Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2013-09-11 Thread Bonnie Booker
Suzie is wearing a sheer undergown in pink and brown on white. Over this goes a brown and gold 16th c. Italian with natural waistline and hanging sleeves lined with a brownish-gold. Promised to a friend. On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 6:53 AM, lis...@juno.com wrote: One of them is about to be

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2013-09-11 Thread lisa58
One of them is about to be dressed splendidly in an 1895 two-piece indigo velvet dress with cream lace decoration that I bought at an auction in July. Another is dressed in a gorgeous 1887 black dressof heavy satin, with a bustle and incredible beadwork on the collar, bodice and cuffs. The

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

2013-09-11 Thread Rebecca
Done: One quilt top pieced and needs to be sandwiched and quilted for youngest sister's new baby (due in January) Cutting: one quilt top for niece for Christmas Planning: one quilt for middle sister's new baby (also due in January!) Also on the want/need-to-do list: more linen shirts, possibly