Ann,
They are well-known for genealogy sources, but sure, lots of fun
historical stuff. Fabulous resources.
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On Feb 27, 2012, at 4:02 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I just discovered the Godfrey Memorial
SPAM
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 2:36 PM, Melody Watts wrote:
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However, I am very, very bummed. I hope none of you are taken in by
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My browser (now recovered from the earlier spam message) can't find
the link (frustrated look!). waaah!
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Lynn Downward wrote:
closertovaneyck.kikir
Good luck, Melody! You deserve better :)
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:36 PM, Melody Watts wrote:
Just found out I got jack evenwith Nortons' all 3 of my addresses.
Soorry will try to figure oout how to get r
Thanks! That was a complete, working link :)
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On Mar 12, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Helen Pinto wrote:
I'm in Firefox and this worked for me:
http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/#home
-Helen/
Just finished a 16th century Persian for a friend down here. Poor
choice of fabrics, but they were already purchased. But (my old
mantra) "done is beautiful."
Need to sew something for myself soon. After printing book pages for
the annual SF Printers' Fair!
==
Yep-- LOVELY. Really enjoyed viewing it. Wowee.
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On Mar 13, 2012, at 11:44 AM, Lynn Downward wrote:
Sorry about the poor link.That's all that was offered in the
article. But
isn't it GORGEOUS!?
Thank you, Audrey! That makes sense, and I do hope I manage to
remember it next time I encounter such a thing.
My personal rule, for now, is, "If there's no subject, and only a link
in the message-- surely it MUST be spam. Just delete and do NOT click."
==
e. However, quilted bonnets in the shape shown by
your link were still worn for winter protection. They were usually
updated in shape to whatever decade they were from, but not always.
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On Mar 22, 2012, at 7:29 P
Yes, I thought of Uglies, too, but the one link she supplied made it
seem slightly different (way more constructed) than those, which were
usually collapsable, weren't they? Just cane bows with a fabric cover
& lining, kind of like a covered wagon top ;)
==Marjor
s out of silly putty.
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On Mar 23, 2012, at 11:03 AM, Laurie Taylor wrote:
Greetings all,
I've been mulling this bit of trivia around in my head for the
longest time.
I think I need to share it and see if
navy. I
might call it slate, but it's less gray.
Generally, older or slightly heavier women's styles were usually
darker or more sedate, probably a hangover from the 19th century.
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On May 2, 2012
mperature/color, and our individual
monitor color renditions!
Alas. Color is so ephemeral!
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On May 2, 2012, at 12:31 PM, Cin wrote:
In a cautionary note, what is currently seen printed in vintage mags
is
Soonish. . . little time, too many classes. Now taking ASL for
Gerard's benefit, despite the cochlear. Loving the new experience ;)
Whoops, OT, stay tuned nother channel.
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I've heard fabulous claims for hairspray as a solvent for ink! But I
think it's alcohol based anyway :)
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On May 15, 2012, at 4:36 PM, > wrote:
't hurt either. A basic,
workhorse thread!!
Second question: how do you match thread to fabric if you can't
actually *compare* them in a store?
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I was positing having to buy my thread online. . . hard to upload that
bit of fabric swatch :-D
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from Claire:
I use Guterman, but that is mostly because it is the only 'brand' name
t
etter than the original all-poly threads of 30 years
ago-- but not nearly so nice and tidy as the cotton-covered one they
usta had.
I'm really glad I brought this up. It's giving me new ideas and things
to try.
Thanks to one and all!
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for a dummy to wear. I've finally found a fitting friend (hands!!
all-important pinning hands!). She's not a costumer but she can pin up
a storm.
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On May 18, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Cin wrote:
It's
g down the corset before adding
the top layer! And I do _not_ tight-lace.
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On May 25, 2012, at 7:14 AM, Cascio Michael wrote:
Hi All,
I'm getting ready for a vacation of sorts and was going to work
on a
Nice to see good prices, but with their fanciful color names (with no
color chart or photos), it's a little hard to deal with. Any notion
about their website?
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On May 25, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Wicked Frau
Typical 50s dresses had side zippers, from underarm into the skirt.
They're much easier to reach! I used to put them in my square dance
dresses (and make many women ask how I got into them!).
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On
Oh definitely. The movement of the cloth, the unstudied poses,
combined with the beauty of the clothes (despite real-life wear!). Yum.
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On Jul 17, 2012, at 10:09 AM, Linda Rice wrote:
Yes, I saw that one, too
I've seen folks use long zip ties for light boning! Ends cut off, of
course ;) You can buy heavier-than usual ones at a specialty hardware
store, or perhaps a shipping specialty store (not ups! they're
consumer grade)
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Bavolet is the word I've heard for the curtain. I've probably mis-
spelled it :)
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On Jul 27, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Lynn Downward wrote:
Hi Lauren,
Welcome to millinary, a wonderful, terrible art.
