Re: [h-cost] folks in London ok??

Hi, I hope also everybody we know are safe. It is really scary. They also told Denmark to keep out of the war, so i guess Copenhagen could be hit next time, i use the subway every day to my work. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical

Re: [h-cost] new book

Yes this is the one i ment, excactly. Thanks Bjarne Bjarne, could the large book...from Colonia Williamsburg be What Clothes Reveal by Linda Baumgarten? -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what if the universe is a pointless mass of hydrogen refuse powered by entropy. I'm spreading

Re: [h-cost] Re: Future ware(gloves)

Hi, I think perhaps one of the reasons men dont want to stand out in fashion is because they are afraid that it would give them a gayish image. This is one of the major reasons today i think. 50 years ago it was not the case i think because then gay people still lived in their closets. Back in

Re: [h-cost] Re: bjarne

Hi Joannah, Interresting thoaght, but i was a little confused because of the headder in the post. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Joannah Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: bjarne

Re: [h-cost] Good News

Hi Steven, Congratulations with the lottery, gosh what a treat! I couldnt resist in notice your line with Violet Bengaline for a suit. What is Bengaline, havent got a clue? Bjarne - Original Message - From: Stephen Bergdahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED];

[h-cost] ebay

Hi, Thanks for all your responses, well i think that many of you are right, i should be cautious. I have desided to ask him if he will make a package of the bundles i want and make it so that i can bit on this package at ebay. If he dont want, well then i wont buy. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne

Re: [h-cost] Bustle pictures

Hi Deredere, Congratulations with your bustle dress, even it is not finished yeat. What a lovely dress, and love the embroidered corset. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:43 PM

Re: [h-cost] Re: bengaline

Hi, As i have told you before i was so lucky to get some real silk ribbed fabrics in London some years ago. It is still not finished, but it is the suit i embroider with silk ribbon. I baught every yard they had. I dont know why, but originally they were 140 cm wide, but they had cut them in

Re: [h-cost] bodice fit question

You probably have seen this but just in case not, http://members.fortunecity.com/cadieuxx/florentine.html she has a contact link. Hope this helps, De Hi Deredere, This is fabulous work she has done on her costumes, gosh i drolled of her renaissance dresses. Thanks for sharing the link

Re: [h-cost] Handkerchief Linen

Hi Wendi, I dont know what you mean with Pros and Cons is, but i have imported the most expensive and lovely handkerchief linen from Rotterdam. I made my 18th century gentlemans shirt of it, and it is very very lovely to work with, irons well, washes well, and alas very very expensive. Also my

[h-cost] blood stains linens

Hi, I have tryed the tricks with your spit, it only works when the blood is fresh, and for the salt it is the same. The blodstain i got from the moskito wont come away, tryed many things. I discovered the stain, next time i washed it, and then it was two late. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews

Re: [h-cost] RE: blood stains linens

: Marc Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 7:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] RE: blood stains linens From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I have tryed the tricks with your spit, it only works when the blood is fresh, and for the salt it is the same

[h-cost] German Headdress

Hi, Could it be that the hair is sat in this way as you see in an italian renaissance picture? http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/research/15thdiary/images/back.jpg And the hat/ headdress is stretched out over this hairshape? Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk

Re: [h-cost] For those who like Dangerous Liasions

Dear Fran, Thanks for this wonderfull news. I did watch this movie on BBC some years back, but never recorded it. It was as usual from BBC very elegantly costumes and i loved it. This reminds me also of another play i once watched from BBC way back. It was a play wich took place in 1680ies and

Re: [h-cost] Norse clothing embellishment

Hi, No embellishment, just clothing for warmth Bjarne - Original Message - From: Cynthia J Ley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] Norse clothing embellishment Greetings all. I need some help. I

[h-cost] beautifull reproduktions of silks and calicoes

Hi, I just wanted to share this wonderfull site with you. Prices are shameless expensive, and i will never have that much money to spend on a costume. Duran also makes beautifull theater costumes. Dont miss to browse her picture gallery of wonderfull 18th century hairstyles, hats and

Re: [h-cost] about smoking in 18th century /ot

Dear Ann, Thanks for this, i could have googled myself, but i hoped that somebody knew about this. Well then i could smoke a cigar then, when i get desperate. Two expensive for me with all those ruined pipes. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [h-cost] re: kyoto book

