I work with the Reed Homestead clothing collection (Townsend, MA). At least
one 1850-60 dress has fake outie back side seams. The back bodice is one
piece.
Don't know if that helps the discussion at all...
-Dede O'Hair
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I went ahead and used a very spring green for piping on fabric that was a
navy blue with very small white and green flower patterns. It was a
ctually quite difficult and took me to 3 separate stores to find the
correct green that had enough yellow in it, but it was a great match and
looks really
Lisa,
The photos of the double piping were in the book by Jennifer Rosbrugh of
Cloak Corset Moder Sewing Techniques for Historical Clothing
Construction, 2nd Edition. This is one of the ebooks Cloak Corset offers.
It has a lot of basic information but some real jewels are in there too.
LynnD
Thanks--when I have an extra minute, I will look it up. It's snowing here
now, and freezing cold, (In Maryland), so much of what I Was hoping to
get done today didn't happen, but I am doing inside things.
Yours in costuming, LisaA
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:38:15 -0800 Lynn Downward
Don't know if I actually have time to still get this by Xmas, BUT! Himself
re-iterated interest in a Steampunk/Victorian outfit again last night, so...
Anybody know anything about any of these particular patterns or vendors...
Laughing Moon #109, men's frock coats vest
Folkwear #222, set
Have you checked out the GBACG Great Pattern Review for those patterns?
http://www.gbacg.org/great-pattern-review/index.html
I own the Laughing Moon pattern based on other folks' reviews, but haven't made
it up yet so no personal review. Don't know about the others.
Kimiko
Kimiko Small
I've hard fabulous stuff about the Laughing Moon patterns from a friend who
made the frock coat for a very tall, thin man. It fit perfectly and went
together easily. Unfortunately no personal experience.
LynnD
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Kimiko Small sstormwa...@yahoo.com wrote:
Have you
Laughing Moon patterns are great. Folkwear is OK--you may want to modify.
I'd give Wingeo a pass. . .
Kim
-Original Message-
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Patricia Dunham
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 4:57 PM
To:
Oddly enough, I just made a frock two weeks ago, from this Simplicity pattern:
http://www.simplicity.com/p-1806-men-costumes.aspx
The seams are all in the right places, which surprised and impressed me. It
went together easily, but I used real interfacing, not the iron-on crap the
I did a Victorian hat from a Wingeo pattern once and really didn't like
the hat, I didn't think it came out like the drawing
I agree Laughing Moon is okay, and Patterns of Time is good. Folkwear
patterns are not really historical--they are for modern sensibilities.
Yours inc osutming, Lisa
The Folkwear vest is a good basic vest pattern, easy to use with good
instructions.
Past Patterns also has some 19th c. vests and a nice man's shirt
pattern which I've used. They also have trouser patterns.
Katy
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 5:56 PM, Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.org wrote:
http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/menscat.html
Truly Victorian
I have heard the patterns are good. Limited on men's patterns.
I just got their 1873 polonaise.
De
-Original Message-
Don't know if I actually have time to still get this by Xmas, BUT! Himself
re-iterated interest in a
Don't know if I actually have time to still get this by Xmas, BUT! Himself
re-iterated interest in a Steampunk/Victorian outfit again last night, so...
Anybody know anything about any of these particular patterns or vendors...
snip
I assume if you want steampunk you are not too worried
If you are not familiar with steampunk, then you might want to watch The
Adventures of the League of STEAM (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic
Apparition Management) on youtube
http://tinyurl.com/39dqbef
Costume and equipment ideas
De
Been toying with ideas for Archon. Something
If your costuming goal is to have a garment that reflects overall norms for the
mid-century, then please do use self-fabric piping or corded piping on cotton
print dresses. It is *by far* the most typical. Mrs Lincoln's gown is atypical,
even for a high-fashion dress, and should not be used as
The Folkwear vest pattern is one of my standards. I've made it for
women, men, young, old, small, large and, with a bit of futzing, sized
up to xxx-large. The only caveat I have is that the wearer either needs
to wear their pants higher than modern standard (easy if you're wearing
Victorian
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