I
ank? (I'm now interested in a
serger, so I'll start a parallel thread).
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nts since
then! I used to own a Pfaff, which I liked, but the thread tree broke
and is unavailable for that model
I don't serge on historicals, but I sew my mundanes and anything else
that isn't nailed down.
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Please do, Lauren! I'd forgotten it was 1/12. wow. AWE :)
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On Aug 26, 2012, at 9:50 PM, Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi,
I have constructed the straw part of the 1849 hat, bound the raw
edges, and applie
en in hand knit stockings unless
they were all she could afford, or it was a bitterly cold winter. MHO
of course.
A definite on seams. They read right.
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On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:21 PM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
ck heels.
Too bad you couldn't find the double strap kind. They are more
flattering for your feet and would look more upper class. Of course, a
suffragette who walks in parades probably would prefer the oxfords
anyway ;)
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d). And I
LOVE the build-in walking foot.
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On Sep 2, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
I do not want a serger, or an embroidery machine. I want a machine
with the following features:
* Met
I'm amazed. . . the Kenmore was my mother's machine which I learned to
hate -- literally chewed up anything with a soft hand, and refused
crossed seams completely.
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On Sep 2, 2012, at 4:29 P
Nope, the vertical bobbin kind, all metal, with cams for special
stitches (anything but straight). Probably predates yours by 5 - 10
years. Still sews, but don't challenge it with anything but "normal"
fabric for the 50s. (cottons, wools, NO polys or stretch).
==
And I could only dream they'd ever bother with Santa Barbara. . . it's
too small.
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On Sep 3, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Cin wrote:
You're right, that's pretty much the charm of the place, that &a
Charming! Tres elegant!
I'll look forward to the whole story (& dress), after the gifting.
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On Sep 3, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi,
Thank you for all your help and advice on my first
Fran,
The ruffler foot is great; it can make series of tucks so quickly. I
was astounded by the price Bernina asks for it (considering it was
invented over 100 years ago) but it's an essential tool for costuming.
Imagine how happy your petticoats will be.
==Marjorie W
My take is that the panels are between the brocade panels. But that's
just from observing the pics, which are disappointingly small.
Floating brocade panels over pleats seem out of place in that era of
major construction/engineering in fashion.
==Marjorie Wilser
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thought so! :)
==Marjorie Wilser (pray pardon my smuggitude, but it's my first right
answer today)
On Sep 7, 2012, at 8:39 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote (in part):
Thank you, everyone. I found this _description_ of the gown:
Her Inaugural Ball gown was typically American in f
s yours. You bought and paid for it, didn't
you? :)
If you prefer not to use one, never fear: you've been ill, and your
hair was shorn to prevent its robbing you of your strength to recover
(a common practice).
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Certifiable, Lauren. Certifiable. :)
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On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:21 PM, Lauren Walker wrote (in part):
Hi,
Just wanted to mention that I'm now trying to do a version of
Victorian quilled fabric trim on a
is usually very
narrow at center front waist.
There would never be NO sleeves under the berthe, if that's what
you're asking :)
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On Sep 22, 2012, at 12:23 PM, Lauren Walker wrote:
My questions for to
Looks like a virus/spam/suspicious.
Anne, if you're reading the list, please comment, or at least check
your computer for issues. Hope it's ok.
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On Sep 30, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Sybella wrote:
Hi all!! I used to be a regular in this group, some years past. I'
Shinrone, but stalled due to lack of opportunity!
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On Oct 2, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Sybella wrote:
Thank you for the responses, Marjorie and Kate!
That's a bummer about Teddy. Maybe I'll have to d
what Cin says ;) (she saved me the trubble of typing it all!)
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On Oct 8, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Cin wrote:
Some things to think about for your debugging:
Did you put in all the facings, linings & interfac
hmm. . . the new wet dreds?
Honestly, I don't know. I wonder sometimes about the heavy teenage
girls I see wearing skintight hip hugging skirts, bare belly rolls
over the top of them, and too-short tops.
Maybe it falls under "whatever was she thinking?" baffling, indeed.
==
I know. . . they will hate their yearbooks, that's for sure :)
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On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:20 PM, Data-Samtak Susan wrote:
On Oct 9, 12, at 3:12 AM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
heavy teenage girls I see we
k historical costume?
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he Punjab because of the tunic, and thinking
perhaps it might be some very formal outfit due to the heavy
embroidery. I don't think this list takes attachments, but I do have a
pic to post. . . somewhere, or send to whomever is interested.
Thanks!
