[h-cost] Question about mid-19th century hand embroidery

[lisa58]

Hello to the list.

I am doing a project and want explore mid-19th century embroidery as
displayed on dresses.  Was embroidery using  wool threads common?  And
where would be the best place to start looking for info about it, and
images?  Does anyone on here have a special intereset in this?

Thanks in advance, Lisa a
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Re: [h-cost] 19th century clothing in need of a new home

[lisa58]

Hello, I'm Lisa Ashton, and I have a non-profit under the umbrella of the
 International Costumer's Guild, called Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical
Fashion Show.  My mission is to preserve, study and research Victorian
and Edwardian fashion and to understand better the commonplaces of
everyday life in the Victorian era.  I take both small and large
displays/exhibits of these items to costume-related conventions and talk
about them, and let people take photos and examine them in detail.I
would LOVE to have authentic garments to add to Miss Lizzy's
collection--they are well taken-care-of, and I exhibit them in cycles. 
Right now I am concentrating on 1860's and the color green.  I am able to
provide a tax deduction receipt as well, if that would be needed.  

In addition to any articles of clothing, no matter how commonplace, I am
extremely interested in the following: Lady's vanity items such as vanity
caskets, hairbrushes and hand mirrors, gloves, millinery, quilts or
authentic period fabrics for study of colors and prints, hoops or bustle
cage crinolines, detachable collars or cuffs, hair wreaths and memorial
jewelry, antique photographs to document fashions and accessories, hose
(hard to find in any condition) corsets, chatelaines, sewing notions of
any kind (like pincushions etc.), parasols, fashion periodicals such as
Godey's or Petersons.  I am even interested in items as commonplace as an
antique carpet sweeper, and laundry tub.  

I would be happy to pay for  shipping costs as well. 

Lisa Ashton
"Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show"
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storical%20fashion%20show



On Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:23:44 -0800 Mary Bucher 
writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I received the following query through my website. If you are 
> interested or
> have any suggestions, please reply to Katherine Dill 
> katherined...@yahoo.com
> 
> Thanks,
> ~mary
> 
> =
> 
> 
> A small local historical society in Indiana has literally hundreds 
> of
> garments for which we need to find a new home. They are mid/late 
> 1800s
> and early 1900s, primarily women's, though some girls' and men's
> clothing.
> 
> Do you have any interest or have any idea at all a company/museum 
> that
> might want them? I could provide a list of the items of you would 
> like
> more information about what we have. We really have no use for them
> and need to relocate them. Thanks.
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Re: [h-cost] Historical costume kickstarter project

[lisa58]

I also pledged, my copy will become part of Miss Lizzy's Traveling
Historical Fashion Show and join many other wonderful contemporary and
antique references in my little parlor museum.  Keep up the good work!

Lisa Ashton
curator, Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show
https://www.facebook.com/MissLizzysTravelingHistoricalFashionShow/


On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:04:25 +1100 Aylwen Gardiner-Garden
 writes:
> Dear Friends
> 
> I am writing to seek your help financing my Kickstarter book project 
> by
> pre-purchasing my costume-in-detail book about 18th and early 19th 
> century
> trims, frills and furbelows - the finishing touches.
> 
> This is the first time you'll see such a focus on the 18th and early 
> 19th
> century trims from the inside out - and the book will also have 
> how-to
> photographic explanations with each garment showing you how to 
> reproduce
> the trim by hand yourself! Its been exciting to have museums in the 
> UK
> coming on board and allowing me full access to their collections in
> mid-2017 and the rights to publish photos of their costumes.
> 
> I'd love your support - please read more at 
> https://www.kickstarter.
> com/projects/1245085016/trims-frills-and-furbelows and please also 
> share
> this information with your historical costume appreciating friends.
> 
> Warmest Regards,
> and many thanks, again, for your support,
> 
> *Aylwen Gardiner-Garden*
> 
>
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Re: [h-cost] An amazing sewing machine

[lisa58]

Thanks!  This was a great article!  I put it up on my FB page for Miss
Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show.

Lisa a

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 08:09:28 -0700 Marjorie Wilser 
writes:
> Brace yourselves. Mrs. General Tom Thumb had a sewing machine built 
> to scale!
> 
> FWIW I�ve seen her tiny corset at the Ringling museum in Sarasota, 
> Florida. I doubt she made it herself, but it is tempting to 
> hypothesize.
> 
> http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/yes-mrs-tom-thumb-had-sewing-machine
> 
> ==Marjorie 
>  
> 
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Re: [h-cost] searching for 1887 misses' fashion illustrations

[lisa58]

The two books are good ones, I have them both.

1887 I suspect even the 15 year old and the 19 year old would wear a
small "Traveling bustle". I have a brown "Traveling suit" from the 1880's
made of a rust brown very heavy faille taffeta, relatively simple in
terms of embellishment with matching color velvet collar, wide cuffs and
a matching velvet placket on both sides of the front (this was sometimes
called a "military style").  Dark glass buttons--medium large.  Every
part of hte bodice and skirt is lined in somewhat heavier fabric.  It has
the extra gathering in the back that meant a bustle would have been worn,
or could be taken off for the actual train trip and replaced once at the
destination?

 I'll look through my photos and see what I can find.

Interesting search.

Lisa Ashton
Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show




On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 21:37:57 +1300 michaela de bruce
 writes:
> I know I have a number of group photos from the 1880s, but they are
> obviously dressed for the photos.
> http://store.doverpublications.com/0486265331.html I think may be 
> one of
> the books, the other was a huge tome, green cover, just trying to 
> remember
> the name.
>
https://books.google.co.nz/books/about/Dressed_for_the_Photographer.html?
id=8vkzLIrwUXYC&redir_esc=y
> 
> 
> Oh, 
> http://collection.mccord.mcgill.ca/scripts/advanced_search.php?Lang=1
> has a lot, a lot of photos of the era here. And includes groups :)
> 
> 
> > Okay, I have an overly specific search challenge/request for the 
> list!  I'm
> > looking for illustrations (of any sort, as long as they're primary 
> or
> > really
> > really accurate secondary sources) of what upper middle class 
> girls of 9,
> > 15, and 19 years old would wear in the summer of 1887 as they're 
> boarding a
> > train for a ride across the US.  To be even MORE specific (and 
> this and the
> > train aspect are where I've had trouble with my own searches so 
> far) I'm
> > looking for rear, side, and 3/4 rear views.  The 1880s is 
> decidedly not my
> > period--can anyone help me?
> >
> > (This is for a book cover illustration, and okay, period accuracy 
> isn't
> > strictly speaking a requirement, because maybe .05% of readers 
> would catch
> > any mistakes, but darn it, _I'd_ know!  You know?)
> >
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Lincoln Funeral Reenactment

[lisa58]

It sounds really amazing, wish I could be there!

