Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[annbwass]

While it may or may not have been authentic in the period, I, too, like it for 
interpreting at events. One can show what the garments looked like (since you 
are wearing them underneath) and also the whole art of hand sewing--but, as you 
say neatly and plainly. Of course, as with other reenacting decisions, your 
mileage may vary.

Ann Wass

 

 

 

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From: Marjorie Wilser <the3t...@gmail.com>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 12:59 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Hah, I like plain sewing for events. Darning. Mending— unpretentious stuff to 
prove to the general public that it IS possible to do the job neatly and make 
things last!==Marjorie Wilser> On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Terry 
<twal...@us.net> wrote:> > Makes sense.  That's what I do in my sewing 
circle--bring the nice stuff to work on and leave the ugly stuff at home.> > 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[annbwass]

I've been interested in charity sewing, too, and have found a few references in 
England. So far, I've had no luck finding firm evidence in the U.S. One of the 
things on my to-do list is to search the archives of a local Society of Friends 
meeting (Alexandria, VA) and records in Philadelphia to see if I can find any 
references. But I haven't gotten there yet--so many subjects, so little time! 

Ann Wass

 

 

 

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From: Elizabeth Jones <elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 7:03 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I actually wonder about how charity sewing would fit in to the fancy
vs plain sewing rule in Mansfield Park there is one evening (I think
they have company over but I can't remember) when Mrs Norris complains
that Fanny should be sewing and if she has nothing of her own to work
on there is plenty of work in the 'poor box'. Implying that making
things for the poor (almost certainly underclothes, the workwoman's
guide is only slightly later than this novel and it has a lot to say
about making underclothes and baby clothes as charity) was a normal
and expected occupation for young ladies. If it was somehow clear that
what you were making was for the poor of the parish instead of your
own family working on that in public would show off your charitable
virtues (not a bad thing for a gentleman to look for in a wife as
anything that makes your tenants happier is likely to make your estate
more stable and profitable).
Elizabeth

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> wrote:
> I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private"
> versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do
> mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only within
> the family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in front of
> intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed off their
> skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made calls, they
> might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering a fire screen,
> but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and mothers of large
> families might do plain sewing and mending in a more public way, but elegant
> married women, not.
>
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> www.lavoltapress.com
>
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Elizabeth Jones]

I actually wonder about how charity sewing would fit in to the fancy
vs plain sewing rule in Mansfield Park there is one evening (I think
they have company over but I can't remember) when Mrs Norris complains
that Fanny should be sewing and if she has nothing of her own to work
on there is plenty of work in the 'poor box'. Implying that making
things for the poor (almost certainly underclothes, the workwoman's
guide is only slightly later than this novel and it has a lot to say
about making underclothes and baby clothes as charity) was a normal
and expected occupation for young ladies. If it was somehow clear that
what you were making was for the poor of the parish instead of your
own family working on that in public would show off your charitable
virtues (not a bad thing for a gentleman to look for in a wife as
anything that makes your tenants happier is likely to make your estate
more stable and profitable).
Elizabeth

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Lavolta Press  wrote:
> I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private"
> versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do
> mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only within
> the family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in front of
> intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed off their
> skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made calls, they
> might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering a fire screen,
> but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and mothers of large
> families might do plain sewing and mending in a more public way, but elegant
> married women, not.
>
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> www.lavoltapress.com
>
>
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Re: [h-cost] is h-costume still going?

[A. Thurman]

I'm still here, though do most of my costume talk on FB these days as well.

I'd LOVE to be making something (so many things!) but I'm working on a book
(not costume related). I've discovered I have time to write or costume, but
not both.

I am still attending the Tudor Tailor weekend next June in Jamestown though.

Allison T.
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Emily Gilbert]

Thanks!  I've only had one design published so far (the A Second Chance 
for Mr. Rushworth Socks in the 2014 issue of Jane Austen Knits 
magazine), but I have a shawl pattern that I'm hoping to publish 
independently soon.  My Ravelry name is LadySylvia; the sock pattern is 
linked from my profile, and the shawl will be put up for sale there.

http://www.ravelry.com/designers/emily-gilbert

Emily


On 12/17/2015 11:59 PM, Marjorie Wilser wrote:

  As a fellow knitter I’d be very interested to know about your designs. Do you 
have a Rav name?

==Marjorie Wilser


On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Emily Gilbert  wrote:

Having heard Ann's talk at the JASNA AGM, I can confirm that it was excellent 
in person too!

I'm still here too.  I haven't been doing much sewing lately, aside from making 
a chemisette to go with my Regency day dress this fall; most of my creative 
energies these days are focused on knitting design.

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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

Maybe, but the family was very much at home in that scene.

Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com

On 12/18/2015 4:02 AM, Elizabeth Jones wrote:

I actually wonder about how charity sewing would fit in to the fancy
vs plain sewing rule in Mansfield Park there is one evening (I think
they have company over but I can't remember) when Mrs Norris complains
that Fanny should be sewing and if she has nothing of her own to work
on there is plenty of work in the 'poor box'. Implying that making
things for the poor (almost certainly underclothes, the workwoman's
guide is only slightly later than this novel and it has a lot to say
about making underclothes and baby clothes as charity) was a normal
and expected occupation for young ladies. If it was somehow clear that
what you were making was for the poor of the parish instead of your
own family working on that in public would show off your charitable
virtues (not a bad thing for a gentleman to look for in a wife as
anything that makes your tenants happier is likely to make your estate
more stable and profitable).
Elizabeth

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:23 AM, Lavolta Press  wrote:

I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private"
versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do
mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only within
the family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in front of
intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed off their
skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made calls, they
might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering a fire screen,
but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and mothers of large
families might do plain sewing and mending in a more public way, but elegant
married women, not.

Fran
Lavolta Press
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Marjorie Wilser]

Congrats on your pattern publication, Emily and I’ll look you up! I am 
ever-so-conveniently (but unoriginally) MarjorieW on Rav. :)

==Marjorie Wilser

 @..@   @..@   @..@
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> On Dec 18, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Emily Gilbert  wrote:
> 
> Thanks!  I've only had one design published so far (the A Second Chance for 
> Mr. Rushworth Socks in the 2014 issue of Jane Austen Knits magazine), but I 
> have a shawl pattern that I'm hoping to publish independently soon.  My 
> Ravelry name is LadySylvia; the sock pattern is linked from my profile, and 
> the shawl will be put up for sale there.
> http://www.ravelry.com/designers/emily-gilbert
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Wanda pease]

I'm still here too and sad that it's gone.  I tried the Facebook but nothing 
comes thru.  I'm discouraged and not a stupid user.  I've been using computers 
since ARPANET and Compuserve in the 1980s.

Regina

Sent from my iPad

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting  wrote:
> 
> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
> historical reenactment.
> 
> Kate Bunting
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> 
>>> On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
>>> admit I don't read them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
>>> Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville
>>> in October.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>> 
>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>> 
>> --
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>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>> (610) 805-9542
>> 
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>> Benjamin Franklin
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Wanda pease]

Lots of luck.  My long term "guest". Took longer than planned to leave, I had 
to really clean, repaint, and tell myself no! I don't have guest room!

Regina
Sent from my iPad

On Dec 17, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Wicked Frau  wrote:

>> 
>> I am still here.  I have been waiting for a long term house guest to move
>> out (it is happening this weekend!) so I can un-clutter my beautiful sewing
>> room and get back at it!  I have been sewing in little spurts but the
>> projects have been mostly modern, albeit with wool and linen!
> 
> Sg
> 
> 
> 
 
 http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>>> 
>>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>>> (610) 805-9542
>>> 
>>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? [and mouse proof underwear]

[Danielle Nunn-Weinberg]

That sounds intriguing.  Please do post about it.  There still a few of us 
kicking around.  I was around when the list was young so I really want this 
list to keep going.
 
Happy holidays to all!
 
Cheers 
Danielle  
 
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> From: catherine.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk
> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 06:40:26 +
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? [and mouse proof underwear]
> 
> On 17/12/2015 06:17, Carol Kocian wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is h-costume still going?
> [snip]
> 
> I've been wondering that, too.
> I found a reference to a lady's "mouse proof" underwear, which piqued my 
> curiosity, but I hesitated to post about it because the list had been so 
> quiet lately.
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Kathryn Pinner]

I'm here. Still like to see what's posted. I'm not on Facebook.

Kate Pinner

Costume & Scenic Design

Tech. Coord., Kelsey Theatre, MCCC

609-570-3584

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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] on behalf of 
Robin Netherton [ro...@netherton.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake)
was rejected.


On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but 
> the link below does not work.
>
> Thanks!
> -Carol
>
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Robin Netherton]

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) 
was rejected.



On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:

Hi all,

Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but 
the link below does not work.

Thanks!
-Carol




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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[annbwass]

I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I 
don't read them.


I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
October.



http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html


Ann Wass



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Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 9:33 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) 
was rejected.On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi all,>> Is 
h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but the 
link below does not work.>> Thanks!> -Carol>>>>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:

I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I 
don't read them.


I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
October.



http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html



Thanks for the URL, Ann!

My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a 
rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.


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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Kate Bunting]

I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
historical reenactment.

Kate Bunting

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:

> On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
>> admit I don't read them.
>>
>>
>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
>> Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville
>> in October.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>
>>
> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>
> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>
> --
> Catherine Olanich Raymond
> ca...@thyrsus.com
> (610) 805-9542
>
> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
> Benjamin Franklin
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Monica Spence]

Thanks for letting me know you are all here. 
Monica Spence

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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) 
was rejected.


On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but 
> the link below does not work.
>
> Thanks!
> -Carol
>
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Sharon Collier]

Very interesting article, Ann! Thanks!
Sharon C.

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Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com
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To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I 
don't read them.