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ng it. I'm
unforgivably paleface, but the outfit is nice :)
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On Nov 1, 2012, at 7:36 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:
It's a lehenga choli.
http://www.exoticindiaart.com/textiles/SalwarKameez/lehenga/
The "Punjabi pantsuit" is called a salwar
Teena,
That makes entire sense to me. The SF Bay area is rife with various
ethnicities. Many thanks for digging around in my behalf! I haven't
been home since this morning and getting home to this news is really
cool!
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And did you look under the jewelry tab?? whoa! :)
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On Nov 1, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Marion McNealy wrote:
And here are some other ones, http://www.utsavfashion.com/lehenga
Woweee! :) Thanks!
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On Nov 1, 2012, at 10:03 AM, lauren.wal...@comcast.net wrote:
Hmm. This place calls them "long choli" lehenga:
http://www.cbazaar.com/readymade-lehenga/long_choli_lehenga
find
which (again, amazingly) fit my actual bust, even though it was worn
out and barely usable when found.
I found my first sari in the "curtain" department of the thrift store.
They soon learned better!
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Good to hear it, thanks!
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On Nov 19, 2012, at 8:26 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote:
They're bck!
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Any chance of a link to the original? There's an iPad app I want to
explore. . . ;) This link goes to a photo, not a page (the link which
shows on the photo isn't clickable).
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Hi Laura,
Period what? Plastic box included?
I agree- pretty cool, but I'm highly doubtful as it isn't really full
enough for the period the seller pretends to represent.
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asymmetric as the pattern, but still.
Good collection of images here
http://www.darvillsrareprints.com/Ladies%20Fashions%201840.htm
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amus
Alas. Got zero, unless you count a gift certificate at a quilting
store. Not bad-- but I went, and found fabric for everybody but me :)
So the gift part will wait til I find something for _me_.
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Great looking blog, thanks!
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On Jan 7, 2013, at 12:28 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I just found
ice you let the sellers speak for themselves. Might you be adding
comments later on? Some sellers of these kinds of things are (to put
it kindly) rather ignorant of antique sewing techniques and styles ;)
== Marjorie Wilser
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If anybody wants to understand printing of the era better, let me
know. I volunteer in 2 printing museums and have presses scattered
liberally about my premesis (print shop, garage, living room).
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http
Nice eye candy!
Went to the publisher's website. It's all about digital publication
through them. No info on how to buy an actual book. Baffling.
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r. Book is not out yet, but she's adding names to a
list for people interested.
I think it will be worth the wait.
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack
This time, it's a book. And what a book.
Garvarni's Women In Lace <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/http/wwwbooktrystcom/~3/ZnI2WzWN5Iw/garvarnis-women-in-lace.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
>
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reason I spent so long getting used to them is that they were
colonial, and I usually don't wear heels. So it was more getting my
feet used to the concept than "breaking in" a shoe.
They are nice to work with, too.
== Marjorie Wilser
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To me, Seton's headgear appears to be a somewhat wilted version of the
mob cap, not stiffened like a bonnet, or really much shaped like one.
Not a poke bonnet because it doesn't hide her face.
== Marjorie
On Feb 27, 2013, at 4:45 PM, Monica Spence wrote:
I went to school at Set
Astrida,
The link didn't work for me, and I'm sure it should have. Odd.
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On Mar 1
Thanks, Kim!
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On Mar 14, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Kim Baird wrote:
Here is the correctly spelled
ke use of what
was then rather a controversial garment. Perhaps she thought nobody
she knew would see her! -- they and their large family had two wagons
and did not join a "train."
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upper and
wanna-be classes.
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On Mar 22, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Maggie Koenig wrote:
I'm starting to wonder if
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 our cultural
history as something to wear; let alone cut it and dye it! Would
you buy a
And here I thought this list was for *costumers* and not consumers and
destroyers.
== Marjorie Wilser
On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:40 AM, Lavolta Press wrote:
But apparently you don't even collect antique textiles yourself. You
are certainly welcome to do so, but are
Finally finished hemming a neck kerchief for my colonial. That's one
long hem, but I insisted on doing a hand hem.
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Polyester. Ick. But it's grown up in the world since the bulletproof
variety, and SOME things in poly are actually decent feeling.
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esses
that I have no problem at all treadling!
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On Apr 2, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Simone Bryan wrote:
My P
r random stains. Might they have been in the cloth
as produced?
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On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Patrici
es a bit of practice with the
desired thread. I've learned from bitter, hand-numbing experience not
to lucet so tightly.
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"Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for
So glad your post reminded me of Wm Booth-- I like their linen thread
for luceting.
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On Jun 21, 2013,
Chimene,
Great shots, and they explain a lot! I always wondered how they did
that :) But you made me hungry for fry bread (in the later pics). . .
