The pocket sounds like a nice idea for a modern purse.
I think bedgowns would adapt well to modern wear.
Fran
On 7/1/2020 6:15 PM, Onaree Berard wrote:
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
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