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Ask The Experts, September 2008
This month we have quite the variety of questions.
- Setting in tailored sleeves
- How to work with silk habotai without losing your sanity
- Costuming the man in your life
- Finding ladies stockings
- Making ruffled straps for bras
- Calculating turning ease in corset patterns
Submit your questions now on the "Ask a question" page for next month's column! We welcome questions about any sewing or costume related subject, and your questions will be passed on to the group of experts to answer. You're welcome either to specify whom you're asking, or not to, whatever is your preference.
No commentsAsk The Experts, August 2008
This month in Ask the Experts we answer questions on costuming terminology, drafting bust curves and where to find historical patterns for gentlemen.
Submit your questions now on the "Ask a question" page for next month's column!
We welcome questions about any sewing or costume related subject, and your questions will be passed on to the group of experts to answer. You're welcome either to specify whom you're asking, or not to, whatever is your preference.
Hilary Davidson
This month we interview Hilary Davidson, a curator of fashion and decorative arts at the Museum of London.
Wikimedia Commons
This month we feature a great research site: Wikimedia Commons. It's so much more than a place to host pictures for a Wikipedia entry!
We'll show you how to use the site, demonstrating its vast scope, giving you some in-roads and showing you where to start when you're looking for ideas or references. No longer will you need to stare at a blank search box, wondering where to begin!
Build Your Library - Embellishments
This month we feature two books that focus on the details: buttons and three dimensional fabric manipulation. Both of the featured books are fun to look through as pure eye candy and inspiration for future projects.
Costuming Reenactors
Costuming nonprofessionals or re-enactors is different from professional theatre or film work. Suzi shares her experience.
Binding stays and corsets is frustrating... isn't it? Find out how to perfect your stays and corsets with our indispensible guide!
August: Treasures of the Far East
With the Olympic Games controversially due to begin in Beijing this month, we thought we'd take this opportunity to give our costume construction-based Website of the Month an Oriental theme.
Here you'll find the best of the Far East, from traditional patterns to fine fabrics and the smoothest silk thread you'll ever sew with.
Research for the Historical Costumer, Part 3: Tips, Techniques, and Resources: Secondary Sources
In part three of her four part series, Kendra van Cleave shows us some tips and techniques to find good information on the Internet.
This month, she adds books, journals and conferences to our arsenal of resources, recommending the most useful ones, showing us how best to use them, and telling us what to look out for.