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History Unstitched, looks like it's focused on the broad SCA period.
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least customize my own. I'm used to using graphic design software (scan
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Yes, Embird seems to have a lot of fans, as offering good features for
the price. As for how the designs get onto the machine, I definitely
want a machine with a USB drive.
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of each seem to be in every box lot. They
appear to be rather stiff, but I am not sure whether they are supposed
to be oiled, or what.
Any info from anyone who restores vintage sewing attachments would be
appreciated.
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embroidery designs are out there? Is it essential to digitize most of
your own to get anything decent?
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On 10/31/2012 11:06 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
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Technology is wonderful. . . and for theatre costuming I'm sure it's a
timesaver. But I'm laboring under the illusion that t
Marjorie,
Are these historic garments, or is this an inappropriately non-historic
discussion?
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On 11/1/2012 9:15 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Lauren, Thanks for the link!!
Not a lehenga choli like those pictures. No
I take it you can use it in the middle of a fabric, without the cutter
blade following along?
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On 11/1/2012 1:46 PM, Kim Baird wrote:
You can buy a serger that does a beautiful chain stitch.
Kim
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What model do you have?
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Actually, I think my serger that does a chain stitch is a cover stitch
machine. I can switch between cover stitch ( a two needle hem for knits) and
chain stitch.
Kim
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but I
think they would have been improved by use of a heavier thread. The
real difficulty I saw was a machine-like regularity.
This list isn't very active, so let's not spoil a conversation by over
policing.
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We got what was for us a large return, so we now have slightly dinged
copies of all our titles *except* Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 and
Directoire Revival Fashions 1888-1889. They are for sale at a discount,
on our website only. See:
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he Victorian and later custom of wearing white. Note that before
overall dry cleaning, white silks were status fabrics because they
became grubby quickly and were hard to clean, though they could be dyed.
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After reading this review, I'm not going to bother watching the movie:
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On 11/16/2012 12:26 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote:
I'll still see it. The costumes, as seen in the trailer, are beautiful. So even
if the movie is
"A Royal Affair" just came out:
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/A-Royal-Affair-review-King-s-doctor-reigns-4041624.php
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On 11/16/2012 1:39 PM, Katy Bishop wrote:
Look up the Sophie Marceau version from
Thanks! I have a multi-region DVD player, so I just bought DVDs of
Mystery of a Hansom Cab and a box set of Season 1 of the Phrne Fisher
series from ABC TV. Any other Australian period pieces you'd recommend?
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for hand basting. It would be even more of a waste to use it for a
garment and have all the seams fall apart quickly.
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my local paper. I can always get 40% or 50% off on thread, which is
about the only thing I buy there.
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It's probably all over eBay at low prices, at least over time. Hardly a
rarity.
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I bought an antique puzzle, and in the box, used to pad the pieces, was a
sheet of an old newspaper, The Cleveland Obs
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On 1/28/2013 12:24 PM, Astrida Schaeffer wrote:
Hi everyone--
I am subscribed to h-cost but have not been able to
From the Wall Street Journal:
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A quick Internet search shows numerous references to her project.
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On 2/7/2013 11:05 AM, Sybella wrote:
I'd like to see this woman's blog, or at least, her notes and photos. Has
anyone found anything else on her projects?
'Bella
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Lavo
Vintage tablecloths made of Chinese "grass cloth," made from nettle
fibers, are sold on eBay from time to time. It's a cellulose fiber. On
the tablecloths, it's like a good grade of handkerchief linen, with that
sheen linen gets after ironing, not really like silk.
Fran
have been due to the quality of the
blouses, which although not rock bottom quality/label/price were not
high end, either.
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nds I really like, but since most trends are not historic
(which to me is pre-1930), I follow many of the historic ones and ignore
most of the others.
