Links
General Links I find useful.
Costumers
Elizabeth's Art of DressAll thoughts and fantasies
Elizabethan Costuming Page- Drea’s wonderful Elizabethan site, lots of info and links on just about every imaginable subject.
Festive Attyre – Jen Thompson’s great site, hub central for diaries
Most Marvelous & Comely MedievalSempstress.org -- Elizabethan Costuming
Suzi Clarke - Costumier
Fraudelyis - Links
GBT's- RavenDreams
Mode Historique
Thrednedle Strete Clothiers - Elizabethan Costume & Costuming
Villa de Bello Marisco - Smocking
Yahoo! Groups GermanRenCostume A Wonderful supportive group dedicated to German Renaissance Costume between 1490-1580. Without this group, I would be sooo lost.
The Renaissance Tailor's website Good site for tailoring details and fun new demos every month. Tons of info
Yahoo! Groups TheRenaissanceTailor The Renaissance Tailor's Yahoo Group for questions and interaction.
Book Stores
BookFinder.com Search for New, Out of Print and Used BooksFabric
denverfabrics.com - Good selection of Linen in a wide variety of colors.Nice selection of whites in various weights and lots of rich colors in heavy weights. Their linen is only slightly more expensive than Fabrics-store, about a dollar a yard. Be sure and also check out their great Italian cotton velvets and nice silks.
Fabrics-store.com – Wonderful selection of linen at good prices, never had any trouble with customer service and very prompt delievery.
Fashion Fabrics Club - Wide selection of linen, silk and wool in a wide variety in prices. Be sure and get on their mailing list so you are notified of their $5 a yard sales.
fabric.com Has occasional fantastic sales on merino wool and silk. Definitely get on the email list so you find out about the sales.
Hedgehog Handworks Good selection of embroidery books and embroidery threads in linen, silk and wool.
Istok Ent Oh be still my beating heart…. Total drool worthy fabric, someday I will come up with a valid reason to order some.
Just A Lil' Toy Store, featuring Jacquard Products, Rupert Gibbon & Spider Good place for silk fabric and dyes for silk and wool. Do a price check against Dharma before ordering though.
Ostriches On Line - Feather Products - Nice selection of feathers, good quality merchandise and fast shipping.
Fabric Dyes
Dharma Trading Co. Homepage Great resource and prices on fabric dyes.
KREMER Pigmente Home A source for natural dyes, some of which are very hard to find
Just A Lil' Toy Store, featuring Jacquard Products, Rupert Gibbon & Spider Another source for silk dyes.
Online Yarn Stores
Webs Knitting Yarns - carries Cascade & Cascade 220Notions & Accessories
Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc. 18th Century Reproductions, Clothing and Books. A nice source for little touches that look nice.
Cheeptrims.com - Great site for cheap trims, buttons and other such decorative items.
Novelty Keys A source for old skeleton keys, eBay is also another nice source, do a search on "skeleton keys".
Jewlery & Supplies
HR-Replikate -Replicas of existing archaeological finds.
Fire Mountain Gems & Beads If you need it, they've probably got it.
Honey Beads Nice selection of crystal beads, fast service.
Shipwreck Beads - The World's Largest Selection of Beads
Malcolm Morris - Tiaras and Jewellery - A very inspiring site.
Thaigem.com – Good source for precious and semi-precious stones, beads what have you, I have spent many hours drooling over this site