As soon as I decide which dressmakers dummy I am going to be buying it will be wearing a rework of the 1909 directoire evening dress in the V&A together with a jacket (pattern to be worked out) of a beautiful long jacket from the same year showing in Journal des demoisselles (picture in Cut of Womens clothes). I have wanted to make the jacket for at least the last 10 years but i don't normally sew for this period so have had no reason to make it. My sisters wedding in October is the perfect excuse. As I normally sew Elizabethan clothes, by hand, I am looking forward to a dress that won't take months and months of sewing to make and can be done on a machine.
Rachel On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey <mary.d...@pierocarey.info> wrote: > Mine is still wearing most of what she had on the last time this question > got asked. <rueful grin> The pirate shirt awaiting buttonholes is now on > top. Most of the current action is from the mending baskets. Several > snaggy neckties fixed, an embroidered blouse's unruly facing tacked down, > replacement elastic waistbands going in, a pair of pants that needs a new > waistband & probably hemming. I found the UFO box that has the summer > clothes that need work. I can't stand the scratchiness of the embroidery on > a couple of outfits I bought in Florida the last time we went down for a > shuttle launch, so, I need to devise a partial lining that won't make them > too hot. And the new bedroom window treatments... And a bunch of > embroidered Xmas ornaments that need finished. They look like little > pillows with hanging loops. The embroidery is one of my favorite things. > The stuffing - not so much. > > Good thing I've got a vacation starting next week! > > Mary > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
