LadyBrower

I'm terrible with pricing! I've been told a good general starting point, is 3 times the cost of materials adjusting for time, and your market. I've found that us reenactors are generally low on cash (I have no idea how that happens... LOL) so in the end I never know what to charge.

But they are very lovely, and I'm sure you will price them fairly. :-)

I got a huge spool of 16/2 linen thread from WM. Booth Draper that has been excellent for eyelets. http://www.wmboothdraper.com/ I got the bigg'un (1345 yards) and haven't made a dent in the thing. Definitely recommend it.

And Mr. Adam, your eyelets do look lovely.

I likes. :-) nice works

Ooooh Pretties!

I hate to order the gloves I want from Jas Townsend if I can help out a member of the pub first so if anyone has a pair of fingerless wool gloves I'm looking to purchase a pair. Black would be my first choice.

When do you need them?

Congrats!!! 

Oh my.... Well, doesn't that look fun. Thank you for posting.... and I will read it when I don't already have a horrible headache. :-P

Awwww! Congratulations to your sister and her husband. And to you as well for becoming an uncle!

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Thanks!

Salty, your input is very much appreciated! I didn't even consider the hanging basket to keep baby happy and out of the fire harms way. Surprisingly, I am less concerned about "germs" in PC cam than I am on the road getting there (public rest rooms, ew!). <br>

And to tell you the truth, until you get pregnant and have a baby, you can not know for sure what you will feel comfortable doing or not with your baby. A baby is not a blank canvas, it already has is own personnality. You may think I can do this, but than face the fact that it might not be the best scenario for you and your baby.

I'm in agreement, but I figured it would be an interesting conversation. I can't be the ONLY reenactor thinking about babies.

AW!!!!!

one does not need a plethora of baby euqipment to do this....people back then did not have them, and some how the human race continued....

That about sums the whole thing up IMO. Babies are probably the closer in character to their 17th c. counterparts than anyone else in an encampment.

hehe. yes!

And what kind of 17th/ 18th century wife would I be if I wasn't popping out babies? :-P

But Patrick raises a good point... How do other reenactors feel about babies and (young) children in camp? I know it can be hard enough justifying women in a "pirate" camp, what about the offspring? And the crying? :-P Be honest people!

Embroidery to stiffen the garment makes much more sense.

As to the stains, I wasn't thinking that the garment would have been constantly stained but perhaps a nice garment that was stained just enough to make it unwearable (I ALWAYS end up with food stains on my clothing) so you cover it up. I certainly don't think that all of the embroidery that was on the jumps that Sterling posted was to cover many large stains. Say a nice garment, not a dress garment, were splashed by something that left little spots. Embroidery would cover that nicely.

ooooh I get it. :-P

I had been thinking about the embroidered jumps that Sterling had posted and embroidery in general. I wonder how much embroidery was done to cover up stains and such. lol I stain & dirty EVERYTHING and a well placed bit of embroidery would cover the mess quite easily.

I never thought about it that way.... My concern would be if it's a garment you are always staining and getting dirty, why would you want to put all this work into embroidery only to spill something else and ruin all that time consuming work?

My thoughts were that, for "jumps" in particular, embroidery and quilting were used to stiffen the fabric since the garment may or may not have any boning.

no, no baby on board this ship yet... But I have started to wonder how babies play in piratical reenacting? How do you ladies deal with pregnancy in the field? What adjustments do you make? And what about infants? I don't want to give up reenacting just because I get pregnant, besides... it seems to me it would be very "pc" given how often women were pregnant. BUT it is important to be safe and healthy, what solutions have you come up with?

And there is also the issue of clothing...

What do you think?

Gentlemen, you flatter me. :-) I am very pleased I can be of service. :-)

That is really cool!

No, but that is a pretty good price for handmade stockings....

As I read the website, the socks are fitted but not handmade: My socks are machine-knit to fit your foot and leg with measurements that you provide.

I like the Liberty Caps too!

If I recall correctly, we do not need to have hand made stockings as in hand knitted...I think by GAoP knitting machines were in use...there is in Twill a thread discussing this...

Yis... Machine knit stockings date to the 1500's if I am recalling correctly. :-)

No, but that is a pretty good price for handmade stockings....

Those are some very sassy stockings... Maybe its just the modeling. lol. The price is great too.

Aw. That was a nice article. :-)

Happy birthday!

I do agree, that money in books would be a better start, and there are plenty of free blogs and people who want to help. Then, when you have acquired the key materials and talked to people who know what they are talking about and still feel like you want to join the site- go for it. For myself, I try to start "free" and go to "highly suggested" or required.

Oh pretties!!!