[Steppes] Golden Key garb

[Carolle M. Cox]

HUZZAH!! 
Well said, Nuala.

Gerita

Japanese Chin Rescue and Care
Dallas Northwest Coordinator
 
The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost.  They are added
to the ages of other women.  -- Diane de Poitiers (1499 - 1566)


-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:steppes-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of
lizdenpeters at juno.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:45 AM
To: AlKudsi at aol.com
Cc: central_hospitaler at yahoo.com; crystal.lemming at prudential.com;
steppes at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Golden Key garb


I have read all the comments with interest and think that there are lots of
really good ideas here.  

1.  Since we need to pare down the inventory of loaner garb and also
unclaimed lost and found, a silent auction at Artisan could work quite well,
with a couple of caveats.  Is there room for several tables (How many tables
would it take??) of this stuff?  We would need to contact the Autocrat for
Artisan to see if doing this at that event is viable.  To get the best
response, a little publicity will go a long way.  If you like, I can run
this as I have done several of these before.

2.  Having many problems with the heat myself, I have found that just plain
cotton works very well in Texas heat.  In addition, it is usually cheaper to
purchase than linen.  As a member of the American Sewing Guild, there are
many fabric stores (including some of those on Perth) that will give me a
discount when purchasing fabric.  Let me know if you need my assistance with
this.

I have heard many arguments regarding cotton vs. linen as period or not
period fabrics.  Some documentation indicates that Egyptian cotton was used
during our period as well as linen but the Egyptian cotton was not as widely
available.  To me, if we are trying to help newcomers with loaner garb
during the summer season, having lightweight breathable garb is the most
important issue.  Many people today go from their air conditioned home to
their air conditioned car to their air conditioned work place and shop in
air conditioned stores.  To suddenly go from all that air conditioning to
the heat of a Texas summer is a shock to the body and we need to consider
the safety issue of people utterly unacclimated to the heat in this
endeavor.

3.  As for the garb to be made, here are my thoughts.  Quilters cottons,
linen and cotton gauze are all good choices for summer garb.  Someone
mentioned longer tunics with a short over tunic for versatility. Also, using
Roman or Greek garb could work well in the heat.  I think these are great
ideas.  And to make these items in larger sizes.  This is also a great idea
-- a smaller person can wear larger garb but not vice versa. 
And for the question of trim.  Contrasting bands work well and we could cut
strips of tapestry or Jacquard into strips to use for contrasting bands or
trim -- I sure that many of us have scraps that would be well used for this
type of endeavor.  Do any members have fabric that they were wondering what
they were thinking when they bought that stuff?? 
Contribute it to the effort.

4.  Sewing work days.  We could check the calendar and do a weekend where we
sew, cook out, hang out, etc. when there is not an event in the central
region or something else requiring many members of the Barony to attend.
Borrow the Steppes tables and set up cutting tables.  Then set up sewing
machines to "production" sewing along with a couple of ironing boards for
pressing.  The ASG has done this for a number of public demos and they work
quite well.  Again, if I can assist, let me know.

5.  Location.  Some brave soul may volunteer their home for this or we may
need to see about another location.  Think about this to see what we all can
come up with.

6.  I do not think that giving newcomers loaner garb is a good idea.  To get
them started by making their first tunic; teaching them rudimentary sewing
skills, etc. is a better approach.

Now that I have finished pontificating, I return you all to your regularly
scheduled life.

YIS,

Fionnghuala the Fair "Nuala" and/or my evil twin, Cedric
Borrow money from a pessimist -- they don't expect it back.

On Wed, 31 May 2006 03:32:12 EDT AlKudsi at aol.com writes:
> Well, I can tell you that in my more than 25 years in THIS barony,
> we've 
> never intentionally given away garb or sold it to newcomers.  I've 
> been 
> Hospitaller twice, and during my terms, we always lent garb to 
> newcomers for a single 
> event.  Of course, sometimes we didn't get it back.  I distinctly 
> remember 
> several ladies going through their sewing rooms, and running up 4 or 
> 5 tunics 
> before big events like Warlord and I've sewn on trim and made 
> T-tunics to 
> contribute, myself, when the chests were rather empty.  I've also 
> given the Barony a 
> number of my own pieces when I (unfortunately) could no longer fit 
> in them or 
> when I changed from my original Norman persona to my current Middle 
> Eastern.  
> This having too MUCH is sort of new problem to my awareness.
> 
> Personally, my opinion follows much to the point that Lady Katheryn
> made 
> earlier in that getting them sewing their own is a good way to 
> increase their 
> interest and getting them interested in researching various periods 
> of time.  If 
> they want to buy one the late period outfits that are so bulky and 
> limiting, I 
> say let them, but I don't think we should be getting into the 
> costuming 
> business by giving costumes away.  There are a number of merchants 
> who sell garb who 
> we would be taking bread from, as well.  
> 
> HL Saqra
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