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<DIV><SPAN class=175334400-17102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><=======willing to help Beaux fit for a new dress.
*leer*</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
namron-bounces+matthiasthebrewer=cox.net@ansteorra.org
[mailto:namron-bounces+matthiasthebrewer=cox.net@ansteorra.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>liz wilkerson<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 16, 2004 7:27
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Barony of Namron<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Namron] free to a good
home<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> Ok Deenie - you've been after
me for years to give you some of my garb - here's your chance.</DIV>
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<DIV>Free to a good home:</DIV>
<DIV>One handsewn olive green linen bliaut, circa 1200 France. Sidelaced,
4 gore skirt with a small train.The semicircular sleeves hang 45 inches from
the elbow and will trail unless knotted or shortened on anyone less than 6
feet tall. Hand embroidered guards on the arm and a cotton voile
hand embroidered undertunic to go with it. ( Yes Deenie -the infamous
Clear Dress). </DIV>
<DIV> I lent this outfit to ...a
friend last year, and in the course of wearing it once, she tore out the
lacing holes ( all 48 of them) and ripped out the lower arm seams on the
undergown. I've messed with the lacing holes to no avail. It's going to
be too small for me in the end. I can't repair it in a "period" manner
and have it still fit me. It does need repair and likely altering to fit
a new wearer. I'd be glad to help fit it to a new wearer. The
approx. measurments were about 52-40- 54, but now the waist is about 4 inches
smaller. Unless you have a truly amazing figure, the top will need to be taken
in to fit the waist. </DIV>
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I do have 2 conditions regarding letting this dress go: It's
the first gown I made using handwork and I spent hundreds of hours making
it. My first "baby". I ask that it be worn in a manner that honors the
work that went into it and the ideal "lady" it represents from so long ago.
The second is that when the new person either no longer fits it or no longer
likes it, that it be either handed on to another, or given back to me to cut
into something else. Dont just throw it away or let it sit in a closet to
dry rot. </DIV>
<DIV>Anyone interested?</DIV>
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<DIV>A sniffly heavy hearted Beaux<BR></DIV>
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