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1. Re: Katherine of Aragon

   Posted on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 by hirondelle.

   Hello there and thank you for your praise! gold thread: I got some from this site: http://www.berlinembroidery.com/goldworkthreads2.htm#twists. Plackard- I pinned it with long brass pins. Painful if you are not careful, but stays in place pretty firmly. I used about 8 pins on each side.

2. Re: Katherine of Aragon

   Posted on Wednesday, 01 September 2010 by melemolly.

   Beautiful! It's interesting to see this earlier style, which as not as common. Two quick questions - what gold thread did you use, and how did you attach the placard to the front of the gown?

3. Re: 1876-8 Dress: Polonaise

   Posted on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 by costumeraz.

   Amazing article for the effort that went into its creation and for it being available to us. Thank you.

4. Re: Katherine of Aragon

   Posted on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 by laurat.

   Beautiful dress and great to have the info on the gable hood. Has inspired me to make one for a similar dress I made a little while ago!

5. Re: A Revived Edwardian Revival Skirt by Vicky Clarke

   Posted on Sunday, 15 August 2010 by magpie.

   Thanks so much for this tutorial! My late-summer project is to add more long skirts to my wardrobe in time for winter, so this was a great discovery! I'm drafting it up now, but I just wanted to draw your attention to something: when we get to the slash-and-spread stage of the instructions, the numbering on the panels changes. The CF and CB panels (1 & 5) exchange numbers. Not a big problem, but it puzzled me for a minute and I thought you might like to know. Thanks again, looking forward to my new skirt!

6. Re: Natural Form Era Hair 1

   Posted on Monday, 09 August 2010 by lynnmcmasters.

   There are two steam set waves. The top one I set by using all the small curlers I have and one by one I wrapped the switch over one curler and then adding another curler under that and so on until I think I had maybe 20 or 25 curlers. I used long bobby pins between the curlers to hold them together. The bottom one was just braided in a three part braid. Both I set by putting them in the steamer for 3 mins and in the freezer until cool. The bottom one was so much easier. Don't expect these to stay if you comb them out. You should set them and use them. You might have to iron and re set next time. Lynn

7. Re: Natural Form Era Hair 1

   Posted on Wednesday, 04 August 2010 by bookwyrm.

   Lynn, how did you create the "steam set wave" in the last picture?

8. Re: Natural Form Era Hair 1

   Posted on Friday, 30 July 2010 by valarie.

   Fabulous. I was just looking at a switch in a package yesterday and it was all rumpled and fake looking so I turned it down. Now I see that's how it started out, and how to have it come out great looking. Thanks Lynn! Being one of those with very short hair, and hair-challenged, I appreciate any help I can get.

9. Re: Natural Form Era Hair 1

   Posted on Thursday, 29 July 2010 by totc_42.

   You are SO amazing! Such industry to figure all this out from archaid sources, and then to create this tutorial - I thank you from the bottoms of our collective hearts. Can't wait to see the next part(s); such fun (for us, now that YOU have done the hard work!) Thank you again!!!

10. Re: Natural Form Era Hair 1

    Posted on Wednesday, 28 July 2010 by lynnmcmasters.

    Eggiebert, I will have at least 4 and I think 5 different women done up step by step in period evening styles. They have very different modern hair none of them have bangs. I was going to start off the article with the stylings but the period hairpieces became so important I figured I needed to get those out of the way first. Lynn