Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-19 Thread Viv Watkins
ocal libraries, a wonderful service. Do you have anything similar? Viv. -Original Message- From: Catherine Walton Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:02 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question I have the Shire book by Alice Armes, "E

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-19 Thread Wanda pease
Original Message- From: Catherine Walton > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 7:02 AM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question > > I have the Shire book by Alice Armes, "English Smocks", (9th ed., Dryad > Press Ltd.,

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Kate Bunting
Hi, Susan, I take it you mean the agricultural worker's smock? (Smock was also used as a synonym for a woman's shift or chemise.) I've never heard of the outer garment being worn by women. Kate Bunting On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Susan wrote: > Hi all, > I'm still

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread annbwass
- From: Susan <scour...@nwlink.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 12:10 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since y

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Susan
a.com> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 2:54 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question You mean the farmer's big overshirt, right? (I ask because "smock" was also used as a term for a woman's shift or chemise, at least in parts of England. Read about smock races so

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-18 Thread Catherine Walton
Hello Susan, I've sent a reply to the list, but it hasn't appeared yet, so I'll copy it below. Catherine. On 18/12/2015 05:10, Susan wrote: Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I've just gotten

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here?

2015-12-17 Thread Deb Salisbury, Mantua-Maker
I'm here. :-) I've been taking time off sewing to write, too. Love, love the mouse-proof garment idea! Happy sewing, Deb Salisbury The Mantua-Maker Quality Historical Sewing Patterns www.mantua-maker.com ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here?

2015-12-17 Thread franchesca.havas
Still here. :) Franchesca -Original Message- From: "Deb Salisbury, Mantua-Maker" <d...@mantua-maker.com> Sent: ‎12/‎17/‎2015 1:37 PM To: "h-cost...@indra.com" <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? I'm here. :-) I've been taki

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here?

2015-12-17 Thread Joan Jurancich
I'm still around, though I've been neglecting my email for a while. --- Joan Jurancich On 12/17/2015 03:39 PM, franchesca.ha...@gmail.com wrote: > Still here. :) > > Franchesca > > -Original Message- > From: "Deb Salisbury, Mantua-Maker" > Sent:

Re: [h-cost] Who's still here? & smock question

2015-12-17 Thread Susan
Hi all, I'm still here. I get fed up with facebook, and rarely with email lists, so happy to see people. Since you're all here ... I've just gotten interested in english smocks (18th - 19th c ones) and was debating making one. I've requested a bunch of books from the library, and this