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    Happy Birthday ya hoosier... And man is it hard for a Canadian to actually use the term hoosier and not have it come out as "hoser". Any way about it, take off and have a good one!
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    HA! I know I could be persuasive enough to get my way!
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    Have you heard me fire my musket? Who's going to die? Other than me?
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    i was thinkin more like: the FOUR PYRATES OF THE APOCALAPSE WAR - PESTULANCE - FAMINE - DISEASE now we just need a pale horse?!!? I thought I was pestulance? I don't want to be disease! You nailed the young one though, young Merriweather is the only one in the lot that could pass for famine, I think the rest of us are too... full of life to play that part.
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    Silas, this is one of my favourite photos from the entire event.... This is the lot of us waiting for the battle and laughing at the cries of "Cousin Johnnie..." from up on the fort wall.
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    Kate, what colour is this 100% silk velvet? Kind of a medium blue. Maybe later I can get her to take a picture and post that.
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    Nah, just a very few of us have figured out that the best way to get a woman out of her clothes, is to get her into a very nice set of clothes...
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    Stays Mickey or the stomachers pinned over em? Stays were decorated with Stomachers.... But who wants to debate semantics..
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    9 oz weight wool is LIGHT!!! Heck a medium weight linen is usually in the 5 to 7 oz per yard range... Most re-enactment weight wool is in the 11 to 15 oz per yard range. Coat weight wools tend to be in the 16 to 22 oz per yard range. That said, lighter wools did exist, I have made a number of garments of lighter weight wool, and LOVE it, specially in the hotter months when most events are happenning. Is your source limited? Or would you be willing to share? I'm always on the lookout for new sources of wool.
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    And another one... These are all from the costumer's manifesto web site... And some examples of stays and how they were decorated...
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    Here's a pattern to start with (dated to 1715)... One could use the corset (stays!) pattern generator to get the sizing, and then transfer the details and cut of these stays onto the custom generated pattern...
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    You being an Archangel, I would defer you to Sterling's judgement for that... But my opinion, there is enough pictoral evidence to variety of shifts/chemises that any reasonable combination of the fancy or plain shift/chemise styles and details like slit or unslit necks would seem fine to me. Maybe I will start hunting for those images of the Cryes of London that have been posted on the pub so many times, and add the images to this thread to better illustrate the variety. Edit: None of the images I found and recall seem to actually show any details of the chemises... They are covered by scarves or shawls or whatever.... How annoying is that? I will keep looking though.
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    Actually i could think of whil wearing that hat is, "This hat has weird accoustics!". That would be my hat! And it would be worth exactly $20... Cause that is what I paid for it... But that was also before I added the trim...
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    The Reconstructing History pattern has a plain straight hemmed neckline, no slit, no pleats, no gathers, just plain. Kass includes historical notes in all of her patterns, so I won't go into provenance for that. All of the evidence for the shift/chemise Sterling has provided makes it look like an upper class garment (to me), and the plainer version may be more appropriate to a working class individual... Not that anyone would want to portray the common folk of the period.
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    Gasp! You mean Kate didn't make you read those before now? That's actually pretty good fiction - I read the last book in one sitting! Oh, she's been on my back to read those.... For about two years.... In that time I've picked up one here and there and plowed through them. Of course it took me until the 4th book to get truly hooked, and now I am whipping through them (as much as time allows).
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    Yep, I was the quickest on the draw for the 100% pure silk velvet.... And GoF was a pleasure to deal with on that.
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    I'll never hate anyone for good advice regardless of the timing! That's interesting, I would have never thought of that, as I find it is easier to handle and manipulate the fabric while sewing without the boning channels, but it is something I will take into consideration next time I do a boned item... which should be soon as a bodiced gown is high on the project list. On her first set of stays we backstitched the panels together, and then whip stitched them in the inside for extra strength, I think she might be considering doing the same for this set. The main difference in the construction is mostly the pattern we used. It's more of a custom pattern than the first set. We used the "out of the box" RH pattern the first time (minus some personal fitting), but this time, we started from scratch, and combined favourite elements from a few differenct sources. With the Custom Corset (stays!) generator being the core. I think the most noticable difference is I think we (I mean "I") fit the arm opennings a little incorrectly the first time... Cut too much down (or perhaps didn't add enough) to the arm pit area, so the sides sit too low. This pair is much better fitted under the arm. The other big difference is the style of straps, we (and here I mean "she") went with a solid strap rather than one that was attached at one end and ribboned on the other end.
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    That's curious. It was difficult to tell whether the V&A stays were back stitched or not, but it did not seem so. The 1750s set of stays, the image was more than quite clear enough to see that the stitching was definately a running stitch and not a backstitch... Unless my perception of what a backstitch looks like is horribly wrong. I think this may be an example of a noted expert making a generalized statement about sewing, that has too many exceptions to be a truism.
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    At the very least learn to use the flash! Or better yet, you have a perfectly good Grace! Why are you letting such a telented photographer go to waste?
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    Not having ever examined an actual period set I've only been able to zoom in on what online pics of stays I have been able to find... It's not too easy to tell, but judging from the V&A stays and a later period (1750) set, it looks as if the stitching on both of those was a tight running stitch. On a more practical note, I do backstitching on the arms of my sleeved waistcoats and outer coats (for extra strength), and I find backstitching to have a bit more bulk than regular running stitch, which just doesn't seem right for boning channels. Have you seen or heard something that indicates that boning channels should be backstitched? I'd hate to have put all that work into the first set, and have Kate put all that work into the second set for it to be incorrect on such a small detail.
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    You can do the flatfell seam to show the seam outside or hide it on the inside. But there will be a row of stitching showing on a flatfell seam regardless of which way you put the seam. And yes, it is done that way to hide the edge and prevent unravelling. The French seam, hides the edges and prevents unravelling, but is hidden from the outside. French seaming is for the most part a lot easier for beginners. I don't have a handy link that shows how it is done, but I am sure I can find one after dinner, or someone else will have a handy link ready to post. Cheers.
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    Do you mean rope? If so, RH carries hemp rope. It's not cheap. I've bought some in the past, but I burn through rope so quickly I have switched back to subsituting less accurate sisal or jute because it is so much cheaper. Out of the two cheaper alternatives, I find jute has a better look and feel than sisal does.
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    Figures you doubt yourself once you finally get it right! She is planning on going by the name "Isabelle" (or is it Isabella, crap now I am doing it), but her real name is Ashley...
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    Yes, this time it is me.
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    ..I thought I read somewhere french seams were not used during this period? If they were, then I am ecstatic! Especially as I do not know how to sew flat felled seams just yet. I haven't done any research on seams and when they come in and out of usage... But a good deal of my clothing for this period is French seamed. As for Flat Fell seaming, This Page has the best instructions online that I have found. The diagrams helped me learn flatfelling rather well years ago... I'm just happy the web page has stayed up this long!
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