http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/ Conference on Women and the Civil War Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:42:33 GMT decivilian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9034 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9034 If you are coming to the conference and are planning an exhibit display and have not already signed up to do so, please let me know so we can put you on the Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:13:50 GMT Susan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9033 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9033 At last year's conference there was a gentleman selling antique sewing needles. He had a large assortment. Someone on another list is looking for documentation Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:01:42 GMT Juanita Leisch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9032 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9032 Was that a teaser? Maybe I should explain "our conference" and "our theme". It's the Conference on Women and the Civil War that will be held July 24-26, 2009 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:47:56 GMT juanitaleisch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9031 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9031 In keeping with out "Women of Civil War Washington" theme for the July conference, we're including a number of Lincoln-related events: You can visit the newly Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:02:12 GMT Virginia Mescher http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9030 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9030 We have been looking for reproduction books to add to our product line on our website. However, they are few and far between. And having published a few Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:12:18 GMT ballet1863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9029 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9029 Dear group, I am currently building up my (already rather large) book collection and I was wondering where I may purchase reprinted books that are bound in a Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:54:19 GMT youhn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9028 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9028 Ford's Theater will be open 15 July and our 2009 Conference is touring it in a special Walking tour on the Friday conference! Tickets are limited for that Thu, 28 May 2009 00:42:12 GMT youhn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9027 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9027 Ladies, Don't forget to sign up for the SWCW 2009 Conference on Women and the Civil War in Arlington, VA on July 24 -26. Just a few miles from the Capitol, our Wed, 27 May 2009 17:55:09 GMT Deborah Russell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9026 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9026 What I think I said was that the V&A was a good place to go and see some nice examples of pockets.  Never said they were the place to get American data on Wed, 27 May 2009 17:25:01 GMT dori_1964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9025 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9025 Juanita makes a very good point about American provenance. The V&A and the Costume Museum at Bath are certainly lovely, but by the 19th century there was just Wed, 27 May 2009 03:52:30 GMT Elizabeth Clark http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9024 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9024 To add to Juanita's observations, if you have a dress with a pocket that seems to drag, you can "retrofit" it with a pocket stay--a simple strip of cloth or Wed, 27 May 2009 02:15:07 GMT Juanita Leisch http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9023 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9023 I haven't done a statistical analysis on this, but in studying maybe a hundred or so original skirts of the Civil War era  (with American provenances), I Wed, 27 May 2009 01:36:20 GMT Deborah Russell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9022 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9022 I have been doing research on the seperate pockets and discovered that they were used uo to the middle of the 19c and as the skirt started moving back sort of Wed, 27 May 2009 01:02:19 GMT ballet1863 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9021 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9021 Dear Group, I am currently constructing a gown and I am wondering whether or not I should add pockets in the skirt. I have found it inconvenient in the past to Tue, 26 May 2009 18:47:51 GMT decivilian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9020 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cwcw-chat/message/9020 ... Yay Susan!!! I KNEW you wouldn't be able to stay in Florida for long! It will be good to see you at the conference. ;-> Polly