Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
The Wicker Lady is wearing antique 1880's bustle and corset, Yasmine is wearing the Haida blanket-inspired coat that was part of my final project for my sculpture class last spring, the borrowed form that belongs to my daughter is wearing an Elizabethan coat that I'm hemming for a customer, and the wire form is on the front porch waiting to be transformed into something scary for Halloween. The 3 others are stored away waiting for the sewing room to finish its remodel. Carmen On 10/4/2011 1:44 PM, Cin wrote: It's that time of year when the calendar is full of holiday parties, winter balls, gift-making excuses, company dinners, Dickens Fair, theater season, New Years Eve, cocktail parties, and 12th Night. You might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Jewelry Making
Two years ago, I took two classes in jewelry making through our local school system. The classes met one night a week for a month. I had a blast! Your imagination will go wild if you are a creative person. My instructor would let the students go in any direction creative wise. People stop me all the time and ask me where I got my jewelry. The following Christmas, I made jewelry for all the women in my family...they loved it. We went to the store and I let them pick out what beads they wanted in their jewelry set. There is a lot involved in jewelry making and highly recommend someone to teach you the skills. This will save you a lot of money in the long run. Jewelry making is not cheap...your supplies, kit, and tools can run into some money. I got into buying bags of vintage jewelry at estate sales and redesigning them...what a blast. I also learned how to repair a lot of my necklaces. There are bead shows that travel the convention circuit. The shows have a lot of classes...and the sign-up for these fill up quickly. There are also a lot of tutorials at Fire Mountain Gems, http://www.firemountaingems.com/ . You can order their WONDERFUL catalog. If you have a problem understanding how to order from them, shoot me a private email. Their pricing structure is a bit confusing. There are also bead stores. We have one in city that offers jewelry making classes...I know there is one for wire wrapping. I will warn you that some of these stores are very expensive. JoAnn's, Ben Franklins, and Michael's stores, have a nice assortment of beads. Michael's runs sales frequently on them. NOTE: Use coupons...JoAnn's honors Michael's coupons. You might be able to take classes at JoAnn's. They have there monthly classes for your local store online. Have a blast with your new hobby! I loved every minute of my classes. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1975-76 - Prom dresses/formal gowns
Sheridan, I went to prom in 1975. Most of the girls wore mini-skirts or dresses. Most of them wore just a nice dress, nothing really fancy. I suggest that you look on ebay for patterns of this time. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1975-76 - Prom dresses/formal gowns
If you google Prom 1975 and then filter it so that you just see the images, there are tons of prom pictures. :) From: Sheridan shaneandsheri...@sympatico.ca To: 'Historical Costume' h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 3:47 AM Subject: [h-cost] 1975-76 - Prom dresses/formal gowns Does anyone have a good resource of photos of dress styles popular at the time? I have a vague recollection of what my cousins wore to their graduations, but need the visual reminders - I've managed to block most of the fashions of the 70's out of my mind. :0) Sheridan P ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I no longer have a dressmaker dummy, but I have wig hat stands and mannequin heads everywhere in my office. All their hats change every couple of months. Three have modern wideband hats...LOL, one of these hats I just spotted in the film Secretariat. Another hat is a late 1920s suede cloche hat (my prize!). One more is an adorable late 1950s/early 1960s white straw hat with a rolled brim and pleated black tulle sitting on the brim. My grand-daughter loves it to death! Behind my desk, are three hats residing on top of a shelving unit. 1. A 1930s cloche hat covered with olive green feathers and a peach band. 2. Wide brimmed Briton hat with a foundation of red felt on top, the lower brim is black curly wool. 3. Another Briton hat of the same style of black velvet. I am not sure of the dates of #2 or #3. Tuesday, on eBay I won a 1930s vintage mannequin head with wonderful features. I am so excited to go into my VERY large vintage hat collection and pick out the perfect 1930s hat for her! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
I believe we are being hit by a couple of spammers. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
Or regulars have had their emails compromised. Frau Anna Bleucher Gewebe Herrin Das Nachtjager Fahnlein Gratias vestras pedicate, aureum nobis date. http://www.wyvernproductions.com/landsknecht/ On 10/5/2011 5:41 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote: I believe we are being hit by a couple of spammers. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
