[h-cost] sewing machine recommendation
I'm jumping in here late. I have a Bernina 830 and 1230. NOT the new fancy one with the same name/number. The 830 is from 1973 or so. I thought the 830 rather than the 1008 was the last mechanical machine but maybe there was one after it. It's a wonderful machine. It was even in the middle school classroom where I worked for a bit. Very trouble free machines. I kept my 830 when I upgraded to the 1230 for the kids to use. I've used the pintuck feet for French Heirloom sewing for clothes for my daughter. I have visions of a blouse for myself as well but not so far. The pintuck feet have to be paired up with the right size double needle filling cord. They're simple to use and produce a very pretty effect. Julie ** Everyone is recommending the #10 for precise stitching, though the clear #34 foot also has its fans. Does anyone here use the pintuck needles and feet for historic clothing? Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Dang! WTH Happened?
I just finished a 50's sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted boned bodice with a natural waist and a full skirt. I spent a lot of time fitting the bodice snugly to her. After one wearing she can stick her hand down the bodice and the straps are falling down her arms. It's 100% quilting cotton. It was pretortured and we've washed dried it again; it's still too large. I'll rewash dry it and then I'll have to take it in. I'm frustrated. Any idea what could have happened? The bodice is even lined. Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure
Thanks all. I went to a costumed event today and talked with one of the ladies there. I realized that in the process of cutting my gores I also ended up with a pair of half gores. So DUH! I'm going to put the half gores in the back and then magically I *will* have a center back seam for a zipper. I can't believe I didn't think of that. But very nice to have some good costuming brains to pick. Julie -Original Message- I just got it.. You don't have a side seam either, do you? I think I would divide up the center back gore so that you do have a CB seam to insert a zipper. Sylvia Rognstad Ezzyworld ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] help/advice needed re: closure
I'm making a 50's-ish sundress for my daughter. It has a fitted, boned bodice with a gathered skirt. The pattern was designed with a zipper in the center back seam. I've modified the skirt to have four gores. Can I put a zipper in that will have to kink off to one side to follow the gore? What would be a good closure? Everything I think of would be difficult for her to fasten in the back. Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What's your dressmaker?'s dummy wearing today?
She's rather naked right now but we're just out the door for a much delayed trip to LA's fabric district. Wish me happy shopping G Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] hair work
Thanks for the recommendation---I ordered the book, surprisingly, Lacis had it for less than Amazon, but it does look like what I need to do this. IT could be a whole new venture for me, esp. since I could learn to make the findings from PMC. Yours in cosutming, Lisa A *** Oops - sorry, I just saw this. I've been buying everything I can find on hair work. I found this book as a free download on Google Books. It's not a crystal clear copy but you could see if it's what you want. Julie in Ramona ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] JA POF 4
No one has mentioned what someone told me yesterday--there are color illustrations as well as black and white. I am SO ready for my copy to get here! MaggiRos ** Illustrations?! No, color PHOTOS and nice close up ones. Pictures are even better than those in QEWU!! Wonderful book. I paid the full $50 at our local ren faire. S worth it. Julie in Ramona (San Diego) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?
Thank you all for your answers. You reinforced what I thought I knew/remembered...it's out of our period. I've saved your messages and will used when challenged again G Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Tatting before 1600?
Greetings I have always heard that tatting didn't come into use before the 1700s and so haven't been doing it for Tudor/Elizabethan. Yesterday I was told by a lady that needle tatting can be documented to quite early and she said it's mentioned several times in the Canterbury Tales. She also mentioned that it's related to making fishing nets. I'm wondering if any of you knowledgeable folks out there can help me. I'm having a problem with her data for a couple of reasons. 1) If tatting shows up in the Canterbury Tales, I know word meanings change over hundreds of years. Do we know that tatting then is what we call tatting? 2) It's quite a reach from fishing nets to the tiny rings and picots of tatting. I believe they're related but I don't consider net making proof of tatting. Any help would be appreciated. TIA Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Help! Need a picture
HELP I need a picture/portrait of someone before 1600 wearing the stereotypical Russian 4 gore cap with the fur brim. I'm looking for a friend - this isn't an area I have much on. Thanks! Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] arsenic
I'm not sure if this was presented as fact or if it's one of those urban legends, but I read that decades after his death, some of Napoleon's hair showed up at auction and was tested for various things. It showed that he had ingested arsenic on an ongoing basis. So was someone trying to poison him or was he using unsafe cosmetics of the time? Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] (no subject)
-Original Message- I don't need an insurance inventory, fortunately! Well, everybody might need to claim insurance some day. My in-laws' house burned down in the firestorm in the East Bay some years ago, and it turned out their policy required listing every single item they wanted to claim, down to the skillets and the towels--along with current values. I'm well aware how much work that is, because I did most of it. I'd like to second that. I learned that hard lesson after the San Diego fires in 2003. The insurance company expected us to list each and every item we'd lost AND give them an idea of what they were worth. They also wanted to see the burned carcasses or photos of same. They had a hard time believing $1000 for a tent and hundreds for period camping furniture. Fortunately the books weren't touched. Julie in Ramona/San Diego ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] RE: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 80
Do you consider my bag for 100 dollars cheap or expensive? Globalisations is catching up on us. God or bad? Bjarne -Original Message- Having done stumpwork, I consider $100 a reasonable price for the bag. That's the type of unique item that my husband tries to buy me for birthdays, etc. G Julie in San Diego ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?
Mine's just wearing the canvas cover since I never got her to remotely resemble me...with an instructor's help. How do you model rounded shoulders and a hollow chest? A friend and I are planning on making duct tape doubles. Any better suggestions? I know that pinning will be more difficult and pins will get sticky. Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Celebration!
That would be wonderful. The names are interesting, but what color IS Dead Spaniard? Or Goose Turd...? Inquiring minds want to know G Julie -Original Message- A great idea, Penny. Now, just to complicate your life further, have you thought about linking the name of the colour to an actual colour sample eg using the Pantone colour charts? ;-P So that people can see what the colour is, as opposed to being just a name and date/s, albeit some very evocative ( provocative? Dead Spaniard!!!? ) names. http://www.pantone.com/ http://www.colorguides.net/?referrer=Adwords Joannah ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
