tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62372782587718123792024-03-17T22:03:33.704-05:00Romantic HistorySarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.comBlogger689125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-37853842640855575122023-02-10T10:21:00.004-06:002023-02-10T10:24:13.097-06:00Roman Era Briton Common Woman <p>Back in November I had the opportunity to present a historical impression to a few classes of middle schoolers. I thought a lot about what I would cover and planned to present about Bronze Age Britian but at the last minute I changed my mind and went with Roman-era Britian and what a day in the life of a common woman may have looked like in that first century AD. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjLLrVruJD2qqdyHE0SF347lvDAMQ9dh_hgAI1Bm-KGujahqFD8j29kGKcrwsX3-fHXKjWMdFECXXXGEa59zw0_VggX3iBRPRc2t_Go8Odnf8glVNR4M_gfBv4Ok14Lp0Eh753xqgxvMp29dM_hLlSo0iBuXivZV5GltXe20ObkJPYMCyv9YYN-pA/s5470/IMG_0068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3647" data-original-width="5470" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjLLrVruJD2qqdyHE0SF347lvDAMQ9dh_hgAI1Bm-KGujahqFD8j29kGKcrwsX3-fHXKjWMdFECXXXGEa59zw0_VggX3iBRPRc2t_Go8Odnf8glVNR4M_gfBv4Ok14Lp0Eh753xqgxvMp29dM_hLlSo0iBuXivZV5GltXe20ObkJPYMCyv9YYN-pA/w400-h266/IMG_0068.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I did this so I could bring a big basket of Bronze Age clothes in case any of the kids wanted to dress up and show their classmates what an earlier period outfit looked like. Since the majority of prehistory garments from this area of the world are made of simple rectangles and are tied, pinned and draped to fit the clothes I brought fit a wide variety of people. To my surprise and joy the kids loved dressing up, fastening on necklaces, wearing a cloak, playing the drum I brought and passing around the baby doll I brought to demonstrate what a baby from that period may have worn. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxOxRbdH1VeUfW3mNaEr8nvky0XlXWcs4RBpWi5ZCvTv7JWO35oTEAirMBdymI5UE9YPtwAic8OO2IwyuIbfCzdCt33I2aCP68hAsRW2ZZHM7Z8LM-rk-hmlsZT_dpnNqxv1ylOgte3CpT2UYEa4O5xIriw4rtzPQj7NeZBOvpvsusT6ZA7-L5J6I/s600/fotor_2023-2-10_11_17_42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxOxRbdH1VeUfW3mNaEr8nvky0XlXWcs4RBpWi5ZCvTv7JWO35oTEAirMBdymI5UE9YPtwAic8OO2IwyuIbfCzdCt33I2aCP68hAsRW2ZZHM7Z8LM-rk-hmlsZT_dpnNqxv1ylOgte3CpT2UYEa4O5xIriw4rtzPQj7NeZBOvpvsusT6ZA7-L5J6I/w300-h400/fotor_2023-2-10_11_17_42.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iXJB9_wC1YGG2Qz5nsbECfKUN-_20hF0cJOKmvckMiKdrM9j1pLH7IsZx0UxfdR1oF9PPUnheWvlNJSWszsh6fCFTb3mirTEtOm5wI9fdinSrnnF8UQIA35zjDNBMrAxNnCQ6-fy66rWC_REhf6SdkwnpQkHjOrW5vykUB9pU2p3wh4La_PFdta9/s600/fotor_2023-2-10_11_19_42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iXJB9_wC1YGG2Qz5nsbECfKUN-_20hF0cJOKmvckMiKdrM9j1pLH7IsZx0UxfdR1oF9PPUnheWvlNJSWszsh6fCFTb3mirTEtOm5wI9fdinSrnnF8UQIA35zjDNBMrAxNnCQ6-fy66rWC_REhf6SdkwnpQkHjOrW5vykUB9pU2p3wh4La_PFdta9/w300-h400/fotor_2023-2-10_11_19_42.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>For my own outfit, I made a new dress based on the Gallic Coat, a fascinating garment that was discovered almost perfectly preserved in a grave of the 1st century at Martres-de-Veyre. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji49qUfVISVxEI1j9f_PyVeJ8eVIjDbrhb4mP7XGhbR1NQsSfuAuHkZH3tp7eLsFvCkpRxG71mPs49XKKaKgWovXvADI8hCpbtlSKC5XtksOMO308Vserh0D08A7O6DRDJIdKfmhO-23LA6ptXelSOUjrvpHq8dlXBGuONNtuDRub--EfhBLrFYyQG/s480/img-1-small480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="480" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji49qUfVISVxEI1j9f_PyVeJ8eVIjDbrhb4mP7XGhbR1NQsSfuAuHkZH3tp7eLsFvCkpRxG71mPs49XKKaKgWovXvADI8hCpbtlSKC5XtksOMO308Vserh0D08A7O6DRDJIdKfmhO-23LA6ptXelSOUjrvpHq8dlXBGuONNtuDRub--EfhBLrFYyQG/w400-h266/img-1-small480.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>This garment, while not found precisely in the area I was portraying, is one of our best examples of the kind of clothing a common person probably wore throughout this part of Europe during the 1st century AD. <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/356623011/Gallic-Coat-A-suit-of-clothing-for-a-Gallo-Roman-woman-based-on-the-extant-garments-from-La-Necropole-de-Martres-de-Veyre">I found a great article on recreating this coat on Scribd</a>. This type of garment is cut as two rectangles with a hemmed slit left open for a neck opening. Two rectangular sleeves are attached, forming a T shaped garment. It is possible that the original garment had very slightly shaped sloping shoulder seams that were likely created by increasing the seam allowance at the shoulders rather than cutting the rectangular panels to slope at the shoulders. </p><p>For my dress, I used a plaid wool flannel fabric in shades of blue and green. It is documented that celtic people in Britian used checks in this period and colors for dying their fibers. This is in contrast to the earlier Bronze Age clothing that was likely not dyed and relied instead of the natural color of sheeps wool (in this period the sheep utilized for their wool had brown hair) to create patterns in fabrics that were woven as checks or stripes. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV61BsrGbwHVOaRT7R_4L-QZi31Sp0AIkXrHm-tSbhLiuNamyJHx8zYvRcPNdts6PN1KvHC26WLl39TLTuPoyDPGAFRd1T38IfchjF_Q6G0v9Za-kuU1e5kCK44mb8uMQArMyhxSSMtb_R8PA4_q-cCKUT30H1E8_jR3bH2_w3E_No9EPnUto9t8nC/s6000/IMG_0133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV61BsrGbwHVOaRT7R_4L-QZi31Sp0AIkXrHm-tSbhLiuNamyJHx8zYvRcPNdts6PN1KvHC26WLl39TLTuPoyDPGAFRd1T38IfchjF_Q6G0v9Za-kuU1e5kCK44mb8uMQArMyhxSSMtb_R8PA4_q-cCKUT30H1E8_jR3bH2_w3E_No9EPnUto9t8nC/w400-h266/IMG_0133.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I also made wool sewn stockings based on the stockings from the same grave at Matres-de-Veyre. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQWpDcqij0NZi6DSpoPVBFxoxIpVZWL6_wUVZz6TKUvMJWdrPHC8neYD1pehz1JDg-jvPWJSXUMgmcOmdzi8aMBDdX_T1z2ksVBTxrufT7ac5zVxCgVJHbfN5o8YgX_yc3KBKW9kPETmGYarn1n1SdVeaBo9amCCo60Xk01aOqdzXw_xhF-6_jRwH/s900/Clermont95stockingsBestsm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="900" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQWpDcqij0NZi6DSpoPVBFxoxIpVZWL6_wUVZz6TKUvMJWdrPHC8neYD1pehz1JDg-jvPWJSXUMgmcOmdzi8aMBDdX_T1z2ksVBTxrufT7ac5zVxCgVJHbfN5o8YgX_yc3KBKW9kPETmGYarn1n1SdVeaBo9amCCo60Xk01aOqdzXw_xhF-6_jRwH/w400-h250/Clermont95stockingsBestsm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>For both the dress and the stockings I used 2 ply wool yarn, waxed, to hand sew and fell the seams with a short running stitch and closely spaced slip stitches. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI668ItYmTEnN3BMnBX63-Tiuks1dpaoCYlEvqdMdMhv-qjv_Uf2UoXkNt1I7GXF53x39wfHKRb2qmAut1TEezbhxzQ_ONYRNMI3STNtbywULgpHhzoa8IOJGll5_My9WG-LfPvZHYEtPEeXk5kmOPFmu-SAicJOAxcgJFfx9hGrRr2rIubcMsoQLg/s6000/IMG_0129.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI668ItYmTEnN3BMnBX63-Tiuks1dpaoCYlEvqdMdMhv-qjv_Uf2UoXkNt1I7GXF53x39wfHKRb2qmAut1TEezbhxzQ_ONYRNMI3STNtbywULgpHhzoa8IOJGll5_My9WG-LfPvZHYEtPEeXk5kmOPFmu-SAicJOAxcgJFfx9hGrRr2rIubcMsoQLg/w400-h266/IMG_0129.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Since it was getting near winter at the time <a href="http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/orkneyhood.htm">I made a hood based on the Orkney Hood</a>, dating from a bit later (the earliest possible estimated dating is from around 250 AD). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9KuftKxxiSkQbqNzOuYiPQewm8M2kejm_UuePVcxcvvrhMxO1isl5RRnLrtvpZM1tlFtNXmcbfiIb_T0y5t5tl1b4PERw-ET8rcbrm4KhyiEfBi7aUMAQhmcYFVcQvy-PVw-pnE21OfXhWlO4g2pYEWk3F9rJe5eZHZ3zhslZlrZ8noV-D2sEUoQ/s400/orkeny-hood-replica.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="202" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9KuftKxxiSkQbqNzOuYiPQewm8M2kejm_UuePVcxcvvrhMxO1isl5RRnLrtvpZM1tlFtNXmcbfiIb_T0y5t5tl1b4PERw-ET8rcbrm4KhyiEfBi7aUMAQhmcYFVcQvy-PVw-pnE21OfXhWlO4g2pYEWk3F9rJe5eZHZ3zhslZlrZ8noV-D2sEUoQ/w203-h400/orkeny-hood-replica.jpg" width="203" /></a></div><p></p><p>The hood is made of one piece of material that is cut to shape and the hem is finished with a fringed band. My version has just one band with separate, applied fringe. The original hood was made with two bands of tablet woven material with the fringe incorporated into the woven bands. It is probable that the original hood was made for a child or a small person and appears to have been constructed out of recycled materials that originally came from different garments. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj1o6HipuK4yn_OiwRvRB1r4W9xcc9-SIgau7_NQNJrOVf3c9dS9q-by2jSDo89DBw3gAoTvEO95575wMwtIZQ2JHJU2TV36Sj30NZzQ096CwJBBeHbGLPBJvRWpUyk-Ud1S2g1EjcrOiw-C9pbtCGCGYFdxe2IwMJOLw64BVY5zCz6sBmLvQv4wO/s6000/IMG_0122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCj1o6HipuK4yn_OiwRvRB1r4W9xcc9-SIgau7_NQNJrOVf3c9dS9q-by2jSDo89DBw3gAoTvEO95575wMwtIZQ2JHJU2TV36Sj30NZzQ096CwJBBeHbGLPBJvRWpUyk-Ud1S2g1EjcrOiw-C9pbtCGCGYFdxe2IwMJOLw64BVY5zCz6sBmLvQv4wO/w266-h400/IMG_0122.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>My hood is made of heavy herringbone wool and is, like the dress and stockings, unlined and sewn with felled seams in 2 ply wool. The fringe is grey wool yarn looped and knotted just above the hem of the band. This hood is incredibly warm! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQi19K8RmqGaPEsvrsqbaAb1dG9I8C7EiDK1SyS-SmAPhvhQQeIBsCkwqk-tbthr14H82GqQgkM8EuxkbSD0IGQNtJfTzxMd-XgfbRrPA8VVxUHdjxbp4NPCuxB67ScdfuNv4WObDElRbumvZefry9b7sHxT38jTtXJh_KCiR5KRcwb9aDDATTxb4S/s5268/IMG_0050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3512" data-original-width="5268" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQi19K8RmqGaPEsvrsqbaAb1dG9I8C7EiDK1SyS-SmAPhvhQQeIBsCkwqk-tbthr14H82GqQgkM8EuxkbSD0IGQNtJfTzxMd-XgfbRrPA8VVxUHdjxbp4NPCuxB67ScdfuNv4WObDElRbumvZefry9b7sHxT38jTtXJh_KCiR5KRcwb9aDDATTxb4S/w400-h266/IMG_0050.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I accessorized with a small leather belt pouch, a braided linen belt and my leather shoes that I made for my Bronze Age impression last summer. I used twill tape to tie up my stockings above the curve of the calf to keep them from slipping down. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwlisPO2EyaXUWUeTe6aO0SOITBlO4kTlXmuKqDeKup1bCHoEQvtAIzDG3TFHTtG0d20OGY-4AwIUZxIeQaRMJY7kn9KWr0ssUMwpM0vRzlQcEK_FW0_KBSQ6NzGlHqDEqgdDxKej2McPIww1MfnkxxdMSvrZf0RXKfZyoqPJH4m5E-0UjMN4J3Lr/s5841/IMG_0063.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3894" data-original-width="5841" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwlisPO2EyaXUWUeTe6aO0SOITBlO4kTlXmuKqDeKup1bCHoEQvtAIzDG3TFHTtG0d20OGY-4AwIUZxIeQaRMJY7kn9KWr0ssUMwpM0vRzlQcEK_FW0_KBSQ6NzGlHqDEqgdDxKej2McPIww1MfnkxxdMSvrZf0RXKfZyoqPJH4m5E-0UjMN4J3Lr/w400-h266/IMG_0063.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> The twill tape is linen and may not be accurate to this period but it is likely woven bands of wool would have been used as garters in much the same way. Underneath the dress I wore a long sleeved linen T shaped shorter tunic as an undergarment. It is rare to find evidence of hemp textiles from this period since the material deteriorates so quickly, although some evidence does exist, generally as fibers preserved inside bracelets or behind brooches or pins. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMhV1ByMOCkb8qd3V_LiW-FMdq6WtIZlE0KmqmwNyUN00QL8aMAJlWs5Ot1GpTuwCO6lm5ryhfaaHWh8oDAHfhJSzyQXieBkQYAl71ea6XTlavW50C1X7X7KwbDBLU2Onk8VJ83le0WB6XOssPUtfw8qLDATcbF5fZf6hMm2Dchrx2AO_3V7un3GY/s6000/IMG_0046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMhV1ByMOCkb8qd3V_LiW-FMdq6WtIZlE0KmqmwNyUN00QL8aMAJlWs5Ot1GpTuwCO6lm5ryhfaaHWh8oDAHfhJSzyQXieBkQYAl71ea6XTlavW50C1X7X7KwbDBLU2Onk8VJ83le0WB6XOssPUtfw8qLDATcbF5fZf6hMm2Dchrx2AO_3V7un3GY/w400-h266/IMG_0046.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>For my cloak, I dyed a black and white wool skirt I bought at the thrift store in blue and wore it pinned around my shoulders. The cloak is rectangular, as one unpieced panel (the original skirt was pleated and made as a wrap skirt). The selvedges finish off two of the edges and I left the other two edges unhemmed and frayed into a slight fringe. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fGVZx-_-2rXcjB57cL7mMTb2XH2PSOcZaYURD-6Hh3mxUFA6BlLfDG3OFZVrDU20-ht_p2SoArBttXyLflWMAEsjuxBLFwjVrgRelQSBkkMmOFV7jCxdpYKhyMxQeUV2uYbnDiP730xeQJlkp8NBlJdgLb2UeWh0ZNp679d-pIVe4UFjW5esNgr4/s6000/IMG_0058.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fGVZx-_-2rXcjB57cL7mMTb2XH2PSOcZaYURD-6Hh3mxUFA6BlLfDG3OFZVrDU20-ht_p2SoArBttXyLflWMAEsjuxBLFwjVrgRelQSBkkMmOFV7jCxdpYKhyMxQeUV2uYbnDiP730xeQJlkp8NBlJdgLb2UeWh0ZNp679d-pIVe4UFjW5esNgr4/w400-h266/IMG_0058.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I brought different foodstuffs that could have been available to Britons in this period, at this time of year - smoked meat (in this case, pork) fried and wrapped in wool. Dried plums, hazelnuts and bread made of oat and rye flour with a little salt and water and baked as small cakes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguCpswsZFmbkW4yPqjn2taRfsjI_vzSAvkDrGTQUw_JSle1WfE2dLJQsN0tRKTu6XddoYdKjTGQOm0koXDQoaH9vMhOPUt7309G8nSV7h5Fw6UAWJO3sV-1PB_Y-cSEbGdRPR4EibiiF3CnlEXxw3_Dhl2Ah83dF823eHhNhORtZ_Y-9oPsUKNVgH/s6000/IMG_0113.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiguCpswsZFmbkW4yPqjn2taRfsjI_vzSAvkDrGTQUw_JSle1WfE2dLJQsN0tRKTu6XddoYdKjTGQOm0koXDQoaH9vMhOPUt7309G8nSV7h5Fw6UAWJO3sV-1PB_Y-cSEbGdRPR4EibiiF3CnlEXxw3_Dhl2Ah83dF823eHhNhORtZ_Y-9oPsUKNVgH/w400-h266/IMG_0113.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The story to go along with my impression is that I was a woman traveling from my village to visit my sister, who had just had her first child earlier in the year. I had had to wait til this time (November) to visit her as before then I had been busy helping my family and village with preparations for winter, including food harvest and preservation. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1dRKxH1T9XTR-cshDigj93QUd8pFQaEqXIQXFiC3WaFisQZgo9lM19nTCMvA52IdNCcs2op1ilTSjj1AhLP8SPVsuiaW6ZCGCBGLW7iTSBqZqYgVfRWgHvhat6xCTkgepuQfElP1ydOzYUzWWQpojV77RRpLvRo7s0DTh_x61PzMwgIUHWpurty8/s800/IMG_20221119_112133%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq1dRKxH1T9XTR-cshDigj93QUd8pFQaEqXIQXFiC3WaFisQZgo9lM19nTCMvA52IdNCcs2op1ilTSjj1AhLP8SPVsuiaW6ZCGCBGLW7iTSBqZqYgVfRWgHvhat6xCTkgepuQfElP1ydOzYUzWWQpojV77RRpLvRo7s0DTh_x61PzMwgIUHWpurty8/w400-h300/IMG_20221119_112133%20(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>But now, that was finally accomplished and I could spare some time to bring my sister some gifts from our household and meet my new nephew or niece. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM7rRj6q_MZvihANFmY1r8oJ16CBD6C23NRfy2QU_BopGAQJnbx00-SGhe0aSZ31BU9v2KbfvPKuU_K1OIo3hrxesOI44Puq8MKRcNcUfce2FjxxlZQKqwL2tDJt2mS1SCvkuoTM9k_UTAfXPncRHa46HsMn7-WlfZkBtZxbXWQTvf63tiWsLxRRD/s6000/IMG_0073.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM7rRj6q_MZvihANFmY1r8oJ16CBD6C23NRfy2QU_BopGAQJnbx00-SGhe0aSZ31BU9v2KbfvPKuU_K1OIo3hrxesOI44Puq8MKRcNcUfce2FjxxlZQKqwL2tDJt2mS1SCvkuoTM9k_UTAfXPncRHa46HsMn7-WlfZkBtZxbXWQTvf63tiWsLxRRD/w400-h266/IMG_0073.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBZs1js4Ue_1ZwOyVoHp6qljYODtr1yNDL-9LTzvx6AnJ5r8iFaXIUqt4DzKuIT-5EheXRNJ7fggvXcXQGcjHpoEjEy01_CIcZfyc5rpoqEDeZmFinv9_0mmVb3ZlXzXF45ffVue_kYUc3qsHF4XPDtqsT3AkgZmuvddy-9klmlPg1dluJRaGdSm7/s5462/IMG_0091.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3641" data-original-width="5462" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBZs1js4Ue_1ZwOyVoHp6qljYODtr1yNDL-9LTzvx6AnJ5r8iFaXIUqt4DzKuIT-5EheXRNJ7fggvXcXQGcjHpoEjEy01_CIcZfyc5rpoqEDeZmFinv9_0mmVb3ZlXzXF45ffVue_kYUc3qsHF4XPDtqsT3AkgZmuvddy-9klmlPg1dluJRaGdSm7/w400-h266/IMG_0091.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8qRzIIztDcOW976pUFrL5zLyO3LYxhKrcsRvxyQNayX7CWbP28e-kJeB4bX2VjxruI2uh7krCcIsCMLYpPpU27ookPbnB0VKI8ta70s10hBPqCQtA19nGADN9Q-X6TTTGL9jD0CXVGLl5WScgK-i0QrUfE6PZ2Srs0wYq9xjr0OL2YqK9mBEFytE/s6000/IMG_0085.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8qRzIIztDcOW976pUFrL5zLyO3LYxhKrcsRvxyQNayX7CWbP28e-kJeB4bX2VjxruI2uh7krCcIsCMLYpPpU27ookPbnB0VKI8ta70s10hBPqCQtA19nGADN9Q-X6TTTGL9jD0CXVGLl5WScgK-i0QrUfE6PZ2Srs0wYq9xjr0OL2YqK9mBEFytE/w400-h266/IMG_0085.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was really fun dressing my daughters life like baby doll and bringing the doll in to incorporate into my impression. It was the most popular thing ever at the demonstration that day and everyone wanted a chance to hold the baby. I was a little surprised the middle schoolers were so enthusiastic about the doll but it was a very pleasant surprise! We decided the baby was a girl and her name was Hyfryd - a Welsh word meaning lovely or delightful. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK71Xr93YXGNMLqWCpNrJgKoK3Zu-bli1nymyllExEUGyXREQogIBcNH6IMqbd53kOYocSoNbdvMh-kqjP_N4qgGXufNPaQfd57HHtxu2_gmAzv_oJLp3OIsYysBrIqpH-uYg3YT0wXYKYiqcnUJTWOBkAboDkFc6KhldZkj1bZyOEeS6Dh-NuM6r/s800/fotor_2023-2-10_11_21_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSK71Xr93YXGNMLqWCpNrJgKoK3Zu-bli1nymyllExEUGyXREQogIBcNH6IMqbd53kOYocSoNbdvMh-kqjP_N4qgGXufNPaQfd57HHtxu2_gmAzv_oJLp3OIsYysBrIqpH-uYg3YT0wXYKYiqcnUJTWOBkAboDkFc6KhldZkj1bZyOEeS6Dh-NuM6r/w400-h300/fotor_2023-2-10_11_21_0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><p></p><p>Much love,</p><p>Sarah </p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-30242730664838839422022-10-25T08:46:00.005-05:002022-10-25T08:46:59.862-05:00An 1880's Wash DressI made this dress about a month ago to wear to a local Sorghum festival, held at a wonderful historic farm and celebrating Appalachian crafts, culture and, of course, sorghum! The first weekend of October saw plenty of visitors to the farm where they could observe the processing of sorghum and enjoy food items made with the resulting sweet syrup. Different heritage artisans and crafters had demonstrations throughout the days. I went on Sunday, since Saturdays weather was less than ideal and I didn't want to risk damaging the cabinet to my treadle machine. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4eqz6h5b2LviRILYBge1ffGXaXyQF9nyVjQykZO_bSxKLHswn3r1NHLgeDm5cd14mgXFRxNqvyDFU5mvC5DU7gb1JxqcuKKxcHB5-G97490hCMQD4JRdtTe-S14teHJfWf7DsHcGgpXv0C6XkslaApyjUE0T1h6czZcrINpV6R-eqNA7_jeJCf21/s657/original_fcf5f1e4-df15-4506-81f5-5010ab40cb74_IMG_20221002_152050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="492" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK4eqz6h5b2LviRILYBge1ffGXaXyQF9nyVjQykZO_bSxKLHswn3r1NHLgeDm5cd14mgXFRxNqvyDFU5mvC5DU7gb1JxqcuKKxcHB5-G97490hCMQD4JRdtTe-S14teHJfWf7DsHcGgpXv0C6XkslaApyjUE0T1h6czZcrINpV6R-eqNA7_jeJCf21/w300-h400/original_fcf5f1e4-df15-4506-81f5-5010ab40cb74_IMG_20221002_152050.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The festival focuses on the mid 1860's - 1940 period. My demonstration was that of using the treadle machine and as I researched more into the history of sewing machines and their use in more rural and less affluent areas I got really excited about talking about this topic. I brought three dresses with me to show the evolution of the use of the sewing machine in the construction of home-sewn clothing; an 1860's dress that has a little machine sewing with a lot of hand finishing; an 1890's two piece dress that shows a more equal division of machine and hand sewing, and finally a 1930's dress that is mostly all machine sewn. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DQuix2iMbDQCya4ZlD2k_7afEm5jA_RWC5Pq6Dn_pU_XT6AulEdR7MkPCz3r_lH78KiFUdC7KN0zjfIx9DrTin1Hq84nmLn6B13f0iEVQqKXvDQ23UCwWF4NECorTuWNNPnQS_7S4BTg1attVi_ysPOBSMc-lEZdDnF1gCpcPzoB0CBIl_nrWSE9/s600/IMG_20221002_151947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DQuix2iMbDQCya4ZlD2k_7afEm5jA_RWC5Pq6Dn_pU_XT6AulEdR7MkPCz3r_lH78KiFUdC7KN0zjfIx9DrTin1Hq84nmLn6B13f0iEVQqKXvDQ23UCwWF4NECorTuWNNPnQS_7S4BTg1attVi_ysPOBSMc-lEZdDnF1gCpcPzoB0CBIl_nrWSE9/w300-h400/IMG_20221002_151947.