I did some research on portraits in 1800’s in North America, and there is one
striking one with I think a green dress and white lace sleeves. I know this
primitive artist travelled with accessories in his kit, so that may be the
reason, but there it is. So sorry, I haven’t time to find the re
I was afraid of that. Lots of white undersleeves but all on white
dresses so I count that as "self fabric" examples. Piecing...yes! I love
the extant garments I've seen that use piecing. I will have to sacrifice
a flounce (*sniff*) and piece in a bit of a gusset but it might be
doable. Thanks
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Here's a request:
The dilemma: I making a garden variety early 19th century bib/apron
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Sent: Tue, Jul 23, 2013 10:27 pm
Subject: [h-cost] Stumped
Here's a request:
The dilemma: I making a garden variety early 19th century bib/apron
dress of a cotton print. Of course, I have too little fabric so instead
of a long sleeve I decided to do a short sleeve with a det
Here's a request:
The dilemma: I making a garden variety early 19th century bib/apron
dress of a cotton print. Of course, I have too little fabric so instead
of a long sleeve I decided to do a short sleeve with a detachable
undersleeve in white cotton voile. I went flipping through my collecti