Yours in costuming, Lisa A

On Thu, 5 Feb 2015 15:49:38 -0500 cc2010m...@cs.com writes:
> Hello,
> I found out about this recently. They are doing a reenactment of 
> Lincoln's funeral in Springfield, Illinois the first weekend in May. 
> People can join the mourners as long as they approve your outfit, 
> and you pass a security check. That is because President Obama and 
> other high ranking political people will be there. They even have a 
> perfect replica if the hearse! 
> For me, I am going to try to go, even as a spectator. It is 
> about two weeks before Costume-Con and I only have a limited amount 
> of money.
> Henry W. Osier
> Milwaukee, WI
> (Insert one of my many titles here)
> 
> http://lincolnfuneraltrain.org/
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Re: [h-cost] Anyone here?

[lisa58]

Hi there!

I went to Facebook only because my friends kept pushing me into the 21st
century!  And I'm not young.  I mange "Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical
Fashion Show" on FB and I 'd love to see any or all of you join and weigh
in.  It's far easier to put up and comment on photos that way, and I try
to put some up daily on the website.  I'm not on other social media.

Yours in costuming, Lisa A

On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:21:42 + Kate Bunting 
writes:
> I've been on this list for years; it used to be really busy. I assume 
> the
> drop in numbers is because of the growth of social media. So far 
> I've
> resisted joining Facebook.
> 
> Kate Bunting
> Retired librarian & 17th century reenactor.

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Re: [h-cost] The Progressive Tailor - something fun from the early 1900s.

[lisa58]

Thanks!  This is terriific!  I've re-posted it on my FB page Miss Lizzy's
Traveling Historical Fashion Show, which you are all invited to join!

https://www.facebook.com/MissLizzysTravelingHistoricalFashionShow

Miss Lizzy's is now a non-profit Special Interest Group of hte
International Costumer's Guild, dedicated to preserving and researching
the Victorian and Edwardian era's culture and lcothing, and making it
more accessible and understandable.

Yours in costuming, Lisa A



On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 07:53:16 -0700 Wicked Frau 
writes:
> I was looking up something on the web and this popped up in Google 
> Books.
> "The Progressive Tailor"http://tinyurl.com/ProgTailor
> 
> Thought someone here would enjoy it.
> 
> Sg
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Re: [h-cost] re wardrobe size, middle class

[lisa58]

Great references!!  Another Holmes fan!

Yours in costuming, Lisa a


On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:44:38 +0100 Kate Bunting 
writes:
> Another point: some of Sherlock Holmes's deductions depend on the 
> fact that
> lower middle-class Victorians owned fewer clothes than most of us do 
> today.
> Even after the textile industry was mechanised, before the invention 
> of
> synthetic fibres clothing was comparatively expensive. So, the 
> typist in "A
> Case if Identity" wears the same dress to work every day, and it has 
> marks
> on the cuffs where her wrists rest on the table edge which give a 
> clue to
> her occupation. The pawnbroker's assistant who is secretly digging a 
> tunnel
> to the bank vault across the street in
> "The Red-headed League" has mud on the knees of his trousers; he 
> hasn't
> changed them or put on overalls.
> 
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Re: [h-cost] re wardrobe size, middle class

[lisa58]

Hi Cassandra, 

Long time, since I"ve heard from you.  Lizzie Borden, according to my
research, would have been dressed in a normal way on the day of the
murders.   Every movie I"ve seen about her is a fantasy, as well as most
if not all of the documentaries.

We know:

* that she was wearing a "wrapper" in the morning, and then was fully
dressed because she went out of the house, to at least the yard and
possibly out for an errand early in the day, then was at home, and
testified she had been "ironing handkerchiefs" 

*HEr favorite color was blue, and the trial deposition and transcripts
remark that she wore a blue dress that day. 

*We don't know how many dresses Lizzy had, but we do know her father was
very frugal and "thrifty" and she was unlikely to have been permitted a
large wardrobe, or fancy outfits

*Even though it was August, she likely would have worn a normal dress
with long sleeves and a high neck for modesty, since that was the fashion


  *When the police were at the house much later, her dress was remarked
to be "bloody" and the police encouraged her to change into something
clean.  The story at the trial was that she then changed into a "pink
wrapper" (uncertain whether this is a house dress or a robe, but it is
likely it opened fully down the front, whereas a one-piece dress would
only open down the bodice and maybe a short placket in the skirt).

*The blue dress then disappeared--Lizzy apparently had a neighbbor lady
come over, who later testified that she and Lizzy had burned the dress in
the stove.

Yours inc ostuming, Lisa A


On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:51:28 -0700 Cascio Michael 
writes:
> 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 
> would be included since even if the women didn't work outside the 
> home as in more recent centuries they definitely contributed, maybe 
> afford to throw the occasional gathering or party and had a special 
> outfit or two for funerals or special occasions such as holidays.  
> I'm thinking yeoman or burgher class for earlier centuries.  People 
> with enough not to feel threatened financially on a daily basis but 
> not so much that the adults were idle.  I hope I'm making sense.
> And on a another note I just saw Lizzie Borden Took an Axe with 
> Christine Ricci in it and the outfit she's wearing through most of 
> the movie's day of the murder just seems wrong to me.  Is it 
> supposed to be an underdress because it's hot or a housedress or a 
> fantasy?
>  
>  
>  Cassandra
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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

[lisa58]

One of them is about to be dressed splendidly in an 1895 two-piece indigo
velvet dress with cream lace decoration that I  bought at an auction in
July.  Another is dressed in a gorgeous 1887 black dressof heavy satin,
with a bustle and incredible beadwork on the collar, bodice and cuffs. 
The third iswearingwhat will be my costume for the Haunt I'll be
performing at: a Redneck Zombie Grandma, with a zombie squirrel on my
shoulder (the squirrel has to have the attachments made so it will stay
solidly attached to me).

Yours in costumign, Lisa Ashton

AKA Miss Lizzy, Miss Lizzy's Traveling Historical Fashion Show

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Re: [h-cost] where to buy lucet?

[lisa58]

Rebecca,

I have at least a dozen lucets (plain polished wood, mostly cherry, with
a regular handle) that my husband made a few years ago for me to teach
with andsell.  Contact me offline at lis...@juno.com if you are
interested.

Yours in costuming, Lisa A
\
On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:19:57 -0500 "Rebecca" 
writes:
> Where do people purchase their lucets (preferably online)? I'd like 
> to buy a
> few, but am coming up stumped on where I've seen them for sale! 
> Thanks :)
> 
> Rebecca Schmitt
> aka Agnyss Cabot, Guilde of St. Lawrence, Bristol Renn Faire
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Astrida's Book

[lisa58]

I just sent an email to a close friend--the one who took me to the UNH
Exhibit last fall when I was up visiting her to performat the Haunted
Overload attraction!  The book ismarvelous, the little bit of I've been
able to go through--I just got mine today too!