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>I intended to wear my 1890's dress to this event since I had not yet had an opportunity to wear it but decided I would rather have it available for people to see its interior construction, as that is the most interesting part! So, I made this dress to wear instead and whipped it up quickly over a three day period. It helps that I've had a dress like this planned for a few years - I already had the sketched design, bodice pattern and fabric folded and set aside - so in the end it was just a matter of cutting it out and sewing it together. Which I did, of course, using my treadle sewing machine. 😅</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb18yMKy26nOI2WYeTAwUJ5TDeAnp28m2elbOoUolX5PM7LRBal2xfVMNUosIybeGf4m4WeHWk_XGGHiK0dhbOG_WfSiMPs8IDu3i1l9rVPOkCYViZaxEl3kOkN8Rp2FfFbaXvZk1mgD9z5-w3wFVRXAY3Qhb1nTVbSlgVar3pEETNLimESXyZTyKj/s800/IMG_20221002_121450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb18yMKy26nOI2WYeTAwUJ5TDeAnp28m2elbOoUolX5PM7LRBal2xfVMNUosIybeGf4m4WeHWk_XGGHiK0dhbOG_WfSiMPs8IDu3i1l9rVPOkCYViZaxEl3kOkN8Rp2FfFbaXvZk1mgD9z5-w3wFVRXAY3Qhb1nTVbSlgVar3pEETNLimESXyZTyKj/w400-h300/IMG_20221002_121450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdFp2S1qPWw5KLWmU-10z9mEmCIkA50ugugKBODi2oSQZ3zS28306j4uRScnaQZyx9BP7uNzQQhIwI1PxVV7l31zBSA9Fwl9HPxEtnpqfsm7pSUu0zHYf7IqyEl0nna2J87aaBvwBhd14H2mM1T_bNgBxN6WV2-owFiaOa5ThT_PxUkyAZPOD0baf/s600/IMG_20221002_151127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKdFp2S1qPWw5KLWmU-10z9mEmCIkA50ugugKBODi2oSQZ3zS28306j4uRScnaQZyx9BP7uNzQQhIwI1PxVV7l31zBSA9Fwl9HPxEtnpqfsm7pSUu0zHYf7IqyEl0nna2J87aaBvwBhd14H2mM1T_bNgBxN6WV2-owFiaOa5ThT_PxUkyAZPOD0baf/w300-h400/IMG_20221002_151127.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div>Over the past few years since I got my great great great grandmothers machine I have used it very often. At this point, I use it the majority of the time. I still have my electric one that I will sometimes use but the treadle seems to offer far better control, makes a better stitch and is much easier to clean and maintain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_g5vvD9kESNZ8gfz4ytMXwOgwP6U7gYnmkJLObsGz6Rsme5CX6aC7EC38szIAZFf7KM_H14R49kE0O-nMIIwJVE1hGYtjhwog7U3R_T-KHfOw5MSJG2F2YqSXiA-2M1wtMJDmUp3F_-2enCNPh10tdabYxO7vGeiHhbTvOn6sULFgY1w9d3SG0bQ/s801/IMG_20221002_134144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="801" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_g5vvD9kESNZ8gfz4ytMXwOgwP6U7gYnmkJLObsGz6Rsme5CX6aC7EC38szIAZFf7KM_H14R49kE0O-nMIIwJVE1hGYtjhwog7U3R_T-KHfOw5MSJG2F2YqSXiA-2M1wtMJDmUp3F_-2enCNPh10tdabYxO7vGeiHhbTvOn6sULFgY1w9d3SG0bQ/w400-h300/IMG_20221002_134144.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>By the 1880's, the use of a sewing machine for clothing was common across all classes. There are some things that necessarily have to be done by hand, like buttonholes, but nearly everything else can be, and often was, sewn on the machine, especially for everyday clothing that was washed frequently. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJot-IBN9oX_dHIbb00GWVZWFhzfN__ZCDDkqYvy8lLgnvLbzTwCllx2jbEr-mx0oG5IyN_sPfC2tHhgzQk5-lo33nm_RIe-AdqRqmKBZHxaRjls4kl1f3d24jiFCS7kxl4EZbDkljrz6XUBSw0Z-F-WaWJFZ-GZQ2yKniFl99DUwZ3YQtyXGDODS4/s800/IMG_20220927_162408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJot-IBN9oX_dHIbb00GWVZWFhzfN__ZCDDkqYvy8lLgnvLbzTwCllx2jbEr-mx0oG5IyN_sPfC2tHhgzQk5-lo33nm_RIe-AdqRqmKBZHxaRjls4kl1f3d24jiFCS7kxl4EZbDkljrz6XUBSw0Z-F-WaWJFZ-GZQ2yKniFl99DUwZ3YQtyXGDODS4/w400-h300/IMG_20220927_162408.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My bodice is cut in the late Victorian style, with the center back, side back, undearm and front pieces. The shoulder join is just at the top of the shoulder and the sleeve head is fitted with very little ease into the armscye. I used the 1880's sleeve pattern from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/695831587/kays-housekeeping-dress-pattern-1880s">Kay's Housekeeping Dress</a> for my sleeves and they worked very well. These sleeves have a few pleats at the back of the arm, just at the elbow, to allow for flexibility of movement. Despite being slim fitting sleeves they are easy to wear and quite comfortable.</div><div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk_827bDfRjEGVjMtvxiz7qP1hx91qipaTpNkMUhfxcXqvnH6R1q38CJ7xOCbAQXShhQtlXtaySzQZgM2dVzgWTwEkLThuNDLwWQ1f7mBW3i816wRdjTnFkX_iWXpxd_e_SnG_HHZ2Q6RLVS8a0Fu0sIBS0MHZpWcQtYoKJRT0HaiCBIA_K1C5vFT/s800/IMG_20220927_162346.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnk_827bDfRjEGVjMtvxiz7qP1hx91qipaTpNkMUhfxcXqvnH6R1q38CJ7xOCbAQXShhQtlXtaySzQZgM2dVzgWTwEkLThuNDLwWQ1f7mBW3i816wRdjTnFkX_iWXpxd_e_SnG_HHZ2Q6RLVS8a0Fu0sIBS0MHZpWcQtYoKJRT0HaiCBIA_K1C5vFT/w400-h300/IMG_20220927_162346.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>The skirt is cut with a front gore, two side gores and a straight rectangular back panel, as per an 1883 diagram in Frances Grimbles wonderful book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fashions-Gilded-Age-Undergarments-Overskirts/dp/0963651757">Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1</a>. The skirt has an offset, or dogleg, closure and fastens with a hook at the side waist. The skirt is hemmed with a separate bias cut facing of scrap fabric that is about 5" wide. The bodice closes down the center front with white china buttons. The skirt is gathered along the raw top edge by machine and hand stitched with a back stitch with heavy thread to the bodice. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CJXYlPg2KBFz-ULR0JJQqhvUDjonfTWOpSB_cIpRUZV3Q7UTFW0gHyz8zlnu2_hTtTKaCrhGJpiLAEKI-VOMgYv-b399DX0OFxvAel5SfBrMbCzzMOkO1emP6XjGULktZOU1NnFcdwZTuXB3RL0uElea4UkcXcUH66FLMNR-M2Y4K5mA9BWLwlfI/s800/IMG_20220928_153918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CJXYlPg2KBFz-ULR0JJQqhvUDjonfTWOpSB_cIpRUZV3Q7UTFW0gHyz8zlnu2_hTtTKaCrhGJpiLAEKI-VOMgYv-b399DX0OFxvAel5SfBrMbCzzMOkO1emP6XjGULktZOU1NnFcdwZTuXB3RL0uElea4UkcXcUH66FLMNR-M2Y4K5mA9BWLwlfI/w400-h300/IMG_20220928_153918.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkZ_IpssCN9qqzRs1WVzll7gQ_oqKweNfZQtsncNQWJKbToyad0myKuWLJ76Ipiqu4TCSJktCEnNBN4pkQHujIhXgBkhixsVtfNotRLpTTsZ6L3Z0MZD2yXNcsGUdqPMFnKmXdTl4fV69iIKdo6VA2m-OKA0G1_PiPLwsYQS3LQzV31GCPiRHTx_A/s800/IMG_20220928_153931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHkZ_IpssCN9qqzRs1WVzll7gQ_oqKweNfZQtsncNQWJKbToyad0myKuWLJ76Ipiqu4TCSJktCEnNBN4pkQHujIhXgBkhixsVtfNotRLpTTsZ6L3Z0MZD2yXNcsGUdqPMFnKmXdTl4fV69iIKdo6VA2m-OKA0G1_PiPLwsYQS3LQzV31GCPiRHTx_A/w400-h300/IMG_20220928_153931.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XetSO7gPNjqY2yv_7Q92zlS_jhZWFRba1z5lU22YTqRUkU5alLGwj9RVXa-BOtf91RKsEo4NxefpXmE7tggXcKPIn2gKbDQbRSq8xQgcpyUYpH7aDrryFxcznGUzwCYvuX3bN5i4BoHwgTlF4OENsFOzBT4AQm_OfeDwfsKE0lN6v6HJmlslxWSZ/s800/IMG_20220928_200028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7XetSO7gPNjqY2yv_7Q92zlS_jhZWFRba1z5lU22YTqRUkU5alLGwj9RVXa-BOtf91RKsEo4NxefpXmE7tggXcKPIn2gKbDQbRSq8xQgcpyUYpH7aDrryFxcznGUzwCYvuX3bN5i4BoHwgTlF4OENsFOzBT4AQm_OfeDwfsKE0lN6v6HJmlslxWSZ/w400-h300/IMG_20220928_200028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.marnajeandavis.com/blog/dating-the-basic-wash-dress">Marna Jean Davis blog post on wash dresses</a> was an invaluable aid to me as I made this dress. I also found her publication<a href="https://www.marnajeandavis.com/books.html"> No Lady of Leisure</a> extremely interesting and very helpful as this book examines the everyday styles of working class ladies and how their clothing combined the basic fashionable silhouettes of the era with practical fabric, construction and styles. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g4WHNZkVGIo8Zf8AXKY7Dve1cheZ3ByltLKERlm9sfnAtp84Ii0M8syBRGmgXrQiq5_NQdunrt2oAksIjHEnCE7CfDdfxL2buJvnZKhzb91RQcUPq4FsnDRbwnOBYM-AraujzXw3XIR8D4p7_lj6D28s37_hAR502dTSSiFpOLLuOdpYBXqSWslE/s800/IMG_20220929_122937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7g4WHNZkVGIo8Zf8AXKY7Dve1cheZ3ByltLKERlm9sfnAtp84Ii0M8syBRGmgXrQiq5_NQdunrt2oAksIjHEnCE7CfDdfxL2buJvnZKhzb91RQcUPq4FsnDRbwnOBYM-AraujzXw3XIR8D4p7_lj6D28s37_hAR502dTSSiFpOLLuOdpYBXqSWslE/w400-h300/IMG_20220929_122937.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>I used a mid weight cotton for my dress. This was a piece I picked up from an antique shop awhile ago and unfortunately there are some fade lines where the fabric was folded for so long. I put the worst of these sections in the back of the skirt so hopefully it isn't as noticeable. The bodice is flat lined in white cotton and the rest of the dress is unlined. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQFmEwAmZd8xu_n8GlVdXeVE4eE9rPvR1jlYQywDFquFe64gz6zfLp8k2z2glgovevvXARvaQB2WhHi0cwqhDmfYVfUjL1_Y4_4f1UfIAlISXfku3fH5nxSCWzun80zegVmXR9sH8rXQegPpp9QUiLaISQORMP9yfZrqFtbX44Sb37NKCmNKpvYjS/s4414/IMG_6646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4414" data-original-width="2943" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQFmEwAmZd8xu_n8GlVdXeVE4eE9rPvR1jlYQywDFquFe64gz6zfLp8k2z2glgovevvXARvaQB2WhHi0cwqhDmfYVfUjL1_Y4_4f1UfIAlISXfku3fH5nxSCWzun80zegVmXR9sH8rXQegPpp9QUiLaISQORMP9yfZrqFtbX44Sb37NKCmNKpvYjS/w266-h400/IMG_6646.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t6tmZ8jZa2pzAzbWMAHR8CsseBqO9jIstu2sCYVmBQFOjD1MfLMFkw_gZYwvBDQeza-1ffQwHhdXPLXP5tePU39kzcX98tRC482uX4pOLPDp62vtPkjIjh2_NWY6xxc5uiugvQm5eXaaYOQWMHEI1bUhGmkgEJtSRRaSP8j8sFWcMxmoBjOrNVky/s4982/IMG_6655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4982" data-original-width="3321" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2t6tmZ8jZa2pzAzbWMAHR8CsseBqO9jIstu2sCYVmBQFOjD1MfLMFkw_gZYwvBDQeza-1ffQwHhdXPLXP5tePU39kzcX98tRC482uX4pOLPDp62vtPkjIjh2_NWY6xxc5uiugvQm5eXaaYOQWMHEI1bUhGmkgEJtSRRaSP8j8sFWcMxmoBjOrNVky/w266-h400/IMG_6655.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div>I had so much fun at the festival and I really enjoyed wearing this dress. I wore it with my 1880's chemise, my generic Victorian corset and the petticoats I made to go with my 1890s dress (as the cut really doesn't change over these decades, I figured the petticoats would work fine for a little earlier than the 90s). I also wore my <a href="http://www.njsekela.com/product_info.php?cPath=46&products_id=585">black shoes from NJ Sekela</a>. They are a little early in style for 1880's but I love these shoes so much and they go with everything! It was really chilly that day so I also wore my yellow quilted Victorian hood and a shawl I crocheted a few years ago. They aren't specifically 1880s but they worked. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg90c1oF2-G3hecfcDtExrhpNAkc-6mq1ydDk-5SKAmfqekTfvNS0318sthpx-KtEojXPXDHo5y7Fu5Pr3NixLKEI4Md6VaMQFnRwoSq-xxRnus3Z6p97L5sJCdP-bNgdoiF2rVjAx34WZU5ENbCWjCxd8jWAVDY3JO9hzde3PtWjxEyg0ORoYfeN/s5222/IMG_6659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3481" data-original-width="5222" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOg90c1oF2-G3hecfcDtExrhpNAkc-6mq1ydDk-5SKAmfqekTfvNS0318sthpx-KtEojXPXDHo5y7Fu5Pr3NixLKEI4Md6VaMQFnRwoSq-xxRnus3Z6p97L5sJCdP-bNgdoiF2rVjAx34WZU5ENbCWjCxd8jWAVDY3JO9hzde3PtWjxEyg0ORoYfeN/w400-h266/IMG_6659.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O-o03aA_Wy6r5JNDfe-FGHUkvdFU4lcNk5NimzIAnsgOhDJy9fLVxEhN50zldOxr_695ciGxmxY1aHMJGBr6vgMAEW5GTNJaGWMI1hlsEKmNFuA6rDxeAPHDu1uPMfh2jMpckkTsRPJukDVbVGtNrUsNu2bC6uFRLsTuEdABjRvVv4sdUOTjTIv6/s5163/IMG_6658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3442" data-original-width="5163" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_O-o03aA_Wy6r5JNDfe-FGHUkvdFU4lcNk5NimzIAnsgOhDJy9fLVxEhN50zldOxr_695ciGxmxY1aHMJGBr6vgMAEW5GTNJaGWMI1hlsEKmNFuA6rDxeAPHDu1uPMfh2jMpckkTsRPJukDVbVGtNrUsNu2bC6uFRLsTuEdABjRvVv4sdUOTjTIv6/w400-h266/IMG_6658.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>If ever a Victorian style is wearable for everyday life, I think the 1880's and this wash dress style would be. I felt exactly how I always imagined I'd feel in the world of Laura Ingalls and I rode that high feeling of childish joy with great delight. 😂</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhUAZg_bn8Jp71q1Q-ytEmCa2G7Edpgh-CHdpDSNSzswKLp4E7DCYeixSqiW1zOniEx1d2JmVrUNAchD0-e8pymcNGoHqMSg7DwziPybMcDMaA-0ks74cPmPQ4lD2sdqjdYQeTrobkLnH5xZPUHrw1A7jDAQ4OFNcrdLqpg5b2db1KiYtTD0osaCf/s2723/IMG_6660-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2723" data-original-width="1815" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhUAZg_bn8Jp71q1Q-ytEmCa2G7Edpgh-CHdpDSNSzswKLp4E7DCYeixSqiW1zOniEx1d2JmVrUNAchD0-e8pymcNGoHqMSg7DwziPybMcDMaA-0ks74cPmPQ4lD2sdqjdYQeTrobkLnH5xZPUHrw1A7jDAQ4OFNcrdLqpg5b2db1KiYtTD0osaCf/w266-h400/IMG_6660-2.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div>Much love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah</div><div><br /></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-39420857328720703142022-08-18T08:19:00.003-05:002022-08-18T08:19:58.944-05:00Spring Civil War Weekend<p> We attended a small 1860's event in mid May. We day tripped and only stayed a few hours but it was fun and it was good to see friends again! Here are a few pictures from the day. I made a new 1860's dress for this event out of some black cotton poplin and I made Anne (who does not like to wear dresses) some side buttoning trousers that she paired with a white shirt and jacket I originally made for Judah quite a few years ago. I also made my oldest son, David, a new waistcoat out of black cotton denim. That was the only new sewing required but I think Benjamin will need a new outfit before next time, whenever that may be. Judah and Malachi did not attend with us as they had other plans at the time. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYqqRxW4Mb-JxYRdvVYr9e3zNF7XjR4zhCPinfulV-VE0bi9r62kD2AA-5-oEFdafZnZnlns_ThCujDdrUpW0opgFOVm1MFR_srABLucBhkrHPXCn_qsd8srBsG154T3sNHeg3XEdZYxsYCNcMBfUMLsr-uABiMpzosSMtOKowKoUEtPXdH-zqtqq/s4087/IMG_5472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4087" data-original-width="3065" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkYqqRxW4Mb-JxYRdvVYr9e3zNF7XjR4zhCPinfulV-VE0bi9r62kD2AA-5-oEFdafZnZnlns_ThCujDdrUpW0opgFOVm1MFR_srABLucBhkrHPXCn_qsd8srBsG154T3sNHeg3XEdZYxsYCNcMBfUMLsr-uABiMpzosSMtOKowKoUEtPXdH-zqtqq/w300-h400/IMG_5472.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wjldi6_ZJVOir3YKg-euiM54cfeOKOhRsu0BqF5wD51py2Uh_tkaDw12qCC7os8MSr91N1uRcWP0KadsuRVS9bnYVks8KWe-FixJUohFZe4Ag1RhtTT7lMIQ42poWJiVYW-IB88A7gdkxWn5H9-tpntC2lHa9Bm_D9EaK1g0Tl9OCcDbO_L1rgNU/s4365/IMG_5488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I hope to get some good pictures of the events of the day, including the reenactment of the surrender between Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Love,</div><div>Sarah</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-55352523777995438292022-05-03T12:16:00.004-05:002022-05-03T12:17:22.178-05:00Fort Harrison Soldiers Thru Time 2022<p> This past weekend Malachi, his friend K and myself traveled to Fort Harrison to participate in their annual timeline event, Soldiers Thru Time. Our friend Dennis also came although he portrayed a federal American Civil War impression and the rest of us portrayed Vietnam era military. We are hoping he will be doing Vietnam with us later this fall!</p><p>This was my first time doing a Vietcong impression. As I have mentioned in my most recent posts, much of my research and my ongoing experiements in putting together clothing and kit is on my Instagram page. For this blog post, I will share some of pictures and a video from that day. For more about all that went into this and more of my thoughts and reasons about where I'm currently at in my ongoing VC impression journey, do check out my Instagram!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh4Ap2U-zzH_cbcjDMwJNxUr8YFcEGVn9lNxe-HkRODmouCs5Iz9w4KjkRusXl9aaE4l4rATvNWuCN2I5s3GFM4WgeEVM8CFQnv8fG4iBPZHwDC-9oEntVobjlUQB3BM8OTr3uIDBcZceFM-pRu-ivb4VN3N_bkuneMi29SEqkjYQIcXdz4g1V3Mw/s4240/IMG_5435-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3180" data-original-width="4240" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh4Ap2U-zzH_cbcjDMwJNxUr8YFcEGVn9lNxe-HkRODmouCs5Iz9w4KjkRusXl9aaE4l4rATvNWuCN2I5s3GFM4WgeEVM8CFQnv8fG4iBPZHwDC-9oEntVobjlUQB3BM8OTr3uIDBcZceFM-pRu-ivb4VN3N_bkuneMi29SEqkjYQIcXdz4g1V3Mw/w400-h300/IMG_5435-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV4wKfGvrqfe1L-KnRjgZLIXNWY8c63j6M3mUjOoLX3XlDxQ16JaprHikmG9aDpOsxWOGc17CY2QG4xGJ0PYXxMGFYbaTs_XEH4oL0CUjN5ihsA5FTN2pt6_iOdp_PaJ75OJytR7jorDqwOewitn_H_UDzN04SoYqkPzUZCZlohWUx6QXLdb4KlVj_/s4608/IMG_5433-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">Much love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sarah</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-79542435953009739482022-03-17T12:13:00.003-05:002022-03-17T12:25:08.264-05:00Welsh National Costume<p> Today is Saint Patricks day! I have an apple cake baking in the oven, a loaf of soda bread (studded with dried cranberries instead of raisins, since my kids aren't a fan of raisins) ready to put in as soon as the cake comes out and plans for cabbage and potatoes and sausage for dinner. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC88i2k04MnLNTwxtme7j9bgoN1M3U0Uq-M4OOqGqZ3ZJ10H1hEFsvN5dqRVjsk9d4acEcuYMLaPqyQmMqE1bRkajmsMuQFr_qT4jALARztsCAQWA6bZLMdHSF6a3XsU4yFwSI9rjjZiyYauPwO-mu6vO0NKKYUHARXyvTQMsT5qrvBSxi38maPu1j=s4608" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC88i2k04MnLNTwxtme7j9bgoN1M3U0Uq-M4OOqGqZ3ZJ10H1hEFsvN5dqRVjsk9d4acEcuYMLaPqyQmMqE1bRkajmsMuQFr_qT4jALARztsCAQWA6bZLMdHSF6a3XsU4yFwSI9rjjZiyYauPwO-mu6vO0NKKYUHARXyvTQMsT5qrvBSxi38maPu1j=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was often commented on that Welsh women were frequently barefoot and would carry <br />their shoes and stockings with them, donning them before entering town. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>While I enjoy celebrating Saint Patricks day and feeling a bit Irish I wanted to share about my progress on my Welsh national costume and Saint Davids day which was just a few weeks ago on March 1. </p><p>Last year was my first time celebrating Saint David's day. Saint David is the patron saint of Wales and it seems like this day is every bit as much a fun holiday to the Welsh as Saint Patricks day is to the Irish. We celebrated last year by making a few Welsh dishes and watching an old movie set in Wales. I began researching Welsh folk dress and planned to have my own Welsh outfit complete for the next Saint David's day! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOQfwHkUJrCSxxi2Hx_-pgxEKTpItN9kQLHpGE1fvw5Sgetni4ZPMaRTPmpsvC36fm0LxbdgT0TESHmoF625N4ZZcKYa7cJSO3ejcXimuXVnpUUUYiY3sc2BcXpIxODdEjIjX3mvIx3k1tnbZrF-lGZcjqu0Z8hssjk84V1046OPEz149xzf9C0U71=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOQfwHkUJrCSxxi2Hx_-pgxEKTpItN9kQLHpGE1fvw5Sgetni4ZPMaRTPmpsvC36fm0LxbdgT0TESHmoF625N4ZZcKYa7cJSO3ejcXimuXVnpUUUYiY3sc2BcXpIxODdEjIjX3mvIx3k1tnbZrF-lGZcjqu0Z8hssjk84V1046OPEz149xzf9C0U71=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I spent all of last year reading as much as I could about Welsh dress. I have a lot of my research on my Instagram account but most of it originated at the wonderful <a href="https://welshhat.wordpress.com/">Welsh Costume blog</a> with many helpful photos from <a href="http://folkcostume.blogspot.com/">Folk Costume and Embroidery</a> including the post about <a href="http://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2011/12/costume-of-ceredigion-or-cardiganshire.html">Costume of Ceredigion or Cardiganshire, Wales or Cymru</a> and Costume of <a href="http://folkcostume.blogspot.com/2011/12/costume-of-ynys-mon-or-anglesey-and.html">Ynys Mon, or Anglesey, and North Cymru or Wales</a>.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiItK4RqS1zw0qQS6cTyAkVb41IyQ00etSRZYMIH1Hxc0Ma0eoMINogPKDuFEHmDgf3tlZYTdNkd0crM43_tQEr_w57CDxAdBc1aJwqxexdxXzEUf-YkU-IF-uwcZeHM-tKfR3mb3TNa1pQDPH6SpVegLuQodazVMBrQels5fkWnv_Qqjq3-elGF4eg=s4181" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4181" data-original-width="3136" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiItK4RqS1zw0qQS6cTyAkVb41IyQ00etSRZYMIH1Hxc0Ma0eoMINogPKDuFEHmDgf3tlZYTdNkd0crM43_tQEr_w57CDxAdBc1aJwqxexdxXzEUf-YkU-IF-uwcZeHM-tKfR3mb3TNa1pQDPH6SpVegLuQodazVMBrQels5fkWnv_Qqjq3-elGF4eg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I read every single thing on both blogs and followed all the links as far as I could. Even now, a year later, I still frequently reference both blogs because there is just SO much good information on both of them. </p><p>After this past year of reading it seems that the idea of Welsh National dress is a rather recent concept and originated from a desire to retain Welsh identity in a country fast adopting English fashions, culture and language. Lady Llanover, in the 1830's, was instrumental in pushing for the adoption of specific Welsh fashion. While she categorized different types of regional Welsh dress, had the styles illustrated and encouraged the wearing of such styles amongst her family, servants and visitors, it seems that this was NOT the normal, everyday dress of most women.