Holiday gifts, hah! I just finished making may daughter's Dickens dress and
hat. She said she wanted to make it herself, but with college, she didn't
have time and so, I was asked to do it1 week before Fair opening. But I
managed. If you go to Dickens, she's Miss Kate Nickleby, all in black. I'
The gentleman CAN slide his foot between, in fact, that is how we dance the
rotating waltz. Try it before you reject the idea completely.
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What is wool satin? I've never heard of it. Sounds yummy. Do you have pics?
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a hoop skirt to one of
the dance lessons, it would give away too much.
Will consider trying it for later! We will have to have a Victorian ball
around here...
B M
2007/12/5, Sharon Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> The gentleman CAN slide his foot between, in fact, that is ho
Bjarne, I love you! This is fabulous!
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I thoaght, as there are manny h
A friend told me that if you bleed on fabric, you need to suck it out,
because your saliva will put your blood into solution. It worked on some
cotton I was working on. Anyone know if this is true or not?
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I notice that colored wax is a problem. So, match your candles to your
tablecloth!
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] removing blod stains
Speaking of
How long is your hair? Mine is just shy of shoulder length, so my bun is
tiny. I usually do a french twist instead and hold in place with plastic
hair pins--look like a 3" long "U". I get them from the Vermont Country
Store catalog. Then spray with hair spray to keep flyaway bits stuck down.
In the book, Victorian and Edwardian Fashion, by Alison Gernsheim, there is
a photo of a woman in a dress with a very similar neckline. It is dated
1845. (plate 14, if you have the book)
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> In the book, Victorian and Edwardian Fashion, by Alison Gernsheim,
> there is a photo of a woman in a dress with a very similar neckline.
>
Yikes! Here's hoping for all the best for you. And Merry Christmas and A
very Happy New Year for you, too.
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Would it be the same as marriage by proxy?
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Hello!
I am doing some di
Try
www.jeeba.com
I saw their stuff at a garden show and it was very nice, affordable and the
items came in tons of semi-precious stone colors.
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I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to
stretch it out again?
Sharon
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I hope you have a speedy and complete recovery! Handwork is perfect for
recovery. My mom embroidered a whole tablecloth while recovering from
surgery and every time we used it, she'd tell us the story. :-)
Sharon C.
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If not in the women's department, try a hiking/backpacking store.
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Subject: [h-cost] white wool stockings
I am going to an e
I heard of an old country remedy for slightly-shrunken sweaters
-- you soak the sweater in a solution of epsom salts and then carefully
re-block it. But I never tried it and I can't remember the proportions
Does anyone know what I'm talking about???
Good luck!
Suzanne
> From: &
Malaria occurs in areas other than tropical ones. In the book, "Little House
on the Prairie", the whole family gets malaria and thankfully, a neighbor
drops by and is able to get them medicine. Oklahoma in the 1860-1870's.
Sharon C.
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Don't know the price, but you might try the Vermont Country Store.
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Subject: [h-cost] tights
Since they have been mentioned, I th
In the "Little House" books, Laura writes about a fabric they called
"mosquito bar", which they put over the windows to try and keep the bugs
out. Does that count for costume/fabric content? :-)
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I remember my mom squirming into hers. My brother (age 5 or 6 at the most)
did a parody of it (complete with grunts and groans) and we laughed til we
cried!
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Probably had something to do with the native people having an immunity---for
example, if you carry the sickle cell anemia gene, but don't have the
disease, it gives you increased resistance against a common African disease
(might be malaria, but I don't remember offhand).
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Do any of the LotR calendars have the map, with all 7 of the Fellowship
walking next to each other across either the top or bottom? I remember a
poster like that and was trying to show it to my 12 yr old. If so, I'd love
it.
Sharon Collier
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Regarding pants for you-Lands End makes a lot of their pants in a Tall
version.
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My method developed fro
Sounds like a masquerade all to me. I just went to a costume ball wedding
and the bride wore 17th century costume, with powdered hair.
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I just got a new iron, a Westinghouse, cost $20 at Target. What I like about
it is that it changes color depending on the temperature. This is a really
good feature, as my old iron melted some taffeta (thankfully only the seam
allowance).