Yours in costumign,L isaA

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:39:54 -0400 "Terry"  writes:
> I'm so excited to say that I just received Astrida Schaeffer's book
> Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail.  I mean I JUST got it 
> (5
> minutes ago), so I've only had time to thumb through it, but it 
> looks
> beautiful.  Can't wait to read it!
> 
>  
> 
> Terry Walker
> 
>  
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Re: [h-cost] Multiple machines

[lisa58]

I use my Pfaff 1475 machine for buttonholes, although my  Kenmore zig-zag
machine can make them (but they aren't as crisp and nice--and it's all a
manual task), and the Pfaff offers 8 different styles in addition to
being able to tweak the size.  Of course my Elegante embroidery machine
makes incredible ones, although I don't use it for that.  I actually know
several people who have a home embrodiery machine and use it as their
basicmachine!  (And they are some of htemost talented peopleI know!). 
Several of them have purchased and taught themselves the digitizing
software (it's quite expensive), but the one who lives near me is a far
more compter/technology savvy than mostpeople, andhe started with it
almost as soon as it was available.  He taught me, and let me come and
use his machine whenever I liked.  I actually used his embroidery machine
to design an entire costume group, and then, when I had some extra cash
after my Mom died, I bought a gently used Ellegante from a very reputable
place near me (the machine was only about 6 months old, but the owner had
upgraded to an even fancier machine)--and they gave me the full warranty,
AND free maintenance and any shop lessons I would ever want forever. 
(Fantastic place--they also can fix any other sewing machine quickly).

Also, go to a dealer and talk about what "format" you want the machine to
use.  I don't know a lot about this, but the way designs are digitized
and the format they come in, is important to how the design sews out.  If
you can buy a used embroidery machine, it's a huge savings--mine ended up
being just under $3000, which was about half of the cost new.  Also (and
no one told me this), be prepared to spend lots more money on thread for
the machine--it takes special embroidery thread, of a specific weight,
AND you  need "a wall of thread" (as a friend of mine says), becasue you
want to have multiples shades of every color to get the embroidery
effects you want.  You don't have to digitize your own designs (machines
come with a number of pre-set designs and fonts) but you will want to go
to Various websites like Embroidery Library and buy designs.  Not
terribly expensive but it can be addictive.  An embroidery machine
definitely has a learning curve, although it's so gratifying to have the
designs work perfectly, it's just amazing.

So, it is an investment.  I haven't even scratched the surface of what my
Ellegante can do and I"ve done some amazing things with it.  

But I do agree that having amachine spedifically for buttonholes and
tasks like that is a good idea.

Yours in costumign,Lisa A


On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:07:16 -0700 Lavolta Press 
writes:
> I still keeping thinking about getting an embroidery-sewing machine, 
> and 
> if I did, I would probably leave it set up for embroidery and use my 
> 
> Bernina for sewing. However, I have been hesitating for a long time 
> 
> because machine embroidery is a whole new craft and I want to make 
> sure 
> I am committed enough for the machine to be worth the substantial 
> investment.  When I was shopping for a workhorse machine, I didn't 
> really investigate buttonholing closely.  My new Bernina 1008 makes 
> 
> cruddy buttonholes, which is acceptable because my old Viking 400 
> makes 
> sort-of-OK buttonholes. But I find myself really longing for the 
> great 
> buttonholes made by a Greist or Singer attachment on my 
> long-departed 
> Sears Kenmore. Somewhere along the line I disposed of its buttonhole 
> 
> attachment but plenty of similar vintage ones are available. Are the 
> 
> buttonholes on the high-end embroidery machines like the Husqvarna 
> 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.
> 
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> Books on making historic clothing
> www.lavoltapress.com
> 
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Re: [h-cost] what is everyone working on?

[lisa58]

I have an old Husqvarna Viking that we got for free at a church flea
market a few years back--it was covered with paint splashes and was
missing the cords and pedal.  The nice church ladies gave it to us
(saying they couldn't sell it without the cord), and we were able to
replace the cords and pedal for under $30 on Ebay; Roger cleaned it up
and serviced it--and I downloaded the manual online.  (One of the really
great things about the internet!).  This machine can sew 5-8 layers of
leather or heavy vinyl!  I have it for a back up, even though my
workhorse machine is a 30-year-old Sears Kenmore.  I have a Pfaff
1475--the quilter's machine--that is always set up, AND an older Bernina
stashed upstairs (In the post-apocalypse, electronic machines may not
work, so I wanted a plain electric machine that would work with a
generator!)  Not taking any chances.  My serger is a Bernina though and
love it too.

I've found that, since I sew,  people want to give me oldmachines all the
time; Grandma dies, and no one wants it!  I also have two pristine Singer
machine from the early 1960's, one is the "Style-O-Matic", they both have
the hard cases, and work like champs.  One's at my cabin in WV (You never
 know when you have to make a repair on something!)

I"m not working on historical things right now EXCEPT for working on
scanning and organizing my hundreds of vintage photos and cards.  Flea
market season started, so I"m already collecting more of them.  I have to
make a baby gift for a shower next weekend--going to make a fleece
blanket, and a wall hanging with an appliqued giraffe (that's her theme
for the nursery).  And I just got 4 tote bags of quilting fabric from a
friend, as well as 2 bags from the flea market, so there is quilting in
my future, and fabric organizing and storage to be done..  And I have one
of my early tries at 1860's in pearl grey wool blend with black accents
that is going to be a steampunk conversion (one of these days), as well
as finishing up a SF costume of a goddess.

Yours in cosutmign,LisaA


On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 05:12:05 -0400 (EDT) annbw...@aol.com writes:
> Yes, indeed. The place where I could go for while-you-wait service on 
> my Bernina is gone, and I had to wait about a month to have it 
> fixed. (Have to say, though, that is the first time in 12 years it 
> needed really serious service, knock on wood.) My backup machine 
> isn't nearly as spiffy as a Viking, though.
> 
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Victorian Embellishments exhibit

[lisa58]

I actually got to go to this exhibit last Halloween, when I was up in NH
performing at Haunted Overload.  It's a tremendous exhibit, and you can
get pretty close to see real details.  Gorgeous garments andaccessories.

Yours in costumign,LisaA

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:23:50 -0800 Marjorie Wilser 
writes:
> 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.
> 
>  == Marjorie Wilser (wrong side of the continent)
> 
> =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
>http://3toad.blogspot.com/
> "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." 
> --MW
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Anne Murphy wrote:
> 
> > The University of New Hampshire has an exhibit - Embellishments:
> > Constructing Victorian Detail
> >
> > http://www.izaak.unh.edu/museum/index.htm
> >
> > The picture on the page *rotates*, so you can see every detail of 
> this
> > incredible, asymetrical gown...
> >
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Re: [h-cost] Is anyone there?

