Dear Costumers, There is a Producer in New York looking for an Historian to help host a series on The History Channel website. He contacted me through...
Just a thought here, if you are really anxious about getting the form come to the collating and get it in person. It is a great way to meet other members,...
Hello! I'm looking for someone who is planning to attend the Jane Austin weekend on January 17, 2009, who would like to "host" a CGW Meetup. Since the Bonus...
Thank you Joyce for the suggestion. However, if you do intend to collate (which I highly encourage), please be sure to read the instructions to entering in...
I wanted to pass on this info for any of you folks who might be interested in this. Val LaBore ************************************* Join us for the SD Costume...
I just read about this upcoming exhibit and thought others may be interested as well: "The Purse and the Person: A Century of Women's Purses" will be at the...
Elizabeth,  This sounds like a very cool exhibit. A "CGW day" for a group of us to attend together sounds like a great idea. Let me know if a date is...
Elizabeth, Yes! The purse exhibit sounds great, and I'd love for you to "host" this event. Please let me know what date you'd like, and I'll add it to our...
I don't know how many CGW costumers take the Ventura line but I am wondering if anyone got hurt. I got off it three minutes before the crash happened. I know...
I am glad you are ok, Maryann....It was a terrible thing. In a message dated 9/13/2008 8:38:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tutu_fairy@... writes: I don't...
If I'm off work the day that's chosen, I'm in also. Sounds delightful! -Jennifer Mulvey ... interested as well: "The ... Fullerton Museum ... cache of...
This sounds just like the exhibit shown in Pasadena earlier this year, and the one photo on the Fullerton website reinforces my opinion that it is. I saw it...
Diane, I'm glad to hear the good review of the exhibit. I have never been to the museum here, so I wasn't sure what I was leading people to! *** I do think it...
Fran gave a talk at the last College on cross dressing so I thought I would post this link to an interesting article in Mental Floss about cross dressing...
Harry Potter Party for the 10th Anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone I SOOOO want to go to this event at Whimsic Alley! It is too short notice to get it...
What a great little event! But on a Tuesday? Makes it hard for those of us "out of town" or out of the LA area to make the drive. A weekend date would...
The Harry Potter books have such a wide age-range of fans that we forget that these books were predominantly written for children. Scholastic Books is a...
I like an excuse for a Harry Potter Party... If someone throws it, I'm there! I don't have the space to host one myself (one bedroom apartment), so I will...
I was contacted by Susan Anderson of www.susanandersonphoto.com. She is coordinating events for a fancy Halloween fundraiser in Beverly Hills. It sounds like...
Here's a request / opportunity I was sent. Workshop in the Woods originated as part of the Living History aspect of the Renaissance Pleasure Faire in the old...
My fellow Costumers, Sorry to use bandwidth but this is the fastest way to reach the greatest number. I am writing to let you know that once again I have...
Hello all! I am working on an 1890s skirt and the pattern calls for 4" deep directionally (1/2") pleated trim at the hem. However, I have made this before...
Even knife pleats (directional pleats) and even box pleats require the same amount of fabric which is 3 times more than the length of your needed finished...