RE: [h-cost] Harmful Fabrics

occasional handling of old textiles and articles aren't among them. Wanda Pease Harmful Fabrics It might be Paris green - (Arsenic trioxide copper acetate) Patty From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Sharon at Collierfam.com Sent: Sun 10/29/2006 2:53 AM

RE: [h-cost] 1520s french headwear--fresh eyes needed

I was fortunate enough to have lived with the US forces in Germany several years while we were forming what is now the Kingdom (then Principality) of Drachenwald. One thing I treasure more than many others is a trip into the cellars of the German History Museum in Nuremberg with the Curator. We

RE: [h-cost] any interest in remaindered book?

Janet, I would be interested because I'm becoming a sucker for wardrobe accounts. Are you saying that the Records are composed of two volumes (I and II), or that there are two copies, or that there are two sets of copies? I would also be interested in the two Calendar books

RE: [h-cost] Re: another addiction - was hand crank, treadle machines

As this thread started I began to count up my machines and realized that I was in the throws of General sewing machine addiction too. I have a Kaiser treadle machine, bought in Germany in the 1970's from an antique dealer. It sits in a table with wrought iron work picked out in gold leaf. The

RE: [h-cost] Hancock Fabrics

Both stores are on the Eastern side of the Willamette river (that's Will-am-ut, not Will-ha-met) river in Portland, Oregon. Both are huge, about a city block square. Mill Ends is off McLoughlin Blvd, and south towards Milwaukie (sorry, but the spelling is our very own). It has the extra added

RE: [h-cost] Re: New Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo

Thanks! I wanted to make the same comment after seeing this one everywhere! Enough Already! Regina Romsey ('Lanie's Keeper) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] Eleanor of Toledo 1545 help

Book Tease! So when is this coming out? Who is publishing it? Where can we pre-order? What are you doing wasting perfectly good reading/writing time on the likes of us (grin)! Honestly! I hear about books like this and it makes me want to lock people who can write them into the house-elf

[h-cost] Re: New MCTBook

Got my MCT Book last week. My only Question: Robin! Are we going to have to wait a WHOLE YEAR for another? Are they taking pre-orders yet? Regina Romsey/Wanda in Portland ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] Music Books was: Migration Era Books

EEEK! $250 for the cheapest used copy I could find! Looks like ILL and a scanner would be your friend for this one. If I get REALLY good with my new OpticBook scanner (doesn't break the backs of books), and it's not enormous, this could be done. Regina What are the ones that you're yearning

[h-cost] Embroidery books was MCT and Wish lists

Would the books by Maria Schuette: A Pictorial History of Embroidery (the little one) or the huge two volume tombstone variety be of interest? The local County Library has the big ones and I intend to take my digital camera and a friend to photograph each page this summer since they are way too

RE: [h-cost] Embroidery books was MCT and Wish lists

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Susan B. Farmer Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:23 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Embroidery books was MCT and Wish lists Quoting Wanda Pease [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Would the books by Maria Schuette

RE: [h-cost] New MCT Book was Update on Henry VIII book

. Fiction comes from the Library (unless it is Liadian Universe, then it comes mainline from the publisher :-) Wanda Pease ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] Re: MCT Amazon...

This is a truly EVIL site. Doesn't take your paycheck in little nibbles. Takes your entire book budget in big gulps! However when you get them and whisper mine, My Precious! all mine! you tend to forget until the pain of the Credit Card comes through. Be sure and look at what else he has in

RE: [h-cost] Re: this list

I'm in such fear of driving fatigue that I'm driving all the way from North East Portland and staying the night at the McMennamen's Grand Lodge in Forest Grove. It used to be an Odd Fellows Home (seems appropriate) and is relatively inexpensive for the fun. Plus it's just down the street from

RE: [h-cost] Cable ties and corsets

I have found some cable ties that are made for Ducts. They are over 45 long and nice and sturdy without being incredibly thick. I was looking at buying them for something like this because they come in bundles of 10 or more. Actually, they are long enough that I was thinking about buying several

RE: [h-cost] Re: this list

I think we need to all wear a red H or something to identify the H-Costumers at the Lectures. Sounds like a lot of us will be there Wanda/Regina (SCA) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Althea Turner Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:49 AM

RE: [h-cost] Re: this list

Robin, Regina Romsey is Wanda Pease. I bought the Inventories of Henry VIII from you. I intend to bring it AND your book for you to sign over to me! Wanda/Regina Romsey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robin Netherton Sent