[lisa58]

I worked through the whole Christmas season--5 shifts in row at
Christmas, as well as  NY Day.  

My son gave me a fabulous book on 19th C. Photography, and I got other
beady  and fabric presents that are delightful.  From daughter and
grandson (now 2 1/2 years) a customized calendar with photos.  My rpesent
to myself was back in early November--an 1887 bustle dress, with beaded,
embroidered appliques, and the actual photo of the woman wearing the
dress.  I"m giving it a party on Feb. 16th here atmy home, but don't know
how to post the invitation for eveyone!

My best present is that I am now "part-time" at work, 2 shifts a week,
and hoping to make a dent in the home front, and work on the cabin.  I
see LOTS more quilting and beading in my future.  Right now, getting
ready for work today, and this week, packing for Arisia.

Yours in costuming,Lisa A


On Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:16:27 -0600 Pierre & Sandy Pettinger
 writes:
> We've seen no messages since December 18 - is everyone really that 
> busy?
> 
> Typical post-holiday question - What costume goodies did you get 
> this year?
> 
> I got "Steampunk Fashion" by Spurgeon Vaughan Ratcliffe.  Also a 
> bunch of cooking gadgets.
> 
> Sandy
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Re: [h-cost] Question for experienced sempsters

[lisa58]

Maybe your daughter is a shapeshifter and didn't tell you?

Yours in costumign, Lisa A

On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:47:03 -0700 Julie  writes:
> I have a mystery that I'd like some insight on.  I've spoken in 
> person to
> all the costumers I know and all are baffled.
> 
> I made a dress for my daughter from decent quilting cottons from 
> Joanne's.
> It has a tight fitted bodice with boning.  The dress stretched so I 
> took it
> in.  It stretched some more so I put elastic in key areas.  It 
> stretched
> some more.
> 
> Yesterday just for giggles I tried it on.  It fits.  I'm 
> substantially
> larger than my daughter (maybe 2 sizes).  What the heck?
> 
> The dress will fit her immediately after washing & drying but 
> begins
> stretching back out within an hour or so.
> Does anyone have any ideas?  The fabric was washed & dried before I 
> cut it
> out.
> 
> This is very discouraging.  I worked hard to make it fit her just 
> right.
> Now it looks like I'm a lousy sempster.  But at least I guess I get 
> a dress
> out of it.
> 
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Re: [h-cost] 19th-century visions of the year 2000

[lisa58]

These are absolutely wonderful.

Yours in costuming, Lisa A


On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:54:53 -0700 Lavolta Press 
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>
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/historic-visions-of-the-future-slideshow/pos
tcards-from-the-future-photo-1347289263.html
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned silk mill

[lisa58]

Holy cow--amazing.  I actually drive by Lonaconing in western Maryland,
on my way to Cumberland or to my cabin in WV.  Incredible photographs. 
Makes me want to know more about the actual manufacturing.

Yours in cosutmign, Lisa a


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> http://wiseminds.com/thedigitalmirage/?p=201
> 
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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

[lisa58]

I returned from Costume Con 30 with some interesting things to play with.
 At the Grand Canyon Visitor Center, I found a set of 4 "vintage post
cards" printed on fabric squares and plan to make an itneresting wall
quilt.  I also found fabric at a store with all the Arizona cactuses
pictured on a black background, PLUS I am just learning to print my own
photo fabric, so I"ll print up some of my own photos for the border.

Got other costume ideas, but they have stay quiet for now.

Yours in costumign, Lisa A

> On May 18, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Cin wrote:
> 
> > It's that time of year: spring parties, summer balls, summer 
> theater  
> > season,
> > LARPs, historic recreation events, costume conventions & fandom. 
> You
> > might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale or a
> > historic site.  Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably 
> making
> > something.  So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
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Re: [h-cost] Audio slideshow of a costume workshop

[lisa58]

Just got to watch this for the first time; and it was truly wonderful and
summed up a lot of what I believe about why I costume, espeically my
interest in certain historical periods.  Even though I am not an actor,
when I wear my costumes/historical clothing with the appropriate
undergarments, I feel more connected to the period and history in
general.  It is how I have learned that people in history weremuch the
same as we are (only with perhaps  fewer distractions).
In the slide show, the close-up detail shots were amazing--the
pincushions, thread, shelves of labeled bins with buttons, etc.   


Yours in costuming,Lisa A



On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:23:07 +0100 Linda Walton
 writes:
> A costume drama at Sands Films studios – audio slideshow | Film | 
> guardian.co.uk
> 
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/audioslideshow/2012/apr/11/sands-films-stu
dios-audio-slideshow
> 
> A costume drama at Sands Films studios – audio slideshow:
> 
> 'This is where an actor meets their character for the first time,' 
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Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker​'s dummy we aring today?

[lisa58]

I am working on building my FSF costume for a group entry at Balticon in
May, after CC30, like last year, I"m going to be wearing purple, although
with far fewer beads.  My upstairs dress form is wearing 1860's
historical reproduction, for my upcoming Lunacon costume.  Unfortunatley
I keep getting sidetracked by amazing quilt ideas--the quilting lady has
4 of my quilts in progress right now, and I have at least two more I have
to bring to her!

Yours in cosutming, Lisa A



On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:32:10 -0500 Pierre & Sandy Pettinger
 writes:
> Currently in process are Pierre's and my F/SF entries and Fashion 
> Show entries for Costume Con 30.
> 
> Sandy
> 
> At 08:27 PM 3/12/2012, you wrote:
> >It's that time of year when the calendar is full of spring teas,
> >summer holidays, Titanic era parties, winter balls, company 
> dinners,
> >the spring theater season, LARP goodness. You might even be 
> planning a
> >sojourn to thrilling foreign locale.  Whatever the reason, 
> h-costumers
> >are probably making something.  So, what's your dressmaker's dummy
> >wearing today?
> >--cin
> >Cynthia Barnes
> >cinbar...@gmail.com
> >
> >PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous 
> on
> >the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's 
> in
> >your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at 
> the
> >sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop.
> 
> International Costumers' Guild Archivist
> 
> http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php
> 
> "Those Who Fail to Learn History
> Are Doomed to Repeat It;
> Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -
> Why They Are Simply Doomed."
> 
> Achemdro'hm
> "The Illusion of Historical Fact"
> -- C. Y. 4971
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Desperation request from a friend..

[lisa58]

Even though I 'm not currently making armor, this was terrific--thank
you!