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDM-81MtlLzCPfDTtYLWWxXt5jIwy7Om4kPkKcGS0fWFT9UUKxLpv0YvDp7ImbaD3ccJIIzp-Pf5DM52en6yhJT5rmYSRAeeLQb4pDnnhbgpXR7H2wnCNFGMYVvFSJ1HyaQvw-SX6vgxeveRXWpy3zZPKYbuvOqrohP0hJLGR4ip3fB695ZADuZx5L=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDM-81MtlLzCPfDTtYLWWxXt5jIwy7Om4kPkKcGS0fWFT9UUKxLpv0YvDp7ImbaD3ccJIIzp-Pf5DM52en6yhJT5rmYSRAeeLQb4pDnnhbgpXR7H2wnCNFGMYVvFSJ1HyaQvw-SX6vgxeveRXWpy3zZPKYbuvOqrohP0hJLGR4ip3fB695ZADuZx5L=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Reading through the sources on the Welsh Costume blog, it seems reasonable to assume that most Welsh women wore what any other woman in England may have worn - middle to upper classes ladies wearing current English styles and lower class people wearing more old fashioned or informal work clothing, including bedgowns. Visitors commented on the prevalence of wool for nearly every item of clothing - including shifts! - so it appears the use of wool versus linen, cotton or silk may help identify Welsh nationality. Wool was frequently described as stuff, or flannel and the colors brown, blue, black and red appear frequently. Stripes seem to have been common. The styles illustrated by Lady Llanover include the old fashioned bedgown, as well as other clothing styles that would have been considered old fashioned in the 1830's - 18th century style fitted gowns, jackets and accessories like lappet caps, long cloaks and the unique black Welsh hat (after the 1830 period or so, this was typically a top hat shape, but could also be ANY mans style hat, not necessarily the tall style). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZXGfFGT5jkkjIfQu4STyNvZwrWZ8FFoj03USLoEPo77nXzSMuXEOIIzYawuDqgYgQqtHzI2c-qFm6ntpcF63frKgLyDVr__Nt1FH4ziA3FVnpc_jLeMOvt-IIQ_FOov6YQ7E9jQ-nGUYzN7JMVeSqDFVHO_iUhsecav9FP7-XwrFd70XAoxsWpD7i=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZXGfFGT5jkkjIfQu4STyNvZwrWZ8FFoj03USLoEPo77nXzSMuXEOIIzYawuDqgYgQqtHzI2c-qFm6ntpcF63frKgLyDVr__Nt1FH4ziA3FVnpc_jLeMOvt-IIQ_FOov6YQ7E9jQ-nGUYzN7JMVeSqDFVHO_iUhsecav9FP7-XwrFd70XAoxsWpD7i=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I decided for my own outfit to go with the late 1790's/early 1800's and have been working on slowly stitching the pieces that will go into this ensemble. I wanted it complete to wear for this year but I am not even close to being done with everything yet. </p><p>Instead, I'll share these photos that I took last year as my attempt at a Welsh-type outfit for Saint Davids day. These are all various parts of my 1860s reenacting wardrobe, with a petticoat from my 18th century dress and various shawls and scarves. While these clothing pieces are all historically accurate, they are not made of wool and this was just a for fun attempt at recreating a historic look inspired by Welsh common folk. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQWOUPCvsebJTAi2upyX3PzlVXUrZCv55ejjWseIjBcmQFNMYr4eYwfWVn3FQ4pt-o_bp9QciYZA9CmiAtbEDHpJRUS9BxhiC26qZDKan5jy3RmLVaPjMXNovoE2z8iteI7OT22WP26uLh2mXpZNWzaG6guTvi2GnKXsggdea7fS2sf6AyG_Q4OicD=s4149" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4149" data-original-width="3112" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQWOUPCvsebJTAi2upyX3PzlVXUrZCv55ejjWseIjBcmQFNMYr4eYwfWVn3FQ4pt-o_bp9QciYZA9CmiAtbEDHpJRUS9BxhiC26qZDKan5jy3RmLVaPjMXNovoE2z8iteI7OT22WP26uLh2mXpZNWzaG6guTvi2GnKXsggdea7fS2sf6AyG_Q4OicD=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Soon I'll share photos of what I've been working on for my proper attempt at Welsh dress. At this point I have all my undergarments hand sewn and ready to go and fabric ready for several outer garments to mix and match for a variety of looks. </p><p>Much love,</p><p>Sarah</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-5243298649073912002022-02-08T12:46:00.002-06:002022-02-08T12:46:57.888-06:00Wreathes Across America<p> Ten days before Christmas, Malachi particpated in a wreathe laying ceremony with a local Sons of Union Veterans camp. Wreaths Across America is a nationwide effort to lay wreathes on the graves of our military veterans and I am so happy Malachi was able to be part of this. It is a very sober responsibility to represent the veterans of any war and it is good to be reminded that although reenacting can be fun, it is, in the end, a living memorial to those who came before us. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFkTPwk626YdU2uEYieyeqK6dZzGM5aVH6qnRoV0oMBSan1qCylh4GM_oIfPdmQz82ksxAfj_k52atVxkXo81Soi72name-4UfgxFaNwDF-OaRlEbZ8Jhqvsn3LUHVk8VBQw8vUUmyV768qoEzkjm9AdQ7Dp_7YZg9Mi-BvpHFL8T7p-Q8qhgTefFF=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFkTPwk626YdU2uEYieyeqK6dZzGM5aVH6qnRoV0oMBSan1qCylh4GM_oIfPdmQz82ksxAfj_k52atVxkXo81Soi72name-4UfgxFaNwDF-OaRlEbZ8Jhqvsn3LUHVk8VBQw8vUUmyV768qoEzkjm9AdQ7Dp_7YZg9Mi-BvpHFL8T7p-Q8qhgTefFF=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p>Malachi laid the wreathe at the flagpole of the POW-MIA during the ceremony and then we all gathered and walked to a portion of the cemetery where a large group of Civil War soldiers are buried. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitKkpZeSh1XJR6fLf88dIIOmbm4bDOfn2ixZFLTIOIFJQa5A-tfJHU0pSPNtQuvs8kz20yVICokBkMJGcXG_UWD30LBVkUkNBBEdRc1TnrpYz2vxj9xi0u0fyMnXxiIcwQf-YZ3Dr252KPrxoIPxkVE-TxtwxhU98KypX1o6b3syMqV5hn0uE1NlxG=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitKkpZeSh1XJR6fLf88dIIOmbm4bDOfn2ixZFLTIOIFJQa5A-tfJHU0pSPNtQuvs8kz20yVICokBkMJGcXG_UWD30LBVkUkNBBEdRc1TnrpYz2vxj9xi0u0fyMnXxiIcwQf-YZ3Dr252KPrxoIPxkVE-TxtwxhU98KypX1o6b3syMqV5hn0uE1NlxG=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p>It was a cold day and spitting rain but rather typical for December. I wore a late 1960's dress I made the autumn before last and was happy to have occasion to wear it, although I think if I dress 1960s again for this event I will make a much warmer outfit! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLb-fodhQW5eKYK-hTF9q1UbAxcCzr9rcaEpUTAOqz_Q7rwHzfoQ59ZyH1iISM4LRf1pMGDdf6IW9j3yeQAd7LneqeMp1f8iW89zdjreVsV2O7OAobpWAi86hXijaQBQGBZqYrgo1DaoCIDWkw_9XTolUhcgAIcEp-IZ8c5i-g82PjuABPzir8Z74N=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="4000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhLb-fodhQW5eKYK-hTF9q1UbAxcCzr9rcaEpUTAOqz_Q7rwHzfoQ59ZyH1iISM4LRf1pMGDdf6IW9j3yeQAd7LneqeMp1f8iW89zdjreVsV2O7OAobpWAi86hXijaQBQGBZqYrgo1DaoCIDWkw_9XTolUhcgAIcEp-IZ8c5i-g82PjuABPzir8Z74N=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgShYIhQ5375jq_u3YATV_VDISaffa5_Dj4WMUkB77R3q6FwLC6jJb_6hWk2eAES0sN5rx7izThV5IPHD0LAAIJqaWI67yFej9E1bMH5-OQSSzITKU8gkGW-QuL7kwfGjoYgz2JjByWGhkE3a9fdVAbzRcemeyMBkxq-L7tnY3hIJaIwRG3_wh36Mbn=s6000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgShYIhQ5375jq_u3YATV_VDISaffa5_Dj4WMUkB77R3q6FwLC6jJb_6hWk2eAES0sN5rx7izThV5IPHD0LAAIJqaWI67yFej9E1bMH5-OQSSzITKU8gkGW-QuL7kwfGjoYgz2JjByWGhkE3a9fdVAbzRcemeyMBkxq-L7tnY3hIJaIwRG3_wh36Mbn=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZcziuyqrN-LiCQne_CE1hAi45Pdp3xRGyRG-lMtvIestRzQpjnB2pO10Sr2KC4Dcga2UmBjAYDmVSGeTz-AhQpvT2cF-RaUlhPD7biZ9qUk4PkTfn6DFj-0h9-1Fl-776RJhdLbfIWQlLMubf3XX58eiQ092LDngHogoTVJ_ITLmJPOo3_mIZjr8H=s5341" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3561" data-original-width="5341" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZcziuyqrN-LiCQne_CE1hAi45Pdp3xRGyRG-lMtvIestRzQpjnB2pO10Sr2KC4Dcga2UmBjAYDmVSGeTz-AhQpvT2cF-RaUlhPD7biZ9qUk4PkTfn6DFj-0h9-1Fl-776RJhdLbfIWQlLMubf3XX58eiQ092LDngHogoTVJ_ITLmJPOo3_mIZjr8H=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p>I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have started the New Year off with as much positivity as is realistic. We are now entering into another year where covid continues to shape the world we live in and I know for me, I sometimes feel very down and very numb because of it. Yet, there are many things to be thankful for as we creatively figure out how to still go about the business of living and I am grateful that those I love who have been affected by covid are still here. Covid went through our own family in November and I am very lucky that no one had anything worse than mild cold symptoms. I am glad I was able to get my booster vaccine on the very last day of the year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBLbvbHbKRrkKvXpvgDh6Iw5qfv59fmQN7QIzSPdgQ-Tbyp9Rc-0CRvl8wz-CGSpnbS5tDJbx1ks8AaAv5E8rVDlc6qyoymr0npwa_JDZPwcUDtkGimHUJs0b7Tz3uEhMMJ2Tf732aBFt1a7qg0Ki5spjJufzP_cPBExbxZGBRenNvNrq7vJLBGX4U=s4160" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBLbvbHbKRrkKvXpvgDh6Iw5qfv59fmQN7QIzSPdgQ-Tbyp9Rc-0CRvl8wz-CGSpnbS5tDJbx1ks8AaAv5E8rVDlc6qyoymr0npwa_JDZPwcUDtkGimHUJs0b7Tz3uEhMMJ2Tf732aBFt1a7qg0Ki5spjJufzP_cPBExbxZGBRenNvNrq7vJLBGX4U=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p>We have been busy and I have been making lots of things but somehow never quite find time to post about them here. I do post quite frequently on my Instagram sewing account, so if you have an Instagram account and prefer that platform, please visit me there at romantichistory_sews. </p><p>Some new things I'm doing this year include a National Liberation Front impression (otherwise known as VC) for when I take Malachi to Vietnam events, </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5kZD1IKdGuA6kKDRDwltc2a2k1LZH7mrVpNQ-P3ZaiqerLytGJBPvo4LbGR8QXwKDQManRp9dGT5rP3UIM-lIFQwQpb_QBHGpSus5ztG9limCyllw-5zI-P5pEFS_ztiXJDQ3UR6zDKmFrewvGfBHv-IKl0v8PhEInasGYiEkAT_TioFPaUdogEt8=s568" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5kZD1IKdGuA6kKDRDwltc2a2k1LZH7mrVpNQ-P3ZaiqerLytGJBPvo4LbGR8QXwKDQManRp9dGT5rP3UIM-lIFQwQpb_QBHGpSus5ztG9limCyllw-5zI-P5pEFS_ztiXJDQ3UR6zDKmFrewvGfBHv-IKl0v8PhEInasGYiEkAT_TioFPaUdogEt8=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My ao ba ba, otherwise known as "black pajamas" worn by the Vietcong. I made this set from black cotton shirting and sewed it on my 1921 treadle singer sewing machine. I absolutely love developing and researching this impression. My sandals are repro rubber tire sandals from eBay. I have so much more that I've made or acquired but it's not good weather for photos that ought to be set in a very warm climate! So I'm waiting for better weather and continuing my research. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-ikO-E5ExcZeSzz8koauM8UlL3nKZaZZoXSZvzKHHNIYQXbbuUGehr21G_-RJSoS1PMxJnv9pEsqaBzQxbwJ-FBFNXSEQJdELoPGFrZQSu_zIj_5vcUUtLhCcbgxByxwOD0lw5mty5xp4EZ0o7gSMjdnPW_exdx97c65LL1xpWQVxY6xSx_s1VSpv=s758" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="758" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-ikO-E5ExcZeSzz8koauM8UlL3nKZaZZoXSZvzKHHNIYQXbbuUGehr21G_-RJSoS1PMxJnv9pEsqaBzQxbwJ-FBFNXSEQJdELoPGFrZQSu_zIj_5vcUUtLhCcbgxByxwOD0lw5mty5xp4EZ0o7gSMjdnPW_exdx97c65LL1xpWQVxY6xSx_s1VSpv=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NLF armband, worn for fighting scenarios (they would not have worn these outside of active engagement)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and the beginnings of a 9th century Anglo-Saxon common (working class) woman.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVh4-BM8fdtaQ2wAoxOKM0kEoiSwOtmce4P2KzzXY8tsuCtmXB-15Nr85b5CFPSuG-R-iL3RewwqKPT9cn21hgsoSbWjERPnvN7z-p-d2XOMINk3Xxwxpp1HHjXALs938LBjWx4xf6-CnuEHd_65QhK_VjL5jWEX9afICMJOxx_Yh3md6oWq61Rkv4=s568" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVh4-BM8fdtaQ2wAoxOKM0kEoiSwOtmce4P2KzzXY8tsuCtmXB-15Nr85b5CFPSuG-R-iL3RewwqKPT9cn21hgsoSbWjERPnvN7z-p-d2XOMINk3Xxwxpp1HHjXALs938LBjWx4xf6-CnuEHd_65QhK_VjL5jWEX9afICMJOxx_Yh3md6oWq61Rkv4=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handsewn linen shift, headband and veil. </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiealB8pqIP2Hva8PFlhqmkGQ3qF4PoHSFe_TBrlJT6MO5bc-Vbyaxpflkv3C9VykYbut0-9mkTorVQ-x2sxdxPtzilWik5vCcu4FplxIDkqK5ANeACDW94KpIYZwOtgl2OExjkp7m4mF_OOUcmzdsxyrXQ9mKp-TTrRrtWuLpZ6zxiHSBxq5RsA0d2=s568" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiealB8pqIP2Hva8PFlhqmkGQ3qF4PoHSFe_TBrlJT6MO5bc-Vbyaxpflkv3C9VykYbut0-9mkTorVQ-x2sxdxPtzilWik5vCcu4FplxIDkqK5ANeACDW94KpIYZwOtgl2OExjkp7m4mF_OOUcmzdsxyrXQ9mKp-TTrRrtWuLpZ6zxiHSBxq5RsA0d2=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Try on of the undergarments.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did make a mock up for 1798 stays for my Welsh folk dress outfit, which I hope to have done before St. Davids day this year.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibvXZm9MWKZTi8JwJf617KU05K58_VlT_GF_fMJ7LwQY8fjIGCMaRQOHFmGhII9eKOjEKO0J3upNh18U3dJ8zDDP3Uf3Ry94M9auk59w6brYm2PnoGhcTIwCJkv4Zv9MDJ3BMj4M-UCHtXD1vd6P8o8XKHMzklRLJqe3_dYJRFJ1psMxucKogs4A9z=s568" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibvXZm9MWKZTi8JwJf617KU05K58_VlT_GF_fMJ7LwQY8fjIGCMaRQOHFmGhII9eKOjEKO0J3upNh18U3dJ8zDDP3Uf3Ry94M9auk59w6brYm2PnoGhcTIwCJkv4Zv9MDJ3BMj4M-UCHtXD1vd6P8o8XKHMzklRLJqe3_dYJRFJ1psMxucKogs4A9z=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mock up of the 1798 stays from Jill Salens "Corsets". </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All last summer I worked on a Bronze Age kit, which is far from complete but gives me so much joy to work on bit by bit. I have so much to share! But likely Instagram is a better place to do it, as writing enough blog posts to get caught up would take a long time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbUZIyOtnffJKr-i7a4zyhIZWfv7BSvUPmBsK-5DfN0DzLJjyf-c2zOlZZKj71BT78MR7zz1tmRybMGgQ7ne9qP-TfZXMNOzuulAxok-cDc_y0Ox3KgXRs-fC1gyIlrrOfSJ3ZDqu-9fTxPD38_ETcrctoynxEQ6EBpmsgm82Jz8Zh0KyVEHaSzlD2=s625" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="445" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbUZIyOtnffJKr-i7a4zyhIZWfv7BSvUPmBsK-5DfN0DzLJjyf-c2zOlZZKj71BT78MR7zz1tmRybMGgQ7ne9qP-TfZXMNOzuulAxok-cDc_y0Ox3KgXRs-fC1gyIlrrOfSJ3ZDqu-9fTxPD38_ETcrctoynxEQ6EBpmsgm82Jz8Zh0KyVEHaSzlD2=w285-h400" width="285" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Tuesday, dressed to celebrate Imbolc. 💚</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>Much love,</p><p>Sarah </p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-32356565577239336532021-09-28T13:00:00.006-05:002021-09-28T13:06:58.603-05:00Vietnam Reenactment at Fort Harrison<p> A few weeks ago Malachi and I experienced a new-to-us event at Fort Harrison State Park in Indiana. Malachi is almost 13 and over the past few years he has become more and more interested in the military history of US soldiers during the Vietnam war. Over the summer he made a new friend who does Vietnam reenacting and was invited to come out to the living history and reenactment that took place on the weekend of September 11th. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxXDJ85-dBIniA-tYB2-XpQcy-MoLMp-ZQeLscsNzDH60s0aaAO861guuBVea23kFfEBALfg3NfiamJMvZqKYlyZuYJl64XfQ7oWOof1UloKF3CTdPg0ETq7k7FeYdTHIqIRdpehXEXk/s600/20210911_105204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxXDJ85-dBIniA-tYB2-XpQcy-MoLMp-ZQeLscsNzDH60s0aaAO861guuBVea23kFfEBALfg3NfiamJMvZqKYlyZuYJl64XfQ7oWOof1UloKF3CTdPg0ETq7k7FeYdTHIqIRdpehXEXk/w300-h400/20210911_105204.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>It was really nice to spend some one on one time with my boy and meet a great group of new folks. The museum was really nice and the weather was perfect. I had a wonderful time and Malachi did too! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6U6lYYly0TtMDv4PRxAFvouc6k5Y-G1ddY1j1ltw2PeN_5viDhVqTX2lnE1QIvKUfx153Ibi3q8pF7XkVMVG8I8FSeudevp-ceWXhIKfgI1CNvffbta8ENd8305or_5hCOoFhrW-u_M/s800/20210907_172954.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6U6lYYly0TtMDv4PRxAFvouc6k5Y-G1ddY1j1ltw2PeN_5viDhVqTX2lnE1QIvKUfx153Ibi3q8pF7XkVMVG8I8FSeudevp-ceWXhIKfgI1CNvffbta8ENd8305or_5hCOoFhrW-u_M/w400-h300/20210907_172954.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>While most of my clothes could work for 1960's and early 70s, I did make a new dress to wear for Sunday. I've had a pattern for a shift dress from 1963 for a few months and wanted an excuse to make it. Malachi was going for a late 60's impression so I updated the dress by taking off a good 6" in length to bring it up into the later 60's. The pattern is for a basic A-line dress with a high neckline and semi fitted with darts in the back and princess seam darts in the front. I made two mock ups and traced out my final shapes onto new paper so that next time I can just cut and sew!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXA0dpRMXbMsHElmaupkLnLQHe1RJ0RKJswI0IgHB0CIxADRbRGSywuegZ6ja4wRJr9FsxzskG6yIDC9c58Z6LudPJlKYetWOCnxl1u4MrwL2o_XNLrKrjRC6TyuTorbPgf0afaRGgmI/s657/20210908_185351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="493" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXA0dpRMXbMsHElmaupkLnLQHe1RJ0RKJswI0IgHB0CIxADRbRGSywuegZ6ja4wRJr9FsxzskG6yIDC9c58Z6LudPJlKYetWOCnxl1u4MrwL2o_XNLrKrjRC6TyuTorbPgf0afaRGgmI/w300-h400/20210908_185351.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I made the dress from these cotton pillowcases I found on clearance at Wal Mart.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPgeLfpq4K6cpqUsbZAD40bPm6GUJKT88Qr0iVa8uBHaFRcYtwZfWXNxndhjeDYHaMlzr6IpXowhm1Reb6XRQOSkTG00cTD8nHqzCSmKwUAjJ2Rha1C1RBsgdK-v9uebJbCO6D5LE6dc/s600/20210907_141256.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPgeLfpq4K6cpqUsbZAD40bPm6GUJKT88Qr0iVa8uBHaFRcYtwZfWXNxndhjeDYHaMlzr6IpXowhm1Reb6XRQOSkTG00cTD8nHqzCSmKwUAjJ2Rha1C1RBsgdK-v9uebJbCO6D5LE6dc/w300-h400/20210907_141256.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>The print was a little off-grain, so I cut the pattern peices off grain to match the print. To keep the dress hanging ok I flatlined each piece with lightweight plain white cotton.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s8tmRvFryrJGgd6F33jwDHyOnuyiCgfnivkmngiXgV-mX1RmykTNgi3_RI7yOkJlL3pAj_UDe64CuODsclvxYQs32CV9Y2ro4YXEklHqHWoSU2YjofCTZ-xI3o0ahFh2LY0f6AZQlr4/s600/20210908_143720.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s8tmRvFryrJGgd6F33jwDHyOnuyiCgfnivkmngiXgV-mX1RmykTNgi3_RI7yOkJlL3pAj_UDe64CuODsclvxYQs32CV9Y2ro4YXEklHqHWoSU2YjofCTZ-xI3o0ahFh2LY0f6AZQlr4/w300-h400/20210908_143720.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It took me a few days to sew it carefully. I even put in a zipper without too much trouble! I bought some eyeshadow and liquid eyeliner and experimented with make up looks from the 60's. My children were horrified! 😂 I found a few cute scarves at Goodwill that had 60s and 70s vibes. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v6gS8-frgCGn7LK4MjF5gTNqcxytXZBEYEsDwNJqX3Ae_pzxsrysv90K-Fu15tHXDxqEIcFQVoDL5blGfxvwbuSzZYVE18iWAvXBI4iD2DobUn_knB8WNeTPsgXl6LhjXodXIRWiAks/s800/20210907_181315.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v6gS8-frgCGn7LK4MjF5gTNqcxytXZBEYEsDwNJqX3Ae_pzxsrysv90K-Fu15tHXDxqEIcFQVoDL5blGfxvwbuSzZYVE18iWAvXBI4iD2DobUn_knB8WNeTPsgXl6LhjXodXIRWiAks/w400-h300/20210907_181315.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Greenish blue with black in the crease.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYMnPmawxDZIQckSk9_zePOIoycLX6EcEy2bqmV6ReZWSayRSYUE-2MLz5JzaaycahKBRcCyYwg3Zvl8jnfzRKe6ac9-zCD9KBK46LzSodJrjpGBA9oL_qV6g-t2HwP9Hbbfa7gYZvqY/s800/20210905_180032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYMnPmawxDZIQckSk9_zePOIoycLX6EcEy2bqmV6ReZWSayRSYUE-2MLz5JzaaycahKBRcCyYwg3Zvl8jnfzRKe6ac9-zCD9KBK46LzSodJrjpGBA9oL_qV6g-t2HwP9Hbbfa7gYZvqY/w400-h300/20210905_180032.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silver and black. I ended up going with light blue-green on Saturday and beige on Sunday.</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since the rest of these pictures are ones I took at the event, here are the two outfits I wore. Then I can get into the real pictures! For Saturday I wore my vintage style Persephone Pants that I made a few years ago. These button fly, high waist, wide leg denim pants were very comfortable to wear all day. I paired the jeans with a white peasant blouse from my modern wardrobe and a few cross necklaces. This is the only picture I have of me on Saturday, from Saturday night at the hotel room I stayed at while Malachi camped with the guys. