I bought the Carpatina blouse last fall for my Van
Helsing/Anna costume. It is beautiful, though very
large and blousy!
Get the medium or smallest size available;
here is a pic of me in it:



--- Holly <hollyvk@...> wrote:

> Peasant blouse (white cotton) imported from
> Romania/Transylvania with
> red or black silk thread embroidery--when I saw VH
> for the 1st time a
> couple of wks ago, I thought "I've seen that blouse
> before!"
>
> http://www.carpatina.com/Blousecollection.html
>
> HollyVK
> (way behind on my film costume viewing, did see
> "Charlie &
> Choc Factory" & "Lemony Snicket" on the big screen
> tho')
>
> --- In Pescucci_costuming@yahoogroups.com,
> "kemperoctavia"
> <tolkienscholar@y...> wrote:
> > Hello! I am new to this group so thanks for taking
> the time to read
> my
> > post. I am in the midst of recreating Van
> Helsing's Anna's costume
> > when she meets VH. I am having no problem with the
> jacket, corset
> or
> > boots; however, I am having difficulty with the
> blouse. I live in a
> > culturally deficient area and Wal-Mart is usually
> my only available
> > fabric source. I need to create the blouse. I
> bought some red
> toile
> > (I seriously dislike toile) and thought I could
> recreate the blouse
> > with that if need be. But I would like to get
> closer to the
> original
> > design. Does anyone have any suggestions or tips
> regarding the red
> > print of the blouse? Thanks. Kemper
>
>
>
>
>



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