyway, I don't remember where I heard about this list. I just remember that it
had something to do with Robin Netherton. I don't know if she
I'm finding this fascinating - and *extremely* well timed, for me!
I joined the list in... 1997, I think? I believe I found it from a
reference on alt.stagecraft (speaking of changes in social media -
remember usenet?) I was a theatrical costume designer, with an
interest in historic costume.
I
I joined h-costume when it first started. Diana something? The
moderator, advertised it in various venues. One was a now-defunct
vintage clothing majordomo list. I heard about h-costume there and
joined immediately.
H-costume has never had a bad moderator, but Diana did what was
necessary
Hmmm... sometime in the mid 90s, not sure what date as the old files are on my
old computer that died long ago. I actually found the group from a book about
computerized sewing, weaving and embroidery stuff, with a section in the back
on email groups and how the group of people could help other
On 8/8/2011 11:02 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
Blanche Payne has scale drawings of patterns. Her History of Costume
book is where I first started back in college. :-)
Me too, but the scaled diagrams are only in the first edition.
I put scaled diagrams in my books Reconstruction Era Fashions,
What about apps for our PC's?
I remember a thread about organizers for our computers for our stashes as
well as an entire mailing list (or two) on this but I cannot find it now.
Anyone have any PC programs that do all this?
Franchesca
: -Original Message-
: From:
At 11:02 AM 8/8/2011, you wrote:
Two other sources of scaled drawings:
The Workwoman's Guide (reprint of 1838 edition)
Alcega's Tailor's Pattern Book (reprint of 1589 edition)
Joan Jurancich
joa...@surewest.net
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A FG fan club member:? Thanks Fran for your carefully scaled patterns.? I have
used them successfully for myself and for my Costumes in Miniature? The scale
works both ways!
Kathleen
-Original Message-
From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com
Sent 8/8/2011 3:46:49 PM
To: Historical
Thanks Ladies! I'm trying to stick to modern copies of original garments.
Getting stuff out of period sources is outside of the scope of what I want to
cover in this workshop. I only have three hours so I need to use them wisely.
Thanks,
Maggie Halberg
-Original
I have a Mac, on which I use Bento for a simple database program. On Bento, one
can create Templates, and I've created at least one for historical and vintage
patterns that I've shared on the Bento Templates area online.
On 8/8/2011 1:19 PM, Joan Jurancich wrote:
At 11:02 AM 8/8/2011, you wrote:
Two other sources of scaled drawings:
The Workwoman's Guide (reprint of 1838 edition)
Alcega's Tailor's Pattern Book (reprint of 1589 edition)
The drawings in those are not to true mathematical scale, therefore
Tailor's drafting manuals, that is the ones that consist mostly of men's
clothing patterns, fairly often have diagrams at true scale. The women's
magazines and sewing manuals have them far less often. Diagrams telling
readers what the pattern pieces look like and how to assemble them are
I joined sometime last year. The only way I found out about this list, is
from the search result regarding the Gothic Fitted Gown. I've my degree in
Theater, with focus in theatrical costuming. However, I am very interested
in the historical aspect of things - why things were worn as such, how
Oh yes--the drawings of patterns intended to be enlarged with
apportioning scales, such as the ones I put into The Edwardian Modiste,
the Voice of Fashion, Bustle Fashions 1885-1887, and Directoire Revival
Fashions 1888-1889. Those were typically not drawn to any kind of true
scale, presumably
Fran,
I miss the vintage email list. Cat moved f-costume to yahoogroups. I
forgot that it is another email list that is active. You can find it at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion,
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 2:00 PM, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote:
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com
Date: Monday, August 8, 2011, 1:08 AM
So here are the questions...how did
you find the h-costume email list?? And
snip
I joined sometime last year. The only way I found out about this list, is
from the search result regarding the Gothic Fitted Gown.
snip
Much the same timeframe, and reasons for joining - this list comes up when
you're looking for information about Gotic fitted dresses, and so I signed up
Diana was concerned about keeping the list friendly to people making
costumes for all historic eras. She didn't want it to become an
in-group for any especial organization. A lot of the early members were
SCA and she wanted to make sure they didn't turn it into an
SCA-dominated venue.
It IS
I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Bech, Viben. Moden 1840-1890, part of the Danske Dragter series, I don't
remember the dates covered by the other volumes
Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930
Waugh, Norah. The Cut of Men's Clothes: 1600-1900
Brown, Bill. Thoughts on men's shirts
The
Hmmn, looks like I joined by 1997. That's the earliest year of H-cost
saved messages I can find, and I may have joined earlier. Joining H-
costume was one of the first things I did after getting an e-mail
address at work. ;-)
When did Penny compile the directory of H-costume members? I was
Thank you Fran for telling this bit!? When I first began trying to reproduce
costume of historical periods over 40 years ago, none of this theory was
available. I studied the extant pics and mated them with contemporary patterns
that tended the similar pattern shapes to achieve the style and
I have used the patterns for hats a 'smalls' with good success.
Kathleen
-Original Message-
From: Joan Jurancich joa...@surewest.net
Sent 8/8/2011 4:19:12 PM
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Scaled drawings of original garmentsAt 11:02 AM 8/8/2011,
you
snip
It IS very offputting, for a non-SCA member, to join a list for costume
or some other historic interest, and then have to deal with a constant
We are the m'Lord and M'Lady, and everyone else is mundane attitude.
snip
Too true! For a while I was running a mailing list that would
I agree with you on the teeth grinding - about any group, not just SCA - and
think that your generic notation about period and place are perfectly
appropriate for this group.
LynnD
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Rebecca Lucas quokkaqu...@hotmail.comwrote:
snip
It IS very offputting, for a
snip
But the point I was trying to make, was if the list is concerned
about recruiting/retaining new blood, and where everyone has wandered
off to, is it really worth having a 'warning' on the sign-up page that
has apparently outlived it's usefulness? A one-line This list is not
exclusive
We've learned quite a lot through the years, not only to be specific
with the inquiries and information, but also avoiding absolutes:
always and never.
-
But not, alas, typical, a frequently abused term.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
RLloyd, (sorry, not sure of your actual name),
Could the issue with McCann be perhaps she has a longer waistline than
usual? I know that I am _short_waisted; I'm usually allowing less
bodice length for any pattern I'm using. I'm glad to get your comment
about McCann, as I'm about to (early
The Danish National Museum put some patterns online a couple years ago. Even
if you don't read Danish, you can click through the various images to find the
patterns in the small icons in the lower right:
http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=1
And I bet there are people on this
:
: So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email
list?
And
: what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the
newbies
have
: found it.
:
: I found it as one of two costume email lists in 1996 on AOL.
:
: Penny Ladnier, owner
: The Costume
Two books with scaled patterns of dresses from museums by Elizabeth Weiss
Hopper and Ruth Countrymen:
Women's Wear of the 1930's: With Complete Patterns
http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Wear-1930s-Complete-Patterns/
Women's Wear of the 1920's: With Complete Patterns
I visited the link posted and was so proud THAT IS MY DRAWING!! used on the
Margo Anderson Tudor pattern. I like the program and may check it out. I know
it would help keep up with the patterns I already have. Fabric, threads, trim
and buttons all in one place. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Rebecca
Gosh, Carol...my directory is packed away. I compiled the directory
sometime between 1997-1999. I looked on all my master computer backups and
can't find it. It might be backed up on a back-up tape (remember those) or
a floppy disk. I can still use floppy disk on my master computer. For some
Hi Ron,
It has been a long time since you have posted on the list. What are you up
to in Williamsburg?
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
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