Cabbage is old term used in Elizabethan era. Modern is scrap.
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Why are they scraps called cabbage? That's new to me but then I don't know
all the terms for costuming or garb technology.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
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Apparently, tailors, etc. could, by custom, keep any fabric leftovers that
were too small to really do much with - the pieces that were no larger than
a cabbage leaf.
Have to admit, I can't recall what documentation there may be for this
definition... :-(
Dunno 'bout anyone else, but I've
Why are they scraps called cabbage? That's new to me but then I don't know all
the terms for costuming or garb technology.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:06:06 -0400
From: ca...@thyrsus.com
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] a costumer's term question
I'd call them 'precious' as in found trimming stock. They might actually be
called 'skiving' as are small bits of leather. Put them in a little box.
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Garbage.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Pixel, Goddess and Queen
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 1:57 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: [h-cost] a costumer's term question
[I am procrastinating, yes I am!]
I'm
[I am procrastinating, yes I am!]
I'm in the process of attempting to restore some modicum of order to the
office (where the cutting table lives) and the sewing room (where
everything else lives) and since it doesn't require a great deal of
brainpower my brain has been wandering about
Furr-bage?
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:57:10 -0500
From: pi...@hundred-acre-wood.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] a costumer's term question
[I am procrastinating, yes I am!]
I'm in the process of attempting to restore some modicum of order
On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Pixel, Goddess and Queen
pi...@hundred-acre-wood.com wrote:
Today's question is, if the cut-off bits of cloth are cabbage, what are the
cut-off bits of fur?
Jen/Margaret
Furbies? :-)
Mary L.
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Garb-age?
Today's question is, if the cut-off bits of cloth are cabbage, what are
the cut-off bits of fur?
Jen/Margaret
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On 04/17/2011 01:21 AM, Linda Rice wrote:
Garb-age?
Today's question is, if the cut-off bits of cloth are cabbage, what are
the cut-off bits of fur?
Jen/Margaret
Very punny. :-)
I think that fur scraps from costume-making would still be called
cabbage--the name comes from the odd
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