> Greetings everyone, > > I'm asking this question for my future mother-in-law. She was chosen > to be on stage for a holiday concert and needs to sew a Victorian gown. > Of all of the mainstream pattern companies, which one would you choose > to use for a project like this? Thanks for any assistance.
It depends on the true time frame...."Victorian" covers around 50 years of fashion. For later 1870's and later, Truly Victorian has nice patterns that I hear are good. For 1850's & 1860's there are a few out there but I don't know which ones are good. One of the major pattern companies has a good historical pattern for 1850's by Martha McCain. There are also patterns for the corset and petticoats. Try the reviews on this website: http://www.gbacg.org/Patterns/index.html These are reviews of different patterns by people in my local Costumer's Guild. They might give you some good insight.... Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
