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« Reply #940 on: April 18, 2012, 10:05:51 PM » |
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Alright ladies, I am terrible with fabric as I have no yet trained my eye to see period appropriate prints. So I far I have managed by sticking to solid wools and safe plaids and stripes. Anyhow, I really want to make my baby a few clothes as well as see if Walmart (the only fabric store in my area) had any useful fabrics. Excuse the blurry images. I one-handed it with a baby on my hip in fairly dim lighting. Fabric 1 (just curious if something like this is way over the top and should be used for curtain material in the 70s):  Close-up:  Fabric 2 (fairly simple, those shaky things are little dot sprays):  Fabric 3:  Fabric 4 (the peachy one on the right):  Fabric 5 (eh?):  Fabric 6:  I have a feeling they are all a bit wrong and too busy... Good heavens, sorry for the huge sizes. |
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« Reply #941 on: April 19, 2012, 04:08:03 AM » |
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Check the selvedge for information. I managed to pay $1 per yard for a Marcus Brothers reproduction!
I am an Expert Soccer Mom so won't comment on the other fabrics.
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« Reply #942 on: April 19, 2012, 08:19:35 AM » |
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« Reply #943 on: April 19, 2012, 08:34:30 AM » |
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Mrs. Dixson the pink one and the green one appear closer to what I know, the others look too modern. But, I am not a fabric expert.
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« Reply #944 on: April 19, 2012, 10:11:20 AM » |
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For children's dresses, my first choice is the red with the stars and comet trails. Yes, really! There are similar prints shown in Textile Designs.My second choice is the green on white. While not a typical coral branch pattern, it 'reads' as a similar design. I respectfully disagree with Cindy's comments on the pink one in #4. I have not found similar patterns or color combination on period fabrics. However, I do like the pink fabric with the white and blue flowers in the lower right corner in the background of your first photo.  Regards, Carolann |
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« Reply #945 on: April 19, 2012, 03:36:33 PM » |
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For children's dresses, my first choice is the red with the stars and comet trails. Yes, really! There are similar prints shown in Textile Designs.My second choice is the green on white. While not a typical coral branch pattern, it 'reads' as a similar design. I respectfully disagree with Cindy's comments on the pink one in #4. I have not found similar patterns or color combination on period fabrics. However, I do like the pink fabric with the white and blue flowers in the lower right corner in the background of your first photo. Regards, Carolann Carolann, no problem here, I am not an expert by any means and I take no offense! I am glad that the green branch one was a good call.....I feel good now! LOL! Cindy |
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« Reply #946 on: April 19, 2012, 04:10:03 PM » |
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Your first one looks like a smaller scale, slightly different colorway of the fabric I grabbed in NM when needed a dress that fit in two days while not having a full sized Joann's or Hancock's in a several hour radius. Once together,it really is a fabric more suited to an earlier era. (This happens to be the only dress I've found that even remotely fits while I have to be dresses for Saturday.)
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« Reply #947 on: April 19, 2012, 08:28:53 PM » |
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Thanks for the responses, ladies! I bought the red and green one for her. My local Walmart is reviving their fabric section and has brought a ton of fabrics in and put a ton on sale over the last two days. We always had a puny little fabric section but nothing to write home about. I am so excited! Anna, I can definitely could see how the first fabric would suit an earlier era...though I sincerely love it. There are a few different colorways that they are carrying. I do have a few more I am curious about (hangs head in shame) 1. Carolann, this is what that red and pink fabric looks like in a different colorway. It is cherry blossoms and I did not think it looked right...seems too modern?  2. This one also has a green colorway  3.  4.  |
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« Reply #949 on: April 24, 2012, 11:17:17 AM » |
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I wonder if anyone can advise me about the following fabrics on the
Reproductionfabrics.com site -
AV213Y - aubergine sudsy floral
HAX17B - blue Hanna Willis spray
BW214N - blue floral stripe
DV137L - double violet leaf stripe
DV138L - scratchy floral
I want to make two "nice" , fashionable wash dresses or a dress and wrapper for a fairly well off, middle aged, middle class English lady. The year is 1863. Any advice, please?
Thank you, Miss Lisa
I'm wondering if the Hanna Willis one would work with a half high neckline and a chemisette for a "best" summer dress? Any ideas? Thank you, Miss Lisa |
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« Reply #950 on: April 24, 2012, 01:41:34 PM » |
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What might be better is a jewel neck dress with half high lining, or a gathered V neck.
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« Reply #951 on: April 24, 2012, 11:04:33 PM » |
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What might be better is a jewel neck dress with half high lining, or a gathered V neck.
Oh, well... I would love to do one with something (not a sheer). Are they ever seen for older people (ie not teens or twenties, or am I doomed never to wear one?? In the day/ evening, not a ball dress? I woulbe very interested in seeing some! Thanks, Miss Lisa |
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« Reply #952 on: April 25, 2012, 05:49:53 AM » |
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Women of all ages wore sheer dresses! And I just thought a chemisette would be hot for summer -- I suppose you could do a very sheer one, which is called a guimpe. They are frequently shown in the fashion plates from 63 or so on. As far as pictures -- we've posted lots in the past so I would hesitate to take up bandwidth doing it again, but do a search on "sheer" and you'll come up with pictures. You're also welcome to visit my photobucket that has a number of sheers -- http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm57/kkrewer/ |
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« Reply #953 on: April 25, 2012, 03:29:01 PM » |
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Aha! A guimpe! I like that idea! A half-high bodice with that underneath sounds better for British weather!
Would you want a full open coat sleeve with that, or a straight but short one? Would dotted lawn work for the guimpe?
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« Reply #955 on: May 02, 2012, 10:08:00 AM » |
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I bought two dress lengths of wool last night from fabric.com and was able to get 15% off $40 or more with this code: brth11a. I tried a few other codes from a coupon site but that was the only one that worked. I bought 7 yards of the charcoal/brown/tan/ plaid and 5 of the "city blue". I paid $40 for all of it and got free shipping I was a little worried about the scale of the plaid but after looking at some more photographs, I think it is probably fine. I just shy away from bigger scale patterns out of habit. |
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« Reply #956 on: May 02, 2012, 04:23:22 PM » |
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Yes, if ever there were an era in which to GO BIG with plaid, this is it! The only thing to keep in mind is the bigger the plaid, the more work it is to lay out attractively and match the plaids, and the more fabric it will take to do so - although there are definitely original dresses made by less-talented seamstresses that don't match perfectly, I personally can't stand it and strive to imitate the better examples. If you can get the layout right, a large plaid can be used in a very flattering way (like placing the darts so that the stripes narrow as they move toward the waist).
The small-scale green plaid might read a bit "men's suiting," and the "heathered" quality of the light brown suiting is not something the Victorians admired - they'd think it was just a bad dye job. I like the dark peach but I'm a little worried that the weave looks loose: harder to work with and tending to lead to droopy hems. There's no way to tell without handling it, though. The big plaid and the coffee brown look great to me.
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« Reply #958 on: May 02, 2012, 08:37:24 PM » |
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It looks very similar to a challis I got from Fashion Fabrics Club! |
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« Reply #959 on: May 02, 2012, 09:46:05 PM » |
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Did you have to point out that the price on that had dropped?? I've now blown the fabric buying moratorium twice in five days  Beth |
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