there is no cure - we all start to view every catalog, tag sale and move from the SCA standpoint. ... From: patty_gale199 <patty_gale199@...> <SNIPPED...
Dont feel bad...I do it all the time. I havent been able to play for almost 3 years now, which really bugs me, because the SCA is so much fun and there is so...
I too have been sewing, and sewing some by hand and others not. As a beginner sewer learnig lots... You are not alone...But it is fun! On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at...
It's not just you, I think we all do this to some degree... Just wait until you walk into regular retail store and scoff at the prices because you know the...
There is no cure. Welcome to the club! Â Lady Maire ________________________________ From: patty_gale199 <patty_gale199@...> <snipped by mod> Then I...
Background: I joined the SCA about a year ago, and have been busily hand-sewing garb every since. Does anyone else have the following problem? I'm wondering if...
... I agree it is likely pleated. But probably not rolled pleats, since rolled pleats are generally used for pleats in cases where you want the pleats to...
Greetings Unto the List, I would like to make up the dress that is featured in the painting Banquet of Herod by Pedro Garcia de Benabarre. (page 155 of...
Patterns of Fashion 4 (underwear edition) showed up today. Page 54 has an Italian smock with the neckline and cuffs gathered into on-grain tape, yay! I haven't...
Thanks to all! This sounds a lot like a Guard. I like the idea of a heavy weight binding strip, and I agree that it is possible a 'decorative' stitch was used...
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... The times I've needed to use bias tape, I usually cut from the fabric waste that I've already cut the garment pieces from, and found I usually don't need...
... Hi Collette I cut lengths of fabrics cross-grain, so that on curved hems it can still curve around on them, although not as nicely as bias strips. Bias...
I have no expertise on this one, but it sounds like they might have done something like a close cross stitch or some other embroidey stitch to cover the fold...
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Collette Paris ... Get a strip of long fabric (or several, really) a few inches wide, and fold it in half lengthwise. Iron it....
Posted with permission from La Bice: Free PDF book from the Met on Russian costume, covering the 11th to the 20th Century from the Metropolitan Museum in NY....
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANKK YOU!!!!! Alysoun On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Joan Silvertoppe ... -- "Courage is the virtue of deeds... courtesy is the...
This may be a silly question, but how would one go about 'binding a hem'? I would love to make my hems last longer. Thanks!! Collette [Non-text portions of...
were are you all getting together i have lots of si,mple patterns and love to sew with others? lady kirstine ericksdotter Have a great day and keep smiling ...
At a recent war, I offered a costume class, well the title I think explains it all. "Bodies: 16th Century English Support Garments - What They Are Made From,...
... No idea on bound seams, but bound hems - well, it is English, 16th c. for Henry VIII. As noted in the book, The Queen's Servants, the warrant listings have...
Rocaire has just finished a beatiful cotehardie - pics are on her wordpress site & facebook. i think its called Rocaire's Embroidery. Very inspiring. ...
As to hair, I've lately just put it up in a bun when at events, as I've seen painting evidence of this in northern Italy*, though I should probably do some...
