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I'll try and get a look at the construction on my husband's uniform. Off hand I'd say they're built into the seams at the shoulder/collar points (I can't remember if there are two parts, or one and a button) I also have a pattern around here someplace that should include that feature, PM me later if you don't hear back in a day or so about this.
Jen
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Will this do?
If Jim & Angie can't help you soon enough (they appear to be in London at the moment), Sue at Rancocas Merchant might be able to provide you with the buttons. She stocks a variety of styles, too.
Rancocas Merchant
33 Pancoast Blvd
Delran, NJ 08075
(609)461-3369
Good luck!
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Glad you're enjoying it! It is amazing what people have been capable of doing when there is no modern life stuff to intrude.
I just reseved tge book "18th Century Embroidery Techniques" by Gail Marsh.
Allready red it one's and looked throu it manny time's now.
These examples are amazing! What a lot of work!!
Compared to these examples the uniform I showed here is realy crude.
Any howe it must be my female side and my interrest for decoration styles but I like this book!
Thanks!
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Happy to be of service! I think I'll go see if I can find it locally, too!
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Would that be "A Taste of History" with Chef Staib? Here's a clip, maybe it'll look familiar:
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I resently had a Corona and used my new tin mug for it... Yack!
I quess such a bear doesn't combine very wel with a tin mug.
So what kind of beer does???
Or: what beer of today resembles the moost of what they drank back then??
cheers!
Wow, memories are odd things. Mine just provided me with the information that sometime back when rocks were soft, someone told me that with metal mugs (and this might be for modern "pewter" rather than tin), that you should "season" the mug with whatever you plan to drink from it, basically sacrificing a beer to the mug if beer be your beverage, letting it go flat and then dumping it out. Don't wash it, just rinse it out, and don't drink anything else from it. Seems like a lot of trouble to go to, but worth trying.
As for beers that resemble the most of what they drank back then, it was probably small beer more than anything else, made from the 3rd brewing of a batch of hops, etc., which is why they could drink so much beer all the time. They wasn't much alcohol by the time you get to the 3rd batch. So the idea that folks were drinking a lot of beer and being drunk all the time is really one of those myths. I seem to remember porters were common, too. Someone is bound to have done a survey of this type of thing based on tavern inventories. I'll see what I can find out.
Too bad you're so far away, you could join us for the symposium coming up in April. It's all about period brew.
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I be a proud papa !
He be number nine (grandkids that be)
_Somebody's_ been busy!
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Me newest Grandson......Future Swashbuckler !!!
Awww! what a cutie!
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Anyone from the pub going besides me?
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Gatwick appears to be an option for some cities - the airport code is LGW. Unfortunately, Detroit isn't one of them - Travelocity threw it out. However it worked from JFK, so those of you searching may want to try it departing from your local airport.
Stansted (STN) doesn't appear to have flights coming in from the US - I couldn't get there starting in New York's JFK airport.
Thanks! I wasn't completely sure about either of them, some of my UK airports conversations have been with folks already on that side of the Atlantic. Good to know about Stanstead, I won't even bother checking that one out.
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My husband and I are kicking around the idea of going over there this summer, so I'll be very interested in seeing how this develops. Have to update the munchkins passports first, though.
Also, have you checked out Gatwick or Stanstead to see if those are viable alternatives to Heathrow?
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Say, what's with all this OT banter?
Yep, we're seriously off track for Twill. I think if we want to continue this discussion about earrings, perhaps it should be moved to a more appropriate place for it (in Twill) and let this thread die? I know I've seen pics of earrings here before.
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I am, however, flattered at being called "professor", and while my English modesty makes me shun such a title, I do secretly hope that others will pick it up and I'll be saddled with a new nickname...
Great, now a battle starts on this site to see who will be the Skipper, Gilligan and the rest.
I think Ginger might already be claimed, isn't there already a tall redhead 'round here?
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oh but they already have done that dear....since we are know ifor being "fans" of that particular movie when someone comes across something we get it and so far....we have a blanket with Jack Sparrow face in it (it's kinda creepy) a pilllow with the bird tattoo and roll drumm.....my son got POTC underwear for his b-day from grandma last year
oh and Pez that candy dispensor thing has one with Jack too , someone on my husb office gave to him Oh, goodness, I guess that's what happens when your kids are older and miss a trend.