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On 3/20/2013 3:57 PM, Terry wrote:
Hey, be loud and proud about your sart
I look absolutely horrible in both jumpsuits and farmer-style overalls,
so have never worn either style. Pity, because farmer overalls can be
cute, though I've never liked jumpsuits.
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On 3/20/2013 4:24 PM, costumegal66 wrote:
I wore
Aside from the Empire waist seam and the wider fabric used, doesn't this
look rather familiar?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Privatsachen-Cocon-Commerz-Kleid-Hebenaht-aus-Ecoflachs-Farbe-weidenkatzch-/261163276651?pt=DE_Damen_Kleider&var=&hash=item826d69d1df
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es or tunics over
another garment. You can decorate them with braid, embroidery, what you
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On 3/29/2013 1:25 PM, . . wrote:
I am HORRIFIED at the idea of using an antique piece of our cultural history as
so
f history. Maybe someone will someday
display part of it is "early 21st-century upcycling." Who knows.
And if I owned a huge historic diamond and wanted to wear it, I'd
certainly consider having it recut. If you've got any diamonds around
the house, send those along too.
ut if
someone ever gives me a whopping diamond necklace in a style I don't
like, I will certainly feel free to have it reset in a style I do like.
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On 3/29/2013 5:51 PM, Sybella wrote:
Ha. Wicked, wicked woman!! Hands off my precious!!! LOL! (When my eyeb
ine, their liking something I hated would do me no good.
Fran
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of the item. The families wealthy enough to have "family jewels" have
traditionally often reset them to current
I like Fortuny but I think his simpler styles, while elegant, are
somewhat overrated. There is a European label called Cocoon
Commerz/Privatsachen that makes crinkle silk dresses and tunics rather
like Fortuny, in a variety of colors that change from season to season.
You can buy one on eBay
may currently be in fashion. I have pulled
out garments I wasn't wearing to dye or to cut up. I've put away other
garments, most merely because I currently have no occasion to wear
them. It's whatever I need and want at the moment. I don't make a
permanent decision never t
ased on practicality. They are not based on any feeling that things
are terribly precious, historic, etc. or that I am obliged to be a
custodian.
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On 3/29/2013 6:54 PM, Maggie Koenig wrote:
Fran,
I think what is being asked is are there antique items
(especially the woolens which were usually moth-riddled).
Some fell apart while I cleaned them and I threw those out. After, of
course, removing any salvageable laces and buttons. The vast majority
of stuff available to the average person is hardly rare.
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else's stuff, and different from thinking
everything old is precious and should be inviolable.
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On 3/29/2013 7:22 PM, Sybella wrote:
Yeee!! Maggie's got it!! :)
Though, I do use my vintage gold and silver hat pins, jewelry, hair combs,
etc.
n a sash pin you will not.
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On 3/29/2013 7:52 PM, Sybella wrote:
Never mind. I give up. LOL!
Maggie, I love the Bake King glass baking dishes for the philbe and
sapphire design. And I do use them. I'm sure I'd like your mother's
depression glas
I fail to see how it's any of your business.
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On 3/29/2013 10:45 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Dear Isabella,
Likewise. I am sure. Brava! for saying so out loud.
== Marjorie Wilser
On Mar 29, 2013, at 1:25 PM, . . wrote:
I am HORRIFIED at the idea of using an antique piece of ou
the time. Check your local real estate section for the
ads for older homes and what the realtors say has been done to them.
>I know you won't listen, Fran. I've been on this list long enough to
know that.
Well, naturally, I don't regulate my life by the advice of a p
hem there, just the selvage.
I also see men's shirts made from the same fabric, but I have not bought
any.
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Costumers ARE consumers! Somebody or something is going to be wearing the
product, right? Even if it is made for display on a mannequin, that is
consumption.
And
The Wall Street Journal says so!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120430818244003421.html?mod=slideshow_overlay_mod
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In my lifelong effort to find something that looks pre-1930 to wear when
that is not in style, Victorian/Edwardian and medieval-inspired
lagenlook and daytime (watered-down) steampunk. Also I have really
gotten into using Japanese sewing pattern books.