Yours in cosutmign,L isa A
 
On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:39:17 -0800 "Sharon Collier"
 writes:
> How many pieces and what type does he need?
> Easy, inexpensive armor:
> For chain mail. Get a black sweater  the nubbier the knit, the 
> better. Dry
> brush silver paint onto the sweater. Do not soak it; just a light 
> brushing
> will do. It looks like chain mail from a distance.
> 
>  For helmet-- Get a wig stand. Make the shape you want out of 
> modeling
> clay--Plasticine is what I use. Cover with a layer of Vaseline. Dip
> cheesecloth in watered down white glue--4 parts glue to one water, 
> or until
> it's not so thick. Cover clay with cheesecloth. Next dip paper 
> --brown bags
> or newspaper,  in the glue and add a layer of paper. Continue adding 
> layers
> of paper--3-5 should be enough. You can add details with rope or 
> rolled
> paper, if desired.  You can finish with another layer of 
> cheesecloth, if you
> want. Let dry a bit between layers. The edges can be easily trimmed 
> with
> scissors after it's all dry. Paint.
> 
> For breastplates--make a base layer of cardboard, forming shape 
> with
> additional layers of cardboard, sort of like a contour map. Add
> cheesecloth/paper/glue layers until desired shape. Paint.
> 
> A more expensive/faster option for the body armor is to use Friendly 
> Foam
> sheets. They look stiffer, though. And the glue doesn't always hold 
> up.
> 
> Sharon C.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com 
> [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
> Behalf Of Ruth Anne Baumgartner
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 3:03 PM
> To: Historical Costume
> Cc: Mark and Lucy
> Subject: [h-cost] Desperation request from a friend..
> 
> Hello the list.
> 
> A friend is directing Man of La Mancha in his high school, and the 
> place
> where he was expecting to rent armor is going out of business and 
> has no
> armor.
> 
> We're in Connecticut.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a rental place, or else refer me to directions 
> for
> building papier mache armor and helm, or offer any other 
> suggestions? He
> says he might even be able to buy, but this would not be actual 
> armor or
> replica  armor, just stage stuff.
> 
> This is not my period!
> 
> Thanks--
> Ruth Anne Baumgartner
> scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Upcoming program

[lisa58]

 I haven't heard back after responding--I'd like to come but I  need to
know where to send the payment, and to reserve for the first two
presentation.s

Yours in cosutming, Lisa Ashton

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012 13:37:50 -0500 (EST) annbw...@aol.com writes:
> 
> SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2012
> RIVERSDALE HOUSE MUSEUM
> 4811 Riverdale Rd., Riverdale Park MD 20737
>  
> WHAT TO WEAR? A GUIDE TO AMERICAN CIVILIAN CLOTHING IN 1812.
> From 2012 to 2015, the U. S. and Canada will be commemorating the 
> War of 1812. This is your chance to put your love of Federal era 
> history into practice as a reenactor at local, national, and 
> international events! Every living history impression must start 
> with what to wear. Attend one or all of these sessions�for women, 
> children, and men, where costume historian Dr. Ann Wass will present 
> illustrated lectures and a show and tell of patterns, fabrics, and 
> reproduced garments. There will also be authentic period garments on 
> display. Whether you are brand new to the period or have been 
> interpreting for years and want to fine-tune your kit, this day is 
> for you. Bring a bagged lunch if you plan to stay all day. We will 
> provide a place to eat.
> Women:  9:00-10:30 am
> Children:  11:00 am�12:15 pm
> Men:  1:00-3:00 pm
> Advance payment required by March 7.
> Fee: $6 for each session; $15 for all 3.
> To reserve, call 301-864-0420 or email riversd...@pgparks.com
>  
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Re: [h-cost] beginner sewing machine

[lisa58]

I still love my Sears Kenmore (I've had it for >25 years), and I
recommend the newer ones as well.  They are not expensive and my feeling
is that a plain machine that can do straight and zog-zag is more than
enough for a beginning sewer.  If well-maintained they should work well
forever.

Yorus in cosutming, LisaA 

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 10:17:50 -0500 Katy Bishop 
writes:
> I have been asked by a friend who has a daughter who wants to learn 
> to
> sew to make costumes to come to our vintage dances.  She asked what
> would be a good starter machine.  Does any one here have
> recommendations?  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
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>   Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books.
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[h-cost] searching for

[lisa58]

Ann Catelli--

Would you mind contacting me off-list please?

Yours in costuming, Lisa A
lis...@juno.com
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Re: [h-cost] 1968 Boys Wear

[lisa58]

Gotta be age. (Which to some degree, supposedly corresponds to size)

Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
 
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:41:09 -0500  writes:
> I am working on an article about 1968 boys wear from a clothing 
> industry
> trade journal.  Repeatedly in the article refers to boys wear 3-7.  
> The
> article doesn't state if this is ages or sizes.  Below is a little 
> from the
> article:
> 
>  
> 
> "For more years than they like to remember, the bane of the 
> existence of 3-7
> makers was price.  It reached a certain point.and then stayed there. 
>   Then
> along came the family revolution in men's wear.and the boys' wear 
> people
> jumped right into the fray.  Even 3-7 houses, in their own separate 
> world,
> couldn't stand idly by."
> 
>  
> 
> What do you think?  Age or size?
> 
>  
> 
> Penny Ladnier, owner
> 
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> 
> 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history
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Re: [h-cost] Civil War rashion

[lisa58]

Yes, I also have Carbonite, AND  I keep an up-to-date back up on an
external hard drive.

 Yours in costuming,Lisa A

On Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:17:25 -0500 Audrey Bergeron-Morin
 writes:
> >
> > I do have it on a flash drive, and am
> > constantly adding more--just trying to get through and scan 
> everything in
> > my collection before the next flea market season begins.
> >
> 
> Please remember that a flash drive is not particularly reliable. It 
> would
> be a very good idea to have a backup somewhere...
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Re: [h-cost] Civil War rashion

[lisa58]

Hi Katy--

HAving gone through getting into costuming with children, I totally
understsand.   It's very hard to find time or dedicated space.

None of my photos that are vintage that I have scanned,  are online at
this point.  I don't know how to go about it, and don't really have the
time to mess with it currently.  I do have it on a flash drive, and am
constantly adding more--just trying to get through and scan everything in
my collection before the next flea market season begins.  

The Titanic Vintage Dance sounds fabulous--I saw your flyers at Arisia in
the rack, I only wish it were something closer.  Plus at that point I"ll
be working flat-out for Costume Con the following month.  (not to mention
work, meetings, etc).  I am planning on Lunacon in March, will try out my
next historical costume presentation there--just have to complete one
more piece for it, workout a soundtrack, and some short documentation.  

Arisia was a blast, and I Was thrilled to be able to present the costume
I got the idea for last year at Arisia.  

