I sewed masks...I owe my sister a few, but I've spent the entire month of June recovering from what my ENT called "a mystery virus". I have my suspicions, but the test came back negative so I don't really know.
I've been doing a lot of cooking, and Spouse and I have been doing a certain amount of making the house more liveable for 3 people staying in it 24/7. There are a lot of things you suddenly discover that you can't work around/ignore anymore when there isn't anywhere else to go. I remember my 3-tiered skirt with lace from the 70s! It was green. Top suggestions: I had a top that was basically a tank top/camisole underneath, and then over it was a lawn/chiffon tunic, that might work with the skirts. Here is a link to a really terrible sketch: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xsPfwpi5urvTe6ov7 Jen/pixel On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 7:57 PM 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 > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