I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
October.



http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html


Ann Wass



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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) 
was rejected.On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi all,>> Is 
h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but the 
link below does not work.>> Thanks!> -Carol>>>>> 
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h-costume@mail.indra.com>> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume>>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Sharon Collier]

I just finished a new dress for Dickens Fair, which ends this weekend. I bought 
it partially made, from a friend, and fitted and embellished it. 
Sharon

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Behalf Of aqua...@patriot.net
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:36 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and unsub 
options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol



> Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
> Monica Spence
>
> -Original Message-
> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] 
> On Behalf Of Robin Netherton
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>
> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
> mistake) was rejected.
>
>
> On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address 
>> for it, but the link below does not work.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Carol
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Susan Data-Samak]

I'm here, too, but not riding my current horse sidesaddle, which was the reason 
I joined : to learn about correct ways to reproduce historical riding habits.

Susan



On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Kate Bunting wrote:

> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
> historical reenactment.
> 
> Kate Bunting
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
>> 
>>> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
>>> admit I don't read them.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
>>> Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville
>>> in October.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>> 
>>> 
>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>> 
>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>> 
>> --
>> Catherine Olanich Raymond
>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>> (610) 805-9542
>> 
>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
>> Benjamin Franklin
>> 
>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Megan McHugh]

Still here too, lurking but haven't been sewing much lately.

- Megan
Sent from my iPhone 

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Lynn Downward  wrote:
> 
> I'm also here. You all predate me but I've been around for years and years.
> 
> I've noticed that h-costume and h-needlework have been quiet. I don't do
> much on FB so I'm glad to see some of us are still here.
> LynnD
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting 
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
>> historical reenactment.
>> 
>> Kate Bunting
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
>> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
>> 
 On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
 
 I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
 admit I don't read them.
 
 
 I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
 Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in
>> Louisville
 in October.
 
 
 
 http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>>> 
>>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Catherine Olanich Raymond
>>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>>> (610) 805-9542
>>> 
>>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
>>> Benjamin Franklin
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Katy Bishop]

I think I've been here that long too (mid 90s)--mostly pn FB these days as
the list is so quiet now.

Katy

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 1:40 PM, penhalion <penhal...@juno.com> wrote:

>
>
> I'm still around but I do most of my costume stuff on FB these days. I'd
> be happy if this list perked up a bit. I've been here since '97.
>
> Karen
>
>
> Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5
>
>  Original message 
> From: Megan McHugh <me...@benchite.com>
> Date: 12/17/2015  12:13 PM  (GMT-06:00)
> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>
> Still here too, lurking but haven't been sewing much lately.
>
> - Megan
> Sent from my iPhone 
>
> > On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Lynn Downward <lynndownw...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm also here. You all predate me but I've been around for years and
> years.
> >
> > I've noticed that h-costume and h-needlework have been quiet. I don't do
> > much on FB so I'm glad to see some of us are still here.
> > LynnD
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting <katembunt...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
> >> historical reenactment.
> >>
> >> Kate Bunting
> >>
> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
> >> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>> On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have
> to
> >>>> admit I don't read them.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at
> the
> >>>> Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in
> >> Louisville
> >>>> in October.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
> >>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
> >>>
> >>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
> >>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Catherine Olanich Raymond
> >>> ca...@thyrsus.com
> >>> (610) 805-9542
> >>>
> >>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
> learn."
> >>> Benjamin Franklin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[aquazoo]

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and
unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol



> Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
> Monica Spence
>
> -Original Message-
> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
> Behalf Of Robin Netherton
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>
> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
> mistake) was rejected.
>
>
> On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for
>> it, but the link below does not work.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Carol
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Catherine Olanich Raymond]

On 12/17/2015 12:36 PM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.



I am in theory working on learning sprang so I can make myself a hair 
net suitable for early period costume, but I haven't done anything since 
making myself a sprang frame months ago.




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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[penhalion]

I'm still around but I do most of my costume stuff on FB these days. I'd be 
happy if this list perked up a bit. I've been here since '97. 

Karen


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 Original message 
From: Megan McHugh <me...@benchite.com> 
Date: 12/17/2015  12:13 PM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> 
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? 

Still here too, lurking but haven't been sewing much lately.

- Megan
Sent from my iPhone 

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Lynn Downward <lynndownw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm also here. You all predate me but I've been around for years and years.
> 
> I've noticed that h-costume and h-needlework have been quiet. I don't do
> much on FB so I'm glad to see some of us are still here.
> LynnD
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Kate Bunting <katembunt...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm still here too. I don't do much sewing but am still involved in
>> historical reenactment.
>> 
>> Kate Bunting
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
>> ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> On 12/17/2015 09:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to
>>>> admit I don't read them.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the
>>>> Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in
>> Louisville
>>>> in October.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>>> Thanks for the URL, Ann!
>>> 
>>> My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
>>> rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Catherine Olanich Raymond
>>> ca...@thyrsus.com
>>> (610) 805-9542
>>> 
>>> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
>>> Benjamin Franklin
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Terry]

Now that's a party I would like to attend!

Terry

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Behalf Of Cin
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 1:10 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

Im still here, too.  There's a 1913 evening gown on my dressmakers dummy
that's destined for a NYE party if I can get 'er done.