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscpJhmTH5JqohPPXVN63_CLqi8F73rV3yAvEmGNhFR_xbx7ShraJ-qJyG2sljQHzDTEPnC5w-oYzFtEtg31PTCu3GP-l5oFi4zCsJrAo7o3f0_mxEsyue2o99JEuUc3D0BmSUwxMesvU/s600/20210911_172440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhscpJhmTH5JqohPPXVN63_CLqi8F73rV3yAvEmGNhFR_xbx7ShraJ-qJyG2sljQHzDTEPnC5w-oYzFtEtg31PTCu3GP-l5oFi4zCsJrAo7o3f0_mxEsyue2o99JEuUc3D0BmSUwxMesvU/w300-h400/20210911_172440.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>On Sunday I wore my new dress, beige sandals I got for free from a garage sale setting out its leftovers 😁, a scarf and an antique necklace borrowed from my 1860's reenacting days. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuG99Yo1OsUr7FeR_vAYV9rxx93d_tPqUDlw46XCVo08B7UFLoFoP5HZt0zq3LvlbS9PQREYbsPS6sXuzZZuMiID8piNBiaeqMESrXAYlBoc_5h8fW5ORkwUMF2h0yEQAnCfExF4jK0zo/s600/20210912_094143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuG99Yo1OsUr7FeR_vAYV9rxx93d_tPqUDlw46XCVo08B7UFLoFoP5HZt0zq3LvlbS9PQREYbsPS6sXuzZZuMiID8piNBiaeqMESrXAYlBoc_5h8fW5ORkwUMF2h0yEQAnCfExF4jK0zo/w300-h400/20210912_094143.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Here is Malachi and I after arriving home Sunday afternoon. I begged him to allow me to have at least one picture with him and he grumpily agreed. Here he is wearing an original jacket he got in trade from a friend at the event. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9RGB6zlKmMQ-vRIxUD9I8R1A5Q_suGQwMBS-sgOv2UI7u122FwyY7jKsCIJdYunpvFJW9vZZTKDk6dUCzx65ZZneJa_NCET-HBASqS1hJ6eN6jRnvtUu-POsP3AmCE2fboGayEHZOkE/s2048/IMG_4416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9RGB6zlKmMQ-vRIxUD9I8R1A5Q_suGQwMBS-sgOv2UI7u122FwyY7jKsCIJdYunpvFJW9vZZTKDk6dUCzx65ZZneJa_NCET-HBASqS1hJ6eN6jRnvtUu-POsP3AmCE2fboGayEHZOkE/w266-h400/IMG_4416.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>He's working on a brown water navy impression now and it is a lot of fun seeing him develop his interest in Vietnam reenacting. We have two neighbors who are Vietnam veterans (Ralph was in the air force and Gary in the marines) and it is a war that still creates complex feelings in those who lived through it as well as those of us who only have heard about it. It was a terrible war but all those who served there deserve to be remembered, honored and thanked for their sacrifice. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86G5-0Vzz5eFcRwlP1JRkRJmdIXLSCuvrkdd8i3lTO_IDuolxDAXABLhR-S6rbgCkEctucfN3UdSZ6H-GohXTw6mt2OJE9zsGWgYBEL_CcIeq6OxH7iXxdiUOMIRn4W8xzJ4W5taJqsU/s800/20210911_123702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86G5-0Vzz5eFcRwlP1JRkRJmdIXLSCuvrkdd8i3lTO_IDuolxDAXABLhR-S6rbgCkEctucfN3UdSZ6H-GohXTw6mt2OJE9zsGWgYBEL_CcIeq6OxH7iXxdiUOMIRn4W8xzJ4W5taJqsU/s320/20210911_123702.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>In no particular order, here are some of the photos I took. I had such a wonderful time. I am so glad we had this opportunity to experience this together. I edited these in Lightroom to get a vintage feel.</p><p>Love,</p><p>Sarah</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ6jVh1WH6fbH9Zc2VbwXVa3F5wHIQXIyCUnSqbvuUOgTv-2U-aCcgrsfzqUKy1X7Tf9rUWBt1evJTKGxK9NrpY8W0UVY4TkUGZovv_TPhXy59-RZBWnH0IJTDp05YgaC90EIBz52yD8/s2048/IMG_4240.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ6jVh1WH6fbH9Zc2VbwXVa3F5wHIQXIyCUnSqbvuUOgTv-2U-aCcgrsfzqUKy1X7Tf9rUWBt1evJTKGxK9NrpY8W0UVY4TkUGZovv_TPhXy59-RZBWnH0IJTDp05YgaC90EIBz52yD8/w400-h300/IMG_4240.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNTpjIT0YZ9TisP3rEPTMRKJ5CtLwIU4EDS4FoXXNRX-Ji6tXXQz7Or3IvvqSpJAbAcVPNnTgWl7_LvlkK30K8_KG6koDi2Oa1S8ZbWDV5vYuQWxD4_1rGO2MgroBqwI0BK-p5dwiuQk/s2048/IMG_4245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-40303071158899859832021-08-31T09:47:00.002-05:002021-08-31T09:47:45.833-05:00Civil War Reenactment at Red Oak Old West TownBack at the beginning of May we attended a small, local Civil War event held at the property of one of our group members. Howard has built all the structures himself and furnished and decorated each one with a lot of attention to detail. The kids had a lot of fun exploring the town, running all over and watching the skirmishes both days. <div><br /></div><div>We haven't had any more Civil War events since this one and now several fall events have been precautionarily cancelled as covid variants have increased illnesses and hospitalizations lately. We may possibly attend a small Civil War living history event later next month, if it seems safe to do so.</div><div><br /></div><div>Much love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbDcj1YACP1kMNwLviZuweJ6q3YtmZM3d-C9eMbRxM1g9KC30ZXE6NXFeWWc1w0plbUAuWQt9bkwMHqiLsGcMGraWMnMqrGiQD2U_jd4DIMBBOV1kTazrPsIlIHbSqVo14qqmMs4M31w/s2048/IMG_3620.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXbDcj1YACP1kMNwLviZuweJ6q3YtmZM3d-C9eMbRxM1g9KC30ZXE6NXFeWWc1w0plbUAuWQt9bkwMHqiLsGcMGraWMnMqrGiQD2U_jd4DIMBBOV1kTazrPsIlIHbSqVo14qqmMs4M31w/w400-h266/IMG_3620.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Malachi and Judah only came out for a little while on Saturday</div><div style="text-align: center;">morning. I remade an 18th century style shirt into a mid-19th century one</div><div style="text-align: center;">for Malachi by adding a button placket and a new</div><div style="text-align: center;">white collar. This hybrid style shirt</div><div style="text-align: center;">was seen in the mid-19th century and it was much less work to alter</div><div style="text-align: center;">his shirt than make an entirely new one.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhVYi0tHAsz9zhDA1cc11PwAFKmeQ2ka8Bg95gnbl8ggNgIfT1waDCcPxVR8MzYnf9xjcbdySj8USj8-9blV-FER4Sa7cageMLSN4ldJEkbcloDfdm2Qf6eef2zg5XaZ8a5iNSrk4oLA/s2048/IMG_3622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhVYi0tHAsz9zhDA1cc11PwAFKmeQ2ka8Bg95gnbl8ggNgIfT1waDCcPxVR8MzYnf9xjcbdySj8USj8-9blV-FER4Sa7cageMLSN4ldJEkbcloDfdm2Qf6eef2zg5XaZ8a5iNSrk4oLA/w266-h400/IMG_3622.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was Benjamin's birthday weekend and he had so much fun!<br />I made him new linen trousers and a loose, belted tunic. However, he <br />insisted on wearing a sack coat and kepi. This wouldn't have been worn by little boys<br />in the 1860's (except on rare occasions when someone may have had a mini uniform <br />purposely made for their son) but Benjamin was happy and I don't feel super strict<br />about authenticity for these events anymore.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDd8IP-LBLYS8mA0Ph1vhSXUQkP13lNB9QsrUpTQUZMDM3MnNoN-W-6CyhbnBz0lSeFK8lCcUQ2Pusn7pmd_lvWMJMN0wJc3V4W5Kl51RIOkh146ly1ShsE7Y64Z0EVhO6IxB9az1WRs/s2048/IMG_3712-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDd8IP-LBLYS8mA0Ph1vhSXUQkP13lNB9QsrUpTQUZMDM3MnNoN-W-6CyhbnBz0lSeFK8lCcUQ2Pusn7pmd_lvWMJMN0wJc3V4W5Kl51RIOkh146ly1ShsE7Y64Z0EVhO6IxB9az1WRs/w300-h400/IMG_3712-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rose wore one of Anne's old dresses - this was Sunday! One of the<br />buildings is a small general store and the kids loved buying candy there! Rose was very<br />proud of her blue tongue. 😂</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN62ZvrnzrRjs8k4YtQ8giACir_u37a5zQCcb6prp3_iDHJldnhQpi6xmxnTsd5-PU3HrVZtO6dWa8dRyng8cN3RzOTa2-JTgYcUFuVfnrPVhJFG1d5d9X8DHABCkPP-5RBDPGBMsGv4k/s2048/IMG_3713.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN62ZvrnzrRjs8k4YtQ8giACir_u37a5zQCcb6prp3_iDHJldnhQpi6xmxnTsd5-PU3HrVZtO6dWa8dRyng8cN3RzOTa2-JTgYcUFuVfnrPVhJFG1d5d9X8DHABCkPP-5RBDPGBMsGv4k/w300-h400/IMG_3713.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-buq6Qa4Zn-NP08mE_IE3ptCb0MjIMw-9Xdvx-2UMno19U58qrzjlnwd6B-95E33D50E_5B4o-xMFlSTNQoA7XAkVgKMXbN-vqUyQqJgwi-D0K7zPZGFCeh0g1wNPfTDper5CsTFpd8/s2048/IMG_3714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-buq6Qa4Zn-NP08mE_IE3ptCb0MjIMw-9Xdvx-2UMno19U58qrzjlnwd6B-95E33D50E_5B4o-xMFlSTNQoA7XAkVgKMXbN-vqUyQqJgwi-D0K7zPZGFCeh0g1wNPfTDper5CsTFpd8/w400-h266/IMG_3714.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anne had to visit the horse! She loves all animals and this was the highlight of the event for her!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgux3wEgVjy_BJ-i-k9aR-yFr9O9f0KpG0P2fHqSdb6S5cG_vvpKAmpzD5quIRx8dUNMfARvyCfN_BQ3-OwjRCsDJqRzgRzGKTCGDtDVjwdCqk3XY9PgofYAUJT3Pj5JRlITSodoluJhsA/s2048/IMG_3720-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgux3wEgVjy_BJ-i-k9aR-yFr9O9f0KpG0P2fHqSdb6S5cG_vvpKAmpzD5quIRx8dUNMfARvyCfN_BQ3-OwjRCsDJqRzgRzGKTCGDtDVjwdCqk3XY9PgofYAUJT3Pj5JRlITSodoluJhsA/w400-h300/IMG_3720-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVNnG8IyGuU8Zdv65ofbwSfWYGbAOwtLhHhxuQErhXPN58aYmkkMvNzKZOTy3nENKcgfw_U9sWa7LSlaBAISA5O5feKYOEeqnwHJDKVEnRNRroIQHSfGI12PC7wtTy1ZED5ZZqls3GeM/s2048/IMG_3724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCVNnG8IyGuU8Zdv65ofbwSfWYGbAOwtLhHhxuQErhXPN58aYmkkMvNzKZOTy3nENKcgfw_U9sWa7LSlaBAISA5O5feKYOEeqnwHJDKVEnRNRroIQHSfGI12PC7wtTy1ZED5ZZqls3GeM/w266-h400/IMG_3724.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David purchased a vintage bugle from a sutler at the event.<br />Oh boy. I didn't know it then but it was the start of a summer-long<br />obsession for David. He discovered he has a natural knack<br />at bugle playing and almost immediately decided he wanted a trombone, too.<br />Now, in late August, he has accumulated 3 trombones (a Bach, a Bundy and a Yamaha)<br />and is saving up for a euphonium. His eventual goal is a tuba!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds0zUDFn09V40vMkPK4jFyprWVxOgjQgsKOYTHUQaFy5NnTF0IQOQ2OChfp79Yt6ew2S9hJe-7WVWql-R9GqValIBERKF10d31hhzPzKvErviB976f0ai2PeSrAIMh7rX5hPyvIhyphenhyphen6qc/s2048/IMG_3733-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgds0zUDFn09V40vMkPK4jFyprWVxOgjQgsKOYTHUQaFy5NnTF0IQOQ2OChfp79Yt6ew2S9hJe-7WVWql-R9GqValIBERKF10d31hhzPzKvErviB976f0ai2PeSrAIMh7rX5hPyvIhyphenhyphen6qc/w400-h300/IMG_3733-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls brought blank books to write in and had fun drawing pictures and writing little stories.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtHoR4S7l40Znr48GWkHCW5674m_pwilf4xyIZonfp_n8GMFN0IGi8kwDFPPORCGE9i-me4bRzQr3VvmB_LFJxz5D5VKKChCBaR104wcezle-UKGWpFq_sI_hgvZ5fBa1yFqsrL0lIIM/s2048/IMG_3741-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtHoR4S7l40Znr48GWkHCW5674m_pwilf4xyIZonfp_n8GMFN0IGi8kwDFPPORCGE9i-me4bRzQr3VvmB_LFJxz5D5VKKChCBaR104wcezle-UKGWpFq_sI_hgvZ5fBa1yFqsrL0lIIM/w300-h400/IMG_3741-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made Anne's dress in a day so it doesn't have the detail and trimmings I'd like, but<br />she didn't hate wearing it. The fabric is a really pretty purple, pink, white and blue cotton<br />I found at an antique shop earlier in the spring. It was $5 for 3 yards and we barely had enough fabric but we made it!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsndb4JyQeWlYbG8ezDTtlfnZp5rbUz6fe1fGyJVPDOlye5Y2i3VieVKe6pvSZzwbg-MqRuMJMVNtkE5P2eTaDrJo7oyWSxlXwbEBceeZiOILZR8tr0SSiCgbA3Pb2U-tlzWyWhd42yw/s2048/IMG_3637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsndb4JyQeWlYbG8ezDTtlfnZp5rbUz6fe1fGyJVPDOlye5Y2i3VieVKe6pvSZzwbg-MqRuMJMVNtkE5P2eTaDrJo7oyWSxlXwbEBceeZiOILZR8tr0SSiCgbA3Pb2U-tlzWyWhd42yw/w400-h266/IMG_3637.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIRdLkZ5dUmeB2d9QAXKMus0AnIaeItl9qMNDTvkTAVx4dlEk19wjlpdafnBXhuowxrpy8FZ3JXa4kraFcvYUGViAhAzpgi42tHm_tN3u_8iQV7BrOHYaY5L0sev18UO5CMu1tVAUGlk/s2048/IMG_3645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I always get a lot of positive comments<br />on this dress when I wear it, even though it is not my favorite. The hat was a $1 blank from Goodwill<br />made of a lacey open weave straw and I shaped it and added trim from an old hat that was squished beyond repair. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-36879575285245145482021-07-31T07:31:00.002-05:002021-07-31T07:31:25.010-05:00Shirts for Anne & Rose from Ragamuffin Patterns lil Rebel Raglan I applied for testing a pattern earlier this year, in the spring when a pattern designer posted a call for testers for a cute raglan pattern for girls. I was accepted and over the next month or two sewed up a few versions of this pattern while it was in testing/tweaking stage. It's been a little while now since the final pattern was released and here are some photos of Rose and Anne modeling their finished garments!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_H6dY1o7QI8ytzoDc-YjFMROPnuamc6lfyDv6vOHdmH7p3aAQoLrVDLavRcEvhuEIj1raVlujOi2YQQEIAlw43n_mlgOpmmk0swBfIJOoCkW6h6Y6oZPxNtOqpE_Kp8uaFW4gAyyG5Y/s2048/IMG_3922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_H6dY1o7QI8ytzoDc-YjFMROPnuamc6lfyDv6vOHdmH7p3aAQoLrVDLavRcEvhuEIj1raVlujOi2YQQEIAlw43n_mlgOpmmk0swBfIJOoCkW6h6Y6oZPxNtOqpE_Kp8uaFW4gAyyG5Y/w266-h400/IMG_3922.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8kmuYQ0u5ms_zXx-j07uKjL1lqf2yMU2Uv2SLsIF3inx4cHUdKwLMJbybKcauo1eg2tXmfSsrforZJGQlidEbLJDLVPgxBecJCyrwopEUuw6tSMTThX7b4DlnKwtB8hMzdKLXUQZIZ8/s2048/IMG_3927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8kmuYQ0u5ms_zXx-j07uKjL1lqf2yMU2Uv2SLsIF3inx4cHUdKwLMJbybKcauo1eg2tXmfSsrforZJGQlidEbLJDLVPgxBecJCyrwopEUuw6tSMTThX7b4DlnKwtB8hMzdKLXUQZIZ8/w266-h400/IMG_3927.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftdhLL75y1M-qRJEOqiGrsE-6De9KMsVge_Cf967y9YYaV7Ugq6oFy2Ri6hQjTkF8_3uOOBoushlzMuH9lpLPaOgydgduH3j4-yZXTbZRL4tC7UTk8CShU86bUwJbIJo5ORnpRl1A7-s/s2048/IMG_3932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftdhLL75y1M-qRJEOqiGrsE-6De9KMsVge_Cf967y9YYaV7Ugq6oFy2Ri6hQjTkF8_3uOOBoushlzMuH9lpLPaOgydgduH3j4-yZXTbZRL4tC7UTk8CShU86bUwJbIJo5ORnpRl1A7-s/w266-h400/IMG_3932.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div>The pattern is the<a href="https://littleragamuffin.com/product/ragamuffin-patterns-lil-rebel-raglan/"> Lil Rebel Raglan by Ragamuffin Patterns.</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The pattern is super versatile, with length options (from crop top to maxi length), sleeve lengths (from cap to long sleeve), neckline options, hood options, pocket options and sizes from baby through girls 12. While Anne just fits into the 12, the large sizing range will make this a definite go-to pattern for Rose through the next few years, and the ladies Rebel Raglan picks up where the girls pattern leaves off, so I can use that one as Anne grows into those sizes (how is she this big already?!)</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_p9fAxkkwUIT57Coga8YMLtZn1uSLHDI57NpTjuaNwgpL15WPlNj7MLtbxZB3FDLh3LvOwyvzI9Tl4kfiYFZfCrbjgKmkauiuvDrWh5XQ3L6tqGXi3jQHZqjMGiCIFG9abnVlWFt3aQ/s2048/IMG_3884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-_p9fAxkkwUIT57Coga8YMLtZn1uSLHDI57NpTjuaNwgpL15WPlNj7MLtbxZB3FDLh3LvOwyvzI9Tl4kfiYFZfCrbjgKmkauiuvDrWh5XQ3L6tqGXi3jQHZqjMGiCIFG9abnVlWFt3aQ/s320/IMG_3884.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>While it's been a few years now since I started working with knits, it still is always a challenge. While I feel pretty confident with my serger now I struggled a lot with hems on knits. Double needles break in my modern machine and although I could probably take time to adjust all my machine settings to get a nice double stitched hem with a twin needle and wooly nylon in the bobbin, it seemed a huge headache to have to do that every time I need to hem on knits. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVxQ4fXWkodivrbSt_KvZ1o9xX5keVKVIBnGqgcQH2-TcEKhzeHCHWNrzgjTsvc_S9FMRnxaCNBlcYzKaIWQNIooVhuspDV37Sgx7e2MEqR5uFIs1mohC7jS3dfOdH1l6oQtv6CUXy7I/s2048/IMG_3892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVxQ4fXWkodivrbSt_KvZ1o9xX5keVKVIBnGqgcQH2-TcEKhzeHCHWNrzgjTsvc_S9FMRnxaCNBlcYzKaIWQNIooVhuspDV37Sgx7e2MEqR5uFIs1mohC7jS3dfOdH1l6oQtv6CUXy7I/w266-h400/IMG_3892.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV5PJgYxcpfdR19WJQGS_9oeSQhgTsyqGZNci5-fPd5KHqX6PIXbDjEJbFoQxcc73phlO2BcGTfOrSX_wKm2HORjpUYbcsNRsxtwCxsz2xTocvapuDRS5qPYmtTEUT-mYh4w90jcb3Wc/s2048/IMG_3894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV5PJgYxcpfdR19WJQGS_9oeSQhgTsyqGZNci5-fPd5KHqX6PIXbDjEJbFoQxcc73phlO2BcGTfOrSX_wKm2HORjpUYbcsNRsxtwCxsz2xTocvapuDRS5qPYmtTEUT-mYh4w90jcb3Wc/w266-h400/IMG_3894.jpg" width="266" /></a></div>I found a second hand coverstitch machine through Facebook marketplace and decided to get it. It was not love at first sight, or for a while. I soon learned coverstitch machines are super sensitive and I will never be able to just pop my stretchy fabric under the presser foot and merrily stitch away. I have to sew samples first, adjust the settings, make sure the needle and thread weight are correct for my fabric, etc. BUT! Once all that is done, the results are really nice. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER1oDIJR_iMFlAYz8Xo1xc7ZV19ov99GUtNFyotTHjUSn-cwilXvQ3zRVQFKXlCOzT71TtT6CT7Ft_Y-4D3y7jfb74tqSJR-idN5d2bgYE2M2yW-LZCkXKbq12jjknPzeIG4IKicd2jQ/s2048/IMG_3943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgER1oDIJR_iMFlAYz8Xo1xc7ZV19ov99GUtNFyotTHjUSn-cwilXvQ3zRVQFKXlCOzT71TtT6CT7Ft_Y-4D3y7jfb74tqSJR-idN5d2bgYE2M2yW-LZCkXKbq12jjknPzeIG4IKicd2jQ/w266-h400/IMG_3943.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInjHUXWds2TveY2a9mZAhhml_uwlpKRlXy6FaOUTwWRIhR2bu63tJjdRWDGX2G6djsm7swYzA_G4sOonWmGAO1Vd704eYg5Q2dN0HIWX0SKYCkdW94sJ9f_OcrXkpMldydVQXnREI7Pk/s2048/IMG_3941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgInjHUXWds2TveY2a9mZAhhml_uwlpKRlXy6FaOUTwWRIhR2bu63tJjdRWDGX2G6djsm7swYzA_G4sOonWmGAO1Vd704eYg5Q2dN0HIWX0SKYCkdW94sJ9f_OcrXkpMldydVQXnREI7Pk/w266-h400/IMG_3941.jpg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Although, I think my frustration with initially getting to know that machine has been partly a cause of me sewing absolutely nothing by machine since then - all hand sewing the last few months as I continue progress on my Bronze Age clothing. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUnE4JRrIUkuUdYkhyphenhyphen4-ZHor2RMkX30ooSGCFzITKFv-oK7rKk0qSYrmbHi3f2yd-ZioeaRKVZS36HdlzRmZhYOxWVzMnFR3hDHkGsW10BpBX0WGIkOY76CkBIrSVwveftJdCF4GZeoo/s2048/IMG_3972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I am glad I did this test sewing and happy to have a good, basic, versatile pattern for my girls. They definitely wear these kinds of clothing much more often than any other kind. They like clothes that are cute and comfortable and that they can play and run around in. No little-house-on-the-prairie style dresses for these girls, alas! 😂 </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0LMtk8m8VHuGfiPYmoYc3XLcu2yd7iziTe7aM2Pp_fbgD5A1tdGC99_WIg4C52ILAUKff5OKvKAaslR_HZBmJb6nai5DQpx7ew9XMKU5o8pmMvoGmA8-2Epk7K5zwxPxFMWCAZTenic/s2048/IMG_4015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0LMtk8m8VHuGfiPYmoYc3XLcu2yd7iziTe7aM2Pp_fbgD5A1tdGC99_WIg4C52ILAUKff5OKvKAaslR_HZBmJb6nai5DQpx7ew9XMKU5o8pmMvoGmA8-2Epk7K5zwxPxFMWCAZTenic/w266-h400/IMG_4015.jpg" width="266" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div>School starts in less than 3 weeks. It's been a fun, full, busy summer and I look forward to blogging more and having time to share what has been going on once the kids are back in school. </div><div><br /></div><div>Much love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah</div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-54597874185663629592021-05-25T08:58:00.003-05:002021-05-25T09:16:55.522-05:00End of School YearToday I woke up a little before 6, as I always do and went through the morning routine of fixing breakfast and waking up the kids - first the oldest, and then an hour later the little ones. Today is their last full day of school and as I snapped a quick pic of the youngest three before we walked to the bus stop I felt that familiar bittersweet ache as I reflected on how much bigger they are than they were on the first day of school last August. <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFVffPhfly7OC7SOT6ztERpcKRKtrHUA8gOabQbY3lu7GqUkmI-xBYY9pRK5bvIB-d0zizHTraZ_DytMOfZ1NmxB3opAx58NqLHPgM8F62tIImTkM8OMrR2QFHgLuBsivEllPgBfwp4A/s600/20210525_082914.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFVffPhfly7OC7SOT6ztERpcKRKtrHUA8gOabQbY3lu7GqUkmI-xBYY9pRK5bvIB-d0zizHTraZ_DytMOfZ1NmxB3opAx58NqLHPgM8F62tIImTkM8OMrR2QFHgLuBsivEllPgBfwp4A/w480-h640/20210525_082914.