220-year-old dress given to Rock Ford: Washington, fashion hero I found this article through Lahbluebonnet's blog, Teacups Among the Fabric, and I didn't want to leave an essay in her comments, so here I go! It's interesting to watch the video after reading the article - I mean, I know that journalists often write ... … Continue reading Journalistic Licence
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Seam Treatments
I took a break from doing eyelets today to try out a few seams to see if I could replicate whatever is used on the mystery seam of the sacque. First: the running stitch. I can't see the stitches at all once the upper layer of fabric has been folded back, so I doubt this … Continue reading Seam Treatments
Sacque and Petticoat, ca. 1765 – Preview
Today I spent about six hours taking the pattern of the sacque and petticoat that will be displayed in Great, Strange, and Rarely Seen - so I thought I might post the rough draft up here for comments, critiques, &c. I'm going to redraw it in ink for the final version, move pieces around (rotate … Continue reading Sacque and Petticoat, ca. 1765 – Preview
Housekeeping, and a Question
I just wanted to note that I'm going back and cleaning up some of my older entries, which tend to get a lot of hits through Google. Some have too many hotlinked images, some have incomplete image citations ... I'm also trying to link to images of dressed mannequins rather than use the picture, because … Continue reading Housekeeping, and a Question
Good News!
It looks like I will be taking the patterns of ten dresses* for the exhibition! And the very good news is that the patterns will be available as PDFs on the museum's webpage. Of course I would love to have ~my own published book~, but the expense and the timing (the exhibition opens in April) … Continue reading Good News!
Mimic of Modes 