Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned silk mill
Thanks Fran for the link. Wonderful photos and the video at the end offers enlargements. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Old Irons
The Vermont Country Store has an old type steam iron , but it doesn't say which brand and also a dry iron-just a heated, smooth surface. Sharon C. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned silk mill
Holy cow--amazing. I actually drive by Lonaconing in western Maryland, on my way to Cumberland or to my cabin in WV. Incredible photographs. Makes me want to know more about the actual manufacturing. Yours in cosutmign, Lisa a On Wed, 23 May 2012 22:05:22 -0700 Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com writes: http://wiseminds.com/thedigitalmirage/?p=201 Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress ___ 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] Brim Stiffening
Leko (HatSupply) has a product. From: R Lloyd Mitchell rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Brim Stiffening There is a product called Stiffy?( used by crafters who do lace figurines). I think it has a plastic ingrediant that may work..? Other wise, try edging the brim with hat wire or 18 guage wire which is whipped on the edge by hand...unless you are adept with a zigzag on your sering machine. Tedious, but sure. ..That may work -Original Message- From: annbw...@aol.com Sent 5/23/2012 6:46:23 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Brim StiffeningIs it felt? You can buy hat sizing that you brush on. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: CC2010Milw cc2010m...@cs.com To: h-costume h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 6:32 pm Subject: [h-cost] Brim Stiffening Hello! I bought a Campaign hat from Janet Wilson Anderson, Alteryears, at CC30. The brim is not as stiff as I would like. I was thinking spray-on starch. Any ideas? Henry W Osier ___ 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-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] Rhinestone accents
Hi all, I get the pronged rhinestones with the X on the back from tutu.com. By the way, they are called Rose Montees. (Pronounces ROZ-ah mon-TEES.) She has a huge selection, and very resaonable prices. Hope this helps, Patty Freelance costumer,stitcher and wardrobe, Chicago In a message dated 5/23/2012 2:48:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, h-costume-requ...@indra.com writes: Send h-costume mailing list submissions to h-costume@mail.indra.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to h-costume-requ...@mail.indra.com You can reach the person managing the list at h-costume-ow...@mail.indra.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of h-costume digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: rhinestone accents (Lynn Downward) 2. Re: rhinestone accents (lauren.wal...@comcast.net) 3. Re: rhinestone accents (lauren.wal...@comcast.net) 4. Re: rhinestone accents (Lynn Downward) 5. Re: rhinestone accents (Roxanne Price) 6. Re: rhinestone accents (Sharon Collier) 7. Re: rhinestone accents (Sharon Collier) 8. Re: rhinestone accents (Lynn Downward) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 11:24:19 -0700 From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents Message-ID: CAHiqaXWZb4Kk6bYE5Lsj6HZjEG79Qh-wn=dykqy5ce1-9bw...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? I have seen that JoAnn Fabrics carries that in the recent past. However, I just looked on their website and I don't see much. Perhaps you can check at some of the large trim companies - Wright, Westrim, Plaid. I know I've seen it on those plastic oval trim bolts on the trims wall. Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The ones with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which you can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least 10 years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong jewels. The prongs tear silk taffeta and I don't like the way they snag onto everything near them. Please share your source for the sew-ins. Please, please. I've got some I used on a costume Thanks, LynnD On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote: I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm not finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery - something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form. I've actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take apart, but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I start looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!) Modern formal dresses often have a fake buckle or something resembling a brooch sewn on the bodice front or back, etc. What do you call these pieces? Having a few more search terms to use might improve my google-fu. Denise Iowa __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 18:51:28 + (UTC) From: lauren.wal...@comcast.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents Message-ID: 2034194664.916367.1337799088717.javamail.r...@sz0090a.westchester.pa.mail.c omcast.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Are you talking about rhinestone appliques? This type of item? http://www.gloryshouse.com/category_106/Rhinestones-Appliques.htm Rhinestone embellishment gets you things like this: http://www.gloryshouse.com/category_185/Rhinestone-Embellishments.htm If that's the ballpark you're looking for, try also bridal appliques and/or bridal trims. Everything shiny is either bridal or dance! Good luck! Lauren - Original Message - From: Land of Oz lando...@netins.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:36:07 PM Subject: [h-cost] rhinestone accents I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm not finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery - something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form. ?I've actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take apart, but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I start looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!) Modern formal dresses often have a fake
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The ones with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which you can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least 10 years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong jewels. someone else sent the link, but yes. Fire Mountain Gems has a lot of different sizes and colors of sew on crystals. Most of the ones I looked at had only 2 holes, though. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
On Wed, 23 May 2012 11:24:19 -0700 Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com wrote: Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? no, not yardage. Pre-assembled motifs. I think the bridal/dance links look promising, but I haven't fully explored yet or looked at prices. thanks Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