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>These kids went back to school during a time full of uncertainty and many strange, new routines and precautions. They had smaller classroom sizes, spaced desks, wore masks every day and yet - well, they did it! They learned things and made friends and created beautiful art and sang songs and played on the playground at recess. At the beginning of the year their teachers weren't sure if we would have more than a few weeks of normal school before we had to go remote but even though we did have some cases of covid, the school never shut down. Benjamin had to quarantine last fall when someone in his school tested positive for Covid, and then David had to a few weeks later but they did their online schoolwork just fine and after 10 days transitioned back into a classroom setting with no problems. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAO4Lyx4gwmk_g2JV3rlKuGzOmh9xwdBe90TFA1smigoUpYDuQTBxgarER4gwaFJTIlRC8k7S3qXdSDZ4aCSf_3q39Tj_FlC2Z_b5CMXowrAXCdP8V3qgBzd02eiG9ifBy07IADkaSoE/s600/20210516_153048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAO4Lyx4gwmk_g2JV3rlKuGzOmh9xwdBe90TFA1smigoUpYDuQTBxgarER4gwaFJTIlRC8k7S3qXdSDZ4aCSf_3q39Tj_FlC2Z_b5CMXowrAXCdP8V3qgBzd02eiG9ifBy07IADkaSoE/w480-h640/20210516_153048.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>They are all immensely excited for summer break! I'm a little overwhelemd! Haha. They will all be home all summer this year so we have been making lists of fun things we can do locally and that are cost effective. Free movie day in a neighboring town each week, plenty of places to go swimming, fishing and hiking and Judah has a full schedule of baseball games over the next month and a half. There will be VBS and reading programs at the library and preparing for 4H judging this summer and the fair in September! We will be busy. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmGlq-zgW3fQUP9rtU0sDpXNUPCYDajjRQw93-ALgMhQ4u3MFgcInCVYtDtN3HCkeDshCjUemhQvSZSXTUCBw8KPusxyYH9pIPHIf0vgWXZJDf8LnAr612m0DxBi6h9LSOJKHKZYpHeY/s600/20210520_175145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmGlq-zgW3fQUP9rtU0sDpXNUPCYDajjRQw93-ALgMhQ4u3MFgcInCVYtDtN3HCkeDshCjUemhQvSZSXTUCBw8KPusxyYH9pIPHIf0vgWXZJDf8LnAr612m0DxBi6h9LSOJKHKZYpHeY/w480-h640/20210520_175145.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div><div>I've been working on a few modern sewing projects as part of a test group for a girls pattern that will be released soon. I was feeling pretty apathetic about sewing so signed up for testing as a way to kind of force me to get back into it a little. I'm glad I did. It's been fun sewing things for the girls and using modern materials and sewing methods. While it's often cheaper to buy second hand clothing for the kids instead of making them from scratch it's nice to be able to sew something special for them from time to time. And the pre cut knits from Wal Mart make these kind of projects pretty darn affordable! Once the pattern is released I can share my makes! </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXtMPlE0cuRWynEfxRg-5AlzkeOc70hjEndJYrsy6DAgHZYQzkQiuEGNMGH6_2l3GUu3rErW9TYKGOPNOzUHzQ6ZI-jy7pQCYFdtlJEA9m9rsPRAAl6Vczf90Ay4Ad4O8PB2sMpzhNq0/s600/20210508_193755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXtMPlE0cuRWynEfxRg-5AlzkeOc70hjEndJYrsy6DAgHZYQzkQiuEGNMGH6_2l3GUu3rErW9TYKGOPNOzUHzQ6ZI-jy7pQCYFdtlJEA9m9rsPRAAl6Vczf90Ay4Ad4O8PB2sMpzhNq0/w480-h640/20210508_193755.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I think I've been so stressed lately and have lost so much interest in things because my mom has been so sick. A few weeks ago my sister messaged me that she was in really bad shape and it was definitely possible we could lose her. The hospital only allowed my dad and one other person (my brother filled that role) as visitors so it's been extremely frustrating and heartbreaking to be stuck here unable to even visit my mother. My uncle did fly out from Rhode Island and was snuck into my moms room by my brother just in case it was the last time he could see her. That same night I called my dad in a panic and he had a very rational, calm, realistic view of things that really helped me feel a lot calmer and more optimistic. Sure enough, my mother did begin to get better very soon after that. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjh7dZ6TtVKT9m4PRB5PCrehf_060y8L0qmFCpY9U2WIY5COchhnKi3CzzD08KzUBzd3t9R2m7oPi01AxIgqELKh40t2LgCL5DhXRIYPHBzPHn7k4LANoBfunQo-QFYHZ22L-UXNe_GE/s800/20210504_073104.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjh7dZ6TtVKT9m4PRB5PCrehf_060y8L0qmFCpY9U2WIY5COchhnKi3CzzD08KzUBzd3t9R2m7oPi01AxIgqELKh40t2LgCL5DhXRIYPHBzPHn7k4LANoBfunQo-QFYHZ22L-UXNe_GE/w640-h480/20210504_073104.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>She continues to have her ups and downs but she is, I think, on an updward trend. So many people worldwide are praying for her!
She has improved enough to be moved to a different hospital where her rehab will be more focused on. So that is a good thing! The new hospital will only allow my dad to visit so I will need to hang tight til my mom is well enough to either transfer to a facility that allows extra visitors or (most hopefully) she can go home and continue physical therapy on an outpatient basis.
My sister in law, Heidi, set up a CaringBridge page for my mom and posts updates often: <a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/pamedwards">CaringBridge for Pam Edwards</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/pamedwards"></a>
I do have some historic sewing goals for 2021. I guess I'll make a list here as now is as good a time as any to write things down. </div><div><br /></div><div>1. Finish my 1890's ensemble - all I have left is the actual dress! And I have the fabric and patterns and the mock up is fitted. I just need to actually sew it! </div><div><br /></div><div>2. Make a Welsh costume, probably styled after late 18th/early 19th century fashions. I have been researching this since the start of the year and have everything I need, including some dark blue wool for the ubiquitous Welsh cloak! I just need to actually start. I have linen laid out for my shift and a pattern printed for a late 18th century lightly boned corset/stays. I just need to start. </div><div><br /></div><div>3. Make a European Bronze Age era costume. I've been researching this the past month or so. My interest in the Bronze Age really took off as I listened to YouTube documentaries over the winter and realized, damn, I never learned about this in school. I'm super excited about this one and it's probably one that I will begin sooner rather than later. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnOEnoXUJ8wh3ngLPwbW1IG0R_GtADbPrBzl4p3Kv82Bk4b4ROIaK1ipZi6hEqiUgh1vHWr8yY86y2pidr7cvS4DkjRzqyTJTzVBJxctkUCHrsfhwsiBej752MzuUuWSASa7a_YXe_Mk/s800/20210518_195844.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnOEnoXUJ8wh3ngLPwbW1IG0R_GtADbPrBzl4p3Kv82Bk4b4ROIaK1ipZi6hEqiUgh1vHWr8yY86y2pidr7cvS4DkjRzqyTJTzVBJxctkUCHrsfhwsiBej752MzuUuWSASa7a_YXe_Mk/w400-h300/20210518_195844.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Last week I did take out the tablet weaving cards I made a few years ago and finally took the time to thread them up and begin weaving, <a href="https://www.earthguild.com/products/riff/rcdweave.htm">using the directions from Earth Guild.</a>
For the Bronze Age impression I am going for, tablet weaving in a colored pattern is likely not the most accurate choice. I will finish this piece as a practice piece and am making a backstrap repp weave belt in two shades of grey for my Bronze Age outfit. For later periods, colored tablet woven patterns are accurate. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjbCw6vlMP6NysJ_ufdnROk-8eLOt2suoSVauloitNKrWxTQW55e6vwF3SjUIFigtC0bj5ZiswaYZ4w33jeHZWwii3H55c9UHoDmqoOI5oKVNPTQJG7Lih7WUS2EjaCcguAIUjCgFyf4/s600/Screenshot_20210504-194704_Kindle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="284" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjbCw6vlMP6NysJ_ufdnROk-8eLOt2suoSVauloitNKrWxTQW55e6vwF3SjUIFigtC0bj5ZiswaYZ4w33jeHZWwii3H55c9UHoDmqoOI5oKVNPTQJG7Lih7WUS2EjaCcguAIUjCgFyf4/w302-h640/Screenshot_20210504-194704_Kindle.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>4. Make an Iron Age era costume, consisting of a linen underdress or tunic and a wool peplos type of dress. This is something I've planned since making my Druid robes a few years ago knowing that eventually I'd want to make a more historically accurate version. For this outfit, a tablet woven belt will be just fine. This isn't as high on my priority list as the Bronze Age costume but it is so simple it wouldn't take long to make at all. I think for this one I will order some reproduction fibula to pin the shoulders instead of trying to make my own. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/782885154/ancient-spectacle-fibula-brooch?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=iron+age+fibula&ref=sr_gallery-1-8&from_market_listing_grid_organic=1">Etsy has some really beautiful reproduction pins!</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzfJUMvr-7jqtfeNup-GbotqOjb4ij1Q3hLRlVLSDaRwts-tOUOHT8r6WtJyjC95UVU27GRMvVEUUGPcjNhZw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />Besides that, I want to continue to learn Welsh (have been doing so daily since January!), go on lots of hikes, visit state parks I've not been to yet, play my instruments, cook lots of good food and grow beautiful tomatoes. We aren't have a regular garden this year since Lucy, our dog, wouldn't respect it (lol). So we have 12 tomato plants where she can't mess with them and I hope they do well this year. I also want to go to garage sales and visit my mom when she is well enough and in a place where I can go see her!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXc7RU49UwBU9Hd0LZ3degsukZjjRG52pkjUKswzntsKQR6QuxTQJZ4YaHE-GC3PaAkjgyLpUKrARbn2kzw3Zr6IOmQkP9eAOfJCZZWG-IuIBHawnUwyWLzJi9wQYcgz3VP7uKLPNEiQ/s2048/IMG_3747.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXc7RU49UwBU9Hd0LZ3degsukZjjRG52pkjUKswzntsKQR6QuxTQJZ4YaHE-GC3PaAkjgyLpUKrARbn2kzw3Zr6IOmQkP9eAOfJCZZWG-IuIBHawnUwyWLzJi9wQYcgz3VP7uKLPNEiQ/w426-h640/IMG_3747.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /></div><div>We did go to a Civil War event at the beginning of the month and we had a great time! I was all enthusiastic about 1860's stuff again for a week or two before and after. However, that enthusiasm was very short lived. 😂 It just feels stale to me right now. I know this feeling won't last forever. But I'm way more interested in the projects I listed above. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cP1PBQnQJcq2bR0tnsh2i8216G1Kb_Cz6KCDvh4WSA_bubjGvqxNXYtsFrfCoX4H7heSNvL_EEnuJ_xbXYvmW8r797A3XYTW2SsATNu8pGJZ24pwf-qlondtPP4OQ7qLX0Gw1T22fTo/s800/20210429_124556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cP1PBQnQJcq2bR0tnsh2i8216G1Kb_Cz6KCDvh4WSA_bubjGvqxNXYtsFrfCoX4H7heSNvL_EEnuJ_xbXYvmW8r797A3XYTW2SsATNu8pGJZ24pwf-qlondtPP4OQ7qLX0Gw1T22fTo/w640-h480/20210429_124556.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I got my second Moderna shot at the end of April and now, more than two weeks out, I am fully vaccinated! I am so thankful for that. In June Ohio is dropping their mask mandates and currently fully vaccinated people can go into stores without having to wear masks. I still feel extremely exposed and weird not wearing one. I generally just automatically put one on. The girls plan to repurpose their old masks from the school year into doll hammocks. </div><div><br /></div><div>Much love,</div><div>Sarah</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-55066014353328157552021-04-28T06:52:00.004-05:002021-04-28T07:00:44.301-05:00An 1860's White Waist and Shaped Belt <div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHtAV22e3RdHXyynx7d0brMSeOvw-ENwGQJOOEMIipBaV-ghL1nfxLG_mT9CznQJSpWK2y3gEhf8gJgPN76L3mq5u4EsMeSuCHCscXZ9yCWMEeQlAhm3Qnrx1JJ4OJEruYP29uUFd60c/w400-h266/IMG_3460.jpg" width="400" /> </p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;">As the end of April is already here and we are getting ready to go this weekend to our first small living history / Civil War reenactment since the fall of 2019, I wanted to share these pictures of a finished ensemble I made a month or two ago. Not that I will be wearing this outfit this weekend (I won't - rural, poor, working class is definitely my favorite!) but as Rose just turned six years old recently I thought these would be nice to share. We took these pictures on a warm, windy day in March and she is wearing the pink dotted swiss dress I made for Anne several years ago. I made this particular outfit in coordination with a friend of mine who wanted photos of more upper-class shoes. Which I am wearing in these pictures, but shoes are hard to see in most photos!</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRRDb8_PeFfS89bFQXtrgYmSZvZ-aknIvYOXlR8Q6NLTRkXobYa0hyphenhyphenZ1U2RnKZD2R60lTYNZboGjerFM1g6Gpoif5wwNXDfKAS_YwGl75fybDJ3jpQhqGEk_WbXBi9ZCaCPGiAJKyfhU/s2048/IMG_3468.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRRDb8_PeFfS89bFQXtrgYmSZvZ-aknIvYOXlR8Q6NLTRkXobYa0hyphenhyphenZ1U2RnKZD2R60lTYNZboGjerFM1g6Gpoif5wwNXDfKAS_YwGl75fybDJ3jpQhqGEk_WbXBi9ZCaCPGiAJKyfhU/w266-h400/IMG_3468.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Rose is the only child that hasn't needed new 1860's clothes. It's been so very long since I've made any of the children any clothing for Civil War events that even all the hand me downs were too small for all but Rose. I've known this fact since the beginning of the year but it took me almost four months to make trousers, shirts, braces (suspenders) and waistcoats for the big boys. I just can't sew as fast as I used to. I only made two vests since the pattern I bought for the boys two years ago the oldest two mostly outgrew before I had a chance to make it up. Oh well, Malachi will have two vests that will fit him awhile, David can squeeze into one of them for this weekend and I am ordering the next pattern size up for Judah! How did all three of my little boys become as big as, or bigger than, grown men?!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZRT7snINcnuhpzO46jPb9QAD38uOvOlwK5H7C4relngdhLH8VpBCASeY5COKsLD1Y9BFwUz2mp8bp_ucH0vPy5HMz3nwEdixYoPywdX3sExQBfrlQGyiLcrzTWgiwSMHzCQ0yzbglg8/s2048/IMG_3450.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZRT7snINcnuhpzO46jPb9QAD38uOvOlwK5H7C4relngdhLH8VpBCASeY5COKsLD1Y9BFwUz2mp8bp_ucH0vPy5HMz3nwEdixYoPywdX3sExQBfrlQGyiLcrzTWgiwSMHzCQ0yzbglg8/w266-h400/IMG_3450.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I listened to all of the videos from Fall of Civilizations channel on YouTube while making these. I really enjoyed that and was sad when I came to the end of the last one, about the Inca civilization. Damn! I love history and although I learned a lot about American history during my years in (home)school, I didn't learn as much about world history. And I feel like I am discovering SO much I never knew about or even had the knowledge to wonder about before. It has made the hours sewing these clothes, bit by bit, really fun and interesting for me. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8tG6LDO3UMnpnQTQYjhif_qHDqEV8uLl1FOz3n7gERJO1DhQtmspbxSNAmPmNlka-C2kNhks3i7Y8uePj-hhRxyMdGURDaMehI_zInx_5FTioZYRf5bRrV8AcbCdU1ZhH-luRc6IZLw/s2048/IMG_3444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8tG6LDO3UMnpnQTQYjhif_qHDqEV8uLl1FOz3n7gERJO1DhQtmspbxSNAmPmNlka-C2kNhks3i7Y8uePj-hhRxyMdGURDaMehI_zInx_5FTioZYRf5bRrV8AcbCdU1ZhH-luRc6IZLw/w266-h400/IMG_3444.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The podcast/sewing time has also been one of the only things that has given me a few minutes of calm the past few weeks as my mom was very sick in the days leading up to Easter and shortly after a covid test came back positive. I was really upset when the hospital sent her home after diagnosing her with pnuemonia and giving her an antibiotic pack. A few days later she had to go back due to critically low oxygen and she has been fighting for her life ever since. Now that she is doing better I feel like I, too, can breathe easier. She is by no means recovered yet but thankfully( she is still with us and seems to be improving. It will, however, be a long road to back to normal, or perhaps the finding of a new normal. If you feel moved to, please pray for her as well as for my father as he is recovering from covid too. </span> </span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxgVW7l0QLCaJ2c-CSmUzB1eRjNrkcopGGhoiFsH3QtpzGrJAz3R14jaDUrlbvpx5PlPX7M1yGQPh0vFbMHgORmz8qlC6EFRRG-5Xtwpnce1XjTb-J5zl3T7zIBIeDEk34aCDMuzTTPk/s2048/IMG_3486.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxgVW7l0QLCaJ2c-CSmUzB1eRjNrkcopGGhoiFsH3QtpzGrJAz3R14jaDUrlbvpx5PlPX7M1yGQPh0vFbMHgORmz8qlC6EFRRG-5Xtwpnce1XjTb-J5zl3T7zIBIeDEk34aCDMuzTTPk/w400-h266/IMG_3486.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I go tomorrow to get my 2nd moderna shot. I'm hoping that I feel well enough to go to the event this weekend. I had no side effects from the first shot except a sore arm for a day or two but I've heard the 2nd one can be a bit harder to bounce back from. </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sA-4hcQ4GKVyoTOV-pVzlxMryyPYjsuCE3cj67tuq3x_ADg1zqhRjk5yzcoSfwBJdsrAYK1PaBl0oR6K7OUiUGnaljNOXo6EQkwcc021uGkVCWQFZAXZt4y9kVW2rELqjQTE2-gYvRA/s2048/IMG_3484.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5sA-4hcQ4GKVyoTOV-pVzlxMryyPYjsuCE3cj67tuq3x_ADg1zqhRjk5yzcoSfwBJdsrAYK1PaBl0oR6K7OUiUGnaljNOXo6EQkwcc021uGkVCWQFZAXZt4y9kVW2rELqjQTE2-gYvRA/w266-h400/IMG_3484.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have no idea that this year will look like but I am grateful that there is hope. I am grateful for little moments of "normal". I am glad my hands remember how to sew clothes for my children - who aren't so little anymore - so that they can enjoy activities they remember fondly from what they now call "BC" (before covid). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj2GD2j9grVqUPkAdpznRqb3R-ddfJD4u_Mi7B1aFQGApnMuygxyTdxRjmc9Xf32ibzAyYjQPo8GoCfH0Nz0UZ8DOnY-8ateWjBKaxmbo0xlVrYt_VwmnTCv2ibiW7Y53NgJVljrmniQ/s2048/IMG_3498.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKj2GD2j9grVqUPkAdpznRqb3R-ddfJD4u_Mi7B1aFQGApnMuygxyTdxRjmc9Xf32ibzAyYjQPo8GoCfH0Nz0UZ8DOnY-8ateWjBKaxmbo0xlVrYt_VwmnTCv2ibiW7Y53NgJVljrmniQ/w400-h266/IMG_3498.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Now school is in its final weeks and I am grateful that they had a good year. Benjamin and Rose are in their 10-day stretch of being the same age between her birthday and his and Judah started baseball. Four of the kids are in 4H this year and our county has received permission to host a normal, full fair this September. Also in September, my oldest son starts highschool. </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzn7PU5p4bteq8ZLd-KZ-omzyb-7WbPXGxt6JwyY1ew7fu1eyOhB419MHU-Vzi6Q-3PYDmn8dufV3qqDb8wDGP4di4VGhX-aEe2hUMlpN06FNnx05-10jk1OZA2mtInIF1R7DB3d0bzA/s2048/IMG_3499.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzn7PU5p4bteq8ZLd-KZ-omzyb-7WbPXGxt6JwyY1ew7fu1eyOhB419MHU-Vzi6Q-3PYDmn8dufV3qqDb8wDGP4di4VGhX-aEe2hUMlpN06FNnx05-10jk1OZA2mtInIF1R7DB3d0bzA/w400-h266/IMG_3499.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Life goes on and there are so many things to be thankful for. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlRhbffWiujMnM27cFhV1gySq_b2qyJH_CLh0goFqLCWTZyq6a5zRGeGHvZ1v0FX4UFemf1xUwv5ERoPUeakElbz6-smchYLnfroze8mY7xCkcKQQSbjVcQHWRmb5j81uZoezFBpwQ1Y/s2048/IMG_3493.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFlRhbffWiujMnM27cFhV1gySq_b2qyJH_CLh0goFqLCWTZyq6a5zRGeGHvZ1v0FX4UFemf1xUwv5ERoPUeakElbz6-smchYLnfroze8mY7xCkcKQQSbjVcQHWRmb5j81uZoezFBpwQ1Y/w400-h266/IMG_3493.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">I realize this post has very little to do with the actual construction and details of this outfit. I will write another one with all the details soon!