I can't speak for Viking times, but sure enjoyed the pics.
== Marjorie Wilser
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the hair/hat styles!!
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over here. . . someday)
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On Jul 24, 2
here's one:
http://www.amspecinc.com/fitting/index.html
I did Google advanced search: "torso", and added in g*exact phrase* "fill in
your measurements"
But better result when I removed "torso" from the equation and used only the
exact phrase:
http://www.timeaftertimedesigns.com/Measurement%20Ch
Yeek. Just looked at the price! How familiar are you with the company (not
Amazon DG, the pattern produceer)?
==Marjorie (swooning from sticker shock)
Sent from my amazing iPad
On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kathleen Norvell wrote:
>
> This was the pattern I was thinking of when I mentioned Ae
d ones I
think of as a "chemise," but that isn't the name I'm looking for here.
So what's the modern name for it, please? :)
== Marjorie Wilser
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Thanks, everybody!
It's for fiction. Guy normally clueless trying to describe woman who catches
his eye. Would a guy know the name of said garment!? He's more likely to know
what's in it than what it's called :)
== Marjorie Wilser
On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:36
I just looked it up. Whoever wrote it
>> also mentions "camisole." There are pictures at the bottom of the page,
>> with all the variations that fall under "tank tops."
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeveless_shirt
>>
>>
>>
&g
Thanks! Thought so :) Ok. so I have another kind of problem entirely!
== Marjorie
On Jan 6, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Maggie Koenig wrote:
> For what it's worth my husband has no idea what a cami even is. Brian
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12
Yep! Thanks a bunch for helping me clarify my thoughts. I guess I'm as out of
touch as the fictional guy is
== Marjorie
On Jan 6, 2014, at 11:55 AM, Sybella wrote:
> I doubt he'd be up on the latest fashion jargon unless he was into that.
> He'd probably say blouse, top...maybe t
I wonder about the skimpy part. Do young guys use the term? Maybe might say
"hot" if it were skimpy. Sheesh. Information overload :)
Thanks, guys, for the fun discussion!!
== Marjorie
On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Ginni Morgan wrote:
> And then, again, a 25 y/o guy who just went s
I'll ask a guy who works at the cat shelter where I volunteer. He'll be amused!
== Marjorie
On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:58 PM, Ginni Morgan wrote:
> Ask them. Most of us are the wrong gender and the wrong age. My ex-husband
> used skimpy, particularly concerning his daughters' clothi
ROFL!!! Thanks for the giggle! :)
== Marjorie
On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Sybella wrote:
> I'm tempted to post a picture on my FB page asking males to state their age
> and a brief description of the top. LOL!
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Ma
Do you have a scan of the directions?
==Marjorie Wilser (fond of tricksy monkeys)
On Feb 10, 2014, at 5:47 PM, Sybella wrote:
> Normally, I can look at a pattern and have a clear idea of how flat pieces
> fit together and follow a shape, what is cut on the fold, how many to cut,
>
Maybe the List strips attachments? It’s not there this time either.
==Marjorie Wilser (the3toad)
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On Feb 10, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Sybella wrote:
> Hm...How strange! It is attached on the copy that came through the list and
> back to me. I wonder why it is hiding from you
descriptions to accompany
the pattern shapes you trace and cut out.
==Marjorie Wilser (thinking about trying to follow the directions and see where
it leads!)
On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Sybella wrote:
> It took me a while to find it online somewhere. Here...
>
> http://club.season.ru/
Just had to share this. Talk about amazing from a kid!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/26/4-year-old-paper-dresses-fashion-by-mayhem_n_4855545.html
==Marjorie Wilser
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Just curious. . . I don’t have a good Elizabethan book to hand.
In period, is gauging/gathering appropriate for a skirt? Many thanks! I can do
it. . . but little tucks are easier. :)
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but judging by portraits I wouldn't put in pleats
>> any smaller than 1 inch wide (i.e.I mean 1 inch as the section showing
>> on top of the pleat not the total amount of fabric taken up by the
>> pleat) for an Elizabethan skirt.
>> Elizabeth
>>
>> On W
Many thanks! I have to haul the few books I have out of storage but I’ve an
answer now that will take this (very minor) project where it needs to go!
==Marjorie
On Mar 13, 2014, at 1:38 AM, michaela de bruce
wrote:
>>
>> a. Not upper class, more middling.
>> b. pleats are fine by me.
>> c. h
I’m looking for brim wire and not having a whole lotta luck.
Sources, anybody? The best I can find so far is Farthingales in Canada…. slower
and with duty. I’m in the US. A millinery company wants a minimum order of $76—
their “low” price. Right.
I looked for Janet Wilson Anderson’s Raiments/ A
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