Once I get back seriously into trying to ID my vintage photos, I will
definitely love to use you for a reference.  I have a costumer friend
that I always ask about uniform identifying--he's really smart about it,
and it's great to ahve other folks too.  Maybe sometime we can talk about
how to get the photos online.

Have you thought about going to Dress U. in June?

Yours inc osutming, Lisa A


> hopefully.  Do you have any of the pictures on-line?  If you are 
> stuck
> on any of them I'd be happy to give my opinion.
> 
> I have not have the chance to do much costuming recently, so had
> nothing fun or new to wear to Arisia.  Life's just too stressful at
> the moment and I don't have a sewing space right now--my 2 year old
> took the remaining available space.  I did throw together an outfit 
> to
> wear to the Girl Genius Ball.
> 
> My husband wants to go to Lunacon, one of his favorite authors is 
> the
> guest, but I don't think we can as he is having surgery a week 
> later
> and $ is just too tight.  We might stop in at Boskone, but not sure
> yet.
> 
> The next thing we are going to is taking my boys to PAX East in 
> April,
> and then our huge Titanic Vintage Dance Weekend in April which, due 
> to
> my co-organizers new baby, I am now the primary organizer!  Between
> that and Newport in August I have not a minute to spare for 
> anything.
> But they'll be fun events I can enjoy once they are here...
> 
> Katy
> 
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:16 AM,   wrote:
> >  Dear Katy--
> >
> > It was lovely meeting you at Arisia, thank you somuch for 
> introducing
> > yourself.  I would love to have time some time to sit and talk 
> about
> > historical fashion.  I am very involved with collecting and 
> scanningm y
> > Victorian photos, and love images of all natures of Victorian 
> life.  I
> > have decided to attend Lunacon, in Rye, NY in March.  Perhaps I 
> will se
> > eyou there.
> >
> > Yours in cosutmign, Lisa Ashton
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:08:25 -0400 Katy Bishop 
> 
> > writes:
> >> It looks really nice, where can one order the book, or does one 
> just
> >> email
> >> the bookstore?
> >>
> >> Katy
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[h-cost] Civil War rashion

[lisa58]

 Dear Katy--

It was lovely meeting you at Arisia, thank you somuch for introducing
yourself.  I would love to have time some time to sit and talk about
historical fashion.  I am very involved with collecting and scanningm y
Victorian photos, and love images of all natures of Victorian life.  I
have decided to attend Lunacon, in Rye, NY in March.  Perhaps I will se
eyou there.

Yours in cosutmign, Lisa Ashton


On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:08:25 -0400 Katy Bishop 
writes:
> It looks really nice, where can one order the book, or does one just 
> email
> the bookstore?
> 
> Katy
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Re: [h-cost] Beading supplies

[lisa58]

 Yes--the technique of knotting every several inches or so, while
addingto the timespentbeading, can really pay off.   I used to do lots of
long beaded fringe on costumes, by hand (although usually I would bead
onto ribbon or binding or piping), and there were times when I lost far
fewer beads than I might have, when someone caught my edging, or stepped
on a hem or soemthing.

Yours in cosutmign,L isa A

On Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:59:03 -0800 Lynn Downward 
writes:
> The 3 or 4 1920s dresses I've had in my hands had the beads sewn on 
> as Lisa
> said. They are sewn down by going through 2 or 3 or 4 beads then 
> looped
> under the fabric back one or two beads then up through the fabric 
> and into
> the last bead or two sewn and one or two more. You're always going 
> through
> most of the beads twice. When I've Sewn beads down, I tend to knot 
> off
> every 4" or so. That way, when I lose some beads, I' only losing a 
> few at
> at time, not whole strings of beads.
> LynnD
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Beading supplies

[lisa58]

If you want to edge bead, there are many easy techniques.  I know one
that produces a lovely scalloped edge, and is super fast to do.  

Yours in cosutmign,Lisa A
 
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:38:32 -0800 Lavolta Press 
writes:
> I've often seen beads on 1920s dresses machine sewn on. When the 
> thread 
> pulls through thin fabric, leaving a string of beads, I couch them 
> down 
> over the thread because it's easiest.  I wanted these beads for an 
> entirely different project, to add to the edges of brocade ribbon.  
> 
> Maybe I can just buy beaded ribbon!
> 
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> www.lavoltapress.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/3/2012 1:59 PM, Lynn Downward wrote:
> > The 3 or 4 1920s dresses I've had in my hands had the beads sewn 
> on as Lisa
> > said. They are sewn down by going through 2 or 3 or 4 beads then 
> looped
> > under the fabric back one or two beads then up through the fabric 
> and into
> > the last bead or two sewn and one or two more. You're always going 
> through
> > most of the beads twice. When I've Sewn beads down, I tend to knot 
> off
> > every 4" or so. That way, when I lose some beads, I' only losing a 
> few at
> > at time, not whole strings of beads.
> > LynnD
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:13 PM,  wrote:
> >
> >> I can speak to your bead needs.  I have a little experience with 
> them.
> >>
> >> The first issue is that you want to couch them, AND that you want 
> them to
> >> be washable and dry-cleanable after having couched them on.  At 
> least
> >> that's what I understood you wanted.
> >>
> >> Couching is fine, but you should not do it using the thread that 
> the
> >> beads are sold on, because that thread is not made to be used for 
> that
> >> nor is it durable.  So.what I would do, is re-string the 
> beads on
> >> bead thread or C-lon (which is pretty heavy thread that I use for 
> bead
> >> crochet) or buttonhole thread.  Then you can couch it on using 
> bead
> >> thread or quilting thread.  Even so, I personally would not trust 
> any
> >> garment so beaded  to a dry cleaner.  I would expect some beads 
> to come
> >> off.  Unless it is a specialty dry-cleaner that does a lot of that 
> sort
> >> of thing., and has a good reputation.
> >>
> >> Any glass or crystal beads will be washable--in fact, the garment 
> could
> >> be carefully washed by hand with Woolite or any such cleaner, and 
> laid
> >> out to dry on towels or racks safely.
> >>
> >> Couching is not a favorite method of mine.  I generally actually 
> SEW the
> >> beads to the fabric, 3 or 4 at a time.  But that's me.
> >>
> >> Yours in cosutming,Lis AA
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:11 -0800 Lavolta 
> Press
> >> writes:
> >>   >  I don't really like beading. Most of my experience is in 
> restoring
> >>> 1920s
> >>> evening dresses. When I am working on one section, more sections 
> are
> >>>
> >>> always coming apart.
> >>>
> >>> Having said that, I want to buy strands of (washable and dry
> >>> cleanable)
> >>> fine glass beads I can couch onto a project, meaning the thread 
> for
> >>> the
> >>> strands has to be of permanent quality, not just beads strung
> >>> together
> >>> for sale.  Where can I buy them?
> >>>
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Re: [h-cost] Beading supplies

[lisa58]

I can speak to your bead needs.  I have a little experience with them.

