A good simple dress would be a gathered bodice with coat or bishop sleeves and a cartridge pleated skirt. Simplicity had a very good pattern by Martha McCain that was an easy way to get started if you can find it. I don't remember the # but the main dress on the front is a yellow dress and the lady has a straw hat on and a basket.
Past Pattern also has a gathered/darted bodice pattern and you can get directions on how to cartridge pleat the skirt at elizabethstewertclark.com. Assuming this is going to be made out of cotton you should look for a print were the pattern is somewhat uniform. They had a lot of rollerprinted patterns so if you can see the pattern repeating uniformly as if a roller with a single pattern was rolled the length of the fabric that is a good sign. You should also plan on making white collars and cuffs for the dress to be basted on. This was both commonly seen and will save the parts of your dress that get the most dirt and wear from showing it as quickly. Laura Hoover If we continue to forget our past we will continue to repeat it over and over and over... > Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:16:58 +0000 > From: purpl...@optonline.net > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Garibaldi Shirt WAS: Primary source for > Elizabethan pillbox hats sought > > As I am brand new to this time period, do I just google Civil War dress, or > 1860, or what? > > Katheryne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolann Schmitt > > > > Karen's suggest on getting an appropriate one-piece dress and > > accessorizingit for your needs is still very applicable and very > > good advice. > > > > Regards, > > > > Carolann Schmitt > > www.genteelarts.com > > Ladies & Gentlemen of the 1860s Conference, March 4-7, 2010 > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® has ever-growing storage! Don’t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