--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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[Cin]

Im still here, too.  There's a 1913 evening gown on my dressmakers dummy
that's destined for a NYE party if I can get 'er done.

--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Catherine Olanich Raymond <
ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 12/17/2015 12:36 PM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
>
>> You're welcome!
>>
>> I suppose people could say what they are working on.
>>
>>
> I am in theory working on learning sprang so I can make myself a hair net
> suitable for early period costume, but I haven't done anything since making
> myself a sprang frame months ago.
>
>
>
> --
> Catherine Olanich Raymond
> ca...@thyrsus.com
> (610) 805-9542
>
> "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
> Benjamin Franklin
>
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[Terry]

Makes sense.  That's what I do in my sewing circle--bring the nice stuff to 
work on and leave the ugly stuff at home.

Terry

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On 
Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 2:23 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private" 
versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do 
mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only within the 
family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in front of intimate 
female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed off their skills in 
embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made calls, they might be 
embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering a fire screen, but not 
mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and mothers of large families might 
do plain sewing and mending in a more public way, but elegant married women, 
not.

Fran
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On 12/17/2015 6:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit 
> I don't read them.
>
>
> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
> Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
> October.
>
>
>
> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
>
>
> Ann Wass


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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Emily Gilbert]

Having heard Ann's talk at the JASNA AGM, I can confirm that it was 
excellent in person too!


I'm still here too.  I haven't been doing much sewing lately, aside from 
making a chemisette to go with my Regency day dress this fall; most of 
my creative energies these days are focused on knitting design.


Emily


On 12/17/2015 8:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:

I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I 
don't read them.


I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
October.



http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html


Ann Wass



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From: Robin Netherton <ro...@netherton.net>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 9:33 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) was rejected.On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi 
all,>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but the link below does not work.>> Thanks!> 
-Carol>>>>> ___>> 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>-- Robin NethertonEditor, Medieval Clothing and 
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[Sharon Collier]

What if you lined them? That's what I do with my drapes; the lining takes the 
UV beating, not my fashion fabric. 

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Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:27 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I've heard of Spoonflower many times, and I'm staying firmly away from it. 
Their fabrics are not supposed to be very fast and some windows get a lot of 
sun. After going to all this trouble I want the drapes to last as many years as 
possible. Anyway, I don't want printed cotton drapes unless they are something 
really nice like Liberty home-dec.

Fran
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www.lavoltapress.com


On 12/17/2015 11:15 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:
> Have you heard of www.spoonflower.com?
> It's a site where you can design your own fabric or choose from thousands of 
> others designed by others.
> After you find your design, you can choose to have it made in one of over a 
> dozen fabrics. So you could have matching drapes and upholstery, for example.
> Sharon C.
>
> -Original Message-
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> On Behalf Of Lavolta Press
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:57 AM
> To: Historical Costume
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>
> I'm still here and have been since h-costume started.  I am not sewing any 
> garments because I have to make all the drapes for a 5,000-square-foot house 
> my husband and I bought in June and have not moved into yet. (Not to mention 
> a lot of time-consuming stuff like picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts 
> cabinet knobs.) Not a fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete 
> kitchen remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not 
> have them already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too.
> Everything takes longer than it was supposed to.
>
> The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined Arts 
> & Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a fireplace 
> with green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all the window 
> coverings, which we probably wouldn't have liked anyway.
> Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic 
> reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW turned out 
> not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I looked at, and 
> they're actually cotton instead of polyester.
>
> The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes.  It seems I 
> want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since this is not a 
> bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is OK, and I have a lot 
> of that in my stash, though in many cases not enough for a window. And I had 
> some embroidered linen I bought online that turned out to have motifs too 
> large for clothes. For three rooms that only have one window, what with only 
> 1 1/2 times fullness I managed to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out 
> of stash fabric.
>
> The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone knows 
> where to buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in quantities 
> up to 18 yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know.  It seems I can use a 
> textured fabric such as dupioni or linen (preferably stenciled linen) if I 
> have to, but I wanted to furnish some rooms with Art Nouveau brocades.
>
> Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier than 
> just Arts & Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no drapes at all 
> or maybe only sheer drapes if you must have something.
> The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer 
> drapes, sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians didn't 
> want the sun full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors peering into their 
> windows, any more than we do.
>
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> Books of historic clothing patterns
> www.lavoltapress.com
>
>
>
> On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
>> You're welcome!
>>
>> I suppose people could say what they are working on.
>>
>> Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. 
>> :-)
>>
>> So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub 
>> and unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?
>>
>> I tried "help" but the message bounced.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Carol
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[annbwass]

Had taken a hiatus to write, but I did make a doctor's coat for my 5 yr old GD 
for Christmas. It is based on the one Doc McStuffins wears, and I used my 
machine embroidery letters to put her name on it.