chuckle Well, if its an archaeological dig that you're wanting... hmmm...on top... my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances need work new black pants for shortening old black tans striped pants for waist elastic deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip to Greece to be disasembled cut down 2 sizes - without disturbing the braid! a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear Hubby spotted in a second hand shop INSISTED I must buy if it fit, that's part of some costume, I know it, and you'll never find anything like it when you need it despite my policy of NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit! and his policy of No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a while!. So, why do I need a costume piece I have NO glimmer of an inspiration for? To go to the bottom of an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we won't be going to for at least 5 years? sigh and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last Halloween, whose cuff buttons never got done when my buttonhole feature revolted. (Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry room count? They are the almost completed summer stash reduction project. How about the basket full of clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a grocery store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds and Pounds of it.! And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room floor this last week!!! Back to my mending! Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 1975-76 - Prom dresses/formal gowns
Go to the libraray scroll through the microfilm of the local paper to look at the ads in the spring. Lotsa prom dress pics they'll be what was locally available. If the library kept their issues of Seventeen, you can get a handle on what the fashion industry was pushing. Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 70s prom dresses
Oh, yeah, and ask if the library has the old high school yearbooks - sometines there are crowd scenes from the prom, and the queen her court will almost certainly be pictured. Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
This is a plague on all mailing lists I'm on. Please don't be too quick to ban people who have the misfortune of having their email account hacked. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Frau Bleucher bleuc...@wyvernproductions.com wrote: Or regulars have had their emails compromised. On 10/5/2011 5:41 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote: I believe we are being hit by a couple of spammers. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
I'm on a small List that isn't listed anywhere except where we choose it to be (very limited exposure). It has remained spam-free for years. By letting Yahoo list a list, it automagically inherits a certain amount of spam. == Marjorie Wilser =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement. --MW http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Oct 5, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote: This is a plague on all mailing lists I'm on. Please don't be too quick to ban people who have the misfortune of having their email account hacked. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Frau Bleucher bleuc...@wyvernproductions.com wrote: Or regulars have had their emails compromised. On 10/5/2011 5:41 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote: I believe we are being hit by a couple of spammers. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Nothing historical. Just a Red Riding Hood cape-like thing--not quite a cape because it's basically a very full sleeveless body with a pair of quarter-circle wings draped over the places where the sleeves would normally be. With a hood. OK, maybe not really nothing historical, since I've just noticed my old T-tunic underneath. It's not particularly historical either, being made of a rather obvious synthetic blend and with rather uneven stitches (hey, what can I say? It was my _first_ tunic). But at least I _pretended_ it was historical when I made it ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote: I'm on a small List that isn't listed anywhere except where we choose it to be (very limited exposure). It has remained spam-free for years. By letting Yahoo list a list, it automagically inherits a certain amount of spam. But this was not spam. This was obviously the case of a legitimate person getting his/her account hacked. This has been happening all over the Internet for a few months now. The only way to prevent this is to put *everyone* on moderation *all the time*, which is not a viable solution for the list admins. We got a similar message on our restricted local SCA group list, you know, the one we only let people we know personally on? It's not spam in the traditional sense. This is actually coming from the account of a real person, who has no idea his or her account is being used for this purpose. The solution? Well... there is not one definitive answer, but please use complex passwords, change them often, and refrain from clicking on suspicious links. And, by the way, h-costume is with indra, not Yahoo. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
On 10/5/2011 10:51 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote: I'm on a small List that isn't listed anywhere except where we choose it to be (very limited exposure). It has remained spam-free for years. By letting Yahoo list a list, it automagically inherits a certain amount of spam. Every closed list that I moderate on yahoo has been hit with spam this year by folks having their email accounts hacked -- and they've not all been yahoo addresses either. It can happen in the best of families. Susan -- Susan Farmer sfar...@goldsword.com Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
Folks, These days it does not take a spammer gaining control of your email account. Just clicking on the wrong thing can cause a malicious program to infiltrate your account and snatch your address book. The solution: be careful what you click. Now, we all recognize spam when we see it (at least, I hope we do). Just DELETE and let's get back to our regularly scheduled costume conversation. Claudine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