I;d also like to apologize to Denise for kind of taking over her question. LynnD not a problem! :) I have decorated riding shirts (modern) using heat-set crystals. Would that work in place of the kind with prongs? When properly heated they seem to have extremely good adhesion. Some people use the glue-on kind instead. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Queen Victoria's private journals
I don't know if there will be much costume-related content in Queen Victoria's private journals, but until June 30th, you can read them for free at http://www.queenvictoriasjournals.org/ Natalie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
On Wed, 23 May 2012 23:51:44 + (UTC) lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote: Oh, yay! I love when I find something! The one problem with the Internet is that you have to find the name of something before you can find the something. exactly! I don't know why it didn't occur to me to add the word applique when I was searching. :) Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
That's funny because it was The Rhinestone Guy who told us that they weren't being made anymore because there wasn't a need for them. But as I said that was 10 years ago or so and things do change. LynnD On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Pierre Sandy Pettinger costu...@radiks.net wrote: www.rhinestoneguy.com also has the rose montees - unfortunately you can't order thru the website, you need to call or email. But we've gotten stuff from him and his prices are pretty good. Sandy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents
These are similar, they have a metal backing--but are a bit thinker seeming than I remember getting, I like the type you're describing too: http://www.dreamtimecreations.com/product/8682/sew-on-rhinestones-in-settings-crystal-round-ss16-380-400-mm-foiled/?gclid=CJHHw-CzmbACFQjf4AodYl0ZWw On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.comwrote: Wow, those embellishments weren't even on my radar. They're lovely. Unfortunately, no. These look like costume pieces when you get up close. The sew-ons I'm talking about had a metal base with grooves formed into the back making an 'x' through which you sewed the rhinestone onto the fabric. This base wrapped around the glass 'stone.' They looked really, really good, very much like the pronged ones do - without the backing forcing itself through the fabric. I haven't seen them in years. I had a costume with hundreds sewn to it (it cost a fortune and weighed a ton) and am now planning to take them all off to reuse elsewhere. I bought them at Berger's Beads or Bohemian Beads in downtown Los Angeles probably 30 years ago - they had millions - and haven't seen them since. LynnD On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:53 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote: Whilst I am playing the busybody, are these the sew-on rhinestones you seek? http://www.firemountaingems.com/shopping.asp?skw=Swarovski-Sew-On - Original Message - From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:24:19 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents Are you looking for rhinestone yardage? I have seen that JoAnn Fabrics carries that in the recent past. However, I just looked on their website and I don't see much. Perhaps you can check at some of the large trim companies - Wright, Westrim, Plaid. I know I've seen it on those plastic oval trim bolts on the trims wall. Are you actually finding the sew-in rhinestones you don't want? The ones with the base attached to the stone and four little holes with which you can sew the whole thing onto your fabric? Where?!? I was told at least 10 years ago that those aren't being made anymore and to use the prong jewels. The prongs tear silk taffeta and I don't like the way they snag onto everything near them. Please share your source for the sew-ins. Please, please. I've got some I used on a costume Thanks, LynnD On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Land of Oz lando...@netins.net wrote: I want to buy some rhinestone elements to sew onto a dress, but I'm not finding what I need. I don't want individual sew-on rhinestones. The closest I can come to what I want is vintage rhinestone jewelery - something that looks a little like a tiara only in necklace form. I've actually been looking at vintage jewelry for something I can take apart, but so far all I've found is too small and/or much too dark unless I start looking at the really expensive pieces. (multiple hundreds!) Modern formal dresses often have a fake buckle or something resembling a brooch sewn on the bodice front or back, etc. What do you call these pieces? Having a few more search terms to use might improve my google-fu. Denise Iowa __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume 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-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 -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.comwww.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Old Irons
The Vermont Country Store steam iron is the Black and Decker Classic. This used to be a great iron. But when I bought one recently, it never got hot enough to iron cotton, turned off constantly even when I was actively moving it, and leaked all over the place. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress On 5/24/2012 12:43 AM, Sharon Collier wrote: The Vermont Country Store has an old type steam iron , but it doesn't say which brand and also a dry iron-just a heated, smooth surface. Sharon C. ___ 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] rhinestone accents
For what it's worth, I glued rhinestones onto my daughter's socks when she was 5 or 6. They lasted through numerous machine washings for a few years, then got passed on to another little girl who also used them a lot. I think the socks failed before the glue did. I used Aleene's Jewel-It Washable Glue. Great stuff! Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Downward Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:20 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] rhinestone accents That's funny because it was The Rhinestone Guy who told us that they weren't being made anymore because there wasn't a need for them. But as I said that was 10 years ago or so and things do change. LynnD On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Pierre Sandy Pettinger costu...@radiks.net wrote: www.rhinestoneguy.com also has the rose montees - unfortunately you can't order thru the website, you need to call or email. But we've gotten stuff from him and his prices are pretty good. Sandy ___ 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] Brim Stiffening
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 8:18 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu wrote: There is a product called Stiffy?( used by crafters who do lace figurines). I think it has a plastic ingrediant that may work..? It's water soluble, so you'd better make sure you don't wear your hat in the rain! I wouldn't risk it... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
