The heads, Anne, Catherine, Charles & the new guy, are wearing: * Most of a c1817 bonnet for the GBACG Tallships event next month. It's a fat stripe silk in cream & tan with a soft turnback brim that shouldnt catch too much air when on the bow of the ship. Bonnet will have fat lappets & bows that will soon have deep red edging. * Most of a c1804 straw bonnet that needs the white lappets with embroidered cherries to be applied. * An 1890s straw hat. * A 1490-1510 pointed bonnet (modernly, a hood) of silver satin trimmed with a "cloth of mylar" frontlet worn over a pointed gable-style paste. Needs a matching gown.
The dummies: Euphrosnia wears a velvet skirt that needs a waistband. Aglaia has on the bodice section of a 16th c boned kirtle in red satin & taffeta. (The skirt portion is on the table.) Adonis sports a hip-length fur jacket lining of grey astrakhan-style lamb's wool while I contemplate what to do with it. (If the fur was black I'd call it "budge" and get all Tudor with it.) Quilts: Five of them, tho the current work in progress is using treasured pieces given to me by my mom's best pal, Esther. Her great-grandmother made the squares using fabrics from 1840-70. (The GGM died in 1916.) I'm finishing the quilt & plan to gift it to her when it's done. It's going to be a great little sampler of fabrics that were available in Virgina in those years. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:20 AM, <annbw...@aol.com> wrote: > She should be wearing a red Regency-era ballgown that I need to finish by the > end of the month--it is in pieces, and I need to finish the bodice and try > the skirt for length. It's a new pattern, so I'm not sure how much hem I will > have. And, not on my dummy, but also in progress, a turban to match that > gown. This is also a sample for the turban workshop I'll be giving at the > Gadsby's Tavern costume symposium in Alexandria, VA, on Sept. 27. > > > Ann Wass > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cin <cinbar...@gmail.com> > To: H-costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Tue, Sep 10, 2013 1:01 pm > Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? > > > It's been forever since I asked my seasonal question, so here it is: > It's that time of year when the calendar is full of holiday parties, > winter balls, gift-making excuses, company dinners, Dickens Fair, > theater season, New Years Eve, cocktail parties, and 12th Night. You > might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever > the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's > your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? > > --cin > Cynthia Barnes > cinbar...@gmail.com > > PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on > the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's in > your design sketchbook, on the worktable, in the quilt frame, at the > sewing machine or in the embroidery hoop. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