Dear Katherine. The book disgussed about is the Taschen book wich is Kyotos big thick heavily loaded book with 720 gorgeous photos of closeup detailed costumes. Bjarne - Original Message - From: katherine sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 31,

[h-cost] coastal news

I am shocked down into my privacy and dont know how i can say this. I thoaght America was such a rich comunity, you know big houses, dogs at least two cars and overweight people. Now i see in the television that poor people lives in USA two. Well Well what can a poor soul in Denmark do except

Re: [h-cost] making a fan

Hi, They are called fan sticks. Try to search for it at lace materials dealers. Lacis have some made of bamboo for 30 dollars. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: [h-cost] making a fan I want

[h-cost] A New Programme

Hi the list, Folowed your thread, but just want to add my 2 cents here even if it is a little painfull to hear! First people dont have the eyes of experts. They dont see that the sleave is curved or not!- period This is the way things are, you just have to realise that. It is only us costume

Re: [h-cost] A New Programme to watch out for - Elizabeth

Excatly my words... Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 11:51 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] A New Programme to watch out for - Elizabeth In a message dated 9/21/2005 5:17:50 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

[h-cost] hinged pannier

First all! i am sorry if i misspell pannier, is it panier? You make very interresting points my ladies with this only rare hinged pannier. I have ben thinking that this pair of pannier was the example of how they did, when they needed to be more flexible, and suddently invented the hip

Re: [h-cost] why renaissance and not 18th century?

think they just love the colour of gold. And there is a lot more gold in 16th century dresses than in 18 thcentury dresses. :-) :-D ;-) :-P Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: Why is it that America has such a great market for 18th century reenacters and not so many of 18th century? I have no clues

Re: [h-cost] why renaissance and not 18th century?

such as you make, Bjarne. I'm not saying that they didn't exist, but our reeneactments tend to focus on a much rougher segment of the population. Karen Seamstrix -- Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: Sorry sorry folks, drinks on me! I ment why so much

[h-cost] why 16th and not 18th

Gosh what a mess i have made with that question. I dont have the time pressent to read all your topics, my train leaves in 2 hours going to join the Gustavian Society, and had to pack my things. This time i will wear my green embroidered court suit, and i have changed my wig to another

[h-cost] Gustavian harvest feast

Dear all, I have uploaded some pictures from this last weekends event at the gustavians in Stockholm. It was situated in romantic sourroundings like a small Petite Trianon. Dinner was esquisite and the company as allways very nice. Please use your back button to get back to the index.

[h-cost] fine linnen

Hi. First thanks for all your good wishes for my quick recovery. Apropos very fine linen, my embroidery shop has taken home some very fine linen. It is so fine that it is sheer, and the slopes are only very little. i remember back that some people needed sources for fine linen to a Chemise a la

Re: [h-cost] Gustavian harvest feast-a question about a costume

YOU WICKED FRAU _:-) How nice to hear from you! I cant answer you in this question, lady told me, she did not make it herself. But one thing i can tell you. The gentleman with the very beautifull embroidered suit in burgundy red had his mistress made it for him from fabrics of Hyena

Re: [h-cost] source for 1700-1710 Mantua

Hi Michaela I have the pattern cut for this mantua also if you are interrested. From the small catalogue womens fashion from 1600 1750. I baught this many years ago on Victoria Albert, my very first visit to London. Let me know if i can help you with this. Bjarne - Original Message

Re: Pleated smocks/shifts etc Re: [h-cost] Re: KWCS report?

Hi, In Modelejon, about male fashion in Sweden there is a picture of the shirt.It was worn by Nils Sture 24. of may 1567. Further reading in swedish is Nylén A-M,. Stureskjortorna i Livrustka,,aren, vol. IV, hæft 8-9, Stockholm 1948. The shirt has a wide neckband collar. The body is gathered to

[h-cost] history of bullion stitches

Have any of you any idears how old Bullion stitch is? My own research has gotten me back to 1770ies-80ies. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/egeskov.htm Would be glad if any know some more? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/

Re: [h-cost] OT-digital camera opinions

Hi Diana, I have a Sony Cyber Shoot 3,2 mill. pixels camera. In stability it works very well. I have had it for 5 years soon, and i have used it frequently. It takes good closeup pictures. But it has a problem with the blue colours. It does not capture the right blue tones. But you would

[h-cost] habit francaise

I have a question about colours for the habit francaise arround 1770ies. Must the waistcoat always be of lighter colour than the jacket? I was so fortunate to find a ribbed silk today in dusty rose colour. It is a Armani silk. Naturally i baught the whole rest wich was 6,30 meters. I thoaght it

Re: [h-cost] habit francaise

Dear Joannah and Suzi, Thanks for your inputs, i also found one in Ribeiro's Fashion in England and Fracem a spanish country park scene, a gentleman is wearing a red suit with green waistcoat. But i have ben interrested in court suit wearm and i think it is a must with off white waistcoat.