[h-cost] Book on Lithuanian Costume? was: Oseberg textiles

Book Tease A book on Lithuanian Costume? Name? ISBN? Where? How Much...? Inquiring Bookoholics want to know! Wanda/Regina English summaries would do for me. I recently bought a book on medieval Lithuanian costume, written in Lithuanian with English summaries, and learned

RE: [h-cost] Re: this list

Even put on a nice Red Hat for us Holders of that Honor :-) Wanda/Regina Romsey Of course, the H would be appliquéd, embroidered, beaded and absolutely gorgeous! I think we need to all wear a red H or something to identify the H-Costumers at the Lectures. Sounds like a lot of us will

RE: [h-cost] re: extant inventories/Mary Queen of Scots

the original in your hand, but much cheaper, particularly if you don't read French :-) Wanda Pease Robertson, J. Inventaires de la Royne Descosse douairiere de France: catalogues of the jewels, dresses, furniture, books, and paintings of Mary Queen of Scots : 1556-1569. Edinburgh: Bannatyne Club

RE: [h-cost] Mary QoS Inventory

Never Mind. I found the Dictionary of the Scots Language on-line and it's vasken or petticoat. It even uses this very entry as an example. I think I'm going to have fun with this one! Wanda Any idea what is being described here: Item ane doublett of blak veluot/ and the vaskene of the

RE: [h-cost] 265: To dye for: Poison: Paris green

Time to re-read _Strong Poison_ by Dorothy Sayers. Arsenic properties provide the hook on which it's hung (along with the villain) Wanda Pease In other words, maybe they were a little more willing to be slowly poisoned by arsenic if it made them look good than we are be in the days

RE: [h-cost] K of Aragon necklace

It looks like a lot of the chain mail chains I've seen in the SCA, but made with precious metals. Wanda A year or so ago, someone mentioned a modern name for a style of chain necklace that looked similar to the longer one K of A wears in this portrait:

RE: [h-cost] painting references needed

Lonnie, Have you gotten the Summer 2005 Complete Anachronist #128 - A Polish Miscellany? Of course that assumes that you are a member of the SCA, and get CA's. If you aren't/don't, it is available from the Stock Clerk https://secure.sca.org/cgi-bin/stockclerk/ca.html Go to page 13 for

[h-cost] To Dye for-(was Period Dye color references

Michael Shamansky Books http://www.artbooks.com/wc.dll?AB~searchquick~cart=0 - another Evil Place where you can spend the rent, mortgage, and food money for years to come. I was good and my potential order only came to $800. I quietly exited before they could see the credit cards in my wallet and

RE: [h-cost] Ruff - was Bjarne's dilemma

Looking at this ruff I actually see three layers. One big outer layer, then two ruched together so that one fills the top arches of the large ruff and the other fills the bottom. Of course, all the layers may actually be the same size and you get the rather heart shape of the inner layers as

RE: [h-cost] Babylon 5

I got to see one of the G'Kar costumes at the Seattle Science Fiction Museum last weekend. The costume is almost all created out of hot glue and bits and pieces. I was so bummed to hear that Andreas Katsulas passed away from inoperable lung cancer on 13 February. loved smoking with a passion

RE: [h-cost] Babylon 5

Oh, man; I *hate* that. Small cell lung cancer is a truly ugly disease. The *two* year survival rate is *20%* Susan, whose beloved Mother-in-law lived 13 months with small cell. - My father passed away after fighting emphysema for about 7 years. It was a mercy because he was bright

RE: [h-cost] Shoemaking articles and handouts

Marc Carlson wrote: So, what I am suggesting is that if any of you have such ephemera (that's archival jargon for stuff that wasn't written to last forever), or of articles that you have written and would like to be sure that they survive, I am setting up a collection of such material for

[h-cost] Effigy Corset

To those who have made this corset. How is it for bending over and/or twisting? Can you bend over from the waist or do you do the Stewardess kneel down, back straight? How about potty breaks? Wanda Pease/Regina Romsey Never attribute to malice what can as easily be attributed to simple social

RE: [h-cost] Effigy Corset

I definitely always wear split crotch drawers under my stuff. Not period for everything (we think), but being able to walk around the next day without chaffing making me walk like an old cow-hand, is worth it. I had a long talk with a lady who had spent several summer weeks traveling around

[h-cost] Blocking a Wool Felt Hat

with an thick interlining that I have to get the brim shape, then I'll cut the actual hat brim. Does this sound reasonable, or does it sound like it will be more work than simply creating the under-structure out the interfacing and paper and going from there? Wanda Pease/Regina Romsey Never

