If you can get on top of them now, they won't be secretly beavering away, creating a worse infestation. Check your whole house as soon as you can, plus anything you have stored away. And then keep checking regularly.
Good luck!
Search found 68 matches
- Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:26 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: I've got moths
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6960
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:09 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: I've got moths
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6960
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:02 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: I've got moths
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6960
Re: I've got moths
My sympathies - we've had an outbreak as well. They are a curse. Our whole house and loft are full of stuff and I had to check everything. Nightmare. My top tips - Know your enemy Hoover, hoover, hoover. Then hoover again. Keep hoovering. Buy HEPA filter hoover bags (try Espares for bargains), and t...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:04 pm
- Forum: Book, Film, TV & Music Reviews
- Topic: History stuff for Kindle users
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7470
History stuff for Kindle users
All for less than two quid at the moment - but not for long. Worth a look if you use one of those infernal devices....... http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Quarter-Given-Charles-ebook/dp/B007TV0R3I/ref=br_lf_m_1000694023_3_53_img?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&pf_rd_p=358942107&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_...
- Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: Looking For WW1 type Ammo boots
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9114
Re: Looking For WW1 type Ammo boots
I had to look and found those nice boots and .............. Leather cycle shoes! < swoon >Medicus Matt wrote:
Oh thank you very much..]

- Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:54 pm
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: Sellers of history-related items wanted please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4385
Re: Sellers of history-related items wanted please
PMd you Pete.
- Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:43 pm
- Forum: Traders Discussion
- Topic: Sellers of history-related items wanted please
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4385
Sellers of history-related items wanted please
For an event next year, I'm looking for companies to sell items related to history to the general public - ie, wooden/plastic swords, kids' dressing-up stuff, toys, etc etc - anything really. This would need to be a company who would actually sell stuff on a stall, not just a supplier. If anyone has...
- Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:52 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Elizabethan ruff suppliers UK?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5960
Re: Elizabethan ruff suppliers UK?
That wasJohn Waller wrote:I can't remember the name but there was someone at TORM with a superb ruff and lace cuffs on their stall.
http://www.white-rabbit-lynens.co.uk/
Beautiful work.
- Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:36 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Sewing projects
- Replies: 105
- Views: 45115
Re: Sewing projects
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/Product ... tml?q=buskladydetemps wrote:having trouble sourcing a busk.

- Tue Feb 08, 2011 8:24 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Used clothing in the 18th century
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2723
Re: Used clothing in the 18th century
You can do a quick search here:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/cos
Frustratingly the text isn't available unless you pay or have a sub, but it might help to be able to see the contents of each volume easily.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/cos
Frustratingly the text isn't available unless you pay or have a sub, but it might help to be able to see the contents of each volume easily.
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Tudor bodice question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4850
Re: Tudor bodice question
Also many of the patterns in the Tudor Tailor can be used for posh or basic clothing, depending on what fabric you choose. It's an excellent resource which will give you a lot of well-researched background info on the period as well.
- Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:57 pm
- Forum: Societies
- Topic: Seeking advice on finding and joining a group
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11224
Re: Seeking advice on finding and joining a group
You're in!foamcow wrote:
I'm a large fella with a beard )


- Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:02 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Planning an Edwardian outfit- inspiration needed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3231
Re: Planning an Edwardian outfit- inspiration needed
It is indeed - thanks again!
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:08 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: WW1 mattresses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2705
Re: WW1 mattresses
Thanks hon - I'll pass the info on and PM you if necessary. 

- Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:57 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: WW1 mattresses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2705
WW1 mattresses
Posting this for a friend - she needs WW1 'biscuit' mattresses for a stage play. Any ideas where such things (repro, probably) may be sourced from?
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Sewing thread question -15th Century
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9254
Texere is also good for various linen and woolen threads (their Galway is quite fine):
http://www.texere-yarns.co.uk/texeresho ... pools.html
http://www.texere-yarns.co.uk/texeresho ... pools.html
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:51 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Newby questions
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5083
You say you don't want commercial patterns (yes, these are expensive) and Nigel has recommended The Cut of Men's Clothes, but that book, although excellent, isn't that easy to use if you are new to all this. Instead, get hold of HMA's little booklet, "Clothes of the Common Man part 2: Making the Gar...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 4:56 pm
- Forum: 1900 onwards
- Topic: Shelter Deaths
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11263
Re: Shelter Deaths
There's quite a lot of background info here if you are interested in that one:Theotherone wrote:I lived in Bethnal Green for a few years and I knew about the tube stataion disaster there.
http://www.stairwaytoheavenmemorial.org/gpage5.html
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:14 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Silk and braid question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2122
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:31 am
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Silk and braid question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2122
Silk and braid question
A friend of mine would like a repro of the officer's sash (aka scarf)on the right in this portrait. I'm considering doing it for him myself but I've not worked much with silk - any clues as to what type I should be looking to get and who would be a good supplier? Thanks. Also, we can't decide if the...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:26 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: linen shirt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3410
Spangles
Does anyone know who does proper metal spangles? These will be for a piece of lace.
Should there be anyone who will be at TORM, that would be excellent.
Thanks!
Should there be anyone who will be at TORM, that would be excellent.
Thanks!
- Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:19 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Source for hand-made lace, tatting etc
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1565
- Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:23 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: Cavalier's costume from period of King Charles I
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5565
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:50 pm
- Forum: Pictures
- Topic: 17th cent. collar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2338
- Tue Jun 03, 2008 10:14 am
- Forum: General History
- Topic: Sommeries Castle - last chance to see...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2419
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:05 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: 1930s/1940s fabrics
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3753
I used to work here: http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/ and one of the collections includes a huge range of designs for fabrics, including dress prints from the 20s to the 50s. You can search the collections on a database here: http://monet.mdx.ac.uk/ Digitisation is ongoing (considerably slower since they ...
Put them on in the house for a bit each evening and it helps break them in a bit and scuff up the soles Why go to the length of getitng decent footwear then wang black plastic soles on them? *shudder* Seconded. Get them comfy on your feet by wearing them a lot (latchets are weird and shapeless unti...
- Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:37 pm
- Forum: Costumes
- Topic: the strange things you find....
- Replies: 131
- Views: 23871