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Thread #80231   Message #1462829
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
16-Apr-05 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: BS: HELP SCAdians, Rennies, Theater types
Subject: RE: BS: HELP SCAdians, Rennies, Theater types
I can make you some traditional Dorset sewn buttons if you like..... huge button industry in the 17th/18th centuries. This site
has the more common pinwheel buttons but I have the wherewithals to make the more fashionable and more exclusive 'high tops' which were similarly made but over a small wooden hemisphere.

Most dress pattern manufacturers now publish costume patterns in their catalogues - and the commonest ones (Vogue, Simplicity, Butterick etc) are available online as CatsPhiddle linked.

Of course, if you were in the UK, I could do you a nice mediaeval gown...... male or female!

LTS