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Posted by enigma on June 1, 2009, 9:43 pm
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> From your speech patterns, I think you must be in the UK, so I
> don't know how useful this website will be. But when I was
> teaching, I garbed the docents at the Daniel Boone Home, and
> also made costumes for the theatre. I used James Townsend & Son
> for my re-enactment fabrics. It has canvas and heavy weight
> linen for bottom weights (at least it did 6 years ago; now I'm
> retired). You might also search for "re-enactment fabrics" to
> find closer companies. I don't go to the faires myself, but I
> have friends who wouldn't miss one, and some of my students
> would spend months working on their costumes. It was fun.
actually, i'm from New York, upstate & i live in NH right now :)
i find James Townsend & Son to be a very dangerous catalog...
perhaps if i stay on the fabric page it won't eat my whole wallet.
the nice bit about reenacting (and owning an 1815 house) is that
we're not fazed at all by little annoyances like losing our
electric for 8 days in the ice storm. just light up the fireplaces,
pump water with the hand pump in the basement (so much nicer than
pulling buckets from the well) & cook with either the gas stove or
a tin kitchen & cast iron in the fireplace. who needs a generator?
;) it's just an extention of the reenactment fun.
i just need a pedal operated sewing machine. i have to knit when
the power is out.
thanks for the suggestion.
lee
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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on June 2, 2009, 1:00 am
I found my 1894 White treadle SM at a flea market. It cost less than the
Singer treadle. It only took a day or so to clean and oil, and it had a
manual and 2 bobbins with it. I no longer have it, but it was a beautiful
machine!
Barbara in SC
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Posted by Teri on June 2, 2009, 8:46 am
Dear Lee,
I taught at Syracuse University for four years. I was born and raised
in Massachusetts, and my Grandmother lived in New Hampshire
(Chester). So I'm familiar with the area. And yes, your speech
patterns are northeastern. I've lived all over the country, but I
still get pegged as a New Englander.
I wish Townsend had more than grey linen for bottom weights. They
used to carry much more than that. And yes, I find that catalog
dangerous, as well. Staying on the fabric page is impossible!!
Teri
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Posted by enigma on June 2, 2009, 1:10 pm
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> Dear Lee,
>
> I taught at Syracuse University for four years. I was born and
> raised in Massachusetts, and my Grandmother lived in New
> Hampshire (Chester). So I'm familiar with the area. And yes,
> your speech patterns are northeastern. I've lived all over the
> country, but I still get pegged as a New Englander.
> I wish Townsend had more than grey linen for bottom weights.
> They used to carry much more than that. And yes, I find that
> catalog dangerous, as well. Staying on the fabric page is
> impossible!!
oh, Chester is right next door... well, maybe there's a town
inbetween. it's a cute small college town.
the linen i used for his 3 year old Tudor dress was shocking pink
originally. i overdyed it green to get the brown, which made the
green & gold trim stand out really nicely. i can't remember if i used
more of that linen for his brown trousers or if i found brown linen
somewhere... still, i can use grey linen, or dye it. linen takes dye
really well.
lee
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Posted by Joy Beeson on June 3, 2009, 1:02 am
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> i just need a pedal operated sewing machine. i have to knit when
> the power is out.
A Golden Autumn Silence
Once upon a stormy time,
a long, long time ago,
the autumn leaves came crashing down
in half a foot of snow.
"Sparking wires," said the scanner,
"sparking wires, wires down.
Stop reporting one by one,
it's the whole deleted town."
I'm sure talk got more lively, but
that's when mine went down.
Gasoline won't run the siren,
the pagers worked just fine.
Firemen were needed everywhere,
at dawn, I got back mine.
When the sun came out next morning,
it melted all the snow.
That was sure a blessing:
just chop up trees, and go!
When everyone needs water,
firemen don't need snow.
And then the house got quiet.
No clicks, no whines, no drone.
And then the world got quiet.
The chain saws buzzed alone.
I wanted to write how fine it was.
My typer did not moan.
I have a treadle sewing machine,
a treadle iron -- lingers
And seams in polyester
just won't yield to fingers.
At last, one day, a NiMo truck
went by at walking speed
I clapped my hands --
if they hunt for breaks
there can't be much we need
It must be soon, they must be near
the end of their attack,
And sure enough, in two more hours,
sweet cacophony was back.
Re: the storm of Oct. 4th 1987
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> don't know how useful this website will be. But when I was
> teaching, I garbed the docents at the Daniel Boone Home, and
> also made costumes for the theatre. I used James Townsend & Son
> for my re-enactment fabrics. It has canvas and heavy weight
> linen for bottom weights (at least it did 6 years ago; now I'm
> retired). You might also search for "re-enactment fabrics" to
> find closer companies. I don't go to the faires myself, but I
> have friends who wouldn't miss one, and some of my students
> would spend months working on their costumes. It was fun.