If you have any Amish or Mennonite communities nearby you are in luck. I get 10 pound sacks of canning (non-iodized) salt from the local Mennonite bulk store. This is also where I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the holiday pommanders that I make every Christmas. Much cheaper than all those little bottles from the grocery. 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-- --- On Wed, 10/5/11, Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info wrote: From: Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 9:43 AM chuckle Well, if its an archaeological dig that you're wanting... hmmm...on top... my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances need work new black pants for shortening old black tans striped pants for waist elastic deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip to Greece to be disasembled cut down 2 sizes - without disturbing the braid! a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear Hubby spotted in a second hand shop INSISTED I must buy if it fit, that's part of some costume, I know it, and you'll never find anything like it when you need it despite my policy of NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit! and his policy of No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a while!. So, why do I need a costume piece I have NO glimmer of an inspiration for? To go to the bottom of an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we won't be going to for at least 5 years? sigh and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last Halloween, whose cuff buttons never got done when my buttonhole feature revolted. (Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry room count? They are the almost completed summer stash reduction project. How about the basket full of clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a grocery store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds and Pounds of it.! And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room floor this last week!!! Back to my mending! Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 70's prom dresses
LOL. I attended in 1973. I can send you a picture of my date and I in all our splendor. Julie in Ramona ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Thanks all! I relaunch this thread whenever I need just a bit of a push for the next project or for the restart on a less inspired project, like a repair. Adonis, while waiting for the last bit of varnish to go on the baseboards floors in the sewing room, is shoved into a corner of the LR. He's languishing among some boxes with 3 hats on his neck-stub. Also in the LR, Euphrosnia is tragically mismatched wearing an black silk taffeta Elizabethan skirt (needs a hem) and the bodice to a burgundy Victorian gown, being repaired. Meanwhile at the sewing machine is a replacement waistband for a Dickens Faire dress. The 3 heads are in a box. Repairs remodelling happens! The year of no new projects, only finishing fixing continues. This was my costume New Years Resolution this year. The only new projects I've allowed myself are those made from scraps that are already in the house. (Really, it has to be a scrap, not just something in the stash.) It's been hard, but I've been very successful in getting some projects, including a few that languished 3 years, 4 years or more. In the spirit of true confessions, I did have one bit of backsliding... the black silk taffeta listed above. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Paula Praxis praxis_...@hotmail.com wrote: Everytime this thread comes up you guys blow me away with your talent, creativity and diversity. My girls are neked right now but I am working on Regency style frock coats shirts for Pride Predujice Paula S. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] checking in for the first time, hope I do this right
I hope I'm doing this right. I've been lurking on this list for about 10 years or so but never posted. I'm just trying to figure out how. This is my favorite list. I don't costume much these days but I sew and hope to costume again. Tanya ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME
Sewsew!!needle needle! Hear hear!! -Original Message- Date: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 12:07:24 pm To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com From: cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] SPAMMERS ON HCOSTUME Folks, These days it does not take a spammer gaining control of your email account. Just clicking on the wrong thing can cause a malicious program to infiltrate your account and snatch your address book. The solution: be careful what you click. Now, we all recognize spam when we see it (at least, I hope we do). Just DELETE and let's get back to our regularly scheduled costume conversation. Claudine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Mine is wearing my wedding dress from '91. I've been losing so much weight recently that I need to make a whole new wardrobe of costumes - nothing fits any more. So for our upcoming Russian Ark Ball I may just wear the wedding dress! Cheers, Aylwen Sent from my iPhone On 05/10/2011, at 7:44 AM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: It's that time of year when the calendar is full of holiday parties, winter balls, gift-making excuses, company dinners, Dickens Fair, theater season, New Years Eve, cocktail parties, and 12th Night. You might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 70's prom dresses
Yearbooks might, or might not, do any good. When the girls' yearbook photos were taken at my high school, they merely draped our busts with a piece of velvet; we did not wear our prom gowns or anything like that. -- Cathy Raymond ca...@thyrsus.com Beware how you take away hope from another human being. --Oliver Wendell Holmes ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] checking in for the first time, hope I do this right
