I've made a 18th century pocket (and with hand sewing) to use as a history bounding purse.
And I love it. I made it out of linen IL073 843 BROWN STRIPES - 100% Linen - Canvas (9.1 oz/yd2) that I purchased at https://fabrics-store.com/all-fabrics it was only 19 inches wide but it was at the time only a little over $3.00 a yard (maybe $4 if you include shipping as I purchased a bolt). Instead of a slit I put in a zipper. I've been using it for over a month and I just love it. Now I'm working on a bedgown which I think I can adapt into a wrap when you need something a little more but not really something very warm. I've done a lot of other needlework as well, mostly Irish crochet. Onaree On 7/1/20, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > Chat and the tendency to post pictures with very little text. I miss > h-costume too. > > Has anyone been sewing during the shutdown? I got out a bunch of > printed cottons I bought when I was in college. I am making summer > skirts from them. Supposedly little floral prints are back in style. > Not that I'd know for sure, because I haven't left my house and yard > since mid March. Except for taking walks in my suburban neighborhood, > which has *very* little foot traffic. I have not seen anyone except my > husband in the flesh. Anyway, one style is the three-tiered skirt and I > wore them in the 1970s. The difference seems to be that in the 1970s, > it was common to put a row of off-white lace above each tier. I liked > that, but now it seems, well, 70s? Otherwise no difference. Also some > skirts with a contrasting ruffle, things like that. > > When I was in college I bought fabric according to my budget rather than > according to project. I didn't buy more than two yards of most fabrics, > unless they were on a super discount. Skirts that use two or three > fabrics are an ideal way to use up small pieces like that. > > Any advice on tops is welcomed. I have some lovely old, two-yard pieces > of Liberty lawn, and want to make something to go with the skirts. The > lawn is really too lightweight to use in making skirts. I really think > Liberty was better quality then, so it is still good. > > For most of my life I haven't tried hard to dress in style. So It's odd > to discover that since I won't see anyone at all except my husband until > there is a vaccine or cure, maybe a year from now, I really can wear > absolutely anything. > > Fran > > Lavolta Press > > Books on historic clothing > > www.lavoltapress.com > > > On 7/1/2020 5:12 PM, Onaree Berard wrote: >> I feel so sad that chat has taken over learning. >> >> Here if someone said something really useful I could save it. >> >> Now I'm not like to even see it, unless I want to devote all my waking >> time to Facebook. >> >> I miss this list. >> >> Onaree > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Proud List Mom of Irish_Crochet_Lovers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish_Crochet_Lovers/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