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Much love,</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sarah </p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-6742907028731664052021-03-09T13:42:00.004-06:002021-03-09T13:42:44.326-06:00Short Sleeved Scroop Robin Dress <p> It's been warm enough lately to wear this dress again and I thought I should probably blog about it, especially since I made this last summer and took pictures of it for my blog last fall!<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjtGOyZmSON7h8mPO9E0c84f4OSQGCA1vNJQCHEM1COADq7dHPtYxztNUOgoUn9WqvVGoE3vNpp6hIPSCIjgdUMx9WdEn2M6hVw0VudEsGUEUJpd93c4dVfhWrqtAfZuKsREO3FjdIeY/s2048/IMG_1878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibjtGOyZmSON7h8mPO9E0c84f4OSQGCA1vNJQCHEM1COADq7dHPtYxztNUOgoUn9WqvVGoE3vNpp6hIPSCIjgdUMx9WdEn2M6hVw0VudEsGUEUJpd93c4dVfhWrqtAfZuKsREO3FjdIeY/w266-h400/IMG_1878.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>This was my second dress from the<a href="https://www.scrooppatterns.com/products/robin-dress"> Scroop Robin Dress pattern</a> and I love it just as much as the first one I made, if not more. I do not like ironing it every time I wash it but I invested in a clothes steamer and it makes getting wrinkles out so much easier and quicker. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IgXZS8L83tmJIqqIo3J4ilf1VdugXQwJpHQAG0tW9NJTt184tGNJpnFweN23R47VCsamb17HpkW4WJ_auuiEOMVdkN8ISep9YOSnAvj9VOnpujIwBYjtePPEPHcvRTb4GJ7VE6_3Hcg/s2048/IMG_1879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IgXZS8L83tmJIqqIo3J4ilf1VdugXQwJpHQAG0tW9NJTt184tGNJpnFweN23R47VCsamb17HpkW4WJ_auuiEOMVdkN8ISep9YOSnAvj9VOnpujIwBYjtePPEPHcvRTb4GJ7VE6_3Hcg/w266-h400/IMG_1879.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>This version was made with my own modified pattern (adapted for a low bust point) and the short flutter sleeves included in the pattern. I used wooden buttons down the front and they seem to compliment the blue and brown feather print fabric quite well. The fabric is from Wal-Mart and not the greatest quality, but hey, it's great for an everyday dress!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UW6_Amus2xAT87laxuQ4AgaBP7edrgPNvrPjBuA5l1n456ZAfxAlqRqc1aML3FFFudxYCBGOyQ50nZ2Ylu_L4ZlQAKcUOeaaqS7-hPjOyB_vE0Md7SGBXEGr22O14j3Td-afGiWBrC4/s2048/IMG_1881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UW6_Amus2xAT87laxuQ4AgaBP7edrgPNvrPjBuA5l1n456ZAfxAlqRqc1aML3FFFudxYCBGOyQ50nZ2Ylu_L4ZlQAKcUOeaaqS7-hPjOyB_vE0Md7SGBXEGr22O14j3Td-afGiWBrC4/w266-h400/IMG_1881.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>I first wore this dress to a local tent revival last summer (I have been to plenty of those in my life and feel no need to be re-saved, but, it was fun and I enjoyed going with Rose to listen to familiar gospel music and hear some fire and brimstone preaching. It was interesting seeing how I enjoyed some aspects of it very much (the old hymns and the (socially distanced) socializing, but how I was horrified and appalled at a lot of the violent preaching. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBee22AjoeAmFsE3aYzgvQQGXU29cAXcr-s5e2SnH7_OlDco8LaOML9Lo16als6AO2LkRuX7y32Hfcpv7PPJsDWcdciY75WeK9Ii88EuCw1geZF77ECp7UyX_-mv3RO7f_Q-i0IvR0y0w/s657/20200616_182845.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="493" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBee22AjoeAmFsE3aYzgvQQGXU29cAXcr-s5e2SnH7_OlDco8LaOML9Lo16als6AO2LkRuX7y32Hfcpv7PPJsDWcdciY75WeK9Ii88EuCw1geZF77ECp7UyX_-mv3RO7f_Q-i0IvR0y0w/w300-h400/20200616_182845.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I wanted to make this dress full length but didn't have quite enough fabric for it so the shorter version it was. It does take quite a bit of fabric to cut the full length princess seam panels. I will try that version sometime this spring, I think. Making this dress will be even quicker now since I have learned to work with the buttonhole attachment on my 1920's singer treadle. It makes such perfect buttonholes each time!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO21FiGKT-cU2x4Pe_Y2tJtQApB1EHguEjg3RAAl7VUmmQtSM2RtzMuqCiqUk7GXUbCAtRwLcL7D1LiX3iiOSB8ORC_zWi3zknuIPoa7s445Pz31yjyg_4oqmo2r_DHMNrE3X_Blt-n8/s2048/IMG_1887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkO21FiGKT-cU2x4Pe_Y2tJtQApB1EHguEjg3RAAl7VUmmQtSM2RtzMuqCiqUk7GXUbCAtRwLcL7D1LiX3iiOSB8ORC_zWi3zknuIPoa7s445Pz31yjyg_4oqmo2r_DHMNrE3X_Blt-n8/w400-h266/IMG_1887.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Look how little Lucy was in these pictures! She is a giant puppy now. I think she will be a fairly large dog when all is said and done. She is still just as sweet and curious and cuddly now although she no longer fits in my arms. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_gQg7pJbT_PS8wkzf-2MWasuA7dpRODtHTO_FBgP_h5xgmvAol9D2qPLt1gUVgCs0xyoXIv56sH5ehpY-j-uw3StP_Qk0ZjovCApGFVMZ2IggcA_P8TLcy1luZh8VlcFdOPQXZAPQc/s2048/IMG_1893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_gQg7pJbT_PS8wkzf-2MWasuA7dpRODtHTO_FBgP_h5xgmvAol9D2qPLt1gUVgCs0xyoXIv56sH5ehpY-j-uw3StP_Qk0ZjovCApGFVMZ2IggcA_P8TLcy1luZh8VlcFdOPQXZAPQc/w400-h266/IMG_1893.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I hope you all are enjoying these first stirrings of spring as winter winds down. I sure am! I love having my windows open today and going outdoors barefoot and with no coat. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFQOZ0jaR54E-yrmnx1CIi2OsAa_YvXDjJ0gRwfi1bCY6IQqojdHBbvfy8fG-HFlHnuN_gjFWhnIpN09xnRqdYZf7UomC1wS5rXRXBPUUn4cSs5kmc7LFM857wys0lcF2eTNFGTbQ9mQ/s2048/IMG_1888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFQOZ0jaR54E-yrmnx1CIi2OsAa_YvXDjJ0gRwfi1bCY6IQqojdHBbvfy8fG-HFlHnuN_gjFWhnIpN09xnRqdYZf7UomC1wS5rXRXBPUUn4cSs5kmc7LFM857wys0lcF2eTNFGTbQ9mQ/w400-h266/IMG_1888.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Much love,</p><p>Sarah</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-4324559723284896572021-02-26T10:17:00.005-06:002021-02-26T10:21:40.943-06:00A Red Wool Flannel Welsh Dragon<p> This winter has been so extremely difficult. Anxiety and restlessness and despair settled into, it seemed, my very being. Logically I know there is no justifiable reason for this and it is probably related to lack of sunshine and the cold weather (warm days and sunshine put me into an immediate cheerful mood) but the last few weeks have been so, so hard. It has been hard to force myself to become very interested in anything and the smallest tasks have seemed exhausting.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxObg_K94xhKmHI8lqYryH4KLiuX6H3cGSDfjR6H__gs8n1QjJT6YpW1WW0nNpJ9H05g01VB_GlqAR3ScbEQtnNpiI5eQL-EkGIPdf8DuK1N90Uvnyu7mBy30Uk3EoxVqCL5jKAShkQzg/s4898/IMG_3294.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxObg_K94xhKmHI8lqYryH4KLiuX6H3cGSDfjR6H__gs8n1QjJT6YpW1WW0nNpJ9H05g01VB_GlqAR3ScbEQtnNpiI5eQL-EkGIPdf8DuK1N90Uvnyu7mBy30Uk3EoxVqCL5jKAShkQzg/w400-h266/IMG_3294.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Since I know this happens, to some extent, each winter I kind of plan for it. In January I ditched social media for a time (I did reactive Instagram, but am much happier and calmer being off of facebook). I picked up work again on my family tree on Ancestry.com and started researching more into my fathers direct line - the Edwards - a hard line to research and such a common name! - but felt it was the right time to do that. My 3x grandfather immigrated to America from Wales in the 1880's and was, himself, born in Wales in 1854. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNuBTukG5J48EQpniUmRztAkJa3MV23O0DYLCmg-AE4iax0IFfdXjxwXlV8yb5m27bYRr2SzZ1H51Ccj0B1W02UyvN-rnvExvTg9pOeuD-jl0nmOMD9xxOsr0rOk50w2G6U2yCxA3AiY/s4898/IMG_3303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfNuBTukG5J48EQpniUmRztAkJa3MV23O0DYLCmg-AE4iax0IFfdXjxwXlV8yb5m27bYRr2SzZ1H51Ccj0B1W02UyvN-rnvExvTg9pOeuD-jl0nmOMD9xxOsr0rOk50w2G6U2yCxA3AiY/w400-h266/IMG_3303.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I had been reading a book about Welsh superstitions / folk stories around that time in relation to my studies in OBOD - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/British-Goblins-Folklore-Mythology-Traditions/dp/1592248152">British Goblins: Welsh Folklore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes</a> - and felt it was a cool connection to be reading about an area my family came. The more I read the book and researched my ancestral connections the more excited and interested I became. I was so grateful at the time to have this to kind of hold onto, to carry me through the dark days of winter and give me motivation to do more than just sort of exist and mechanically go about my days. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIWvBcr8yVZkH9OBw57csXanPzon2omGFC45NIwdcpaP1bFdHa1WBRB-BNHCpr5SdNBzL5SmtrR3NuJlZpML8ELvRorV8dQav0Yg3k7RvLdVIL4Ps6cERgc5gCcu7H5-crlXTZ3uDSO8/s4899/IMG_3298.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="4899" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIWvBcr8yVZkH9OBw57csXanPzon2omGFC45NIwdcpaP1bFdHa1WBRB-BNHCpr5SdNBzL5SmtrR3NuJlZpML8ELvRorV8dQav0Yg3k7RvLdVIL4Ps6cERgc5gCcu7H5-crlXTZ3uDSO8/w400-h266/IMG_3298.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I fell down a few rabbit holes I'm still fascinated by and continuing my research in - Welsh National Dress (yes, there will definitely be a Welsh outfit in my future!) and Welsh cooking - and discovered that Wirt Sikes wrote another great book about daily life in Wales, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rambles-Studies-Old-South-Wales/dp/1011572745">Rambles and Studies in Old South Wales</a> and once I'm finished with my current book I will begin that one. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO6JTPrHNvfPun5rgiJuy2-lAAry3UJdwXJqOUOvzGxjZNG_HYqN63sSO4qhhRHEfZrbEAsHgAqWYoa5zOk3ev1FvdbLvWlm1irmfSArX87a_FsfMgl-cFw1tZY9NxxIqHVHEjTnyVP8/s4898/IMG_3297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO6JTPrHNvfPun5rgiJuy2-lAAry3UJdwXJqOUOvzGxjZNG_HYqN63sSO4qhhRHEfZrbEAsHgAqWYoa5zOk3ev1FvdbLvWlm1irmfSArX87a_FsfMgl-cFw1tZY9NxxIqHVHEjTnyVP8/w400-h266/IMG_3297.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Anyway, I have had little motivation for sewing lately. I have plenty I could and should be doing but it's been hard to even think about threading the machine and getting to work on anything. I did, however, briefly feel interested in making a little stuffed dragon from some red flannel scraps I've had forever. I found <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/jennifercarson?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=48213748">Jennifer Carsons etsy shop</a> and fell in love with her whimsical and lovely patterns for all kinds of fantasy creatures. I sensibly bought what seemed to be an easy pattern and what she calls a perfect choice for a first time dragon charmer and I printed it out. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/48213748/laying-western-dragon-sewing-pattern-pdf?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_b-craft_supplies_and_tools-patterns_and_how_to-other&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAiA1eKBBhBZEiwAX3gql06LbRV53LXpjrigyLbCBd0aMoks4sLyOFsjsasJkuchD6kB2tu0yhoC01YQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_1843970767_72423924871_346429185065_pla-297065912291_c__48213748_342625733&utm_custom2=1843970767&gclid=CjwKCAiA1eKBBhBZEiwAX3gql06LbRV53LXpjrigyLbCBd0aMoks4sLyOFsjsasJkuchD6kB2tu0yhoC01YQAvD_BwE">The Laying Western Dragon pattern</a> would be a nice little project to work up during the cold dark days of February, or so I thought. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuP8QLcYiZg2QCyZiCSs_J_6eLbGJS6onwsu0HKFTFnLBN4HUw9pJrSf-hdPyXmJ5guAJvuIIhxc-ZPqQovVG8xXQPXca3-z-Id4pNMNRWpwsfL1E1thIABtlm5M2rE4MZ_NgbLvckVTk/s4898/IMG_3301.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuP8QLcYiZg2QCyZiCSs_J_6eLbGJS6onwsu0HKFTFnLBN4HUw9pJrSf-hdPyXmJ5guAJvuIIhxc-ZPqQovVG8xXQPXca3-z-Id4pNMNRWpwsfL1E1thIABtlm5M2rE4MZ_NgbLvckVTk/w400-h266/IMG_3301.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>It took SO. LONG. for me to finish this project. I ended up feeling completely overwhelmed by it and I had to break it down into so many manageable chunks to get it done. This has nothing to do with the pattern, which is well written and clearly illustrated, but everything to do with my own mental state at the time. Little by little though, I kept at it. A seam here, turning a sewn piece there, stuffing later, then sewing the stuffing hole shut a different time.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgm5NtCu60y5LFoib9baMMv5GF2H-jKzBw5GxUVs6LbUwxeRJ3qs9XlMX4U091Z8ixiL4oBXSNgQXOGC2Yh-TFFBNykerguFq0aXyq1mfMOdxBCJoal-bi6V60Rsnj5fOrcvDnvGcaF8/s4898/IMG_3299.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3266" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgm5NtCu60y5LFoib9baMMv5GF2H-jKzBw5GxUVs6LbUwxeRJ3qs9XlMX4U091Z8ixiL4oBXSNgQXOGC2Yh-TFFBNykerguFq0aXyq1mfMOdxBCJoal-bi6V60Rsnj5fOrcvDnvGcaF8/w400-h266/IMG_3299.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I used my 1920s treadle to sew together the main pieces and the rest was done by hand. I ended up mostly sewing Dewi - for so I came to call him - in various half hours of dark evenings after dinner and while everyone else was watching tv in the living room. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2ZFsoDGinL6w-0NQu6-QSLHHd__keHyugm6j61WLTpzNXxHet3MBKdyA9DT0uQ6JqlN-iZdE_zUhBmy4TPJzDq3MAkYUM_JCXVDopBGxiyccaFI_sS8NtdOQn16_9xDTvQjUaMSr71I/s4898/IMG_3295.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX2ZFsoDGinL6w-0NQu6-QSLHHd__keHyugm6j61WLTpzNXxHet3MBKdyA9DT0uQ6JqlN-iZdE_zUhBmy4TPJzDq3MAkYUM_JCXVDopBGxiyccaFI_sS8NtdOQn16_9xDTvQjUaMSr71I/w400-h266/IMG_3295.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The past week the weather has warmed up and the snow has mostly melted and I feel 100% better and completely different than I did at this time last week. I want to start work on more serious projects so yesterday I sewed the back legs and attached them - something that probably would have taken me a week to do when I was still struggling so much with the winter. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2_v6H8rKOKbqUTqGNS_eg6ne_EKE1cCvVsCYg9RxPx0wgsWqYAkgwP4sFTXOxTyVO1yV9xmqQPoW5ojINbEiQQqHtEbo16A3Xluj4-eGEA-UL5Y_NeoyPMi_Z6gl38k8dKu6h9oZF9I/s4898/IMG_3307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2_v6H8rKOKbqUTqGNS_eg6ne_EKE1cCvVsCYg9RxPx0wgsWqYAkgwP4sFTXOxTyVO1yV9xmqQPoW5ojINbEiQQqHtEbo16A3Xluj4-eGEA-UL5Y_NeoyPMi_Z6gl38k8dKu6h9oZF9I/w400-h266/IMG_3307.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The red dragon is featured on the Welsh flag and is symbolic of a folk tale in which a red dragon (the Welsh, or Cymry) fights against a white dragon (the English). Red wool flannel is itself very symbolic of Wales, as wool production was extremely important to the Welsh economy. (Even the shifts rural women wore in the early 19th century were often of wool flannel, rather than linen or cotton!) </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAX5LMSGa2BmyHI04wTiTQjCsh5HMYwOm7HM3EZ2V_t2NsMO0TYt4tRokb05-tKF2SQhRpw89mWeM2QoYJZeBLJK5kKQiLqGmCnCF8qfKaIy64V_Zu5UVHzznwC6F73bsBwdA-wM9bQE/s4898/IMG_3304.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3265" data-original-width="4898" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAX5LMSGa2BmyHI04wTiTQjCsh5HMYwOm7HM3EZ2V_t2NsMO0TYt4tRokb05-tKF2SQhRpw89mWeM2QoYJZeBLJK5kKQiLqGmCnCF8qfKaIy64V_Zu5UVHzznwC6F73bsBwdA-wM9bQE/w400-h266/IMG_3304.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>If you have never heard the story of the Red Dragon, I highly recommend this Youtube video (and the channel itself is definitely worth a subscription!) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdIDPyOMQEY">The Story of Lludd, Llyfelus & Y Draig Goch </a></p><p>Dewi the dragon seemed to evolve into his own sweet natured person as I stitched him together. He is certainly not a fierce dragon like the one prancing across the flag but I adore him as he is. He has blue eyes, for my father and grandfather Edwards and his name came from the youngest son of my great-great-great grandfather Edwards who came to America with his wife and oldest son in the 1880s. I remember when I first read the names of his children I was suprised to see Dewi at the end of a long line of traditional, "sensible" names. What kind of a name was Dewi? Then I came to find out that Dewi is a common Welsh name, which is a form of the name David. My grandfather Edwards was David and David is my own fathers middle name. </p><p>The background in these pictures is a painting my own son, David, made for me. I want to do a post on all David's paintings soon. He is an amazing artist and I love his work so much! This particular scene of a still lake with trees and hills, in shades of blue and white and green, is so calming and serene. </p><p>So very happy that spring is in a few more weeks! I am so happy to be going into a warmer time of year. </p><p>Love,</p><p>Sarah</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-23629870607307754382021-02-08T10:10:00.000-06:002021-02-08T10:10:05.609-06:00A Red Floral 1860's Wrapper<p> There were no Civil War events for me to go to in 2020. Even though I have gone to fewer and fewer as the years have gone on, I did miss going to events last year. As the year wound down towards its end I did make one 1860's dress - a red floral wrapper, my first 1860's garment for myself in three years. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGMc0ZqV7hayFlAlsSqZPahFNNGu8dArmAa2Kh1VLMZSyz1TUGgpxjMEndaMekwerKaeP_W4qa8woPToxg-hq_f4XcuSI0ASAYX7VPmsUndoBQV1710LpscMJ_SlVI-YzJNVarbS3VsE/s2048/IMG_2405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmGMc0ZqV7hayFlAlsSqZPahFNNGu8dArmAa2Kh1VLMZSyz1TUGgpxjMEndaMekwerKaeP_W4qa8woPToxg-hq_f4XcuSI0ASAYX7VPmsUndoBQV1710LpscMJ_SlVI-YzJNVarbS3VsE/w266-h400/IMG_2405.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0kvkt9C0_PWcG72QCaMs78KQTOqx2XJbEnkv6GI0b3q3LHyBSw2xHzuPNNUoljZgHBVQ4RlPA0EgEj_K-L0qQ-1bijOWMnuWZN0banztwQdvfZpgSm0Yh2RT_JbjRen5ISh-TxdHu_w/s2048/IMG_2408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0kvkt9C0_PWcG72QCaMs78KQTOqx2XJbEnkv6GI0b3q3LHyBSw2xHzuPNNUoljZgHBVQ4RlPA0EgEj_K-L0qQ-1bijOWMnuWZN0banztwQdvfZpgSm0Yh2RT_JbjRen5ISh-TxdHu_w/w266-h400/IMG_2408.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>My grandma passed away in July of last year and I felt I should make a mourning gown as I did when I lost my grandfather in 2013. However, I never made much progress on the black wool dress I halfheartedly began because it was too depressing and didn't feel quite right at the time. Finally, in September I found some red floral fabric by chance at a local shop and I bought five yards of it as well as a yard of a coordinating print that was in the $1 pile. When I got the fabrics home it felt to me that they ought to become a wrapper. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKfK__0hgXt9vz_Q6AFiRx9g5BwptCJkIN15A6-Y0liGcMaLq-2m3DJXZsLLvSHy1rj0dgI0tfQozhT9g9txEr0vOPbT8QEr9BU_KqQSIEs0kqqevZ_mTrMvoe0CKq1twuuMcxQFuUew/s2048/IMG_2425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKfK__0hgXt9vz_Q6AFiRx9g5BwptCJkIN15A6-Y0liGcMaLq-2m3DJXZsLLvSHy1rj0dgI0tfQozhT9g9txEr0vOPbT8QEr9BU_KqQSIEs0kqqevZ_mTrMvoe0CKq1twuuMcxQFuUew/w266-h400/IMG_2425.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ENFF01ZHRHfCJrCCGvmck_GKYomf1ScSgepx1IP83mYMj_Zli-u21RHbSXYuI_7CpY07AczMzM0-4baRT-iEUqkaNn5a9A9bnSl6Odte-NDPy5trU06faFiXe1xtDxjzVpLbOS2J11I/s2048/IMG_2417.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ENFF01ZHRHfCJrCCGvmck_GKYomf1ScSgepx1IP83mYMj_Zli-u21RHbSXYuI_7CpY07AczMzM0-4baRT-iEUqkaNn5a9A9bnSl6Odte-NDPy5trU06faFiXe1xtDxjzVpLbOS2J11I/w400-h266/IMG_2417.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I love wrappers because they don't need to be worn with a corset and are useful for working-class scenarios (although, to be sure, fashionable, fancy wrappers worn by upper class ladies certainly existed too!) Many years ago I made a wrapper as a casual dress option for events when it was very hot or I didn't feel like wearing a corset or if I was pregnant or breastfeeding and dealing with the figure changes those conditions bring. Also, wrappers can be fun and loud and colorful and bright and all those things are what I think of when I think of my grandma. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZxFLZdfPw2yX7YuBj4PXnYWS5ZbdiHmKIGCR1BU8CVcAyL5J9kSlfzx6sPkle0kzH9zNm3GT39FFe7NfT8qMnaaT9XKegAH9oZnn52F5uPyiTGBRdcPaIWtH77f1h6erNTA4ieKDK60/s2048/IMG_2428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZxFLZdfPw2yX7YuBj4PXnYWS5ZbdiHmKIGCR1BU8CVcAyL5J9kSlfzx6sPkle0kzH9zNm3GT39FFe7NfT8qMnaaT9XKegAH9oZnn52F5uPyiTGBRdcPaIWtH77f1h6erNTA4ieKDK60/w400-h266/IMG_2428.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRptajBDVc7Zbxe0U4MMFbVXvzLnhvJrp5xICH1bjmGPe3Yl2NaMME-XuO6zzRVUUkqDxyoyRDm1tZ3w3GgFiMNbfOEa-alMHpbQWeE9x-nRftJmnL4eVNXRHkP4wdf65HIumALl6O1Oc/s2048/IMG_2427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRptajBDVc7Zbxe0U4MMFbVXvzLnhvJrp5xICH1bjmGPe3Yl2NaMME-XuO6zzRVUUkqDxyoyRDm1tZ3w3GgFiMNbfOEa-alMHpbQWeE9x-nRftJmnL4eVNXRHkP4wdf65HIumALl6O1Oc/w400-h266/IMG_2427.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>I began my wrapper in September and took a few weeks to make it. I took it very slow as I had to, in some ways, reacquaint myself with sewing techniques I hadn't used in quite some time. Finally, in October it was finished and my son Malachi took some photos for me at a local wildlife area. (My kids, as they get older, are less and less enthusiastic about taking pictures of my finished projects for me! 😂)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx9TVeQDyCLxMxwRTK8VdhOkDp6Pwzs44Y9FwzQo6Ui5nLRps3tqCR36jtBdqSrr9LcPnPfwr-08LofFFQwK82I5ek8iyWAqokVW7os49KE6duGp0ejeD_OiudKG4xkt11QHrG7GQmvU/s2048/IMG_2444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKx9TVeQDyCLxMxwRTK8VdhOkDp6Pwzs44Y9FwzQo6Ui5nLRps3tqCR36jtBdqSrr9LcPnPfwr-08LofFFQwK82I5ek8iyWAqokVW7os49KE6duGp0ejeD_OiudKG4xkt11QHrG7GQmvU/w400-h266/IMG_2444.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRKXLEmsDsdmHHP2Nh5CV3fkU5NhZ_Yb91mr79jLT7ERxVP6pxUE0KqOIWL5eIeMEaGvqfqnYgD2UoZVq5MlImY5xA67sVLZzN8s-_tmUQdecPoSBwDiukFqH8G0-c1lsSaEXQfjvvd0/s2048/IMG_2435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQRKXLEmsDsdmHHP2Nh5CV3fkU5NhZ_Yb91mr79jLT7ERxVP6pxUE0KqOIWL5eIeMEaGvqfqnYgD2UoZVq5MlImY5xA67sVLZzN8s-_tmUQdecPoSBwDiukFqH8G0-c1lsSaEXQfjvvd0/w266-h400/IMG_2435.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p></p><p>The wrapper has a fitted back and sides with a half fitted front bodice lining and full length loose front panels from the shoulder to hem. I carefully cut and pieced my trim fabric and sewed it on by hand. The lining fastens with reproduction hook and eyes from <a href="http://www.njsekela.com/">NJ Sekela</a> and the fashion layer fastens simply at the neck and is tied shut at the waist with a self fabric belt that is inserted into the seam between the side and front bodies. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ujxXSfZyAuihYu8DrtFEmzer_nXD5DnR-EH6qaz1vGbSqg-ndqUXiFoRo1met4pRrLoJFwGO1O3TKcGLLjf6-EgEU4RSgga1ykN0VkO0vYx0ol7lnbBWhV7UxaBLGjjsH7XS8vqiyjM/s600/20201110_154021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ujxXSfZyAuihYu8DrtFEmzer_nXD5DnR-EH6qaz1vGbSqg-ndqUXiFoRo1met4pRrLoJFwGO1O3TKcGLLjf6-EgEU4RSgga1ykN0VkO0vYx0ol7lnbBWhV7UxaBLGjjsH7XS8vqiyjM/w300-h400/20201110_154021.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZattao2pACpvLDLr0Ot9w9YzEZbNdArfylhPl6h9DeYHYnt11kPWlctN_G8qv-oIVslG5huB6A_rGsTooPQtIobtzft9hsx2sc_JfPH3fhR7HsIGoXDKXaSiQbbSn-zNVaRdF1J_Wfk/s2048/IMG_2451.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZattao2pACpvLDLr0Ot9w9YzEZbNdArfylhPl6h9DeYHYnt11kPWlctN_G8qv-oIVslG5huB6A_rGsTooPQtIobtzft9hsx2sc_JfPH3fhR7HsIGoXDKXaSiQbbSn-zNVaRdF1J_Wfk/w266-h400/IMG_2451.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_VL_WTMd1cIJo53wdBdIOrQO2JfZvB5BloPI_6l8ypTnIDX0IMcVQcMce_RVdRIbUoD1L8nzCuR8rCG5ZFuKHvLuNWRnyisTjTyFdhHfQbQOCYOLxjfjCRVksUaKlcv_PSERO39UPBM/s2048/IMG_2441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_VL_WTMd1cIJo53wdBdIOrQO2JfZvB5BloPI_6l8ypTnIDX0IMcVQcMce_RVdRIbUoD1L8nzCuR8rCG5ZFuKHvLuNWRnyisTjTyFdhHfQbQOCYOLxjfjCRVksUaKlcv_PSERO39UPBM/w400-h266/IMG_2441.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>The fabric probably isn't quite correct for the 1860's, but at this point in my life I am do not care so much about being exact. The overall effect is pleasing to me and the rich, warm red makes me feel happy and alive. I love thinking of the many hours I spent working on this and all the memories of my grandma that I thought of as I stitched. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Mz5jNIoXX648MPoQu0QMO5ESjJoukBs6IhjEJzyJf76sg36G-qtLFVKu_Q9k_sUPULf3No2raNajcXpQaMx3jST4jWSvpjjy_-LlmzJ67LFADyb7SR0RuCVmBicSyVjAOIMXA20wtc/s2048/IMG_2571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-Mz5jNIoXX648MPoQu0QMO5ESjJoukBs6IhjEJzyJf76sg36G-qtLFVKu_Q9k_sUPULf3No2raNajcXpQaMx3jST4jWSvpjjy_-LlmzJ67LFADyb7SR0RuCVmBicSyVjAOIMXA20wtc/w266-h400/IMG_2571.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to include these pictures of Benjamin because he is just TOO. ADORABLE. Here is wearing his older brothers outgrown wool overshirt and short trousers. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWRasUPlkdDQ9dcCo7Wd7IircbwlxF60jaFvrDuYD1YwLkkxg6eorpPIIJvau9OelzSY1Z4788lC8KLAZCXcpyX2hpsb5Kidunu618J95J10egq4CfNcpXudu2lWXUBOLPYjxPKC_peg/s2048/IMG_2570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWRasUPlkdDQ9dcCo7Wd7IircbwlxF60jaFvrDuYD1YwLkkxg6eorpPIIJvau9OelzSY1Z4788lC8KLAZCXcpyX2hpsb5Kidunu618J95J10egq4CfNcpXudu2lWXUBOLPYjxPKC_peg/w400-h266/IMG_2570.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And oh my goodness Lucy was so little. She is 3x that size now.</td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvUvmSxyGIy7Z_vIV6mLpNfhmIkzbceThQUc0grMXeHLEiYDbQLtx2BV4s7Y8eWGW-5Bm0PAQyIA8M9FP8blxH4bgN5VGKGZK8jTRr78-xpH0OoVnr2Fdkj3kbG8l9LZK2iRKS41sJAM/s2048/IMG_2574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvUvmSxyGIy7Z_vIV6mLpNfhmIkzbceThQUc0grMXeHLEiYDbQLtx2BV4s7Y8eWGW-5Bm0PAQyIA8M9FP8blxH4bgN5VGKGZK8jTRr78-xpH0OoVnr2Fdkj3kbG8l9LZK2iRKS41sJAM/w266-h400/IMG_2574.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was a good project for me to ease back into 1860's sewing. In the several years it has been since I last made an 1860's dress my figure has changed enough to warrant a whole new base pattern (or bodice block). I had to alter my wrapper a bit as I made it to fit and it still doesn't fit exactly as it should. Since it's a loose, casual garment though, it's fine. Once the wrapper was done I did go ahead and take a few days to modify my pattern and come up with new, better fitting base. I also adjusted a copy of this base into a base pattern for a later 19th century basic bodice, too - so that whenever I have time or inclination to make that 1890's dress, or the 1880's work dress I have been wanting to sew on my (new! old!) 1880's treadle machine, it will be easy to start. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4y1qOhnp8Iia1Wvb5Q8gH_Xtk10GcSRCXXrJvwwyQq9mnqaXL0Xb5xjoRM8gpUcHdHGe4aDk195QwDGd9UKRJ2BQ_NnWiuYSXo7GMFOfJYWECTmu2hJbjgvXMm_01r-z3gSvKX7Xmvc/s876/20201112_124332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="876" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4y1qOhnp8Iia1Wvb5Q8gH_Xtk10GcSRCXXrJvwwyQq9mnqaXL0Xb5xjoRM8gpUcHdHGe4aDk195QwDGd9UKRJ2BQ_NnWiuYSXo7GMFOfJYWECTmu2hJbjgvXMm_01r-z3gSvKX7Xmvc/w400-h300/20201112_124332.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mock up from base pattern from 3 years ago.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbdAqFpK_ASbfqr4R_JbXVoTAtewF2fiy4T7nZHhenvf-504ofRYHTcggWsLfpxF5fkQKWuuVhTIwd7UlcmEhXvA-p9B9Iwo0-ZNTZz-wG4WeP8-bNde-mbpfbRLO3O3rsBcK8NkQ0Oo/s800/20201114_121449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbdAqFpK_ASbfqr4R_JbXVoTAtewF2fiy4T7nZHhenvf-504ofRYHTcggWsLfpxF5fkQKWuuVhTIwd7UlcmEhXvA-p9B9Iwo0-ZNTZz-wG4WeP8-bNde-mbpfbRLO3O3rsBcK8NkQ0Oo/w400-h300/20201114_121449.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final mock up after adjustments were made!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L_irFyZoMPvjBHUNOmuuoq6bJZBIH0m32CUA3UsMVPlqhXzhXhQDco0UBWomxtDOyq0sSzEjgS-B1uyjmtXqGbhZ3h6_UGyrFibuuilXKoznq_CBsEgt7dMIqfzG-aszdv6NEpMc3hg/s800/20201114_150156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7L_irFyZoMPvjBHUNOmuuoq6bJZBIH0m32CUA3UsMVPlqhXzhXhQDco0UBWomxtDOyq0sSzEjgS-B1uyjmtXqGbhZ3h6_UGyrFibuuilXKoznq_CBsEgt7dMIqfzG-aszdv6NEpMc3hg/w400-h300/20201114_150156.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pattern for late 19th century bodices</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-73f5Jyzt0lFCxOusE6r2gQLOxKb9DTmOYVhcsT3Z2UPDbTE2RaUc0a2WZrIC7offxiUGPahkpHpjC17tciGSXSulUPQR3CWCnW9LIPA6e0wLHCp7JYNGQtiy17rWDMwIRCpICImDik/s600/20201115_115824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-73f5Jyzt0lFCxOusE6r2gQLOxKb9DTmOYVhcsT3Z2UPDbTE2RaUc0a2WZrIC7offxiUGPahkpHpjC17tciGSXSulUPQR3CWCnW9LIPA6e0wLHCp7JYNGQtiy17rWDMwIRCpICImDik/w300-h400/20201115_115824.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mock up of late 19th century bodice. This shoulder line works for earlier 70s and 80s but needs to go up higher onto my shoulder for later 80's and 90s things. </td></tr></tbody></table><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>I do need to do a post about that treadle machine! I love her so very much. She is an 1880's American No. 7 and she is just waiting for me to stitch up a plain 1880's petticoat and that work dress. I will get to it soon, I hope. I have my pattern, fabrics and my book of pattern diagrams for the skirt/sleeves out and ready to go. </span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdeEXkqn6TtUEErZc-lo0K3h034ui4y8xgFba7gWHkjhMvCOQzYlHCixBjaY4CNmUAKV4Oi-IQKUDA1WVG0DIVQJsedswNuyglyASTv9Dj0TYMBALquSIBn4TVeunJY_oF4N7ORerYpA/s800/20201118_141018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdeEXkqn6TtUEErZc-lo0K3h034ui4y8xgFba7gWHkjhMvCOQzYlHCixBjaY4CNmUAKV4Oi-IQKUDA1WVG0DIVQJsedswNuyglyASTv9Dj0TYMBALquSIBn4TVeunJY_oF4N7ORerYpA/w400-h300/20201118_141018.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Much love,<br /><p></p><p>Sarah</p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-90140628809171562332021-01-26T08:42:00.000-06:002021-01-26T08:42:06.791-06:00Yanta Overalls in Red DenimAs I look back over my sewing experiences last year I find that I mostly focused on everyday, modern clothing. Each year seems to fall into a sort of theme and I guess the theme of 2020 was machine-sewn, everyday, vintage inspired. The vintage inspired bit is from a lot of the patterns I used or took inspiration from, mainly from the 60's, 70's and 80's. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZbhAP5zu0XJqoNEfNuBE4vsgVKeh8Gp4Cedj_3JsxRta6ge-J7O_fn9I0RDsYlmWD6G6WVUUv-ZxyssnlbYxNi9TxyjD3hILH9ntxSmjBet9do2OT9lGuQDyC26b8lveVnz9SaZzO7I/s2048/20200930_115410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZbhAP5zu0XJqoNEfNuBE4vsgVKeh8Gp4Cedj_3JsxRta6ge-J7O_fn9I0RDsYlmWD6G6WVUUv-ZxyssnlbYxNi9TxyjD3hILH9ntxSmjBet9do2OT9lGuQDyC26b8lveVnz9SaZzO7I/w400-h300/20200930_115410.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Since there were no living history opportunities in 2020 I did not feel pressured or rushed to make historic clothing for any of us. The few things I did make - my 1890's undergarments and my 1860's wrapper - were fun and slow paced. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UhFemJWJ6oALa-UQGg2efLfsi437_5p2b6BhKIN51dyxh9wiY98RUSxpFmWhmgyOOocukQrUblOvLB4oRueMqzg80I-Rt-73eBVGr_AozAzn3QHjJ1NdWabBb_kroa0Lk77ZN_SBalg/s2048/20200930_112650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UhFemJWJ6oALa-UQGg2efLfsi437_5p2b6BhKIN51dyxh9wiY98RUSxpFmWhmgyOOocukQrUblOvLB4oRueMqzg80I-Rt-73eBVGr_AozAzn3QHjJ1NdWabBb_kroa0Lk77ZN_SBalg/w400-h300/20200930_112650.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I used my sewing machine almost exclusively, trying with each new project to stitch them well and sturdily. While hand sewing has its place, as I get older the carpel tunnel that began with my last few pregnancies has gotten more easily irritated and I can only do so much hand stitching without needing to take a break. I used my serger a lot more, but not as enthusiastically as I did when I first got it. I find that for most woven garments I prefer french seams or felled seams if there is no lining. Serging is great for finishing seams on knits, however. I also used the serger extensively for mask making. (I sewed up a fresh batch of masks for the 3 littlest just last night and it was fun using the serger again!) </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9R9OkcTcBv29d_21xznQCL6f6M-lRfzMuxxKt6MU96Bx5fx5LNtxGLzAvp3Qlyxd9qed5Fa9jSdEYXFTL3HGwuuZS6fr3urSBfKdHiNFGWbTuy05jGTQiCDlvlVBtHSUUsKBNdZps_c/s2048/20200930_121137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9R9OkcTcBv29d_21xznQCL6f6M-lRfzMuxxKt6MU96Bx5fx5LNtxGLzAvp3Qlyxd9qed5Fa9jSdEYXFTL3HGwuuZS6fr3urSBfKdHiNFGWbTuy05jGTQiCDlvlVBtHSUUsKBNdZps_c/w400-h300/20200930_121137.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In May I turned 34 and as a present to myself I got the <a href="https://helensclosetpatterns.com/product/yanta-overalls-pdf-pattern/">Yanta overalls pattern from Helen's Closet. </a> This was purely impulse because at that time the sewing community on Instagram was having their #memademay challenge and so many people were sharing their Yantas. I loved them! And had to make some for myself.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNJr8c26n_9C5ej30sjWECwbeYaGaqucIswmFkQtl0xfE2ORm3UJMWgsbg2O_zCGaDX2uhnaEPz6eyT0-dFsoejzhnvvx_M_hoZXlbq-5wj_rHNzwrxsl8T0YWqViorIqWgKKB0tE2XI/s1920/20210126231629_IMG_2156.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdNJr8c26n_9C5ej30sjWECwbeYaGaqucIswmFkQtl0xfE2ORm3UJMWgsbg2O_zCGaDX2uhnaEPz6eyT0-dFsoejzhnvvx_M_hoZXlbq-5wj_rHNzwrxsl8T0YWqViorIqWgKKB0tE2XI/w400-h266/20210126231629_IMG_2156.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I used some light red (pink? Not quite. Light cranberry?) denim I had in my stash and quickly cut out and sewed my very own overalls. I immediately wore them but as we were going into June by that time and it was very hot I didn't really wear them again until fall and cooler temperatures came back. It was a hot summer.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASkOPmgt9IgG-EO_GAZL275t9Y5YuATMVtGR1gFVvGsfLd7e35uxz8WytGzd96WP0w2sbA6YU8ppg-eZ40gqqunvwiu63ZC23Ns_db52-vpIRtMBwYLdXNGl9ds1WaAJqOXM1-qkvMJI/s1080/IMG_20201001_181831_474.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhASkOPmgt9IgG-EO_GAZL275t9Y5YuATMVtGR1gFVvGsfLd7e35uxz8WytGzd96WP0w2sbA6YU8ppg-eZ40gqqunvwiu63ZC23Ns_db52-vpIRtMBwYLdXNGl9ds1WaAJqOXM1-qkvMJI/w400-h400/IMG_20201001_181831_474.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The sizing is meant to be rather loose and baggy but I wanted a more fitted look so I went down a few sizes. The finished overalls fit me just how I wanted them to but then when I washed them they seemed to shrink a bit (I did prewash my denim, so I'm not sure what happened!) Now there is the very slightest wedgie feeling in the bum and they are just a tad snug when pulling them on over my hips but after wearing them awhile the fabric seems to relax and stretch out a bit and they fit as they should. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgal6TBs7aFOlKkg5tWWEO3mnpXnS4QLdeOD7qNPL94BrmiTwaf1Lq87Jt7QyyH2TjUJWaBR14EgGRJcxd0tGBwuLzVtCv-edCA60SSBXJaIfCfU08rHuXohN8ycQllas_49o-NDbWwtFc/s1920/20210126220137_IMG_2126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgal6TBs7aFOlKkg5tWWEO3mnpXnS4QLdeOD7qNPL94BrmiTwaf1Lq87Jt7QyyH2TjUJWaBR14EgGRJcxd0tGBwuLzVtCv-edCA60SSBXJaIfCfU08rHuXohN8ycQllas_49o-NDbWwtFc/w266-h400/20210126220137_IMG_2126.JPG" width="266" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Next time, though, I think I'll go back up one size and make them in linen for a looser, airy garment that can be worn more in hot weather. </div><div><br /></div><div>The instructions were beautifully clear and precise and I love how professional the topstitching looks on these! </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV91zLOKS1urQkw5_2viNUmzm1fnTzCi1dIp0KfEgTh344Ho8CkOZbOP_pBw457VqCyLzrYhBLcGwI91YGzvYHMO2riBx2NGYHksw74-wZJtanIAoKVI1-YWTK01pHjzbtY_6MDNxgYio/s2048/IMG_20200605_204613_079.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1638" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV91zLOKS1urQkw5_2viNUmzm1fnTzCi1dIp0KfEgTh344Ho8CkOZbOP_pBw457VqCyLzrYhBLcGwI91YGzvYHMO2riBx2NGYHksw74-wZJtanIAoKVI1-YWTK01pHjzbtY_6MDNxgYio/w320-h400/IMG_20200605_204613_079.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The only thing I don't really like about overalls is having to take them down every time I need to go to the bathroom. Oh well, there really is no help for that! It does make these overalls a less-reached-for wardrobe staple but I love these for hiking in the woods and days that I am mostly outside. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_QOpaeStcfyo_JtypmlNTtOzd_DKsw6mEzS7llmuQulVf2a_kC_2viJ2Y0xNDDja3kK5i414fcAtxBQN-XWsNJvpbML8tKDSr5bsCIYe4MX7rSVGHKGd8wJJhtopZmsZQZ_lBvPTB-0/s2048/20200930_123102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_QOpaeStcfyo_JtypmlNTtOzd_DKsw6mEzS7llmuQulVf2a_kC_2viJ2Y0xNDDja3kK5i414fcAtxBQN-XWsNJvpbML8tKDSr5bsCIYe4MX7rSVGHKGd8wJJhtopZmsZQZ_lBvPTB-0/w300-h400/20200930_123102.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>I have such happy memories of the day most of these pictures were taken. It was just a few weeks into autumn and the day began cool but warmed up as the hours passed. That was the day I first foraged oyster mushrooms. After a few hours of looking and finding none we came across a huge fallen log on top of a hill and it was simply covered in rows of frilly white mushrooms! They were soooooo good! I can't wait to get back out and look for more! We also found pawpaws that day. I think I still have some of the pulp in the freezer. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs4gSgmnzuvt7HIP_pmnMJZqZ1-z4OHX5-xmZc9vARi4AJD98iyRw5ngXMRvLtNwD2ZQhOI9Js9QD0jMzS46wz7Zqzws4zZPnbcEiDmmrPml57Ndhw5z8asywbsOuz9fnB4nOr_Bn8Fo/s1920/20210126233022_IMG_2157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZs4gSgmnzuvt7HIP_pmnMJZqZ1-z4OHX5-xmZc9vARi4AJD98iyRw5ngXMRvLtNwD2ZQhOI9Js9QD0jMzS46wz7Zqzws4zZPnbcEiDmmrPml57Ndhw5z8asywbsOuz9fnB4nOr_Bn8Fo/w400-h266/20210126233022_IMG_2157.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkwBwq0KvlgJyL7ts3BJyQFVCM8FaVoNdlk9A6SacqT7WnUt4f1oiww_5G2xR2cUEBo2wZUz2tF4RmY4W-AWGqdmx-usDtfpsy7KjohDtuRNJrrGWTxJ2IYzpLSZBzuGI4yLqGgqzKpg/s2048/20200930_164929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkwBwq0KvlgJyL7ts3BJyQFVCM8FaVoNdlk9A6SacqT7WnUt4f1oiww_5G2xR2cUEBo2wZUz2tF4RmY4W-AWGqdmx-usDtfpsy7KjohDtuRNJrrGWTxJ2IYzpLSZBzuGI4yLqGgqzKpg/w300-h400/20200930_164929.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ItxRVqZPOdMZbGvKujn6xpBv-FeZEuEca5Fyz-YLN8vOcjXo-KTd2QLk7H4G7OWF19Z3gd0VKhsWOQ5PRYtAdXpqhgrL98Si9VmfDyu1Lzy8e26_sX9HzCvcdoCFFbOH6OsNaQbb82g/s2048/20200930_163607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ItxRVqZPOdMZbGvKujn6xpBv-FeZEuEca5Fyz-YLN8vOcjXo-KTd2QLk7H4G7OWF19Z3gd0VKhsWOQ5PRYtAdXpqhgrL98Si9VmfDyu1Lzy8e26_sX9HzCvcdoCFFbOH6OsNaQbb82g/w400-h300/20200930_163607.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>Hope you all are staying warm and staying healthy! It snowed here yesterday and we had freezing rain but today it's much warmer with the damp smell of earth and damp fog and it just feels so happy and hopeful that spring is not so far away. </div><div><br /></div><div>Much love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah </div><div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-52116782711175288272021-01-13T11:33:00.003-06:002021-01-13T11:36:30.641-06:00Lace Flower Girl Dresses for Anne and Rose<p> Wow, it's been almost a year since I started making these dresses! These were two of the first projects I started last year and although 2020 was difficult, having my sisters wedding to look forward to the first half of the year and to look back on the second half certainly made the year memorable for all the right reasons!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5d1RhtRVgwQWpF3Px5X5pDUrdaAbvZWe0zH512_xPCTR2ofFdB89kBXIAZ_E70EyQ43R5UkMZcmTGU5FNcQxXe11IEyool5_HgjR0gDRaJek6DiQVmqZ5raIWHbF8KuvOP79uFQf2SE/s2004/received_656083295008377.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="1503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5d1RhtRVgwQWpF3Px5X5pDUrdaAbvZWe0zH512_xPCTR2ofFdB89kBXIAZ_E70EyQ43R5UkMZcmTGU5FNcQxXe11IEyool5_HgjR0gDRaJek6DiQVmqZ5raIWHbF8KuvOP79uFQf2SE/w300-h400/received_656083295008377.