Ann Wass



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From: aquazoo <aqua...@patriot.net>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 12:46 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and
unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol



> Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
> Monica Spence
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> Behalf Of Robin Netherton
> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>
> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
> mistake) was rejected.
>
>
> On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for
>> it, but the link below does not work.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -Carol
>>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private" 
versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to 
do mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only 
within the family (when no callers were expected) or at most, only in 
front of intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed 
off their skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made 
calls, they might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or embroidering 
a fire screen, but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and 
mothers of large families might do plain sewing and mending in a more 
public way, but elegant married women, not.


Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com


On 12/17/2015 6:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:

I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I 
don't read them.


I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane 
Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in Louisville in 
October.



http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html


Ann Wass



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To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 9:33 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) was rejected.On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi 
all,>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but the link below does not work.>> Thanks!> 
-Carol>>>>> ___>> h-costume mailing list>> h-costume@mail.indra.com>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

Yeah, well, I've looked into Spoonflower and all I'd get is 
cheap-looking garment-weight cottons that fade fast.  The drapes will 
receive plenty of light from other windows in the rooms, so lining 
doesn't solve the whole problem. I'm looking for silks (or at least 
really good synthetic equivalents) and maybe 100% linens.


Fran

On 12/17/2015 11:51 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:

What if you lined them? That's what I do with my drapes; the lining takes the 
UV beating, not my fashion fabric.

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On 
Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 11:27 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I've heard of Spoonflower many times, and I'm staying firmly away from it. 
Their fabrics are not supposed to be very fast and some windows get a lot of 
sun. After going to all this trouble I want the drapes to last as many years as 
possible. Anyway, I don't want printed cotton drapes unless they are something 
really nice like Liberty home-dec.

Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com


On 12/17/2015 11:15 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:

Have you heard of www.spoonflower.com?
It's a site where you can design your own fabric or choose from thousands of 
others designed by others.
After you find your design, you can choose to have it made in one of over a 
dozen fabrics. So you could have matching drapes and upholstery, for example.
Sharon C.

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com]
On Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:57 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm still here and have been since h-costume started.  I am not sewing any garments 
because I have to make all the drapes for a 5,000-square-foot house my husband and 
I bought in June and have not moved into yet. (Not to mention a lot of 
time-consuming stuff like picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts cabinet 
knobs.) Not a fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete kitchen 
remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not have them 
already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too.
Everything takes longer than it was supposed to.

The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined Arts & 
Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a fireplace with 
green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all the window coverings, which 
we probably wouldn't have liked anyway.
Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic 
reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW turned out 
not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I looked at, and 
they're actually cotton instead of polyester.

The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes.  It seems I 
want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since this is not a 
bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is OK, and I have a lot of 
that in my stash, though in many cases not enough for a window. And I had some 
embroidered linen I bought online that turned out to have motifs too large for 
clothes. For three rooms that only have one window, what with only 1 1/2 times 
fullness I managed to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out of stash 
fabric.

The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone knows where to 
buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in quantities up to 18 
yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know.  It seems I can use a textured fabric 
such as dupioni or linen (preferably stenciled linen) if I have to, but I wanted to 
furnish some rooms with Art Nouveau brocades.

Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier than just Arts 
& Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no drapes at all or maybe only sheer 
drapes if you must have something.
The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer drapes, 
sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians didn't want the sun 
full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors peering into their windows, any 
more than we do.

Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
www.lavoltapress.com



On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address.
:-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub
and unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol




Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
Monica Spence

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com
[mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Robin Netherton
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

I'm still here and have been since h-costume started.  I am not sewing 
any garments because I have to make all the drapes for a 
5,000-square-foot house my husband and I bought in June and have not 
moved into yet. (Not to mention a lot of time-consuming stuff like 
picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts cabinet knobs.) Not a 
fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete kitchen 
remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not 
have them already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too. 
Everything takes longer than it was supposed to.


The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined 
Arts & Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a 
fireplace with green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all 
the window coverings, which we probably wouldn't have liked anyway.  
Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic 
reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW 
turned out not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I 
looked at, and they're actually cotton instead of polyester.


The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes.  It 
seems I want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since 
this is not a bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is 
OK, and I have a lot of that in my stash, though in many cases not 
enough for a window. And I had some embroidered linen I bought online 
that turned out to have motifs too large for clothes. For three rooms 
that only have one window, what with only 1 1/2 times fullness I managed 
to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out of stash fabric.


The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone 
knows where to buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in 
quantities up to 18 yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know.  It seems 
I can use a textured fabric such as dupioni or linen (preferably 
stenciled linen) if I have to, but I wanted to furnish some rooms with 
Art Nouveau brocades.


Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier 
than just Arts & Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no 
drapes at all or maybe only sheer drapes if you must have something.  
The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer 
drapes, sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians 
didn't want the sun full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors 
peering into their windows, any more than we do.


Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
www.lavoltapress.com



On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and
unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol




Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
Monica Spence

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Robin Netherton
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
mistake) was rejected.


On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:

Hi all,

Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for
it, but the link below does not work.

Thanks!
-Carol




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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

I think the question is who a woman wanted (or needed) to impress, with 
both her fine needlework skills, and with the evidence that she had 
sufficient leisure to devote to those instead of mending and plain sewing.


Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com


On 12/17/2015 12:13 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:

You are probably mostly right. However, Rachel Van Dyke did write once of taking her 
"bundles" of mending down when a friend called and so had one bundle less at 
the end of the visit. Of course, even those clothes in the bundle that needed mending may 
not have been the most intimate ones, or, as you say, it may have been an intimate 
friend--I don't think she specified. And yes, mending stockings seems to have been mostly 
a solitary pursuit and may have added to the drudgery of the chore. Hard to know if Ruth 
Henshaw was in company or alone when mending, but remember she was visiting away from 
home.


Ann Wass







-Original Message-
From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 2:23 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I get the impression that in the nineteenth century there was "private" versus "public" needlework.  Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do mending and make underclothes (shirts fell into that category) only within the family 
(when no callers were expected) or at most, only in front of intimate female friends. Their public, "fine" needlework showed off their skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. When they made calls, they might be embroidering a flounce for a 
dress, or embroidering a fire screen, but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons and mothers of large families might do plain sewing and mending in a more public way, but elegant married women, not.FranLavolta Presswww.lavoltapress.comOn 12/17/2015 
6:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:> I have been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I don't read them.>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave at the Jane Austen Society of North 
America's annual general meeting in Louisville in October.>>>> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html>>> Ann Wass>>>> -Original Message-> From: Robin Netherton <ro...@netherton.net>> 
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>> Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 9:33 am> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?>> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) was rejected.On 12/17/2015 
12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi all,>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for it, but the link below does not work.>> Thanks!> -Carol>>>>> 
___>> 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>-- Robin NethertonEditor, Medieval Clothing and Textilesrobin@netherton.netvoice: (314) 439-1222Life is just a bowl of queries._
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? [and mouse proof underwear]

[Patricia Dunham]

I too certainly want this list to continue, as I don't truck with Facebook! I 
signed up a million years ago but just so I could LOOK at stuff there… and so 
many groups I'm interested in now are behind sign-in walls! I still don't care 
to enrich Mr Facebook's coffers, so I really depend on this list!

thx, chimene

On Dec 17, 2015, at 2:24 AM, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg  
wrote:

> That sounds intriguing.  Please do post about it.  There still a few of us 
> kicking around.  I was around when the list was young so I really want this 
> list to keep going.
> 
> Happy holidays to all!
> 
> Cheers 
> Danielle  

>> On 17/12/2015 06:17, Carol Kocian wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Is h-costume still going?
>> 
>> I've been wondering that, too.
>> I found a reference to a lady's "mouse proof" underwear, which piqued my 
>> curiosity, but I hesitated to post about it because the list had been so 
>> quiet lately.
>> 
>> Catherine Walton. 


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[annbwass]

Oh, no doubt about that. I was looking more at making and mending, not fine 
needlework. I admit that is a whole other category, and it could be that some 
of the generic "sat at work" references were, as you say, fine needlework. But 
there were plenty of references to specific projects to clothing both mundane 
and not so mundane, albeit likely in a family or intimate friends setting. For 
example, we don't know much at all about Frances Baylor Hill's surroundings 
when she sewed. We know very little about her at all, unfortunately--not even 
how old she was.


Ann Wass



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From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com>
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Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 3:39 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I think the question is who a woman wanted (or needed) to impress, with both 
her fine needlework skills, and with the evidence that she had sufficient 
leisure to devote to those instead of mending and plain sewing.FranLavolta 
Presswww.lavoltapress.comOn 12/17/2015 12:13 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:> You 
are probably mostly right. However, Rachel Van Dyke did write once of taking 
her "bundles" of mending down when a friend called and so had one bundle less 
at the end of the visit. Of course, even those clothes in the bundle that 
needed mending may not have been the most intimate ones, or, as you say, it may 
have been an intimate friend--I don't think she specified. And yes, mending 
stockings seems to have been mostly a solitary pursuit and may have added to 
the drudgery of the chore. Hard to know if Ruth Henshaw was in company or alone 
when mending, but remember she was visiting away from home.>>> Ann Wass>>>>>>>> 
-Original Message-> From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com>> To: 
Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>> Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 2:23 pm> 
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?>> I get the impression that in 
the nineteenth century there was "private" versus "public" needlework.  
Unmarried young women, at least, tended to do mending and make underclothes 
(shirts fell into that category) only within the family (when no callers were 
expected) or at most, only in front of intimate female friends. Their public, 
"fine" needlework showed off their skills in embroidery, netting, and so forth. 
When they made calls, they might be embroidering a flounce for a dress, or 
embroidering a fire screen, but not mending stockings.  Unpretentious matrons 
and mothers of large families might do plain sewing and mending in a more 
public way, but elegant married women, not.FranLavolta 
Presswww.lavoltapress.comOn 12/17/2015 6:38 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:> I have 
been getting the monthly reminders from indra.com, but I have to admit I don't 
read them.>>> I also have something to share--this is based on the paper I gave 
at the Jane Austen Society of North America's annual general meeting in 
Louisville in October.>>>> 
http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html>>> Ann Wass>>>> 
-Original Message-> From: Robin Netherton <ro...@netherton.net>> To: 
Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>> Sent: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 9:33 am> 
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?>> I'm here -- but my first post 
saying so (from an alternate address by mistake) was rejected.On 12/17/2015 
12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:> Hi all,>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying 
to change my e-mail address for it, but the link below does not work.>> 
Thanks!> -Carol>>>>> ___>> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Marjorie Wilser]

Hah, I like plain sewing for events. Darning. Mending— unpretentious stuff to 
prove to the general public that it IS possible to do the job neatly and make 
things last!