Re: [h-cost] Napoleonic train

Dear Lorina, It doesnt work. Not in tiny url either. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Five Rivers Chapmanry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: [h-cost] Napoleonic train Thought this might be of interest to some

[h-cost] court train

Hi, Thanks for posting the link. Embroidery is stunning but honnestly i would never have made it on a purple velvet. It dont match gold i think. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___

Re: [h-cost] court train

Perhaps it was because he was emperor and not king. Kings uses red,`? At the danish national museum there is an embroidered court suit made for the danish ambassador in Paris. He wore this when Napoleon was crowned. Denmark was for Napoleon, and as you all know, the english came and bombed

[h-cost] waistcoat again

Hi. In The Art of Dress by Ashelford, i have found a fashionprint of a man wearing demi galla. He has lilc breeches and waistcoat, and a green jacket. These collours are equally dark. Demi Galla was unlike the full court dress only embroidered with a small edge. He is escorting a lady in full

[h-cost] Blanche Paynes book with patterns

I would be very greatfull if anybody could tell me a little more of these patterns. Some years ago i photocopyed some patterns from a book at the library, and just wondered if these are from the book of Blanche Payne. There is the cut of the wool mantua and a pattern of an 18th century dress

[h-cost] My ribbed silk

Oh i am so dissapointed. I tryed to embroider a small sampler on my new ribbed silk, yesterday evening. I will have to give it up. It is most difficult to stitch precisely because of the ribs, also transfer of pattern on to this is very difficult. The ribs are very hard to stitch trough. Well

[h-cost] a holliday idea

Hi. I would like to participate in this also, but wouldnt there be problems? If i get someone who has interrest in medieval, i would not be much helpfull, have never done any medieval and what then? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/

[h-cost] dipping silk in cold water

Hi, Just wondered, what will happen if a silk taffeta was dipped in cold water? Would it get spoiled? Thoaght about the water solluble solution for transfer of embroidering pattern to silk. I could try a small sampler, but thoaght some of you already tryed? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews

[h-cost] custom taxes

I have found, from my experience, that smaller and lighter packets are less likely to get noticed by Customs. Under a certain weight and it doesn't even require a customs form. YMMV. Some time back i had exchanged goods with people from an embroidery list. I sended purses, and in exchange i

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

Hi, Yes i know exactly what you have in mind, have ben thinking about adding a fine mesh tulle into the taffeta and make an embroidered border of a ribbon between the ribbed and the taffeta. I am making embroidery drafts in the evenings. Also got a box full of hand twisted Mulberry silk

Re: [h-cost] my new suit

for the embroidery? --Sue, thinking Bjarne must be the best dressed guy in Denmark - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:02 AM Subject: [h-cost] my new suit Hi, I have uploaded a picture of the silks i

[h-cost] update of chenille dress

Hi, Uploaded 3 more photos of the stumpwork dress. Desided to discharge the ruffled edge that i made in the drawing, on top of the border of the underskirt. Two much. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/chenillestumpwork.htm Bjarne who now adds the small chenille flowers to the edge of the

Re: [h-cost] Looking for pattern to embroider 1885

Hi, Also Petite point was very popular to make. A rose motif would not be difficult to find for a purse embroidery. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:56 AM Subject:

[h-cost] helpfull tool

Hi, Yesterday i was chasing a new working lamp as my old one had broken. I was going trough the most of the city, On my way i went into a drawing shop and found a nice devise i can use for my costume work. It is made by a firm called Linex, it is a long green rubber stick wich is bendable to

Re: [h-cost] OT: The Small family addition

Hi Kimiko, Sorry for being late, but i want to congratulate you two! Lovely daughter Bjarne - Original Message - From: Kimiko Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005

Re: [h-cost] First Regency

Hi Hope, Congratulations with your furst regency dress, and thanks for sharing. When i think about my first regency dress, yours in deed looks far more period, and that is well done. I was so stupid to make one with mylar palliettes on, without bathering that it was not invented yeat. I have a

[h-cost] grey waistcoat embroidery

Well, i know i said i had to waite with this till when i have finished the yellow dress, but i could not resist my lust to try out the mulberry silk threads i got. This is going to be a dark grey gentlemans embroidered waistcoat of 1770ies. It is vey hard to trace pattern to dark fabric, so i

[h-cost] the most deliscious 18th .....

