[h-cost] est casula samiti palumbini

2013-09-10 Thread snspies
Can anyone please tell me what palumbini means in this phrase? It is a chasuble made of samite ???... Thank you. Nancy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Ifriqiyan textiles question

2013-09-10 Thread snspies
Actually, there are several phrases which seem to incorporate a color adjective or perhaps some sort of cloth treatment with the textile name, but we are having difficulties coming to some concensus about what they mean. May I please ask for your help? For example, Est cappa virgata de seta

Re: [h-cost] est casula samiti palumbini

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Baird
I think it refers tp color, dove gray? -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of snsp...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:09 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com; medtc-disc...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [h-cost] est casula

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

2013-09-10 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On 09/10/2013 12:59 PM, Cin wrote: It's been forever since I asked my seasonal question, so here it is: 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

Re: [h-cost] martha pullen costume books

2013-09-10 Thread annbwass
They are as good as the people she had compiling them--which was different for each museum. If the price is right, they are probably worthwhile enough. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Katy Bishop katybisho...@gmail.com To: h-costume h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2013

[h-cost] martha pullen costume books

2013-09-10 Thread Katy Bishop
Has anyone seen these books (I found them on Hamiltonbook.com): Martha Pullen's Favorite Places Series They cover several Museums costume collections such as Kent State and the V A I am wondering if they are worth buying. Katy -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com

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

2013-09-10 Thread Cin
The heads, Anne, Catherine, Charles the new guy, are wearing: * Most of a c1817 bonnet for the GBACG Tallships event next month. It's a fat stripe silk in cream tan with a soft turnback brim that shouldnt catch too much air when on the bow of the ship. Bonnet will have fat lappets bows that

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

2013-09-10 Thread annbwass
She should be wearing a red Regency-era ballgown that I need to finish by the end of the month--it is in pieces, and I need to finish the bodice and try the skirt for length. It's a new pattern, so I'm not sure how much hem I will have. And, not on my dummy, but also in progress, a turban to

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

2013-09-10 Thread Cin
It's been forever since I asked my seasonal question, so here it is: 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

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

2013-09-10 Thread Emily Gilbert
By any chance, is the ballgown for the JASNA AGM at the end of this month? If so, I'll be there too. I'm not making a new ballgown, but I do want to come up with something new to put in my hair. Emily On 9/10/2013 1:20 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote: She should be wearing a red Regency-era

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

2013-09-10 Thread Margaret Decker
A stack of fabric and the adjusted pattern for an Edwardian outfit. Margaret Decker - Original Message - From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com To: H-costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:59 AM Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? It's

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

2013-09-10 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 9/10/2013 7:37:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, emchantm...@gmail.com writes: is the ballgown for the JASNA AGM at the end of this month? No, not going to make it this year. Maybe 2015, in Louisville, and FOR SURE DC in 2016. I'll be going to the Gadsby's Tavern Road to