I am currently working on a length of cotton for a Civil War skirt. I'm making knife pleats & gathering certain numbers of pleats by needle & thread. Is...
I'm just learning to pleat a skirt length for 1860-ish Victorian.... Civil War, but on the Frontier, so not trendy. I've begun to make knife pleats; I'm not...
In a message dated 8/2/2006 10:52:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, aelfgifu@... writes: . Is there a clamp that would be useful in holding the pleats ...
I've used binder clips to hold things until I could nail them down one way or the other (in fabric anyway), if that's any help. Those black clips that have...
Alright, Miss Snark. <WEG> I'm treading unseen territory w/ those pleats! Maybe jumping up & down would work? [TOTALLY tongue in cheek] Thanks to both of...
I may have the opportunity to teach a class in the costume and fashion industries. Now while I consider myself quite knowledgeable about the costume industry,...
In a message dated 8/3/2006 8:53:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sylvia@... writes: Is anyone on either of these lists involved in the garment/fashion biz?...
Thanks bunches, Alexa. I'd forgotten about these pages. I also have sewing books of different types... I'm a handspinner & weaver & have finally decided that...
In a message dated 8/3/2006 11:01:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, aelfgifu@... writes: I'm barely beginning to learn how to make a sloper & to actually...
In a message dated 8/3/2006 8:04:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, aelfgifu@... writes: Alright, Miss Snark. <WEG> I'm treading unseen territory w/ those ...
Does anyone know someone in the Los Angeles/SoCal area who knows how to sew? I want to try for Scarlett O'Hara's 12 Oaks BBQ Dress. I would pay and provide...
In a message dated 8/3/2006 2:29:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, spb@... writes: Sally, who uses sticky plastic wrap as template material for pouncing,...
Going to try my luck with Simplicity pattern 4551....Civil War gown...calls for cartridge pleats all about the waist...doesn't look too hard....any input? ...
Hi Everyone, Can anyone please help me find reference for the leather coats deigned by Dominique Borg for Brotherhood of the Wolf? I'm interested in...
Hello, I am looking for a few good resources for Madrigal costumes. Our school has just started a Madrigal choir, and will be putting on a dinner in December....
Ok. I'll bite. What are you pouncing on & why....? Images of lions & tigers & bears, oh, my! Jennifer Hill Regia Anglorum: When the 21st C isn't Enough! ...
Hi! I need some information on glueing beads on different fabrics. Type of glues on which fabric. Maybe some info or even some weblinks. Got a panel to give...
Chuckles. Looms soon take over dining rooms, guest rooms, bedroom closets.......... Then, you get sheep & learn to spin! Oh, & goats! &...... if I take up...
I've always been told that one uses cartridge pleats if one is slender & knife pleats for the rest of us. Have fun! Enjoy! Jennifer ... -- Jennifer Hill ...
Hi there, I was wondering if anyone knew of a good website or a reference book that I could get that would teach me how to do pattern grading? thanks! ~Jennie...
Try *Grading Techniques for Fashion Design*by Jeanane Price and Bernard Zamkoff of FIT. Its published by Fairchild. You might be able to order it from a link...
Here is another site for making very nice gloves- includes a free pattern. His site is mainly devoted to dollmaking, but he is obviously a Japanese master...
Pouncing is the process of marking sewing lines, cutting lines, pleat lines or whatever by tapping the fabric with a "pounce". I have one that is simply a...
Pouncing as in marking an pattern on the fabric you're going to embroider or otherwise decorate. The object I'm pouncing is a cloak made of light wool...
No! No glue please!!! Glue is nasty! Makes the fabric hard and gives you problems when you clean the garment, when (not if) the beads falls off you it will be...
Hi, I am learning to copy and make my own patterns. I have been using tissue paper, the kind you wrap gifts in, and like it very much. I recently tried using...
Actually, you're starting this at a good time of the year. All of the Halloween costume patterns are just coming out, you ahould be able to head to any sewing...