==Marjorie Wilser



> On Dec 17, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Terry  wrote:
> 
> Makes sense.  That's what I do in my sewing circle--bring the nice stuff to 
> work on and leave the ugly stuff at home.
> 
> Terry


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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Marjorie Wilser]

 As a fellow knitter I’d be very interested to know about your designs. Do you 
have a Rav name?

==Marjorie Wilser

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Emily Gilbert  wrote:
> 
> Having heard Ann's talk at the JASNA AGM, I can confirm that it was excellent 
> in person too!
> 
> I'm still here too.  I haven't been doing much sewing lately, aside from 
> making a chemisette to go with my Regency day dress this fall; most of my 
> creative energies these days are focused on knitting design.
> 
> Emily


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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Marjorie Wilser]

Another one here— I am NOT on FB very often, finding it too much of a 
signal-to-noise issue.

==Marjorie Wilser

> On Dec 17, 2015, at 6:34 AM, Kathryn Pinner  wrote:
> 
> I'm here. Still like to see what's posted. I'm not on Facebook.
> 
> Kate Pinner
> 
> Costume & Scenic Design
> 
> Tech. Coord., Kelsey Theatre, MCCC
> 
> 609-570-3584
> 
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[stilskin]

Huh? What? Did somebody say something?

-C. 

- Original Message -
From: "Historical Costume" 
To:"Historical Costume" 
Cc:
Sent:Thu, 17 Dec 2015 01:17:40 -0500
Subject:[h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

 Hi all,

 Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address
for it, but the link below does not work. 

 Thanks!
 -Carol

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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Vicki Betts]

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

As soon as I can get free for the holidays I have a 1929 dress (great cotton
printed sateen with double bias tape trim) and felt cloche hat to make.  I'm
doing a historical presentation the first week of February on Eddie and
Sugar Lou's Hotel Tyler Orchestra, a great little hot jazz band here in East
Texas.  They recorded in Dallas (you can hear them online) and played on a
Shreveport radio station.  Both come from very interesting African-American
families.  The local historical society loves the dress-up aspect.  The last
outfit was a World War I Red Cross ensemble which I'll be wearing again when
I am one of the "spirits" at our oldest cemetery in April.

Vicki Betts
Tyler, Texas

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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Wicked Frau]

>
> I am still here.  I have been waiting for a long term house guest to move
> out (it is happening this weekend!) so I can un-clutter my beautiful sewing
> room and get back at it!  I have been sewing in little spurts but the
> projects have been mostly modern, albeit with wool and linen!
>

Sg



> >>
> >> http://www.jasna.org/persuasions/on-line/vol36no1/wass.html
> >>
> >>
> > Thanks for the URL, Ann!
> >
> > My attempt to respond to the "is the list still going" post also drew a
> > rejection message.  Hopefully this will get through.
> >
> > --
> > Catherine Olanich Raymond
> > ca...@thyrsus.com
> > (610) 805-9542
> >
> > "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
> > Benjamin Franklin
> >
>
>
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? [and mouse proof underwear]

[WorkroomButtons.com]

Heck, yeah...  Mouse proof underwear?  Do tell. ☺☺☺
Dede
> I found a reference to a lady's "mouse proof" underwear, which piqued my 
> curiosity, but I hesitated to post about it because the list had been so 
> quiet lately. _
West Village Studio
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Sharon Collier]

Have you heard of www.spoonflower.com?
It's a site where you can design your own fabric or choose from thousands of 
others designed by others. 
After you find your design, you can choose to have it made in one of over a 
dozen fabrics. So you could have matching drapes and upholstery, for example. 
Sharon C. 

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On 
Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:57 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm still here and have been since h-costume started.  I am not sewing any 
garments because I have to make all the drapes for a 5,000-square-foot house my 
husband and I bought in June and have not moved into yet. (Not to mention a lot 
of time-consuming stuff like picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts cabinet 
knobs.) Not a fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete kitchen 
remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not have them 
already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too. 
Everything takes longer than it was supposed to.

The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined Arts & 
Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a fireplace with 
green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all the window coverings, 
which we probably wouldn't have liked anyway.  
Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic 
reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW turned out 
not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I looked at, and 
they're actually cotton instead of polyester.

The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes.  It seems I 
want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since this is not a 
bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is OK, and I have a lot of 
that in my stash, though in many cases not enough for a window. And I had some 
embroidered linen I bought online that turned out to have motifs too large for 
clothes. For three rooms that only have one window, what with only 1 1/2 times 
fullness I managed to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out of stash 
fabric.