At 12:15 PM 10/5/2011, you wrote: I hope I'm doing this right. I've been lurking on this list for about 10 years or so but never posted. I'm just trying to figure out how. This is my favorite list. I don't costume much these days but I sew and hope to costume again. Tanya Hi, Tanya, Welcome to the discussions. I haven't been posting very much lately, but this list is a great learning resource on a wide variety of subjects. Feel free to post if anything interests you or if you have a question. Joan Jurancich joa...@surewest.net ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Today, my dummy was wearing a finished SCA tunic for a client. It is now in the wash to remove the marks I made all over it. Who knew that simple rectangles could be so annoying at the seams. I've recently finished my middle class Elizabethans (almost all from stash fabrics), although there are accessories that need to be made up by 12th Night. I'm pondering working on part of those tonight, like redoing my Italianate smock to shorten the sleeves. So right now, poor Bessie Blunt is rather naked. Next projects will be the kids Halloween outfits. Relle wants to be Twilight Princess, her brother wants to be Link - not sure which version of Link, but he's got a week to figure it out as I start those after I get back from a local War. Kimiko Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com Your focus determines your reality ~ Master Qui-Gon Jinn On Oct 4, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Cin wrote: So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Need help with faux leather color
On 10/4/2011 6:48 PM, Ulrika O'Brien wrote: Robin wrote: I picked up a pair of reddish-brown fashion boots at a resale shop. ... In any case, I'd really like to wear these, but not while their color is mismatched. So, I need a way to either lighten one, or darken the other, or color them both to match. They don't take shoe polish, and I doubt they'd take leather dye... Well-stocked automobile supply stores at least used to carry specialized spray paint intended for changing the color of vinyl car seats, so, designed to stick to faux leather from the get go. The range of colors was typically limited, but I would expect that brown would be one of the possible options. I'm guessing that online auto-supply specialists may be your best bet now. Wow! I never would have thought of that, and it sounds right on target. Right now I'm trying to fade one in the back yard, but if I don't see a change over a few days, I'll start looking for this pain. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 70's prom dresses
There are usually photos of the events through the year, which includes the proms and any other dances. My yearbook would definitely work as a source like that. The formal portraits for seniors did have the draped velvet, but there were plenty of other photos in the book. -Carol On Oct 5, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: Yearbooks might, or might not, do any good. When the girls' yearbook photos were taken at my high school, they merely draped our busts with a piece of velvet; we did not wear our prom gowns or anything like that. -- Cathy Raymond ca...@thyrsus.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Spices--probably OT
I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the oliday pommanders You can also get inexpensive bulk spices at Indian stores--we buy our cloves for pomanders this way. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: REBECCA BURCH ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 12:30 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? If you have any Amish or Mennonite communities nearby you are in luck. I get 10 ound sacks of canning (non-iodized) salt from the local Mennonite bulk store. his is also where I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the oliday pommanders that I make every Christmas. Much cheaper than all those ittle bottles from the grocery. Rebecca Burch enter Valley Farm uncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and he brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- -- On Wed, 10/5/11, Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info wrote: From: Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 9:43 AM chuckle Well, if its an archaeological dig that you're wanting... hmmm...on top... my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances need work new black pants for shortening old black tans striped pants for waist elastic deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip to Greece to be disasembled cut down 2 sizes - without disturbing the braid! a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear Hubby spotted in a second hand shop INSISTED I must buy if it fit, that's part of some costume, I know it, and you'll never find anything like it when you need it despite my policy of NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit! and his policy of No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a while!. So, why do I need a costume piece I have NO glimmer of an inspiration for? To go to the bottom of an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we won't be going to for at least 5 years? sigh and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last Halloween, whose cuff buttons never got done when my buttonhole feature revolted. (Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry room count? They are the almost completed summer stash reduction project. How about the basket full of clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a grocery store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds and Pounds of it.! And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room floor this last week!!! Back to my mending! Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
(Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) His name was Walter Hunt. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info To: h-costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 9:45 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? chuckle Well, if its an archaeological dig that you're wanting... mmm...on top... my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances need work new black pants for shortening old black tans striped pants for waist elastic deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip to Greece to be isasembled cut down 2 sizes - without disturbing the braid! a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear Hubby spotted in second hand shop INSISTED I must buy if it fit, that's part of some ostume, I know it, and you'll never find anything like it when you need t despite my policy of NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit! and his policy f No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a while!. So, why o I need a costume piece I have NO glimmer of an inspiration for? To o to the bottom of an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we on't be going to for at least 5 years? sigh and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last Halloween, hose cuff buttons never got done when my buttonhole feature evolted. (Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry room count? hey are the almost completed summer stash reduction project. How about he basket full of clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a rocery store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds and Pounds f it.! And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room floor this ast week!!! Back to my mending! Mary Piero Carey __ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Spices--probably OT
What I wouldn't give to have an Indian market around here! I keep a list of the things I can't get at the Mennonite store and every six months or so when someone has to go into Columbus (90 min away) we stock up on whaever Asian and Middle Eastern supplies we need. Right now hubby is jonesing for hummus, but I'm out of tahini. It will be a while, (poor Baby) as nobody has a current reason to make the trip. Ah well, there are compensations to living out in the country. 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-- --- On Wed, 10/5/11, annbw...@aol.com annbw...@aol.com wrote: From: annbw...@aol.com annbw...@aol.com Subject: [h-cost] Spices--probably OT To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 10:21 PM I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the oliday pommanders You can also get inexpensive bulk spices at Indian stores--we buy our cloves for pomanders this way. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: REBECCA BURCH ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 12:30 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? If you have any Amish or Mennonite communities nearby you are in luck. I get 10 ound sacks of canning (non-iodized) salt from the local Mennonite bulk store. his is also where I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the oliday pommanders that I make every Christmas. Much cheaper than all those ittle bottles from the grocery. Rebecca Burch enter Valley Farm uncan Falls, Ohio, USA The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds and he brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- -- On Wed, 10/5/11, Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info wrote: From: Mary + Doug Piero Carey mary.d...@pierocarey.info Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? To: h-cost...@indra.com Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011, 9:43 AM chuckle Well, if its an archaeological dig that you're wanting... hmmm...on top... my green resist dye dashiki whose fraying seam allowances need work new black pants for shortening old black tans striped pants for waist elastic deep red shirt with loads of braid from a friend's trip to Greece to be disasembled cut down 2 sizes - without disturbing the braid! a VERY odd black leatherette cropped jacket which Dear Hubby spotted in a second hand shop INSISTED I must buy if it fit, that's part of some costume, I know it, and you'll never find anything like it when you need it despite my policy of NO NEW PROJECTS! Tanjd@mmit! and his policy of No conventions, I want to do other vacations for a while!. So, why do I need a costume piece I have NO glimmer of an inspiration for? To go to the bottom of an at least 15 outfit list, for destinations that we won't be going to for at least 5 years? sigh and finally, Dear Hubby's pirate costume shirt from last Halloween, whose cuff buttons never got done when my buttonhole feature revolted. (Praise the holy name of the saint who invented safety pins!) Do the dozen knitted scarves in the basket in the laundry room count? They are the almost completed summer stash reduction project. How about the basket full of clothes awaiting their dyebath? I gotta find a grocery store with NONiodized salt for the dyebath. Pounds and Pounds of it.! And I have cleared at least 1 square meter of sewing room floor this last week!!! Back to my mending! Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Spices--probably OT
I've been getting good bulk spices and seeds from Amazon.com (Grocery), mostly from third-party (Marketplace) sellers. Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress On 10/5/2011 9:16 PM, REBECCA BURCH wrote: What I wouldn't give to have an Indian market around here! I keep a list of the things I can't get at the Mennonite store and every six months or so when someone has to go into Columbus (90 min away) we stock up on whaever Asian and Middle Eastern supplies we need. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Fwd: Textiles Offers
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