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If the label said "Bicentennial" that would mean it was dated 1976,
correct?, no matter what the fabric looked like. Or was it celebrating the
bicentennial of his birth, 1932?
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A good case is the Mountain View performing Arts Center. It was designed
with a lovely fly loft. But a city architect thought the fly loft spoiled
the "look" of the building, so he cut it down by half. (at least, that's the
story I heard, but it is so believable)
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The kitchenette was for washing out paint brushes, of course, and the other
part was for making food for use onstage. (white bread with an apricot half
for "eggs", etc.), and for heating the dye water.
Tee-hee :-)
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Mourning underwear. Black petticoat for wearing under Ren dress so the dirt
doesn't show as much as with lighter fabrics.
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Where are you located? I ask because there are some Victorian costume
classes about to start around here (San Francisco bay area). It is a series
of classes, starting with underwear and moving on to the outer garments,
meant for folks who wish to make their own costume for the Dickens Fair
(1840-18
Aylwen, I do Renaissance dancing also. Do you have any videos of your
performances? We mostly do Italian and French court dances.
Sharon C.(oops, have to add costume content-we do them in period costume)
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Have the grey tops button up to the neck, with overlapping fronts "lapels",
rather like a military coat. Line the lapels with the bright colors you
want. Then, by opening the neck and folding back the lapels, you'll get a
quick color change. The rest of the top will still be grey, but not so
notice
I just saw "Becoming Jane" last night (thanks Netflix!) and she had some
very nice dresses made of linen.A dark blue walking dress, especially.
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I'm assuming you know about the ban on tartan and kilts after 1745.
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For those of us, like me, who stupidly lost your website address, would you
please post it so that I can bookmark it and check out your wonderful work
from time to time?
Sharon C.
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Thank you. I was talking to a friend and tried to show her his costumes and
realized I'd deleted it somehow along the way.
Sharon C.
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My husband had to make a coat for his character, Mr. Brownlow, from "Oliver
Twist". In the book it describes him as wearing a bottle green coat, so we
went looking for material of that color. We found what we thought was the
perfect color, a dark, but still bright green, but at over $150 a yard, we
Oo! I want one!
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Hi gang,
It's a little early to be promoting this, I suppose, but I thou
Where are you and by when do you need them?
Sharon in California
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I am busy making another rena
Is this 16th century? If so, I'd love to have one.
Sharon Collier
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I happen to have living with me a German exchange student, (is that
serendipitous, or what?) so if you don't have anyone to translate the
Vendish site, I will ask her to do it.
Sharon Collier
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Having gotten way too much paint on my clothes over the years, (I paint
sets, I can tell you that acrylics do not easily wash out. Plus, they go
through the washer and dryer. I've washed my paint clothes loads of times.
Try the wash/paint technique first, because they do add stiffness.
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these.
Regina Romsey
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Doesn't the oil in the paint spread, making an oil spot? I've never used
oils, as in theatre we can't have flammable paints. Before acrylics, we used
to make our own paint, using hoof-and-horn glue. We called it casein paint.
You mixed the ground up stuff (hooves and horns, apparently) up with wate
There's an island off the Carolina coast, which, until they got a bridge and
satellite TV, had an almost perfect version of a 16th century eastern
English accent, which has died out/changed in England.
My mom is frequently asked if she is from New York, but she is a native San
Franciscan. The accen
Hi, Cin, I'm going. What's this about scarlet letters?
Sharon Collier
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As probably the closest one
A new Ren court dress for dancing. I have the earrings I'm basing the dress
on. Now all I have to do is find the fabrics, trim, beads, make a corset and
hoops, get shoes, figure out a hat and make the thing! I already have a
bumroll, so that makes the job so much easier. :-)
Sharon
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Sharon Collier wrote:
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Wash the silk, you can always dry clean it later.
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Hi, I am about to get some chenille/ta
Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be
to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this?