The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone knows 
where to buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in quantities up 
to 18 yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know.  It seems I can use a textured 
fabric such as dupioni or linen (preferably stenciled linen) if I have to, but 
I wanted to furnish some rooms with Art Nouveau brocades.

Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier than just 
Arts & Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no drapes at all or maybe 
only sheer drapes if you must have something.  
The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer drapes, 
sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians didn't want the sun 
full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors peering into their windows, any 
more than we do.

Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
www.lavoltapress.com



On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
> You're welcome!
>
> I suppose people could say what they are working on.
>
> Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)
>
> So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and
> unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?
>
> I tried "help" but the message bounced.
>
> Thanks!
> -Carol
>
>
>
>> Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
>> Monica Spence
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
>> Behalf Of Robin Netherton
>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
>> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
>> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?
>>
>> I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
>> mistake) was rejected.
>>
>>
>> On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for
>>> it, but the link below does not work.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Carol
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> R

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

[Lavolta Press]

I've heard of Spoonflower many times, and I'm staying firmly away from 
it. Their fabrics are not supposed to be very fast and some windows get 
a lot of sun. After going to all this trouble I want the drapes to last 
as many years as possible. Anyway, I don't want printed cotton drapes 
unless they are something really nice like Liberty home-dec.


Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com


On 12/17/2015 11:15 AM, Sharon Collier wrote:

Have you heard of www.spoonflower.com?
It's a site where you can design your own fabric or choose from thousands of 
others designed by others.
After you find your design, you can choose to have it made in one of over a 
dozen fabrics. So you could have matching drapes and upholstery, for example.
Sharon C.

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On 
Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 10:57 AM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm still here and have been since h-costume started.  I am not sewing any garments 
because I have to make all the drapes for a 5,000-square-foot house my husband and 
I bought in June and have not moved into yet. (Not to mention a lot of 
time-consuming stuff like picking out paint colors and Arts & Crafts cabinet 
knobs.) Not a fixer-upper but lots of work being done, like complete kitchen 
remodeling, installing hardwood floors in several rooms that did not have them 
already, and painting. Then the landscaping needed work too.
Everything takes longer than it was supposed to.

The house is a 1940s Colonial Revival and we are furnishing it combined Arts & 
Crafts/Art Nouveau style. Many features like oak flooring and a fireplace with 
green tile carry over quite well. The sellers took all the window coverings, which 
we probably wouldn't have liked anyway.
Some of the windows are fairly strange sizes and we ordered historic 
reproduction custom-made roller shades for most of them. Which BTW turned out 
not to cost any more than most of the ready-made shades I looked at, and 
they're actually cotton instead of polyester.

The challenge I am facing is getting the fabric for the drapes.  It seems I 
want a fairly flat look, probably 1 1/2 times fullness. Since this is not a 
bungalow, I figured a general-Victorian-look brocade is OK, and I have a lot of 
that in my stash, though in many cases not enough for a window. And I had some 
embroidered linen I bought online that turned out to have motifs too large for 
clothes. For three rooms that only have one window, what with only 1 1/2 times 
fullness I managed to squeeze three windows' worth of drapes out of stash 
fabric.

The rest of the fabric is proving to be a pain to find. So if anyone knows where to 
buy repro Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau drapery fabric in quantities up to 18 
yards for a single room, I'd LOVE to know.  It seems I can use a textured fabric 
such as dupioni or linen (preferably stenciled linen) if I have to, but I wanted to 
furnish some rooms with Art Nouveau brocades.

Have to say I think the average "bungalow" decorating book (trendier than just Arts 
& Crafts) is somewhat misleading on recommending no drapes at all or maybe only sheer 
drapes if you must have something.
The few period pictures mostly show the usual set of lace drapes, outer drapes, 
sometimes a valance as well. The Victorians and Edwardians didn't want the sun 
full on their faces at dawn, or the neighbors peering into their windows, any 
more than we do.

Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
www.lavoltapress.com



On 12/17/2015 9:36 AM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote:

You're welcome!

I suppose people could say what they are working on.

Right now I'm working on switching things to a new e-mail address. :-)

So, the url below doesn't do anything. I suppose I could try the sub and
unsub options. Does anyone have the info for that?

I tried "help" but the message bounced.

Thanks!
-Carol




Thanks for letting me know you are all here.
Monica Spence

-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Robin Netherton
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:31 AM
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

I'm here -- but my first post saying so (from an alternate address by
mistake) was rejected.


On 12/17/2015 12:17 AM, Carol Kocian wrote:

Hi all,

Is h-costume still going? I’m trying to change my e-mail address for
it, but the link below does not work.

Thanks!
-Carol




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Editor, Medieval Clothing and Textiles
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Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going? [and mouse proof underwear]

[Catherine Walton]

On 17/12/2015 06:17, Carol Kocian wrote:

Hi all,

Is h-costume still going?

[snip]

I've been wondering that, too.
I found a reference to a lady's "mouse proof" underwear, which piqued my 
curiosity, but I hesitated to post about it because the list had been so 
quiet lately.


Catherine Walton.
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