This has been such a crazy week that… read more about my 1864ish summer dress project
Costume College / the Wrath of the Gods
Good thing: Yay! Costume College registration packet is waiting for me when I get home! Bad thing: The 3 yards of lawn that I ordered for my sleeves is OUT OF STOCK, and out of print! I talked to the nice lady at the shop last night and they are going to check whether they have any remnants, and might even contact the people who bought it recently to tell them of my plight (1860s dress with no sleeves!), so let us all cross our fingers and pray that Kendra may have sleeves. That is all.
Ebay Auctions!
All that poverty I’ve been whining about lately has made me thoroughly clean out my stash of random things to get rid of, which includes my fabric stash! I’ve listed a bunch of things on ebay, including two nice striped wools, two different vintage rayons, a beautiful silk brocade that would be perfect for a corset, repro vintage shoes in size 11 (would also fit a 10.5), three different rayon suitings, a Husqvarna blind hem foot, a bunch of lining fabrics, a book about Madame de Pompadour, a garter belt… Save me from poverty! Check out my auctions! Coming soon will be the great Vintage Closet Clean Out…
Meg March’s 1864ish summer dress
While I wait for my sleeve fabric to arrive… read more about my 1864ish summer dress project
Random Ramblings
Whitaker Auctions is starting to post photos from the upcoming Tasha Tudor auction and WOW is there some great stuff! I am particularly in love with this later 1860s dress (you know how there are eras you think you’ll never get into, and then suddenly you go OHMYGODIMUSTHAVEIT!? Well, I am having that lately about late 1860s. Weird. When I have enough money, I’m going to make an elliptical hoop and then…). There will be more pictures (hopefully soon!), and as I posted previously they will be publishing a catalog (yay!).
In other random news:
I’ve found THE PERFECT FABRIC for an 18th century stripey francaise, and another PERFECT FABRIC for a stripey pet-en-l’air — only to realize that we are flat broke and there’s no way I can afford to spend $150 on fabric. Sob.
So I am thinking about what I can make out of my stash — most obvious is the 10 yards of black silk duchesse satin that I scored last year from Trim Fabrics. I am thinking about a natural form evening gown, and am poring through tons of images trying to find something that I want to make. The question is whether to go all black with black beaded trim, or to use this gorgeous antique purple brocade that I got at Lacis a few months back (but is in lots of little pieces, so can only be used as an accent). I can’t decide!
I did, however, find the perfect fabric — a super sheer silk/cotton voile, which goes perfectly with the vintage accent fabric I had in my stash – for The Come Hell or High Water, I’m Going to Have a New Dress for Gatsby if it Kills Me Dress! at Stone Mountain. Purchased, thank god, before I realized how broke I was.
And I am woefully behind on movie reviews. As a note to myself, I need to write reviews for: The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton, The Painted Veil, and The Ruby in the Smoke. And I really need to find time to watch: the new BBC Dracula, new ITV Mansfield Park (still trying to find Persuasion and Northanger Abbey), Amazing Grace, and Miss Potter. Shocking!