If anyone on my list is interested in a reproduction tailor's "ell", what looks like a yard stick, only for an "ell" length (45") and with brass fittings. It is as described in Janet Arnold's Pattern of Fashion book. A person I've known on h-costume for years is selling hers. She's moving onto other things (she used to be heavily involved in ( Read more... )

And now for something that makes me go WTF!!!

$10,000 for THIS????!!!!

Be sure to read the comments to the seller further down.

I am stunned, truely.

Following koshka_the_cat's lead, I found some simple Mary Jane/Tudor style shoes on eBay ( Read more... )

Hey docryder,

Remember me saying that it was illegal for a store to require a minimum charge before a credit card can be used?

Well, I was incorrect. It is not illegal, it just violates their credit card REGULATIONS.

( the statement on the cc regulation... )

Well, for those few of you following along, another chunk of space, small amount as it was, has now been cleared, and many items found are going up for auction.

So, here's the before shots seen previously, followed by an after shot. I also go into my photo booth thing behind the cut. ( images & more chatter behind the cut... )

I have some lovely blue linen and white fleur-de-lis small trim that came in today from an eBay seller. It is real linen, as it was cool to the touch like it should be (will do a burn test tomorrow). And I got extra trim for free (very nice). However, I paid for 10 yards of fabric, including the shipping costs for 10 yards of fabric, and only got ( Read more... )

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Well, buyer beware on eBay. ( more on bad fabric... )

My question to an eBay seller, whose name reflects that they sell many different fabrics, was simple.

What kind of weave is this fabric?

Their reply

Hi there is no weave or stitch to it. It is just a solid wool.No weave? Not even a plain weave? What, is it felted??? Then if it is felted, why are you calling it a worsted fabric? Really now, no ( Read more... )

Well, I've been busy scanning images of period extant buttons from PoF (yes, it will be so duly noted in my handouts). I then tried scanning a color image, and it went all green on me, which is funny since the majority of the color is red, lots of red, not green. So, I gave up for the night, as I think it is the scanner vs the program I am using, ( Read more... )