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On 3/31/2013 4:45 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Finally finished hemming a neck kerchief for my colonial. That's one
long hem, but I insisted on doing a hand hem.
== Marjorie Wilser
I love my Bernina, but the Viking is also pretty good, now that it has
been restored to like-new condition. For years I thought having two
machines was unnecessary, but that was when there were more good local
repair places that could fix a machine in only a few days. I originally
planned to se
On 4/1/2013 8:13 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I forgot about the post-apocalypse!
And I thought I knew all the excuses for having a fabric stash!
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Designer Diamond really good, or--an alternative--should I buy a cheap
vintage Kenmore or some other old machine and a buttonhole attachment?
I ran into someone who did that; they just use their $15, vintage
thrift-store machine exclusively for buttonholes.
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case of accumulitis, thinking
about all the machines I could have bought and thinking another one
wouldn't hurt . . .
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My new Bernina 1008 makes
cruddy buttonholes,
I'm
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On a recent trip "home" I found a letter written by my great grandmother to her sister
describing her daughter's wedding, which I have been trying to transcribe. The wedding took place
at h
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wildly, or who have to constantly make little scrunchy faces at the camera.
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Very amusing review of "The White Queen," including the costumes:
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/White-Queen-review-Royally-entertaining-romp-4717571.php
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calendars for 2014?
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"Doux" also means "soft," but here it seems to be a brand
name/manufacturer's label rather than a type of fabric.
Velvet is a weave. You *can* weave velvets from any fiber, though some
fibers are more attractive than others, and some velvets are
significantly more available and/or affordable
I can find it?
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publishing their XI
proceedings at the end of this year.
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, again, this is a very
vague memory, but I seem to recall he said something like--this is the
sentiment, not the words--it didn't matter if a woman was mad if she was
attractive and fertile.
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Interesting historical note: [I lik
at a
soon-to-be-divorced spouse, and so on). In most previous eras, the line
between an individual being permitted unusual and difficult behavior,
and being shut away, often depended on whether someone had the motives
and power to shut that person away.
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discusses Juana's wardrobe while in exile:
Anderson, Ruth Matilda. /Hispanic Costume 1480–1530./ New York: Hispanic
Society of America, 1979.
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I'm any expert on bombs . . . but if you tried to get on an airplane in
such an outfit, security would give you very close scrutiny.
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available and that's that. Besides, these days people are afraid of
getting sued for sexual harrassment if they hit on someone in the office.
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In the offices I've worked in, it was the secretaries and
ch within the human body, I don't see it happening except
for people who are fatally ill or otherwise medically desperate, for
whom it is worth the substantial risks. If you've ever had a few
problems with your Miscrosoft programs, can you imagine what buggy
software could do INSIDE YOU?
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on statements like growing an extra
nose this week or covering yourself with green body hair?
Though I should certainly hate to have to believe that Mr. Gates and
Mr. Ballmer are G-d and Jesus rolled into one...
Nah, they're more powerful.
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ical finds. Luckily he only wears them to do yard work.
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That's wrong?!? I
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If we're talking 20-30 years from now, that's enough time for Indians to
start a retro trend. Mybe not precisely traditional clothing but styles
derived from it, or traditional fabrics made into nontraditional
styles. Or maybe color influences, or several of the above.
Fran
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uot; of the
1970s, and possibly kebayas, a 1970s trend that some people are also
trying to revive in Indonesia.
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We already have many influences making the way from India (sari
fabric, mendhi (Sp)). I think it is rather unfortunate that one mode
Web addresses please, if there are any!
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That certainly depends on where you live. I recently moved from Jackson Heights (Queens
County, New York City), after almost 30 years there. The place is often referred to as
"Little India" and traditional
re what is apparently the other essential costuming accessory for
chemists (and probably mad scientists)--badly stained hands.
