[h-cost] Tudor roses

Hi all, I'd like to embroider some Tudor roses on a shift and I cannot draw, really cannot draw. So I would like to know if there is somewhere on-line I can find black and white line drawings of Tudor roses, preferably the five petal kind. Books with this kind of line drawing would also be

[h-cost] Tudor roses again

Hello again, Thanks again for all the links. I was planning on a padded satin stitch for the roses, more like the Helena Snakenborg, but with more of a scatter pattern like some of the Italian shifts. Thanks again. Cassandra

[h-cost] questions on kimono

I've decided to revamp my casual wardrobe and am leaning towards a Japanese theme. So now I have several questions. I've started by doing web research and pulling out all my appropriate patterns, Folkwear, etc and my copy of Make Your Own Japanese Clothing. Would the first layer be linen? One

[h-cost] kimono questions again

Hello again, I'm looking at doing the traditional kimono with the collar standing away from the back of the neck and the collar crossing across the front of the chest. As far as I can tell this style originated about 300 years ago so that is the timeframe I am looking at. What research I've

[h-cost] help with dress from The Edwardian Modiste

Hi everyone, For people who own a copy of the Edwardian Modiste I could use some help. I want to make the dress from page 236 and am having more trouble than I think I should. If anyone has made this dress could you e-mail me privately so I can ask some questions about the flounces.

[h-cost] Drea Leeds site

Hi all, Does anyone know where Drea Leeds most excellent site went? Every one of the pages I had bookmarked from her site is giving me a 404 error and I'm not getting a site when I try googling for the main site. Help? Cassandra

[h-cost] Met magazine picture--Aiden/Helen

Sorry to send this to the list but the kind offer of close-up photos from the Met magazine caught my eye. Could you please e-mail me off-list so I can take you up on your kind offer to copy some of the pictures. Thanks, Cassandra

[h-cost] princess seam construction thanks

Thanks for the ideas on the construction of the housedress. I'm actually looking at a pattern draft from the Voice of Fashion 1890s. I've never been very good at getting the gathered or pleated edges to go smoothly into the adjacent seam and the instructions are basically non-existent for

[h-cost] Bronwen's Blackwork

Could anyone who has copies of the blackwork patterns from the Bronwen's Blackwork link on Drea's Elizabethan Costuming page please contact me off-list. I lost my copy of the pattern I was going to use and I can't remember whether it was English, German or Italian. Bronwen has tried to help but

[h-cost] new embroidery machine

Hello all, I received an embroidery machine for Christmas and am in need of guidance and information. Someone on this list mentioned getting a continuous hoop for doing strips of trim or lace so I'd like an on-line source for accessories. My machine is a Singer futura CE-150 and the shops

[h-cost] where to buy embroidery hoops?

Thank you for all the design disc links and especially the stabilizer purchase site. Now if someone could point to someplace to buy an endless hoop so I can make long lengths of embroidery for hems and angel sleeve hems? I'm also interested in eyelet patterns or patterns for 1830's fichus

[h-cost] was lacing now 1820s underwear

Hi all,     The thread on lacing was very timely as it got me going again on my late 1820s outfit so on to the questions.  I'm looking at doing a late 1820s outfit from the skin out (I already have Fran's excellent book) and am not finding undergarments specifically dated to 1828.  This is a

[h-cost] color chart

I found the color chart highly useful as a starting point for the color names I see when reading about costume. I'll have to adjust my monitor to get truer images than what I'm currently seeing but this looks like fun. Some charts I know use DMC wool tapestry yarn colors as a color reference

[h-cost] Costume magazine article wanted

Hi Everyone,     As it has now hit over 80 F and 85 % humidity at my workplace I plan on making good my threat to make some Asian pants in a truly obnoxious print.  Unfortunately I can't find the article I was going to use as reference.  I know it was in Costume, the periodical publication out

[h-cost] 1890s morning gowns questions

Hi All, I'm getting ready for a vacation of sorts and was going to work on a winter morning gown,  I'm using ageless patterns #1235, 1893 morning gown w/revers collarette, in bright purple wool broadcloth and will do something screamimgly bright for the embroidery on the revers.  If

[h-cost] Victorian construction list information

Hello All I've lost enough weight that I need to start sewing a new wardrobe andI'm looking at doing more 1890-1909 blouses, skirts and suits.  Is there a late Victorian list that is very active?  I've been picking up original pattern sheets from ebay, some in French and German, and some

[h-cost] wardrobe size

Hello, I'm trying to look into the size of the average middle-class woman's wardrobe through the centuries. Finding advice on the trousseau is easier, at least after the advent of ladies' magazines but I'm most interested in how many dresses a middle class woman would own. How common was

[h-cost] re wardrobe size, middle class

Hi All, I've given some thought as to how I would describe middle class for my research project since you're all correct in that middle class covers a wide range. I'm looking at people who had enough that they could grow or purchase enough food to not worry about having food, farm families

[h-cost] searching for a graphed pattern

Hello the list, Years ago either AlterYears or Amazon Vinegar Pickling Dry Goods carried a set of graphed dress patterns from, I think, the Royal Ontario Museum. My Google-fu is failing me so I can't find a reference to them on-line.. If anyone has these or remembers what I'm talking

[h-cost] searching for graphed patterns thank you

Thank you all for the information. These are what I am looking for and I do have graduate student access to the UIUC libraries so maybe I can get them through interlibrary loan.Charlene, could you tell me what key words you were searching through OCLC because I can't get it to disgorge the

[h-cost] dating vintage patterns by number and year?

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