So I guess #5 will spawn some accessories to what's already out there. It will be interesting to see, and maybe, considering the rate of time between movies, I'll have some grandchildren to corrupt 
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i will show up at pirate faires now with, small pox, scurvy, no earings, leave my hair tie at home, not brang my beads with me for trade, hang up my frock coat back into the closet, wipe up my eye liner and makeup off my face, wear my very small buckles on my shoes , take off my character face and disneyland outfit, and come to events. WOW i would feel out of place, it wouldnt have the same feeling at an event , maybe i need to find another hobby. see you all at the pirate faires lets enjoy each other for who we are, i learned a valuable lesson here not to critisize other folks, but rather listen to ones views, and maybe we can compromise on how to enjoy the festivals more. now i will sit back and start my new outfit.
Don't forget to walk around barefoot in a barnyard this summer, so you can have an authentic case of worms for Mission to cure. Oh, pulling a few teeth wouldn't hurt your authentic look, either, and removing any fillings is an option. And you can't get smallpox, you've been inoculated.
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Good for you. When at pirate festivals I will not have pox or scurvy or any other ailment other than being over weight and feeling older than I wish I did. My character is a woman of means since she is a woman of "girth". She will be of the merchant class therefore comfortable with lower and middle class folks and when the public goes home she will take a shower and put on her comfy slippers. See you at the festival.
Now back to the discussion. Being a woman of means I can on occasion wear earrings. hehe
Yay, girlie bling! Gotta love being affluent
And the fact that you're an adult means you were well nourished and strong enough to survive a lot of illnesses as a child. What you might not have is all your teeth, and the potential lack of fiber if you just eat meat and fine white bread, could be a problem. Oh, and you can be a candidate for gout, since you can afford the good stuff What an excuse to hang out in camp with your feet on a cushioned stool -
Now back to "how beautiful the beads and dangles" of CaptainB look (with all do respect
) They are really beautiful you are very talented ,and I know what you mean about obsession I've made the the bandana and hair dangles for my husb Jack Sparrow costume and being a tribal bellydancer I do adore some dangles in my hair , but much like Lady Barbosa said they do hit you in the face (and those shells can hurt) so I put the long heavy one in the back of my hair or I braid them , and short more delicate ones in the side framing the face ...PS : thank you for keeping a space in here for us "non perfect pyrates re-enacting ppl" LOL but we do enjoy learning
Oh, I missed Lady Barbosa's post about them hitting you in the face! Thanks for the reminder, as I was thinking of making a bunch of these for my belly dance girlfriends, too. And I think putting them in the back of the head sounds like a good idea, the brain is working on ways to build these into a barrette now (yet another project!
) One of the beautiful things about this Pub is the fact that there's such a great range from authentic to creative. It's such a rich medium for creativity _and_ research!
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I make strands o' traders beads & hair/bandana dangles (much like what Cap'n Sparrow wore). It started simply as a way ta add a touch o' color to me garb, but has thus become a hypnotic way ta spend the evening (with a glass o' rum o' course). I have a few examples to share (others have been traded off, or are locked in me garb trunk). Opinions greatly appreciated.
This is the five I had on hand today (showin' a mate who wants a strand or three)Closer up on the best three:
That be a Cowry shell at the end, Blue Agate, Hematite discs, and carved bone tubes, all on hemp cord.
Another Cowry, Glass beads, Tigers Eye, and Hematite spheres, on hemp.
Again with the Cowry, more Tigers Eye, and Polished Jasper, all on hemp twine.Iffin' ye want to see a few o' my more exotic strands (the ones with no Cowry shell ends, I'll be happy ta post them as well.)
In addition to the trader's beads, and hair dangles, I also make strands ta decorate mugs an' tankards!
These are lovely! Little details like this just make such a difference to the total look. How do you get the cord to stay in your hair? I've made something like this for my son's Jack Sparrow costume (after POTC 1 he wanted to do that for Halloween) and attaching them to his wig drove me nuts. In retrospect, I should have sewn them to the bandanna, perhaps. But he was happy and actually quite delighted to win a prize for his costume at his Cub Scout Halloween party (and so was his mamma!) Heck, I even got the little dude into eyeliner
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And for a moment, the world stops on its axis, for even it is unsure why this is so.
Milking that particular cash cow until there's nothing left but the "moo", perhaps? And when they are finished with the movies, they can start a kid's cartoon program and use it to sell all the accessory toys!
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Hmm 1695, looks like the link provided by PoD clears up the earring debate. Ohh and look at the pretty little BEAD on it.
actually it looks more like a pearl ear pendant so not exactly your typical "gypsy" massive golden earrings that hollywood associate with pirates...havent seen many guys wearing those...