Hi Kayta, I have a resonable connection 512 but i cant se it either. I also tryed to download flashplayer, but i think it is my antivirus programmes , that refuses me to see it. I have to go for coffe at an internet cafe, to se it ;-( Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk

[h-cost] chenilles et papillons

Perhaps someone could post an Url from the inside of the page, where there only are pictures? Those arrows you said i cant see either even i have uploaded for a long time Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/

[h-cost] embroidery supplies

Hi, After you sended the link to chenilles et pappilons, i have wondered. Does anybody know where i could get such oval silver spangels, as one of the mens jackets, are embroidered with? Such ones i have ben looking for for ages, and i cant think of what things i mis because my french is so

Re: [h-cost] embroidery supplies

Hi, It was oval seaqins i was after, doesnt seem to be in fashion these days. I looked at your link and found this: German Silver Sheet Metal - 28 Gauge, 6x12 Wich is thin silver plate wich you could cut out yourself. Perhaps that would be a solution. This was very much in use in 18th century to

Re: [h-cost] Re: Holiday Gift exchange - question...clarification

Hi, I am going to do that two, and i hope it is allright to do this. New period, very exciting to try it out! Bjarne - Original Message - From: Catherine Kinsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:26 PM Subject: [h-cost] Re: Holiday Gift

Re: [h-cost] 17th century beaded bodice

Hi Debbie, Gosh this must be an unknown bodice to us! I have never seen or heard of it before. Also beading and feather pattern, is very interresting, and pink two. My guess is that it looks similar to the pale blue bodice of the London museum. It is a joy to all of us, that events like this

Re: [h-cost] 17th century beaded bodice

Hi, Could it be because the bodice was sold last year, and they have then removed the picture for more bandwidth? What happened to the bodice, who baught it? I think the list is very quiet, are everybody making hooliday gift exchages? I am, almost finished with mine! Bjarne who cant

[h-cost] odd question about toille draping

Hello, I hope somebody can help me a little. I am draping the toille of the sack backed yellow chenille dress. Then i have a little problem with the sleave fitting. Is it ok that my armscye overlaps the shoulderstraps of the stays at the top? I might have made the shoulderstraps two wide at the

Re: [h-cost] odd question about toille draping

(correct?). By over lapping you mean that the cut of the armscye is so deep that (when the sleeve is not inserted) the stay strap is visible, or do you mean that the cut of the armscye extends beyond the shoulder? Got a picture you could post? I love engineering problems! Sg Bjarne og Leif

[h-cost] scalloped sleave ruffles

Hi again, Forgive that i have another question. I want to make the sleave ruffles of the yellow dress with scalloped edges. I dont have pinking tools, and i just want to cut it with ordinary scissors. How could i make the edge of this, so it wont fray? Should i make buttonhole stitches? I want

Re: [h-cost] early Knitting and crochet

Hi Caroline. Perhaps its the translation. In Denmark wich is part of Scandinavia and Finland, a croched hook is called a croched needle. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Carolyn Kayta Barrows [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 09,

Re: [h-cost] early Knitting and crochet

Sorry i misspelled your name, i ment off cause Carolyn. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] scalloped sleave ruffles

Dear Saragrace, Perhaps this would be a good idea. Ill try to ask in my shops if they have this stuff over here. I am most conserned because i want to apply (embroider on) some chenille flowers on the edge, and i am afraid if they will run out But it would be the best solution to do, for

[h-cost] scalloped again

Sorry i keep on with this. In Patterns of Fashion there is a Pet en Láir 1745 50 from Snowhill manor wich has a few scallops in the sleave ruffle, and the edge is rolled gently up and stitched. I didnt notice that, and as a matter of fact this was what i wanted to do, but i was only conserned

Re: [h-cost] scalloped sleave ruffles

Hi, Thanks for your help. I dont want to make a fringe on the edge of the scallopes, and a lady from the gustavians, told me she had used a spray glue on the backside of the silk and then a hairspray on the edge, and it worked very well. Ill try this out, also because this is things i can get

[h-cost] for Melanie Schuessler

Dear Melanie, I hope not it is two nosy of me to ask, but where did you get that Trebizond cord that you used in your Elizabethan embroidery doublet? If i understand it correctly you used it for the branches or stems of the oak leaves? How thick is this cord?

