-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of albert...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, 2 April 2009 9:04 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1940s patterns (can anyone narrow down the date)
In a message dated 4/1/2009 5:26:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, purpl...@optonline.net writes: There was(is) a BBC show on PBS called "Foyle's War" - it is set in England during WWII. ******************8 Funny, I immediately thought of "Jewel in the Crown"....a miniseries in India at the closing years of the War. It's not England, and it's not Australia, but it is the Brits in a hot climate....and on the same side of the planet as Australia so the look seems kinda right. _______________________________________________ I have watched most of Foyle's War (the final episodes aired here late last year) and I agree it's got a lot of great details. I haven't seen Jewel in the Crown (I vaguely remember hearing about it) but as we're on the opposite side of the equator August is winter (and Canberra is much further from the equator than most of India), so I'd be more likely to go with British fashions. If we don't end up doing it this year I am tempted to see if I can find some episodes of The Sullivans a series made in the 80s and set in Australia during The War (I only have very vague memories of it so I have no idea what the level of accuracy was) but I have too many other projects between now and August to spend a lot of time on research this year. So anyway, the end of my saga is that even though virtually all the vintage patterns on the web are smaller sizes. I found an ebay seller who is selling a whole set of (vintage) size 20 patterns, and as I'm a size 20-22 in modern patterns it doesn't involve too much grading up (but grading up from a 12 or 14 was something I didn't want to have to do). So far I've won 1 pattern and I've bid on 3 others So thanks for the advice everyone, I am still contemplating the simplicity blouse pattern (3688) to wear under a jacket and the pants have good reviews on patternreview.com for modern wear, but for now I've got something I can use. Thanks Elizabeth ------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra, Australia http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