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This is why I feel regular production meetings are so important. At the
first meeting, all the designers and the director get together and discuss
the direction of the show re: design, style, etc. As soon as the show is
cast, meet again and make any changes (if the leads won't look good in the
orig
Just get rid of the director. It's easier. :-)
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This may have been discusse
I got one used from Amazon Canada for under $100, if I remember correctly.
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I ran into a copy of Moda de Firenze
Aniline dye. Less messy and appropriate, wouldn't you think?
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Sharon Collier wrote:
&
About how many costume/fashion related books or magazines do you own?
About 30-35 (but 2 of those are Moda a Firenze and QEWU (bought from
Amazon/Canada for $192, which included shipping)
What was the first one you purchased?
Historic Costume for the Stage 1974
Where did you purchase it?
Humb
At Costume Con this last weekend, we were talking and someone said the
pattern from Laughing Moon Patterns was good.
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One tip is to line the top of the fabric to be pleated with evenly checked
gingham. The regular spacing of the checks makes it easy to make even pleats
and the gingham finishes the top edge.
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I've heard that even today, in countries where women work hard and/or have
poor nutrition, menopause sets in much earlier, around the 30's.
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"The Music Man", the movie with Shirley Jones, has some nice early 1900's
stuff I think about the end of the time you're looking at, about 1908-1910,
especially showing the difference between girls dresses, which were mid calf
and women's, which were long. Boys/men's clothes, too, (plus, it's a coo
I have some pants/shorts that I have streamlined to the easiest pattern
ever. Two pieces, two seams, two hems (machine of course) and one casing for
the elastic. They sit at my waist and I make them in lovely wild cotton
prints (it's either that or tablecloths).
Sharon
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If not, I have a bunch that my friend gave me (her mom was a seamstress)
plus a bunch of adapted ones that my other friend gave me after she decided
to stop doing theatre. I'm in CA, 30 mi. south of SF.
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Really easy is a loose gown. More like a sleeveless robe. Worn over a
chemise, of course, but that can be a white/cream shirt with the collar cut
off so just the collar band is on. Tie on the gorgeous sleeves you've made
to the armholes in 3 places, leaving the underarm loose. Later, you can make
It could have been that the hoop stiffener was not rigid, like whalebone,
but rope or cord, which is what early hoops were made of. They would fold
like that when sitting. Somewhere on a site I just recently saw (which I do
not remember) is a picture of a woman wearing rope hoops that fold just li
Make oversleeves, if it's translucent enough.
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I have 1yd x 44" white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I
Can you make a gauze ruff?
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I have 1yd x 44" white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it
other t
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I have 1yd x 44" white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it
other than a partlet?
I have 2yds
Are you still interested in old patterns?
Sharon Collier
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Are they still available
Francesca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I for one am. Been
doing pattern grading research so any left over's would be greatly
appreciated after you all are done using them. :)
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Chiara Francesca
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Amazon Drygoods is in Iowa. (563) 322-6800. Don't know if they have anything
that might work.
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Does any
Or Jas.Townsend & Son, Inc., Ft. Wayne, Indiana. They have a store, too, as
well as online.
www.jas-townsend.com
Or can he buy from one of the Faire vendors?
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Maybe the skirts are flat in front, under the pointed bodice, then pleated
at side and back. It just doesn't show much in the portrait, but there is
fullness you can see at the side bottom of the skirt.
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Looking at their site, I was surprised to see so much of their clothing is
polyester or a polyester blend. In the southwest, it gets really hot and
polyester just doesn't breathe. I think they would have better luck with
their business if they used 100% cotton. Putting those kids in poly in the
sum
I looked up the word in both my French and Italian dictionaries. Both
"crepiter" (French) and "crepitare" (Italian), mean "to rustle", so could it
be a petticoat that makes a rustling noise, like taffeta?
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Where do you live? And what size is your daughter?
Sharon
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Hi all,
My 15 year old is in summer
So could the Amish conceivably use solar, since it doesn't connect to
anywhere? Then they could use electric sewing machines (see, I got costume
content in there--:-) )
Sharon C.
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Hi, I am no longer receiving emails. Can you put me on the list again,
please? I probably hit the wrong button on the computer. (again)
Thank you, Sharon C.