The first issue is that you want to couch them, AND that you want them to
be washable and dry-cleanable after having couched them on.  At least
that's what I understood you wanted.

Couching is fine, but you should not do it using the thread that the
beads are sold on, because that thread is not made to be used for that
nor is it durable.  So.what I would do, is re-string the beads on
bead thread or C-lon (which is pretty heavy thread that I use for bead
crochet) or buttonhole thread.  Then you can couch it on using bead
thread or quilting thread.  Even so, I personally would not trust any
garment so beaded  to a dry cleaner.  I would expect some beads to come
off.  Unless it is a specialty dry-cleaner that does a lot of that sort
of thing., and has a good reputation.

Any glass or crystal beads will be washable--in fact, the garment could
be carefully washed by hand with Woolite or any such cleaner, and laid
out to dry on towels or racks safely.

Couching is not a favorite method of mine.  I generally actually SEW the
beads to the fabric, 3 or 4 at a time.  But that's me.

Yours in cosutming,Lis AA

 
On Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:00:11 -0800 Lavolta Press 
writes:
> I don't really like beading. Most of my experience is in restoring 
> 1920s 
> evening dresses. When I am working on one section, more sections are 
> 
> always coming apart.
> 
> Having said that, I want to buy strands of (washable and dry 
> cleanable) 
> fine glass beads I can couch onto a project, meaning the thread for 
> the 
> strands has to be of permanent quality, not just beads strung 
> together 
> for sale.  Where can I buy them?
> 
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> Books on historic clothing
> www.lavoltapress.com
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Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes

[lisa58]

 Good point--maybe that is what made the written stories so
wonderful--the understatement.  Mr. Holmes always wanted to just stick to
the facts without embellishment.

Yours in cosutming, Lisa A

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:03:33 -0500 Elena House 
writes:
> I watched an interview with Robert Downey Jr. when the first one came 
out,
> and he made the excellent point that there actually was a great deal 
of
> action in the SH stories... it was just written in a very glazed  over
sort
> of way.  "They gave chase," or, "After a struggle, they apprehended 
the
> culprit," and so forth.  (I paraphrase.)  The action's there, just  not
> described in the kind of dramatic detail that modern novelists  indulge
in.
> Not even when there's a waterfall involved.
> 
> -E House
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Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

[lisa58]

Sorry, Jeremy Brett just always rubbed me the totally wrong way as
Holmes.  He never let Holmes show any compassion, but was always very
snobbish and superior, esp. to Watson.  And in the books, Holmes doesn't
treat Watson that way .  And  far too many liberties were taken with the
actual plots.  The Russian Sherlock Holmes, by contrast, pretty much
follows the stories as written (without having to dwell on cocaine AT
ALL, which after all, was not a major part of the narratives) AND the
costumes and sets are more reminiscent of Victorian times as well.

But that is is all water under the bridge, as both of those series will
not be resurrected.  The actor who played the Russian version also died.

Yours in costuming, Lisa A


On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:22:11 -0800 (PST) Galadriel
 writes:
> Don't blaspheme Jeremy Brett!  I totally disagree that he was 
> robot... I found him very subtle and the most perfect Holmes!  Yes, 
> he strayed from the book by having Holmes give up his cocaine 
> addiction but the reasons he did it are sweet (Brett said he wanted 
> to be a good role model for kids).  And, oh, he wears the clothes 
> well!  I also like that they didn't resort to the inappropriate 
> deerstalker cap unless he was outdoors in the country!  And even 
> then they stayed away from the plaid to not give in to cliche.
> 
> Huge Holmes fanatic, huge Brett fanatic.  A marriage made in heaven 
> for me!!  It's only too sad he wasn't able to finish the series.
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

[lisa58]

You are in for a treat--I wish I could afford to buy it, and have all of
them.

Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
 
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:38:02 -0800 Lavolta Press 
writes:
> 
> Well, in the first movie it was kind of refreshing to see Watson 
> sock 
> Holmes in the jaw after that well-known remark Holmes makes about 
> Watson 
> merely illuminating the genius of others.
> 
> I bought the Russian series but have not got around to watching it.
> 
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> Books of historic clothing patterns
> www.lavoltapress.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 12/16/2011 12:34 PM, lis...@juno.com wrote:
> > I wasn't even able to get through the FIRST movie in this 
> "series", and
> > it was  because of the same issues  I read about in the review of 
> THIS
> > movie.   And I"m a Sherlock Holmes FANATIC.  The best Sherlock  
> Holmes
> > EVER, and the best costumes, were int he Russian version of 
> Sherlock
> > Holmes form the 1970's and 1980's.
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Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

[lisa58]

Actually I pretty much hate any of the Jeremy Brett series.  He just
played Sherlock as a sort of robot and mean, not with the deep humanity
that he really had.  I'm serious when I say that the Russian version was
the best ever--they did an occasional  series that lasted a couple of
years, not every episode, but I know they Did "The Speckled Band", and
"Hound of hte Baskervilles" (that one was was kind weird, but good, and
"The Sign of Four", the first one,w here Holmes and Watson  meet, and a
few more.  It's on Google, but I've never seen them available on DVD--I
have a bunch that we recorded off the TV.  

The Russian version really got the costumes right for the 1890's and
early 1900's, and somehow re-created Victorian Londeon very  believably. 
IT's worth looking for it, even with subtitles.

Yours in cosutming, Lisa A



On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:27:13 -0500 (EST) albert...@aol.com writes:
> I must admit I love the Jeremy Brett "Hound of the Baskervilles" and 
> "Sign of Four". But some of the others in that seriesyikes!
> 
> 
> The costuming for the series was understated and very realistic and 
> believable with some beautiful details. 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: lisa58 
> To: h-costume 
> Sent: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 12:48 pm
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows
> 
> 
> I wasn't even able to get through the FIRST movie in this "series", 
> and
> it was  because of the same issues  I read about in the review of 
> THIS
> movie.   And I"m a Sherlock Holmes FANATIC.  The best Sherlock  
> Holmes
> EVER, and the best costumes, were int he Russian version of 
> Sherlock
> Holmes form the 1970's and 1980's.
> 
> Yours in cosutming,Lisa A
> 
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:09:40 -0800 Lavolta Press 
> 
> writes:
> > I was really looking forward to it till I saw this review.  Has 
> > anyone 
> > here seen it, and how are the costumes?
> > 
> >
>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/16/DDEI1MCACK.DT
> L
> > 
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> > Lavolta Press
> > Books of historic clothing and needlework patterns
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Re: [h-cost] Sherlock Holmes A Game of Shadows

[lisa58]

I wasn't even able to get through the FIRST movie in this "series", and
it was  because of the same issues  I read about in the review of THIS
movie.   And I"m a Sherlock Holmes FANATIC.  The best Sherlock  Holmes
EVER, and the best costumes, were int he Russian version of Sherlock
Holmes form the 1970's and 1980's.

