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Re: [h-cost] spray adhesives
Thanks From: Kim Baird kba...@cableone.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wed, January 13, 2010 8:52:03 AM Subject: [h-cost] spray adhesives The ONLY kind I like to use is Sulky KK2000. It is a temporary adhesive. Everything else, especially Sullivan's, is WAY TOO STICKY, and gets everywhere. It's expensive, so I stock up when there's a sale. Kim has any one had problems with the spray adhesives for quilting? Penny ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] h-costume Digest, Vol 9, Issue 13, message 8
has any one had problems with the spray adhesives for quilting? Penny ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] How do I wash?
I ruined a beautiful cloak I prewashed in hot, but only once When it was dirty, I washed in cold, and it shrank From: Jill Hadfield j...@jigrah.co.uk To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, November 3, 2009 2:03:51 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] How do I wash? I use 100% wool a lot and I always put it through a hot wash (sometimes a boil wash) before I do anything with it. Depending on the size of the piece it may also go in the dryer as well. I haven't managed to ruin a piece yet :-D (I treat silk in the same way :-}) Jill At 18:39 03/11/2009, you wrote: I just bought some 100% wool gabardine. I'd like to machine wash it, but am worried I might mess it up. I was thinking--Cold water, tumble dry low. Is that OK? Sharon C. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume JiGraH Resources - www.jigrah.co.uk Suppliers of products and services for Family and Local Historians Worldwide ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Vinegar, yuck!
Yes, but the pet smell cleaner works on many things (including dead bodies) so it might be worth the trial From: Michelle Plumb mpl...@wideopenwest.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 12:31:04 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Vinegar, yuck! Are you sure it is vinegar and not cat or dog pee? Either can leave a lingering sour smell. There are some cleaners specifically for that, at pet stores.. No pets, Dawn. Urgh, I'm glad it isn't that! Michelle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] HELP!
My goal today is to see about finding somewhere that has a projector, maybe the library, or even finding a cheap one I could pick up at the office supply store. Michaels or Hobby Lobby, they have a variety of prices From: ladybeanofbun...@aol.com ladybeanofbun...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 11:53:40 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP! Hi all. Well, I started battling the grid method last night. I started by tracing the pieces onto the 1/4 graph paper and I felt like everything was going great... and I knew exactly how to dive into the next step, which is redrawing the unscaled pieces using the 1 grid cutting board. Here's where I tripped... the pieces are in 1/8 scale. Two pieces provided however are in 1/4. I began to question how I am supposed to do the enlarging from that scale and maybe I was just overtired but nothing was making anymore sense to me so I stopped for the night. My goal today is to see about finding somewhere that has a projector, maybe the library, or even finding a cheap one I could pick up at the office supply store. Either way, I mean no matter how I enlarge them it is true, I already knew that doing mock-ups from muslin will be my first chore before I start planning how much material to get from a finished pattern set. Luckily, hopefully, I have time for this trial and error period. I will be wearing the full period undergarments under the dress, nor do I mind the period-correct limited range of motion that was designed into the clothing. It's probably the shoulders and height I'll have to adjust since while I'm not tall, 150 years ago I would be considered so, and my arms tend to be a tad unproportionately longer than they probably should be, even for today. Right now I'm worried just about getting full size patterns. T __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] HELP!
