Presents in the mail!
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mandie_rwMy mum's all, What did you buy?
First, the Timely Tresses bonnet form. The brim's actually bigger than I wanted, but it's kind of hard to tell til you have it on your own head! No biggie, just trim a couple of inches and sew the wire back on.
Taffeta from Renaissance Fabrics to cover said bonnet.
Because I really really thought I had cream-colored silk in the Stash somewhere, but apparently it was more like beige, and I was really very set on a cream-colored bonnet!
And a very big long box from Fabric Guru...the silk for my new sack gown, and a cotton "indienne" print that was so cheap I couldn't resist. Good thing it was so dirt-cheap, because I don't like the weight at all - far too heavy for a gown. Well, at least I'll be set for interlining for life!
But the silk's the most important thing, and I'm awfully happy with it! I had to unroll it and sit on it and pet it for a while (as one does), or I'd have posted sooner...
Is that perfect, or what? Well...actually it's not quite perfect, but it's not half-bad! And yeah, that's all silk. Don't ask me how much it cost. (Actually less than you might think, but still probably more than I should have spent!) The scale of the print would actually do better for an early-mid-century style dress I think, but since fabric was precious and sometimes hoarded for years before a gown was actually made from it (hey, we have something in common!), or old gowns were remodeled...I feel perfectly secure in using it for a 1760s gown. Which, unless a better name presents itself, is going to be dubbed "the expensive sack gown."
The only drawback to the fabric is that there were only 6 yards of it, so I'll have to get some coordinating silk for the petticoat - how terribly unfashionable, a non-matching petticoat! Horrors! You'll all just have to deal with it. ;)
First, the Timely Tresses bonnet form. The brim's actually bigger than I wanted, but it's kind of hard to tell til you have it on your own head! No biggie, just trim a couple of inches and sew the wire back on.
Taffeta from Renaissance Fabrics to cover said bonnet.
Because I really really thought I had cream-colored silk in the Stash somewhere, but apparently it was more like beige, and I was really very set on a cream-colored bonnet!
And a very big long box from Fabric Guru...the silk for my new sack gown, and a cotton "indienne" print that was so cheap I couldn't resist. Good thing it was so dirt-cheap, because I don't like the weight at all - far too heavy for a gown. Well, at least I'll be set for interlining for life!
But the silk's the most important thing, and I'm awfully happy with it! I had to unroll it and sit on it and pet it for a while (as one does), or I'd have posted sooner...
Is that perfect, or what? Well...actually it's not quite perfect, but it's not half-bad! And yeah, that's all silk. Don't ask me how much it cost. (Actually less than you might think, but still probably more than I should have spent!) The scale of the print would actually do better for an early-mid-century style dress I think, but since fabric was precious and sometimes hoarded for years before a gown was actually made from it (hey, we have something in common!), or old gowns were remodeled...I feel perfectly secure in using it for a 1760s gown. Which, unless a better name presents itself, is going to be dubbed "the expensive sack gown."
The only drawback to the fabric is that there were only 6 yards of it, so I'll have to get some coordinating silk for the petticoat - how terribly unfashionable, a non-matching petticoat! Horrors! You'll all just have to deal with it. ;)
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