Re: [h-cost] Hello/ questions

Hi Thomas, I also welcome you here. I'm not so much into renaissance, but 18th. century, but recently i got an old book from 1919, german called Costumkunde fur Sammler It has a photo of a roman renaissance doublet, with a mixture of the italian and spanish style. Its got a lot of slashing in

Re: [h-cost] RE: Braces - rerun

Hi marc I dont remember if i told you that the gustavian weadding suit i made, had strips attached to the waistcoat shoulders and to the front breeches. This is 1766. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Marc Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 11,

Re: [h-cost] RE: Braces - rerun

Hi Suzi, This is original weadding suit, not ever altered. It was embroidered in Paris and sewed together in Stockholm for the weadding between the future Gustav III and princesse Sophia Magdalena in 1766. Its a french costume maker from royal swedish opera that drafted the pattern after the

Re: [h-cost] Regency question

Hi Deredere, In Koehler´s book, there is a nice cut of a gentlemans garment for this event. Its from 1804. This is not one of the coats that is cut straight over at the front, but has the curves from previous fashion. This is the glory of high tailoring and very elegant. This pattern you have

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

Well as you all know, the yellow dress. . But for myself, cant use my dressdummy for something for myself , i have ben wanting to make me a cavallier outfit. 'There is an opera masqued ball in february again and i have this grey damask wich is a cotton/(dont remember the name) blend. I also

[h-cost] about fur

Hi, Now we are talking about fur. Yesterday they had a bargain in my Mall. I could get a silverfox with head, legs and tails, you know how these looks like, for a bargain. Very fine quality. Could i use such a fox and sew on my 18th century cloak? I would consider it a shame to remove the

[h-cost] chemise construktion

Hi, I am a little embarrased to ask, because i really aught to know and have made this before, but actually i never made a chemise before because i always just edged my dresses with lace. But i want to construkt after Jean Hunniset's chemise. My lady meassures 21 inches from under the arms and

Re: [h-cost] chemise construktion

Hi, Thanks for taking the time for this. I also have ben thinking it would be silly to add the engageantes to the chemise, as it always is going to be washed after each use, and therefore would be more labout to iron the laces of the sleaves. I want to make a casing for a drawstring along the

[h-cost] chemise

Hi, Yesterday i worked on the chemise. Took me all day to gather lace to the neckline. I used gathered whipstitches to attach the lace to the chemise. Picture of the neckline with the stays are in the top where the pictures of the stays starts. I also have added a picture of how the sleave

[h-cost] Anne Buck

Hi I remember i had this book of Anne Buck. Is this the book thar has a large colour photo of a yellow francaise dress with lots of gathered decorations on it? I think it has silver edged to the fabric trim. I really mis that book, and wondered is it still available today. Once many years

Re: [h-cost] Anne Buck

Amazon has it, but the price varies. It is shown 2 places. One of the prices are nearly 78 pounds, wich i find expensive, another price is 32 pounds. Is this because they are used books? Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] question about velvet

Hi, I saw the most delightfull printed roses velvet today. It is the kind of velvet that is wowen into dimentional stripes. Dont know the english term for this, and i apologise for asking because many have asked before, but this velvet wich today is used for trousers and jackets, was that used

[h-cost] o/t online forum

Forgive me for being off topic. Now when i get more time, when i have stopped taking orders of costumes, i have ben thinking about making a forum at my website and make some online classes. I can teach embroidery and bobbin lace. How much do you think that it would cost me to have a webdesigner

Re: [h-cost] RE: OT - Pin Cushion

- Original Message - From: McClure, Kate [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:57 PM Subject: [h-cost] RE: OT - Pin Cushion I'm wanting to make a decorative pin cushion for a Christmas gift., but not sure what to fill it with. Does anyone have

Re: [h-cost] Re: opera

Dear Mia, Yes i agree on your words. The reason why i went to this opera was because the orkestra was Concerto Copenhagen, wich makes historical music. They go as far as standing up all the time while all the music is played, because this is what they did back then, and the opera was a 3 hours

Re: [h-cost] Regency embroidery question

Hi Deredere, I would buy a DMC cotton floss if i were you. Its stranded into 6 threads. You can try to use one strand, two strands and 3 strands, and deside wich you like! Bjarne - Original Message - From: Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL

Re: [h-cost] Regency embroidery question

Hi Deredere, Sorry if i posted this 2 times, but i have had problems with my emails. I would use a stranded cotton thread, DMC for instance wich is stranded into 6 strands. Then you could try to use as many strands at a time until you get the right body of your embroidery..