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The lab coat is a knee-length heavy cotton (usually white) unl
Postal money orders at least can be researched as cashed/not cashed,
provided you save the money order number.
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And I would pay by check, because your bank can tell you if it was
cashed and will have the record, which you do not get so easily
thing. Or they're all about the type of thing
you're buying--all the negatives are about the embroidery thread this
seller sells, even though buyers all love the fabric or whatever else
they sell.
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As i want to buy quite a large amount o
One thing to do might be to have people submit not only their own
photos, but a brief statement (like one paragraph) about their goal in
creating the costume and what they want out of a critique. Like, their
goal was 100% accuracy for a woman's Viking outfit, their goal was to
create as good a
he people who posted
the photos, the names of the costumes, and the names of everyone who
gives critiques, publicly displayed. Sure people can create false IDs,
but it's something of a deterrent.
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me of something I often forget in my recreation
I think it's also called feed sack fabric and is sometimes available at
quilting stores, including on-line ones. This is what I gather from
some groups I'm on, I've never bought any myself.
Hope this helps.
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ch is 1536
pages in the Penguin edition and reputed to be one of the longest novels
in the English language, perhaps _the_ longest. I haven't read it and
I'm not going to, as I gather it gets quite tiresome.
But the film, with the action left in and much of the moralizing
stripped ou
in the
face with his glove, then throws it at him, and Lovelace hands it back
the same way and responds in the same tone, "Yours, I believe?"
It's a fantastic film. I don't understand why BBC waited over ten years
to put it on DVD.
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Suzi, making an 18th century chemise to be worn with an 18th century
corset and wedding dress.
I thought the costumes were, in general, good; an
Encouraging--did she read the full or the abridged (a mere 700 pages)
edition?
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I haven't seen the film, but I actually do know someone who read the whole
book. She liked it.
G
es!"
The film strips most of that out. Clarissa is still a bit insufferable
and overly passive (in fact self-destructive IMO). But the action is so
compressed you can understand why she didn't have time to think a way
out of her troubles.
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; which is also
perfectly valid.
I agree you're entitled to express express your point of view--just as I
am entitled to express mine.
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You try explaining that to someone who doesn't know about costume
history, and wants
I think that in terms of plot, filming, etc. "Clarissa" is similar and
almost equal to "Dangerous Liasions." The costumes are by no means a
dead loss, either. Thing is, they had some points where they wanted to
show skin . . . so they did.
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plot.
When Clarissa is down to her corset there are some points being made
about eroticism and vulnerability--but that doesn't mean every costume
in the film is bad.
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Gail & Scott Finke wrote:
Fran wrote:
Encouraging--did she read the full or the abridged (a mere 700 pages)
edition?
The whole thing, baby!!
Gail Finke
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Shalincraft is OK, I've bought from them. I got fast service and
reasonable (though not spectacular) quality items.
There are a lot of saris and cholis for sale on eBay.
Fran
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Karen R Bergquist wrote:
Here are some
I should say, I just looked at Shalincraft and they have a lot more
embroidered stoles than last time I looked, some of which are very tempting.
Fran
Lavolta Press wrote:
Shalincraft is OK, I've bought from them. I got fast service and
reasonable (though not spectacular) quality
except as a customer
and reader of their books.
Fran
Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming
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r going through retailers and distributors.
I doubt they're actually making money.
Fran
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Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote:
IIRC, the reason the photos are so crisp and the colors clear is that
they used an 8-color separation printing process, rather
ehold linens. I've bought several items from them and been very
pleased. Robert Lim will hunt up sizes and shades for you that he has
in stock but which are not currently on auction.
Fran
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rge" seems
pretty random.
Fran
Lavolta Press
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Chris wrote:
I love china-usa. I've gotten a couple of things from them and they were very, very good quality and have held up well.
Thanks for the info on the kebayas!
Chris G.
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