RE: [h-cost] pants

Pants... You mean bloomers like they might have worn bicycling or underwear type pants? Wanda -Orig Does anybody have a pattern for 19th century women's pants? Thanks ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] Book Alert - Inventories of Henry VIII

. The URL http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/8788 takes you right to it, bypassing the deadly other sale offerings! Wanda Pease/Regina Romsey Never attribute to malice what can as easily be attributed to simple social ineptness ___ h-costume

RE: [h-cost] Book Alert - Inventories of Henry VIII

. Of course, for me the written word translates into a vision in my head. I 'see' the story a book is telling. It makes it hard when my favorites are made into movies and the characters don't look a thing like I imagine them! Wanda Wanda Pease wrote: ___ h

[h-cost] Boning/reeds yet again

as well. I'm pleasingly plump ;-) and a B cup but I have _hips_ (bum roll? what bum roll?) so the tiny waist immediately flairs out to quite substantial hips (weebles wobble, but they don't fall down.) This means that the tabs are a point of considerable strain for any stiffening. Wanda Pease/Regina

[h-cost] Ammonia and Bleach or Vinegar and Bleach

Once when I was having a nasty bout of Athlete's foot, over the phone my mother mentioned that my father, a mail-carrier, soaked the affected foot in bleach. Another friend said they had great luck soaking in vinegar... I figured well, then the combination should be killer. It was. I hope

[h-cost] To whiten natural linen

Age is definitely creeping up on me since I'm sure this has been discussed - but I can't remember when. I have some nice natural- or unbleached linen. Problem is I want some nice white linen. Is there a way that I can bleach what I have without destroying it or without a commercial process?

RE: [h-cost] what would you do with 14 yards of wool?

usually air conditioned venues (air conditioned as in warmed or cooled to what we think of as comfortable). Stokesay Castle ... You haven't been cold until you have stood in the great hall listening to the little recorded voice for 10 minutes :-) just joking, but...) Wanda Pease Despite

RE: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

I have a small baleen frond guaranteed to have been harvested pre-ban. You can also buy it legally from Alaskan natives or those with the right to harvest whales for survival. The butt end of this frond is about 3/4 thick and it is fairly rigid there. The whole thing reminds me of the

RE: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

I lived in Alaska for far too short a time: 1970-1972 but I happened to fall in with a crash pad style household that included ivory and native arts traders, a State Senator (occasionally), real estate salesman (wanna buy a genuine piece of Alaska?), etc. At that time I picked up a walrus tusk

RE: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

According to the site that I bought my Baleen from recently, it is the harvesting of baleen that is watched carefully. What I bought came with a certificate that it was antique, pre-ban stuff. The walrus ivory was supposed to go only to native carvers, but the you could own it. I had a small

[h-cost] Moda a Firenze

really have to have this book! Wanda Pease/Regina Romsey Never attribute to malice what can as easily be attributed to simple social ineptness ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] New to me Eleonora of Toledo

the above URL is ridiculously long but snipurl doesn't want anything to do with it. It is a portrait of Eleonora in the Hermitage collection. It is unlike any portrait of her that I've see, but Allori was a fosterling of Bronzino so he might have had some sittings. The dress is fantastic! Wanda

RE: [h-cost] New to me Eleonora of Toledo

Pardon me if this looks patronizing. It isn't. I am putting these down as I try it out, hoping it works. I should have done it this way in the first place instead of plastering that ridiculous URL in my message (it was late - hangs head) Go to http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

RE: [h-cost] New to me Eleonora of Toledo

It does look very different from the portraits that we are used to from Bronzino. The hairstyle is so tight to the head. I just put it down to the difference in artist's eyes. Also, I thought that the eyes of the girl did look much like those I'm familiar with. I can't wait to get my hands on

[h-cost] OT - To the People of Gleann Abhann and the SCA

Bjarne, This might give you an even better idea of what the US is all about, even when we are stripped down to the essentials. The Coronation may seem trivial, but the determination to make it happen isn't. Sort of like the Danish Crown not giving up when the Nazi's poured over your borders.

RE: [h-cost] Future garments again

Umm... As a long time Pendleton customer, at least for the fabric, and Pendleton, Oregon native I have to tell you that must of the clothing is actually manufactured in places like Mexico. The woolen fabric is woven here in Pendleton, Portland, and Washougal, WA, but the clothing is put together

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