Saw the lecture tonite at the Phoenix Art Museum. What a delight! The lecture was fun, funny and informative. It was great to look at the items up close....
... Just wanted to let people know I've just done a bit update on the blog, added another dozen or so images. The blog is now up to 97 images of Elizabethan...
What a fun day in Santa Cruz! The Tudor Tailor ladies, Jane & Ninya have a wonderful presentation. Their years spent at Kentwell have given them truly hands on...
Hi all, Anyone know if the Vallejo lectures tomorrow are sold out? I went to the one in Berkeley today and it was great and I was thinking of going to Vallejo...
I can only hope team Tudor Tailor will be able to go about the rest of the country in the next year or so, because I am telling you all? We learned so much. It...
I went to both :-) The Friday session was great too - while I didn't actually get as far as a paper pattern, that's half an hour's work this afternoon. The ...
Hi all, I've uploaded most of my Tudor Tailor images onto my flickr account, for the time being. They aren't the best (some got blurry, others are still...
Hello to all! First I would like to thank Jane and Ninya for the wonderful workshops myself and my friends from Oregon attended in Berkely and Vallejo this...
I have no idea which kind, but it looks like wool. Perhaps Ninya can answer when she returns from the trip, and is up to dealing with our emails again. Kimiko...
Yes the red kirtle was made in wool, and was a medium weight tabby weave with some slight color variations. It is supposed to represent the fabric quality...
Kimiko- Thank you for sharing pictures. Being there was not possible, & seeing pictures makes me feel better. (slightly) !!!!!!MUST OWN GLOVES!!!!!!!!!! ...
Thanks Ellyne for sharing that info. Hmmm... this makes me wonder how to replicate that not-perfect dye job, when modern dyes come out near perfect? Anyone...
I normally hate to say, me too. But Margaret Ellyne really stated very nicely how I felt about the workshops as well. So, Me Too! Only... which gentleman was...
Hello LB, Perhaps you will be able to attend a future class, which I highly recommend. Yes, the gloves were stunning in person. The photos don't do them ...
... they ... nylon ... Yes, Jane said that they were made out of scrubers for the kitchen. What she had was a very open and I would think that the netting you ...
... dye ... I ... the ... nearly ... it had to ... different shade, ... I got up ... The way to get imperfections in a dye is to let it stand. If the water is...
... It was a knitted nylon thing like a Tuffy pot-scrubber, on a smaller scale. They are sold to be the foundation for making a bun; check out a drug store...
Also check this link: http://www.wilshirewigs.com/Ratts,-Pouffs,-&-Doughnuts-c-62-p-1.html . If it's related to hair, or faking it, making it, they have it......
After drooling over the TT book at my SCA meeting last night, our group came up with a few questions..although the elite gowns are beautiful, not everyone can...
If you've seen the pics of Jane Malcolm-Davies as a "mere gentlewoman" named "Anne", or the lowest of the gentry classes, you will see she is really dressed...
I am wondering if one couldnt find some things similar at a beauty supply store. ie. Sally's Beauty Supply There isnt any near me in the panhandle of Florida,...
I don't like it "who can wear what", it's more "I want to be nice but be able to go to an outside(NW Weather)event and not ruin what I have on..I think of...
I should learn not to type and talk to someone else at the same time..that first line should read.."I don't think", not I don't like..the kids seem to be drawn...
Ah, ok. That I fully understand. I think you are looking at "gentry" like Jane's character "Anne". She had three lady servants. I wish I had servants. ;-) But...