Yours in cosutming,Lisa A

On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:09:40 -0800 Lavolta Press 
writes:
> I was really looking forward to it till I saw this review.  Has 
> anyone 
> here seen it, and how are the costumes?
> 
>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/16/DDEI1MCACK.DT
L
> 
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Re: [h-cost] On the Home Front: Civil War Fashions and Domestic Life

[lisa58]

 It's been a while since I got this email, but I also wentto the web
site, and there didn't seem to be a way to order hte exhibit catalog, and
I too would like to order it.  Do you know how one could order it mailed?

Yours in cosutming,Lis aA

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 16:08:25 -0400 Katy Bishop 
writes:
> It looks really nice, where can one order the book, or does one just 
> email
> the bookstore?
> 
> Katy
> 
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Vicki Betts  
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > 
>
http://www.kent.edu/museum/exhibits/exhibitdetail.cfm?customel_datapageid
_22
> > 03427=2514745
> >
> > http://kentstateuniversitymuseum.wordpress.com/
> >
> > Today I received in the mail the exhibit catalog for Kent State 
> University
> > Museum's exhibit "On the Home Front:  Civil War Fashions and 
> Domestic
> > Life."
> > The exhibit runs September 30, 2011-August 26, 2012.  The 35 page 
> paperback
> > catalog costs $7.95 each before tax and postage.  It "focuses on 
> the daily
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Re: [h-cost] Converting a Sack Style Men's Dress Coat to a Frock Style Men's Dress Coat

[lisa58]

Ifyou can b uy wool from one o f the online fabric stores, like
Distinctive Fabrics, they often have sales and I have gotten fabulous
wool fabric for as little as $5/yd!!!

Yours in costuming, Lisa A

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:13:39 -0400 "Paul and Charlene"
 writes:
> Angelique wrote:
> 
> >Wool coating is fairly expensive, and I am hoping that it would be 
> possible to alter a sack style coat from a nearby thrift store. Do 
> you think it's possible?
> 
> 
>   From time to time I check out men's(or even women's) outer wear 
> coats(it needs to be the long coat style) at my local thrift stores 
> to see if I think they could be converted to a Victorian frock coat 
> or a Regency tail coat. I look for a plain cut with little seaming.  
> Also the wool needs to be farily thin and stiff(as in melton)--not 
> soft as most of our modern winter coats tend to be.  I visualize 
> what marks might not be avoidable in the "new" jacket such as where 
> a previous button might have been.  What gets me every time is the 
> sleeve.  Modern sleeves are cut rather straight and converting them 
> to a banana shape for the Victorian sleeve is not possible without 
> piecing. I have yet to take the plunge but would like to try 
> sometime just to see if it is doable.
> 
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Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles

[lisa58]

Thank you for hte link--I am trying to find out all I can about
hairstyles to try to identify my numerous vintage photos, sometimes the
dress isnot enough.

Yours in costuming,Lisa A
 
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:05:28 -0400 Katy Bishop 
writes:
> I have a page on my site with several 1890s hairstyles, a couple 
> have
> instructions:
> 
> http://www.vintagevictorian.com/costume_1890_acc.html
> 
> Katy
> 
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Lisa Ashton  
> wrote:
> 
> > What about 1890's hairstyles?  That's my favorite. Yours in 
> costumign, Lisa
> > A
> >
> > -- Original Message --
> > From: Marjorie Wilser 
> > To: Historical Costume 
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles
> > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:39:08 -0700
> >
> > The request was for 1880s hairstyles. I love the Rapunzel site, 
> but
> > don't remember if anything there is a good match for 1880s.
> >
> > The hallmark of 1880s hair is frizzy bangs! Perhaps a clip of 
> fakehair
> > for the front of your style would work. The rest of the hair was 
> worn
> > either under the hat (atop the head) or below it (toward the 
> nape),
> > but can be almost anything. The frizzy bangs (and no center part) 
> are
> > the most visible style detail.
> >
> > == Marjorie Wilser
> >
> > =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
> >
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Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles

[lisa58]

Yes, thank you, it helps a lot.  My current project is scanning in all my
photos that I have bought at flea markets, and most of them are
unidentified by date.  Thsi helps a lot.

Yours in costuming,Lisa A
 
On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:43:09 -0500 "otsisto"  writes:
> 1880s pics
> http://zingpat.com/images/1880s-hairstyle.jpg
> http://www.worthpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dress5.jpg
> http://wrvmuseum.org/journal/images/tintype04.jpg
> 
> http://www.milkywayjewels.com/vintagephotos/Victorian-Stag-M-Brooch.jpg
> This one appears to use the back hair for bangs.
> 
> http://www.lphouse.com/jpg9/1882a.jpg
> 
> The bangs were usually curled. This was achieved (if you didn't 
> have
> naturally curly hair) with rag strips.
> 
> http://www.demodecouture.com/hair/hair_second.html
> 
> Hope this helps,
> De
> 
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Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles

[lisa58]

 I have been collectingVictorian vintage photos for a few years now,and
it seems as if almost anything was accepted in the 1890's as far as
hairstyles, and dress modifications.

Yours in csotuming,Lisa A

On Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:43:35 -0700 Marjorie Wilser 
writes:
> Mine, too. I've never been too successful with them, because I am one  

> of the Lesser Favoured ones with thin, limp hair. I managed by  putting
 
> it all up on top of my head and letting the upward-pinned hair  "pouf" 

> a bit on its way up, since it was going against the grain. 
> For special occasions I actually resorted to backcombing it before   
> capturing it in the topknot. Looks great under a chapeau with 
> hattitude.
> 
>  == Marjorie Wilser
> 
> =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
> 
> "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." 
> --MW
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:18 PM, Lisa Ashton wrote:
> 
> > What about 1890's hairstyles?  That's my favorite. Yours in  
> > costumign, Lisa A
> >
> > -- Original Message --
> > From: Marjorie Wilser 
> > To: Historical Costume 
> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1880s hairstyles
> > Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:39:08 -0700
> >
> > The request was for 1880s hairstyles. I love the Rapunzel site, 
> but
> > don't remember if anything there is a good match for 1880s.
> >
> > The hallmark of 1880s hair is frizzy bangs! Perhaps a clip of 
> fakehair
> > for the front of your style would work. The rest of the hair was 
> worn
> > either under the hat (atop the head) or below it (toward the 
> nape),
> > but can be almost anything. The frizzy bangs (and no center part) 
> are
> > the most visible style detail.
> >
> >== Marjorie Wilser
> >
> > =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:=
> >
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> > --MW
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