Judy Aronson requested that I forward this to the list. Thanks! Colleen ... *From:* judydancer [mailto:judydancer@...] *Sent:* Thursday, October 16,...
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Colleen Crosby
colleency
Oct 17, 2008 6:11 am
Thank you all for bearing with me on the ice skating schedule. As the CGW party will be on Saturday, January 10, and the tea followed by skating will not start...
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LoraleePage
lpageortez
Oct 17, 2008 7:44 pm
Great- I'll mark my calendar for skating on Sunday the 11th then Loralee _____ From: CGWcostumers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CGWcostumers@yahoogroups.com] On ...
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Valarie
cinnamonhrts
Oct 17, 2008 11:31 pm
Put me down for the tea then. I can't do both. Val...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Oct 21, 2008 6:24 pm
Hi all- some of you had previously expressed interest in attending the exhibit referenced in the subject of this message. Now that I have chosen a date, I hope...
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Rebecca Thelin
marcailgaelyn
Oct 24, 2008 11:04 pm
*Civil War Event Invitation* *Moorpark Civil War Event: The Blue & the Grey* *"The Seven Days' Battles" - Lee Takes Command!* * * *Attention Ladies and...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Oct 26, 2008 3:53 am
I heard about this from a meetup group and totally pirated their description below: http://etacalifornia.com/index.htm Nov 14-16th in San Pedro Education of...
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Loralee
lpageortez
Oct 27, 2008 12:25 am
Hi They used to have a weekend sewing convention at OCC until about 4 or 5 years ago. They had alot of the authors from Threads Magazine the year I went....
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Jody Regan
Jodyregan
Oct 27, 2008 7:05 pm
Hi, Elizabeth, Thanks for getting this outing scheduled. Unfortunatley, it is the same day as the George and Martha Cotillion dinner and ball in...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Oct 27, 2008 10:44 pm
I knew it had to be scheduled across from SOMETHING. Can't seem to find an "event free" weekend this time of year. Sorry you won't be able to attend this date,...
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Rebecca Thelin
marcailgaelyn
Oct 31, 2008 8:48 pm
*ADVANCE NOTICE* ** *Just a quick note to let you all know that* *Jane Austen Evening Tickets* *Go On Sale Tomorrow!!!* *(November 1, 2008)* ** Official...
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Colleen Crosby
colleency
Nov 6, 2008 8:31 pm
If anyone has a Dickens costume that they would be willing to wear from 10-11:30 am on Thusday, November 20th at the ice rink in downtown LA, please let me...
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diane27025
Nov 6, 2008 9:33 pm
Count me in! Diane Yoshitomi...
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Snuzequeen@...
karen_lavoie
Nov 7, 2008 3:57 am
Colleen, I can probably do it because my gallbladder surgery is on the 12th and I should be OK by then-- Karen **************AOL Search: Your one stop for...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Nov 9, 2008 4:32 am
Join us as we visit the Fullerton Museum Center to view their exhibit "The Purse & the Person". Followed by shopping and a late lunch at Steamers Jazz Club and...
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Snuzequeen@...
karen_lavoie
Nov 9, 2008 8:06 pm
Dear Elizabeth-- Drat! I had hoped to go with you to see this exhibit, as I have just recently been the The Handbag Museum in Amsterdam, but alas I am as of...
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Ingrid J.
ilkajonesing
Nov 11, 2008 12:26 am
Believe it or not, I am having trouble finding a good picture, illustration or clothing description of a pregnant woman in the eras bounded by the Regency and...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Nov 11, 2008 2:08 am
OOO! What a question! I am interested in hearing what people know about this topic! I have no facts for this, but my thought has been that it was uncomfortable...
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Elizabeth
alwaysseverus
Nov 11, 2008 2:10 am
Oh- and I think I have seen a "pregnancy corset" referred to... Maybe that would lead to something? Sorry. I'm still no help. :O) -E...
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Rebecca Thelin
marcailgaelyn
Nov 11, 2008 6:39 pm
On Sunday, November 9th, I was interviewed by a reporter from the *Ventura County Star* (local newspaper) about the life of civilians during the Civil War (and...
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M Gibbons
cw.gibbons
Nov 11, 2008 6:57 pm
Here's what I know and it's not much. :-) There is a pregnancy/nursing stay pattern available from Past Patterns that was drafted from extant garments. It's...
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Jennifer R.
sewgirljen
Nov 11, 2008 7:16 pm
Sometimes you just have to laugh at the stupidity of some people. Oh my! I took Tonya Lehman's Pregnancy and Corsets class at CoCo a few years ago, so she...
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karen_lavoie
Nov 11, 2008 11:46 pm
Hello Ladies this discussion has piqued my memory, and I recall a book I read entitled "And The Ladies of The Club", which took place during this time frame....
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LoraleePage
lpageortez
Nov 11, 2008 11:49 pm
Rebecca- That is SOOO COOL! Thanks for sharing. Loralee _____ From: CGWcostumers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CGWcostumers@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rebecca...
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Tonya Lee Clevenger
clevengertonya
Nov 17, 2008 7:41 pm
Hi all, I am making the folkwear 1940s rosie the riviter overalls and I know at least one of you (Coleen) has made them...my question is...does this pattern...
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Colleen Crosby
colleency
Nov 18, 2008 4:49 am
Hi Tonya! The bodice on mine gaps in the back. I'd recommend taking it in on the bodice at the side seam. I think the front darts worked for me. The front fits...
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Ingrid J.
ilkajonesing
Nov 18, 2008 5:06 am
By the way - thank you Martha, Jennifer, Karen (and Elizabeth, too) for some really good starting places. I have had this feeling that, in times past, at least...
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msgoldrush@...
clevengertonya
Nov 18, 2008 2:27 pm
Thanks, Coleen. I solved the dart issue...now it is going together quite well...boy the legs are wide..have to get used to that...good to know about the bodice...
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Linda Abrams
lasprite
Nov 19, 2008 4:10 am
Ingrid, For your pregnancy-through-the-ages file: 16th C.: Spanish Surcoats Linda...
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Janice Dallas
janicedallas
Nov 19, 2008 7:01 am
I have a 1988 English edition of an Italian book researching maternity fashions through history. It's part of a series called "The Twentieth Century -...