Movies to sew by?

[sealion]

Sorry!  I moved some pics around.  Here you go!

http://picasaweb.google.com/TheMcCallisters/GreatKilt?authkey=Gv1sRgCOLz4pjtqP796gE#5321973275158978290

That cake is awesome! My son and his girlfriend are planning something similar for their October 30, 2010 wedding.

[Kate XXXXXX]

I listen to CD's.  What I listen to has more to do with the pace and fury of the sewing than the period.  After all, there is only so much plain chant or music from the court of Eleanor of Aquitane one can listen to when sewing mediaeval stuff super fast!  FTL sewing requires things like Queen, The Ride of the Valkyries, Nickleback, the 1812 Overture...  Slow and careful pattern making requires Bach organ concertos, Mozart, or gentle folk music...  And completing the project before the due date and under budget really REALLY needs things like Suza Marches, The Liberty Bell, and Music for the Royal Fireworks!

And when I'm tidying up afterwards, I like daft stuff like The Kipper Family and serious bagpipe rock music like Runrig and The Red Hot Chilli Pipers: http://www.redhotchillipipers.co.uk/

[Artemisia]

You are all enablers and I blame every one of you. 

I saw this thread and tried watching movies while I sew. Well, I saw the movies and got practically no sewing done. Back to music for me! 

One movie I do love watching for garbporn is The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance by PBS. It doesn't show much in the way of female fashion but the male costumes are to die for!

Dangerous Liaisons is another favorite. I do believe those costumes are featured in "Fashion" by the Kyoto Costume Institute.

[NicoleBridget]

The Tudors soundtrack has got some beautiful music on it, I think that's going to be on a lot as I sew this year.

[sealion]

"Garbporn" I like that! LOL

[act2redux]

I turn on movies purely for company- so for me it can be any movie that I have already seen and enjoyed.  That way, as I listen to the audio, I can recall the visual.  If its a particularly good part- for wahtever reason - look up, watch and then go back to work.  Its like having someone tell you stories you know you're gonna like for hours!

[Genievea Brookstone]

I am a LoTR freak so I either have one of the movies on if I am hand sewing or the sound tracks if I am on the machine.

[operafantomet]

Dangerous Liaisons is another favorite. I do believe those costumes are featured in "Fashion" by the Kyoto Costume Institute.

No, that book only display authentic historical garbs, so the Kyoto Rococo dresses ARE actually from the 18.th century. But "Dangerous Liaisons" is probably the movie with the most accurate Rococo costumes out there, and could very well be put on display with the Kyoto ones without too many being able to tell them apart. That movie is such a good example of how authenticy in garb needn't be negative!

[mellingera]

I run iTunes on my PC while I sew (my sewing room is also my computer room). Turn up the volume, put it on shuffle and let it go. I have an eclectic mix of hard rock, metal, classic rock, folk, TV theme songs, classical, and electronic/dance so I never know what's gonna play next. Occasionally if I'm hand sewing a hem or something of the like, I'll move into the bedroom (better light than my livingroom) and pop Monty Python's Holy Grail, Office Space, or Princess Bride in the DVD player.

[Artemisia]

Dangerous Liaisons is another favorite. I do believe those costumes are featured in "Fashion" by the Kyoto Costume Institute.

No, that book only display authentic historical garbs, so the Kyoto Rococo dresses ARE actually from the 18.th century. But "Dangerous Liaisons" is probably the movie with the most accurate Rococo costumes out there, and could very well be put on display with the Kyoto ones without too many being able to tell them apart. That movie is such a good example of how authenticy in garb needn't be negative!

Wow, I could have kept being fooled. The movie costumes seemed perfect to me.
I love it that the movie opens with the dressing!

[DonaCatalina]

I don't know how this one passed me by until now.
La Conjura de El Escorial
Set in the 16th century Court of Phliip II.

[DonaCatalina]

Not exactly a movie....
British miniseries called Will Shakespeare.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shakespeare_%28TV_series%29

[Magpie Flynn]

Ooooh I love Tim Curry. I need to check that out!

I usually pop in a Disney movie. Something I know by heart so I don't need to be actively watching it to know what's going on. Plus I love to sing along

[amy]

I have been watchng the Borgias series as I sew lately.   Warming up to the idea of making a fantasy Italian gown.    I just wish I looked like Holliday Grainger

[LadyStitch]

I usually pick either TV series or mini series.  I know I have to do ALOT of sewing if I put on Dinatopea, but lately it has been Tinman, or Castle series 1 & 2.  I usually have it so I can just listen to the stuff.  I once did a harry potter marathon on a long sewing day.

When I was in school I would start the audio books of harry potter playing and go though all of them. considering each book is 4-5 hours long it makes for alot of sewing time.