I always took it as being a pearl too. Infact the one that I made to wear at events is a pearl one. I forgot to take it out after though and got some funny looks on the Train home
That's a pretty good interpretation! I've also cannibalized modern earring bits to come up with something similar. And you can find these being made now by vendors at events like Ft. Frederick's Market Faire (check out the trade blankets!). Here's the page for earrings by one of the ones I know (since I stink at taking pics of mine and putting them here, she's a good "stand-in")
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Hmm 1695, looks like the link provided by PoD clears up the earring debate. Ohh and look at the pretty little BEAD on it.
Hmm, I think I'd interpret that as a pearl, or pearl-like bead (I think glass was used). Moonstone works. I seem to remember seeing artifact earrings like that somewhere in my travels. Will do some digging to see if I can find out where that was.
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ive got a pair of sugar snips for sale...asking $200.oo ive been told they date somewhere between 1700- 1800...i will post pics later
do they look like these?
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Thought this was worth forwarding to folks on the list who drink more than rum
DEBORAH PETERSON'S PANTRY is pleased to announce our 5th foodways symposium
".Drink.friendly to Nature.and accommodated to General use."[1] on April 9,
2010 at Pennsbury Manor, 400 Pennsbury Memorial Road, Morrisville, PA 19067
215-946-0400
http://www.pennsburymanor.org/
Join us for a day of engaging speakers, first-hand views, and shared
research about beer, wine and cider produced and consumed during the
colonial period. Highlights include the following:
Porter and the Industrialization of Brewing - Frank Clark, Supervisor of
Historic Foodways - Colonial Williamsburg. Learn about the evolution of the
brews and brewing process based on this 20+ years of research.
Wine, a brisk agreeable, spirituous and cordial liquir,. - Clarissa F.
Dillon PhD - Gain a better understanding of production and consumption of
wine during the 18th century.
Colonial Cider - Charlie Thomforde - Discover the process of making sweet
cider and [hard] cider during the colonial period.
Historical Brewing: Practical Considerations for the Brewer - Robert Davis,
Brewery consultant & historian - Explore the realities of producing your own
beers based on historic receipts.
The $75 registration fee includes a resource packet including receipts for
each 18th-century dish served at lunch, a light breakfast at registration,
lunch featuring period-correct dishes, a potluck dinner, tour of Pennsbury
Manor, and access to some well-known historians. We have also arranged for
a select group of sutlers to sell their wares during the course of Saturday's
program.
After the formal presentations and tour of the site, join everyone for a
potluck dinner beginning at 5:00 p.m. Network and relax with other foodies
and historians to share your read-to-serve food item. We hope you will join
us even if you are not able to travel with food. there will be plenty for
all!
The nearby Hampton Inn & Suites has agreed to offer a special discount to
attendees of the symposium of $89.00 a night (regular rate is $139.00)
Information on obtaining this special rate will be provided to registered
attendees.
On Sunday, April 10, 2011, PAST MASTERS in Early American Domestic Arts is
offering an open-hearth cooking workshop to recreate 18th-century dishes
that use beer, wine and cider. The workshop will take place in the
reconstructed hearths of Pennsbury Manor from 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. with a
maximum of 24 people on a first come, first served basis. Cost: $40 per
person.
To register for the symposium (and workshop) visit www.deborahspantry.com to
register using PayPal. Or, you may call 215-256-4615 to register by credit
card, or you may send your check or money order, payable to Deborah Peterson's
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327 Sumneytown Pike
Harleysville, PA 19538-1249
Epaulet/Epaulette construction?
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Do you want the pattern for the epaulette by itself, or the coat pattern with epaulette and construction details of how it goes together into the coat?
Both Henry Cook and Peggee of Williamsburg make 18C coat patterns, Peggee does show a shoulder strap in the pattern pieces. While both coats are later period and Pegee shows it for left side only (because it's a common soldier's coat so it holds the cartridge box strap in place), the general construction details should be valid for what you need. The Henry Cook pattern doesn't show epaulette details, but my husband's officer's coat was made from it, so that detail isn't hard to add. Basically the strap is stitched into the shoulder and held onto the coat with a button at the neck, the epaulette slides over that strap and is held in place once the strap is buttoned down. There appear to be different styles of epaulette depending on rank and other variables, with different types of boullion fringe. In construction it is something like a tube, where the strap slides through, with the decorative top part stitched onto that.
I have other projects literally cooking at the moment, so as I said earlier, PM me later to remind me to post some pictures of all this if you need a visual.