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Yes we can!
Apr. 8th, 2013 11:23 pmThe question was, can three amateur seamstresses also make a dress in a day, like the mantua-makers in the Margaret Hunter shop in Colonial Williamsburg?
Yes we can! Or, well, nearly so. Strictly speaking, we got about 85% finished today, including matching petticoat and trim, which I plan to finish tomorrow. But the basic dress was done before we decided to plough ahead with (annoying, so my idea) trim and petticoat. And I can't even take credit for that - Robin (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dragoneyes19) and Alice (hiraimi) sewed all of it except for the back seam of the skirt - I WILL take credit for that! - while I was meticulously (read: slooooowly) hemming endless pieces of silk organza for trim and sewing that on the neckline and sleeves.
More details when I'm not three-quarters asleep - and when I finish the thing, style my wig (it's 1780s), and get pictures! So, hopefully within the next few days.
zzzzzzzzz
Yes we can! Or, well, nearly so. Strictly speaking, we got about 85% finished today, including matching petticoat and trim, which I plan to finish tomorrow. But the basic dress was done before we decided to plough ahead with (annoying, so my idea) trim and petticoat. And I can't even take credit for that - Robin (
dragoneyes19) and Alice (hiraimi) sewed all of it except for the back seam of the skirt - I WILL take credit for that! - while I was meticulously (read: slooooowly) hemming endless pieces of silk organza for trim and sewing that on the neckline and sleeves.More details when I'm not three-quarters asleep - and when I finish the thing, style my wig (it's 1780s), and get pictures! So, hopefully within the next few days.
zzzzzzzzz