Re: [h-cost] mid 19th century lace what to look for

Hi Elizabeth, Point ground lace. Bobbin lace made with a Tulle ground and motifs of flowers. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Elizabeth Walpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historic Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 2:20 AM Subject: [h-cost] mid 19th century

Re: [h-cost] mid 19th century lace what to look for

Hi again, I got a little confused, do you mean lace for cufs or lace for engageantes? For cufs i would use a guipure lace. Engageantes you can use tulle ground lace. Guipure lace has more body and are more sturdy to make cuffs out of . Bjarne - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif

[h-cost] regency embroidery

Hi Deredere, I would buy a stranded cotton thread, like DMC. Its stranded into 6 strands. Then you can experiment with how many threads your embroidery want. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/

Re: [h-cost] need some input

Hi, To me i see that the embroidery on the portrait is made with 2 main colours. Yellow for flowers, green leaves and brown stems. If the stripes in your material is shot blue, i would also make the flowers that colour, and then make the rest of the embroidery like the original. My 2 cents

[h-cost] favourite fairy /christmass movie

Hi, Have any of you seen the checkoslovakian movie with Cinderella and the 3 magic nuts?' This is my favourite movie i watch each christmass. I love the costumes in it also, even they are fairy tale like, they have a touch of eastern europe fashions two. Cinadarella is wearing such a lovely

[h-cost] extra stomacher

Hi, I have started to make an extra stomacher for the yellow dress. I made a pattern of my own, and made a serpentine with bullion roses... http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/chenillestumpwork.htm Now i am assembling the dress bit by bit, all pieces ready to be put together

Re: [h-cost] Clothes pins???

Hi Sue, The oldest clothes pins i have seen were wooden sticks wich has a wedge in one end. You press the stick with your clothes between and onto the line. The tension of the wedge in the stick holds it in possition. These are still available here in Denmark. Have you seen The drafters

[h-cost] tissue paper

Hi, Rats- my dictionary stinks. It doesnt have the word tissue paper. Is this the same as Kitchen Rolls are made of? Because i got the advise to use this on hoop frames, when embroidering, cover the edge with this paper to protekt from dirt. Could i not just as well use a piece of calico, i

Re: [h-cost] Costume movies

Hi, I am looking forwards to see Casanova, because its ben two long that we had an 18th century film last. This photo shows a bad pair of stays. I can se that it is not propperly boned, and why is it they almost always dont bone the tabs probberly.

[h-cost] finished sleaves

As sundays usually are quiet here, i dont think you would mind me for showing you the finished sleaves for the yellow dress. They ended up being excactly as i wanted them. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/chenillestumpwork.htm At the bottom. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews

Re: [h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 4, Issue 773

Hi Debbie, Now i understand. Many thanks for your informations. You know we call this paper silk paper in Denmark because the ships that carried silks from china had them wrapped with this paper. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [h-cost] Re: bjarne's sleeves

Hi Gail, Thanks a lot, well yes i like them as well. I hope the lady i make it for, will remember to send me a picture with the dress. You know, i have made for many people now, but the only person who actually kept their promise was the wedding dress i made for Xenia, It is quite another

Re: [h-cost] Films

Hi Joy, Yes it was, sorry about this. Bjarne - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:39 AM Subject: [h-cost] Films Was the film 'Company of Wolves', Bjarne? regards Joy ___

[h-cost] embroidery teckniques of 18th century

Gosh, i found a new book wich is published in january. Its about embroidery teckniques of the 18th century. Amazon sells it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861084765/qid=1133882199/sr=1-517/ref=sr_1_0_517/026-8705729-9238062 Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk

Re: [h-cost] Pics of me online at last

Dear Kate, How nice finally to be able to know how you look like. I surfed at your site and it looks great. It must be very fun to have such a group. I am very fund of early music including 17th century, and it is such a joy to hear it. Always admired people who could perform music, i never

  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   >