I use copies of patterns in Excel and use it to increase the size of the pattern Good luck From: ladybeanofbun...@aol.com ladybeanofbun...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:42:17 AM Subject: [h-cost] HELP! Hello all, I am in need of some help from an experienced pattern enlarging bustle dress maker! I woud like to throw together my first bustle dress, or make for myself a bustle since my budget is not allowing any new acquirements. At one point before I got very enthusiastic about doing this, as I have many times, but got so overwhelmed before even starting due to facing the dred task of grading that it never came into fruition. I would try ordering a pattern from one of the many good sellers of period patterns, but I want something very specific, I don't have time to wait for one to arrive, and I can't afford to spend on one (especially since I spent so much for the three books new which have hundreds of patterns). The pieces given scare me in each scaled down pattern, because I know quite often, to acheive from the basic pieces the glorious ensemble presented in the illustrations, there is usually a good deal of improvising and use of skill the handy seamstress must utilize to do so! Here are my main questions. 1: How do I enlarge the tiny pieces in the book the simplest, quickest, or least math saavy way? 2: Once I have the pieces enlarged and they are adjusted to my size and I'm ready to cut, how do I assemble a bustle skirt?? These are NOT simple one or two sentence answers I know, but any guidance would be greatly appreciated right about now. I've used period patterns that I bought multi-sized and kinda had to play with those until they fit me the right away and could figure out basic construction but this seems so daunting having never done it before. Thank you so very much for the kind person who can help, and to all others for your patience:) Regards, Justine. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Kayta cautiously attempts some presentation advice
One plus has a variety of providers and a variety of styles and qualities. They even have plus sized bras in a B cup Good luck From: Käthe Barrows kay...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:31:08 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Kayta cautiously attempts some presentation advice Nowadays plus-sized women get to shop for real clothes, designed for their size, and to feel good about themselves in day or evening clothes. - On which planet is this? Planet California? Here there are specialty shops like Lane Bryant. ( http://www.lanebryant.com http://www.lanebryant.com/pagebuilder/ sorry - I find they won't ship to Oz) And friends of mine several sizes larger than I am have found plenty of acceptable stuff in other places online. These friends (one is 5'8) used to complain and don't now. Obligatory Historical costume note: In the 1960s, Lane Bryant only had fat-lady tents (and dowdy old-lady stuff). 60s comedian Allen Sherman characterized a plus-sized woman as Lane Bryant size, in one of his songs, because everyone knew that's where you had to go for plus-sized stuff. Nowadays Lane Bryant has relatively-stylish plus-size stuff (14-32) even 30-somethings would wear, including office-wear and lingerie. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- Blank paper is God's way of saying it ain't so easy being God. -- ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Janet Arnold book shipping
I got mine from http://www.poisonpenpress.com/ for $52.95 and it came quite rapidly From: Diane Maynard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:04:10 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Janet Arnold book shipping Yesterday, Amazon.com stated that Patterns of Fashion 4 was $64.00 and there were none in stock. How did you get the $50 price? Diane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abel, Cynthia Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:12 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Janet Arnold book shipping Ok, it is $50, but just got word that my order of Janet Arnold, Vol 4 is shipping soon from amazon.com so they should have copies in stock Cindy Abel h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] fabric use brainstorming
Piecework Mongolian - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:05:48 PM Subject: [h-cost] fabric use brainstorming I've been cleaning/reorganizing my sewing area, and have found myself wondering just how small a piece of fabric is useful. I have a bunch of high-quality upholstry reminants and samples. I have tons of linen off-cuts (actually, fewer since I gave all the tiny bits to a paper-making friend), since everything I make these days seems to be flatlined. I have a good amount of wool in odd sizes, thanks to many trips to the local Pendleton outlet. I have no idea what to do with it all. I'm curious how other people on this list use smaller pieces of fabric. I'll admit it, I'm looking to steal ideas. Since most of the fabrics are brocades and damasks, I have a strongly 16th Century inclination. I'd love to see uses in other periods for other fabrics. Here's my breakdown, in descending order of fabric size: Doublet, for myself or my husband Jerken (sleeveless doublet; brocade)/liripipe (wool) Sleeves (used where contrasting sleeves are appropriate) Coif/caul flatlining for pickadills (linen only) I could probably insert tall hat between sleeves and caul, though I haven't made enough of them to say that I do it often. Curious what others do, Emma ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Grant offer in Germany Pls pass on
I'm not subscribed to any of the sca mailing lists, but i ran into this stipend on my Russian grants LJ group, and maybe people on the SCA lists might be interested. www.hab.de/forschung/stipendien/ http://www.hab.de/forschung/stipendien/post_doc-e.htm This is a grant for library research on the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era. Intended for postdocs (or, as the Russian so quaintly says, people who have just defended their dissertations). They pay 1000 or 1600 Euro per month, plus travel expenses to Wolfenbeuttel. - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Renaissance shirt question
I've had this problem with my husband, his arthritis actually humps his back, so I move the neck hole forward and it seems to do the trick. Gook luck! Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