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For a stage costume, use drinking straws, cut into pieces. They would thread
quickly onto string, (put two strings through a straw piece, then split the
strings and put through another straw piece with strings on either side, if
that makes sense) and you could put pre-made beaded fringe on the bott
Belt part---
Do you mean girdle? Long necklace-like belt that goes around waist and hangs
down center front?
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When I was in high school, we did "Kiss Me, Kate". My friend's aunts did the
costumes and copied the "Shrew" costumes for the leads. They were GORGEOUS.
I believe they made the headdress of wire, covered with masking tape or
fabric tape (for bulk), then painted. Or you could make it out of wicker,
Moda has color pictures, QEU are black and white, if that makes a
difference.
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Hi,
Can you wash this or must it be dry cleaned? And if you can wash, how?
Sharon C.
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Thanks!
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Fwd: Fabric.com: Deal of the Day - Wool Gabardine
At 02:20 PM 8/7/2008, you wrote:
>Can you wash t
Put together a resume, with pictures, if possible, of your work. Pictures
are worth 1,00 words. One of the best costumers I've known was self taught.
I'm a stay at home mom who has done community theatre for the past 25 years
or so. While interesting and fun, it has not paid well, stipends usually
Oooh! Another idea! You sound like you might make a good wedding planner.
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Not "Celtic knotwork", I'd say instead "Italian strapwork" (but whether or
not it was period, I've no idea.) Was this for the Palio horserace, maybe?
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There is also a "Palio" horserace in Sienna, Italy. Done in early
renaissance style. It is held in the central town piazza.
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A straw fan on a ribbon around her neck (to keep it from the cat!)As for
what am I making--plans for the "Cutting Back of the Plants that have Taken
Over the Backyard". Coming dancing next week? (Lesley's busy this week)
Sharon
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My son wanted to be a clone trooper for last Halloween. My husband found a
site online that showed how a guy made armor using those flat(less than 1/8"
thick) sheets of foam.It turned out great!Here's a picture (I hope. Maybe
you could use spray adhesive to glue the material onto the flat foam shee
1962 "Gypsy", the musical about how she became the burlesque star. Great
performance by Rosalind Russell, playing her mom.
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Actually, if you just lightly bone the bodice, so it doesn't wrinkle up
along the center front and at the back lacings that should be ok. At least
for what she seems to want. My first Ren bodice was boned, but I didn't wear
a corset/pair of bodies and it worked fine. Does she intend to wear a bra?
Also, maybe she doesn't understand that a corset does not have to fit super
tight, a la that scene from "Gone With the Wind". It should just be as
comfortable and supportive as a good bra.
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Try a costume store. They often have mask type versions of various
hats/helmets. Can you make one out of an inexpensive play ball? Just cut out
the face part, spray paint it in the right colors and hot melt foam pieces
inside to fit (much like a bike helmet)
Or, try to find a bike helmet that is t
Sounds like the belt was defective, or maybe had some oil on it . I seem to
remember that oil can break down rubber. Worth looking into, maybe check
that you don't have oil dripping onto the belt inside the machine.
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On the cloth of gold thread, Bess mentioned cloth of silver. I have a small
piece (about 1 yard square), but it is tarnished where it was exposed to the
air when folded. Any ideas on how to remove the tarnish from the silver
without harming the silk?
Sharon C.
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Thanks, I didn't know that about basic harming protein fibers. Aren't most
detergents/soaps basic?
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My son's school had a Halloween carnival. I told the kids I was a 10 yr old
dressed as a mom.
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You could dye over using something in the red range. Try cold water dye, as
then the wool won't shrink. Or soak it in very strong cold tea. It will dull
the color somewhat.
Or sew up a quilt with it as the batting. Or a quilted bed jacket/shawl.
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Passamaneria Toscana in Florence , Italy
They have 2 rooms, filled floor to ceiling with trims of all types. (at the
Piazza S. Lorenzo, 12r) They have 3 locations. I just about died when I went
there. And of course, I was new to period costuming, so didn't know what was
period correct or not,
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