sewing frenzy 07 final results

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:06 pm

Here are the three outfits that came from my yearly sewing mania-

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and with my best buddy-minus the airsaid-

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:17 pm

Aw...nice. I like your buddy.

djm · Post by **djm** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 8:52 pm

What? No bare feet?

djm

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Nice! You done good!

(Cool church, too.)

Flogging Jason · Post by **Flogging Jason** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:42 am

It's amazing what you can do with a set of old curtains!

....I'm kidding of course

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:42 pm

djm wrote:What? No bare feet?

djm

Some of the girls in the program were barefooted...but NOT me!

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:13 pm

Very nice!

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:21 am

cowtime, maybe you talked about this before, but what time period are those dresses from? I really don't seem to recognize much about them at all. Boy, those stripes sure match up on the other woman's dress---guess that wasn't an accident, eh?

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:24 pm

Was it comfortable to wear? were the stays awkward? I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to wear a dress like that every day!

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:18 pm

what time period are those dresses from?

Mine was taken from an advisory article called "Dressing for the '45" as in 1745 and from the McIan print of clan Matthesion. I did not make the jacket or wear a neckerchief since I figured I would burn up as it was with two petticoats over the "sark"(chemise), plus stays and the airsaid. I must say I did not need to wear a coat that day.

My friend's dress is a "robe a la' Anglais pattern taken from 5 extant gowns dating from 1760-1785 that are in museum collections. Technically she should have worn "pannier hoops" under the gown which would have made the sides stand out quiet a bit, and her neckerchief should have been white. The rust colored petticoat was seperate , as were the stays and chemise.

The stripes matching up was definitely not an accident.

Was it comfortable to wear? were the stays awkward? I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to wear a dress like that every day!

If my husband had not laced them so tight the stays would not have been a bit uncomfortable. This is providing you do not get an itch on your side- can't scratch it. Bending over was not very easy They were very different than the Victorian corset I made last year. The cane "bones" had little give and forced correct posture. They come up above the shoulder blades in the back and you do sit and stand up straight. They made my aching back feel better. In my research I found that the working class women often did not have shoulder straps and I can see why. The straps limit raising the arms a bit. I put straps on mine since I was not making a jacket, plus I just liked the way they looked tied on there and it was fun making the lacing holes with nothing more than the bone stiletto and sewing thread. Much easier than metal grommets from later eras.

Dressing this way would not be bad at all. I am amazed at how warm the long dresses are, whatever the era. Of course when you think about it, two or more petticoats plus a chemise and perhaps more layers should be warm.