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL3ZTd43lAHNy3eG1TNTcBqqFVVFDZI-LjmpGOhF1WMEr5wXAMxu5LPMP0yVX1cnlnZ2rwEs0Z9DCEInBSNHBGBxUS_s_LDLpJGktIhE975mt41lLTyjxj7htSsIny5tuDvezkgEZrhs/s2004/received_619238718709579.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2004" data-original-width="1503" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiL3ZTd43lAHNy3eG1TNTcBqqFVVFDZI-LjmpGOhF1WMEr5wXAMxu5LPMP0yVX1cnlnZ2rwEs0Z9DCEInBSNHBGBxUS_s_LDLpJGktIhE975mt41lLTyjxj7htSsIny5tuDvezkgEZrhs/w300-h400/received_619238718709579.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Anne and Rose asked/were asked (not sure what happened first 😂) to be flower girls when my sister and her then-fiance, John, came to visit us last Christmas. My sister was pretty open to the design of the dresses. She sent me some pictures of what she thought were cute and the styles seemed to all fit the same theme of fitted bodice, slight empire waist, full skirt and sleeveless. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CeZM1yHvYuzKmHu2wOKSEVi79-I3c6XV-PV6PYn6lhkyJOiQZNUK2gEEmAr9alhCtFyamMQhWatKZsjTtbozCfXS-FLOG7ZhGpzVQ_zp_UruJrYc4uhRuDI5iyK_AEq9uw_s1d0P7Tg/s4160/20200801_125012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CeZM1yHvYuzKmHu2wOKSEVi79-I3c6XV-PV6PYn6lhkyJOiQZNUK2gEEmAr9alhCtFyamMQhWatKZsjTtbozCfXS-FLOG7ZhGpzVQ_zp_UruJrYc4uhRuDI5iyK_AEq9uw_s1d0P7Tg/w300-h400/20200801_125012.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p>I had an old pattern (I think a Simplicity?) that I used for the bodices and the skirts and sleeves were my own design. I wasn't going to add sleeves at first but the dresses felt more complete with the sleeves so we added them. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRP3dQ7Vx2JP1m8mQbwBvoWxqH5Z2FWzo_j9qgSf17KA8zDNGAsN3pWgPp2tS22PU6fZhlmHb1pvUiYrG9Bt52QWdfwn7Qj_ItsU7eBsClNjD0dwu-FIf_YRwvR_ZTqRI64dh58mlWts/s4160/20200801_125004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRP3dQ7Vx2JP1m8mQbwBvoWxqH5Z2FWzo_j9qgSf17KA8zDNGAsN3pWgPp2tS22PU6fZhlmHb1pvUiYrG9Bt52QWdfwn7Qj_ItsU7eBsClNjD0dwu-FIf_YRwvR_ZTqRI64dh58mlWts/w300-h400/20200801_125004.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sewing for 2 very different sized girls is interesting when you want the dresses to look just alike. I couldn't use the bodice patterns in their respective sizes as-is since the proportions also had to be right. I had to alter waistlines, necklines, skirt width and sleeve length and width all proportionally. It was just challenging enough to make it fun without it also being a headache. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdZJBbQmkK5N0FeLqNNtsmX7_5YaV_VEqZAM_h0fandEclr4Nri4GApcUGHKuK9N0EuWmUpJolgnog3SRrlROIwarSiIrzs2Uv-TaYdzB6OFbwNqsRN_6tY5fVMZBNAqap-5VViaoOxo/s4160/20200801_141144.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdZJBbQmkK5N0FeLqNNtsmX7_5YaV_VEqZAM_h0fandEclr4Nri4GApcUGHKuK9N0EuWmUpJolgnog3SRrlROIwarSiIrzs2Uv-TaYdzB6OFbwNqsRN_6tY5fVMZBNAqap-5VViaoOxo/w300-h400/20200801_141144.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I actually found the ivory lace at Wal Mart and bought all that was left on the bolt. It is a stretch lace but I flatlined the bodice and skirt with ivory satin and lined the entire dress with plain weave cotton. Lace and satin can be really uncomfortable on the skin, as I remember the scratchy and suffocating feelings I had when wearing my beautiful (but uncomfortable!) Fancy Dresses at Christmas and Easter when I was a little girl. Those late 80's and early 90's dresses were something else! 😂<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsXpRootJk4nZF0HBP0AHLDTy_EOHBtv5JucZzWO-0xfquP8o9qbjEro2ZY5lQDbwR5Ck0OzOIMmmfsz2gql_9DYdzGDn-mo327954C0JXylhUQvk2eP9lOWBXrd1H40mwnbK_89PiLw/s4160/20200801_141051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsXpRootJk4nZF0HBP0AHLDTy_EOHBtv5JucZzWO-0xfquP8o9qbjEro2ZY5lQDbwR5Ck0OzOIMmmfsz2gql_9DYdzGDn-mo327954C0JXylhUQvk2eP9lOWBXrd1H40mwnbK_89PiLw/w300-h400/20200801_141051.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvixrUUmmk7KWaKh16kfPEXZhcvU_gW7GecKjpM1E35G4DfHqzuxTRTFXQUp3WWb0BMoCT1ZVROJUo25_YlKmWIpxXvsSr8GoWmTXnXAerbm2gGx9btk9lKBE0qHrZjjrsZX8LCkEU-hY/s2576/20200801_121509.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvixrUUmmk7KWaKh16kfPEXZhcvU_gW7GecKjpM1E35G4DfHqzuxTRTFXQUp3WWb0BMoCT1ZVROJUo25_YlKmWIpxXvsSr8GoWmTXnXAerbm2gGx9btk9lKBE0qHrZjjrsZX8LCkEU-hY/w400-h300/20200801_121509.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-wedding selfies on the ride to the venue!</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>To make the skirts have nice fullness I added a built in petticoat of netting sewn to the skirts between the lining and the satin flatlining. This was cut to be a little shorter than the cotton lining so no scratchy hems! <p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJynDMg9Qzo4BBqzeyi_IIam-yDt6RDEnZyfyGo92axCZ39WcrFi599tYdtrmrZhjTvNjpRgST3bcZpkFixPIlzVXyiSYNI7bYbwCTd0CflW7ipkdgD4vUK4sOEB9B0Zmg7wvcJQnuk7k/s2576/20200801_121324.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJynDMg9Qzo4BBqzeyi_IIam-yDt6RDEnZyfyGo92axCZ39WcrFi599tYdtrmrZhjTvNjpRgST3bcZpkFixPIlzVXyiSYNI7bYbwCTd0CflW7ipkdgD4vUK4sOEB9B0Zmg7wvcJQnuk7k/w400-h300/20200801_121324.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie Queen :D</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTLQ9DHe_sZBi69oAgO6kHq9KdsbnDDkK7clq6ntoA-FZFifpuQjozFjDwP1ti7vWVAjyIEjw07emSoVoFwY-hijdtTuB5_ljfUcr1EzzWDbKwzgB3v0bZZl-ENvZwcZ1JDMfddbIRFE/s2576/20200801_121337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTLQ9DHe_sZBi69oAgO6kHq9KdsbnDDkK7clq6ntoA-FZFifpuQjozFjDwP1ti7vWVAjyIEjw07emSoVoFwY-hijdtTuB5_ljfUcr1EzzWDbKwzgB3v0bZZl-ENvZwcZ1JDMfddbIRFE/w300-h400/20200801_121337.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The girls picked out a pretty beaded trim I sewed along the sleeve hems and the necklines. I added ribbon sashes and a cluster of sewn on white roses to the center of each sash, attaching it to the waistline. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQO9DfF193pfeHya-ZVVQUUOBEQz-fsxmCV5xzDZv9MOsGLhIpXB1rN8Quy69xA-QkT6UKWwBS8nCBJi4CPXIA4wgPga5qTAFfpdjFpy9RKWCWsR_ATh_wMtg85uZ3CPTV6vtkcSNKSU/s3900/IMG_20200801_120628_115.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3900" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQO9DfF193pfeHya-ZVVQUUOBEQz-fsxmCV5xzDZv9MOsGLhIpXB1rN8Quy69xA-QkT6UKWwBS8nCBJi4CPXIA4wgPga5qTAFfpdjFpy9RKWCWsR_ATh_wMtg85uZ3CPTV6vtkcSNKSU/w320-h400/IMG_20200801_120628_115.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the hotel before the wedding!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I had no idea what to do for shoes so a few weeks before the wedding I got the girls matching sandals. The day of the wedding they went to the brides house to do hair and makeup, although later at the venue I redid Rosie's hair since her hair is straight and slippery and kept wriggling out of the initial hair style.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_wUGwv8KF21hcKHsDgrqLyAWlzyTkgzGUI_Kd56xU693Suu6p3dBcFB-_7BdBnFgDH2RJrxV-VnwJKgi1A0O7Tvn3_lVvJOOiyBxuJgW7byubLJl3BfuzPzpVJpDCD6gwselSDe2Ec0/s4160/20200801_113621.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_wUGwv8KF21hcKHsDgrqLyAWlzyTkgzGUI_Kd56xU693Suu6p3dBcFB-_7BdBnFgDH2RJrxV-VnwJKgi1A0O7Tvn3_lVvJOOiyBxuJgW7byubLJl3BfuzPzpVJpDCD6gwselSDe2Ec0/w300-h400/20200801_113621.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9LCMuPc_8GNZc5AwiKd1NcqTS5rUjh7es2Sng04mMh9x2OysAdRAPM3OuEB385LKuDTlaGFM5ptgX5DDsESl4QOqqCdH0lYpAiwqrcHJehjKvY_kIMgkteXNdZsP4D8gOh2TY24_GXo/s2576/20200801_113752.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9LCMuPc_8GNZc5AwiKd1NcqTS5rUjh7es2Sng04mMh9x2OysAdRAPM3OuEB385LKuDTlaGFM5ptgX5DDsESl4QOqqCdH0lYpAiwqrcHJehjKvY_kIMgkteXNdZsP4D8gOh2TY24_GXo/w300-h400/20200801_113752.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I actually wore make up too, but I haven't worn it or earrings since then 😂</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div></div>The girls looked adorable and I was so happy to have had the opportunity to sew these dresses for them. We have them hanging neatly in their closet but they haven't worn them again since the wedding. Maybe they can wear them for Easter if they still fit by then. I kind of doubt it, though. Both girls have grown at least one size and it seems Anne actually skipped over a size entirely! <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1aT-COimuWBvR3nxYAoabLSUrOw0YopjNLvO8OsLDrpQsnPI0mz55JL8TDF3o5_1GO1StOZ2b4zqKuWYarmy2hvAVVJM8V7EuJ839eblp1YWHLVUwYjm2w3_NYjoDu72on2PRXaIQeI/s4160/20200801_154044.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1aT-COimuWBvR3nxYAoabLSUrOw0YopjNLvO8OsLDrpQsnPI0mz55JL8TDF3o5_1GO1StOZ2b4zqKuWYarmy2hvAVVJM8V7EuJ839eblp1YWHLVUwYjm2w3_NYjoDu72on2PRXaIQeI/w400-h300/20200801_154044.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reception!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_PbxmNhwB8m8YmI896nieWsnyIIwRUHeKYdgZ4Inlnd-aScO4wq1QNeFldyYfka6gxeRWIqogWPynyBzR-CY5m-WSIwO8wKr4BD9ILooWhBMk0rf4IWr1JVzL5ABIlte_BjYKjJjMW8/s4160/20200801_153918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_PbxmNhwB8m8YmI896nieWsnyIIwRUHeKYdgZ4Inlnd-aScO4wq1QNeFldyYfka6gxeRWIqogWPynyBzR-CY5m-WSIwO8wKr4BD9ILooWhBMk0rf4IWr1JVzL5ABIlte_BjYKjJjMW8/w400-h300/20200801_153918.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELAdbWcvurcGmDOFUH5nDpTLD_9CZzUjpt-_Mx1-aOjoDYjw3ASs6DxojfEO9g1dudf7vNNF2yDjdOz2sctCq-66YknI-1M_vibN1RbZUmTirRGUeXVw2CfIB7s7KHghPjqoJyE-dfAk/s4160/20200801_154027.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELAdbWcvurcGmDOFUH5nDpTLD_9CZzUjpt-_Mx1-aOjoDYjw3ASs6DxojfEO9g1dudf7vNNF2yDjdOz2sctCq-66YknI-1M_vibN1RbZUmTirRGUeXVw2CfIB7s7KHghPjqoJyE-dfAk/w300-h400/20200801_154027.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwMkJmqTjQE3wH1djqcECVu_kvMhVsA3wHwtnY1mN6L6rCAIYDpi6afVWcYXKnae6PT8_xBMD7pilHoTepV3XAFPD9HVSoczvXBk82qaeGAN7Ivj10hM8AnOHeut31gO-ZQM6x9GZIgs/s4160/20200801_150339.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwMkJmqTjQE3wH1djqcECVu_kvMhVsA3wHwtnY1mN6L6rCAIYDpi6afVWcYXKnae6PT8_xBMD7pilHoTepV3XAFPD9HVSoczvXBk82qaeGAN7Ivj10hM8AnOHeut31gO-ZQM6x9GZIgs/w300-h400/20200801_150339.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbNzou9IqUyKVqZocEyqlJFsHmD1QLbyevxVvYjGIdXWvxNDd1zqo5fXUm09vhG0aNX8m7QnQpxTctUqsPw2z9GCG88e98UJSV6AjJLf0cM-6PHG6VfjibFuWaN-5Hh35ERFpKjoRCT0/s4160/20200801_145402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbNzou9IqUyKVqZocEyqlJFsHmD1QLbyevxVvYjGIdXWvxNDd1zqo5fXUm09vhG0aNX8m7QnQpxTctUqsPw2z9GCG88e98UJSV6AjJLf0cM-6PHG6VfjibFuWaN-5Hh35ERFpKjoRCT0/w300-h400/20200801_145402.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoODt5FBS6vlC82Kv2-sfm1PoH1gvZiANkK_HDZCksajPg4BicGF6Ulh1mOF1COa-oeGc2DkgnGdTjsX-oInyaL_el6KnG5NZC-pO0c2b61y_zaOhoShaphrqTxB-X4DB2Tt0tdt642M/s4160/20200801_142033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoODt5FBS6vlC82Kv2-sfm1PoH1gvZiANkK_HDZCksajPg4BicGF6Ulh1mOF1COa-oeGc2DkgnGdTjsX-oInyaL_el6KnG5NZC-pO0c2b61y_zaOhoShaphrqTxB-X4DB2Tt0tdt642M/w300-h400/20200801_142033.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Much love,</p><p>Sarah</p><p><br /></p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-49494312822298380812021-01-06T06:46:00.007-06:002021-01-06T07:01:47.184-06:00Folkwear 107 Afghan Nomad DressAnd so the year 2020 finally came to an end. We are now almost a week into 2021, which so far is different from 2020 in exactly zero ways but it at least feels new and clean and fresh and hopeful, which counts for something. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsny1-Dv6kjq2egnBJlQRAKU6Al4L4wtGXKpMKZVX_65Ike3Ldk38pkMVd-IlOcivh7NPbd1KnkJg96CXPliN-F0WaxjMGQWcXkcJXAkruakDBIcz8tTRXvLMiZuaARv3UD9IkjZSqjU/s2048/IMG_2911-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLsny1-Dv6kjq2egnBJlQRAKU6Al4L4wtGXKpMKZVX_65Ike3Ldk38pkMVd-IlOcivh7NPbd1KnkJg96CXPliN-F0WaxjMGQWcXkcJXAkruakDBIcz8tTRXvLMiZuaARv3UD9IkjZSqjU/w400-h266/IMG_2911-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><p>As last year wound down I found myself falling into a very dark mental place. I don't know why because nothing outwardly changed but I felt increasing levels of anxiety and despair and after Christmas was an emotional wreck for at least a week. Maybe it's the build-up to Christmas, the incredible sheer amount of WORK that goes into making it a fun holiday with lots of food for the kids, maybe it's just letting myself breathe and letting all the pent up emotions of 2020 hit me at once. I don't know. I'm coming out of it now, a little, but it's hard. I'm just so exhausted in every single possible way. Winter is also a very hard season for me and it seems to get worse every year. </p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AKVnihSB9d0GecZQmKpTiD84KSo5HJz4ucVx4A2sqyzJUL7RgAuG4GvQOXjmhZe4uDLNJcmq_5btx7gMN0Z89VcW-5Q2oTPncgJUyajCiNd_QIRbkhbuEh8L2lFHyhfkJzzwe2tL5oM/s2048/IMG_2913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1AKVnihSB9d0GecZQmKpTiD84KSo5HJz4ucVx4A2sqyzJUL7RgAuG4GvQOXjmhZe4uDLNJcmq_5btx7gMN0Z89VcW-5Q2oTPncgJUyajCiNd_QIRbkhbuEh8L2lFHyhfkJzzwe2tL5oM/w400-h266/IMG_2913.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>On social media everyone has been posting their makes for 2020. I fitted in a few things in December that I have not blogged about. I made each child a new Christmas stocking, made Anne a Star Trek Voyager jacket and trousers to go with the tricorder and communicator she got for Christmas and for myself I made a special dress from Folkwear 107, the <a href="https://www.folkwear.com/products/afghan-nomad-dress?variant=34362988814">Afghan Nomad Dress</a>: </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESdy89Dd1XlslzeKzZ0iddyHvu8zPaRr1C5UhAWbj9u1x631pFuhR-dZfmca1aHGJRzxpSNuBAhZ3vz5u90xOeZ6I4N4EXiaJiFok8_iX7BsisDTk-VWx7_joSGQ56HkVH7RSK7axi6Y/s972/107-AfghaniNomad-Dress-rev_776x.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="776" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESdy89Dd1XlslzeKzZ0iddyHvu8zPaRr1C5UhAWbj9u1x631pFuhR-dZfmca1aHGJRzxpSNuBAhZ3vz5u90xOeZ6I4N4EXiaJiFok8_iX7BsisDTk-VWx7_joSGQ56HkVH7RSK7axi6Y/w319-h400/107-AfghaniNomad-Dress-rev_776x.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The Afghan Nomad Dress was pretty much a whim thing. I pulled out some fabrics one night and got inspired to make it and over the course of the next week I did just that! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWT8QzPJHagGUSki3psqN-Xa4Q2FxUJ1WZaWrsoin1d_c3xKjjJdGwWnRlH5HWMcjlJeQ1TdJ97TH9drHB_Yg_NDvfBnFexBVpg4oDcSgB6CJXBJlvkI9vqhCAeg54j0vuLF73n4OQNs/s2048/IMG_2918.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWT8QzPJHagGUSki3psqN-Xa4Q2FxUJ1WZaWrsoin1d_c3xKjjJdGwWnRlH5HWMcjlJeQ1TdJ97TH9drHB_Yg_NDvfBnFexBVpg4oDcSgB6CJXBJlvkI9vqhCAeg54j0vuLF73n4OQNs/w266-h400/IMG_2918.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>The dress is really simply cut, with a rectangle for the bodice, slightly shaped rectangular sleeves, underarm gussets that form part of the sleeve and part of the waistband, and rectangular panels sewn together for a skirt - a narrower skirt for the westernized version and a very, very full, heavy skirt for the authentic version. For my version I made the full skirt but deviated from the authentic design by putting the neckline slit in the front instead of in the back and cutting my sleeves as one piece with trim sewed on top instead of piecing the sleeves. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum8DWdOZCXnrxlO8RTH1-sLeg8SOYFANDawK83N5ekfldLoA2NSCCXtzLA-2RcwjKlwEF8Z3vKwOwbYpRRkuJRhb70Uv6Hyz242F6lPW-vVl7mrfGGCH72EFBx1SAAOh7uJ7EIAZcp34/s2048/IMG_2919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjum8DWdOZCXnrxlO8RTH1-sLeg8SOYFANDawK83N5ekfldLoA2NSCCXtzLA-2RcwjKlwEF8Z3vKwOwbYpRRkuJRhb70Uv6Hyz242F6lPW-vVl7mrfGGCH72EFBx1SAAOh7uJ7EIAZcp34/w400-h266/IMG_2919.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>While all the fabrics work fantastically together each one does have a lot of meaning. This dress feels like a wearable memory album. The purple velvet I used for the bodice came from my grandma after she passed away and was given to me along with some of her sewing notions. The purple velvet bodice is trimmed with gold metallic braid leftover from 1860's frock coat projects over the years and bands of fabric left over from my 1860's red wrapper, which I made in honor of my grandmother.(still gotta blog about that!) The yellow sleeves are left over fabric from the dress I made to wear to my sisters wedding, and all 3 fabrics used in the skirt (front skirt, back skirt and hem band) came from Windy's World, one of my favorite little shops ever that I have loved ever since moving to Ohio. I have so many happy memories of going there and browsing and buying fabric and antiques over the past almost-6 years! The trim on the sleeves is from one of my grandfather's shirts and one of my sons shirts that he long since outgrew. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU32sTqW1mL3iyScRaojKu4Ju4bLCYwOWCpZdEHLBuVxpuiGlWaPvDuOQmuvinsgoVsmqwQYAeKU1fNDT-Cl_Z5CrWf-cYpEgpGYKgLmRFDy_E_lOmUxMTk3s9m3p9pq9SOI01L9UAh8M/s2048/IMG_2945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU32sTqW1mL3iyScRaojKu4Ju4bLCYwOWCpZdEHLBuVxpuiGlWaPvDuOQmuvinsgoVsmqwQYAeKU1fNDT-Cl_Z5CrWf-cYpEgpGYKgLmRFDy_E_lOmUxMTk3s9m3p9pq9SOI01L9UAh8M/w400-h266/IMG_2945.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>There are no fastenings on this dress. It slips on over the head and the bodice is very fitted across the bust so it stays in place pretty well with no waist ties. However, the weight of the skirt in the back tends to drag the dress towards the back - which makes me glad that I put the neck slit in the front, or else I'd feel like I am choking when I wear this dress. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pTqTYRl54B-s_AW80_AG55UxbNGXMI5YKdBrdLDoyiLrNxrJWvHtZvchhRC-zEDY4y0fOM9E23jKflC1gtdbvJdgGcV92jHd-BY8tJlOW7JGi_ICcoZL45pX3PEfsthnKgxn1Um02-w/s2048/IMG_2928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pTqTYRl54B-s_AW80_AG55UxbNGXMI5YKdBrdLDoyiLrNxrJWvHtZvchhRC-zEDY4y0fOM9E23jKflC1gtdbvJdgGcV92jHd-BY8tJlOW7JGi_ICcoZL45pX3PEfsthnKgxn1Um02-w/w266-h400/IMG_2928.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Despite the simplicity of cut there was a LOT of hand sewing in this dress. For one thing, velvet is hard to sew and I had to put that part together by hand, including sewing on the trim by hand. The binding around the neck was done by hand. The seams on the sleeves were felled by hand and the skirt was gathered and whipped to the bodice by hand. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf0xrNp7Ad_UBamKpv2y_j8hQ2xLgmUjDsIOjx5glzs38wNLch2Up3ApO6Gl_QsfUibm-MVAhHznlTpYYfLRhvGjd91n0SiuT52g5kLKOTEKadNwp37_MRR70hbRxUA3KYYtgzoT3OWs/s2048/IMG_2944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBf0xrNp7Ad_UBamKpv2y_j8hQ2xLgmUjDsIOjx5glzs38wNLch2Up3ApO6Gl_QsfUibm-MVAhHznlTpYYfLRhvGjd91n0SiuT52g5kLKOTEKadNwp37_MRR70hbRxUA3KYYtgzoT3OWs/w400-h266/IMG_2944.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I love the finished dress and wore it the day of Winter Solstice. I have not worn it since but someday soon I will wear it again. It's a bit much to wear around the house (the skirt is absolutely enormous!) but I made it with drum circles in mind and soon it will be warm enough and hopefully safe enough to gather with friends for such activities. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP1Ds6mUErqV15Wu5LSVvrxoQHAAEZIP88dHM0gwFZ114UoN7q999WpigiwbbRo-bjqvF5Tc95Tcs7eobK0y-2nzIbz7PSTJ7f-wGajzjoLT9B-cHRncqBaVBNlWmPgCkfuTlWQnUqyM/s2048/IMG_2920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTP1Ds6mUErqV15Wu5LSVvrxoQHAAEZIP88dHM0gwFZ114UoN7q999WpigiwbbRo-bjqvF5Tc95Tcs7eobK0y-2nzIbz7PSTJ7f-wGajzjoLT9B-cHRncqBaVBNlWmPgCkfuTlWQnUqyM/w400-h266/IMG_2920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>In a shorter length with a narrower skirt and maybe shorter sleeves I think this dress WOULD make a great everyday dress too. I will make it again sometime. I have a few pink fabrics that would combine into a pretty spring dress and SPRING WILL COME. Already the days are noticeably getting a bit longer. I choose to look forward with hope. Here are a few construction pictures. I didn't do a great job at documenting the sewing process but I have at least a few photos. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xpleFpKHInOPHy7aYjOXtFpCy6HZsfdOs5eDQeSvx4JGC78AqcV_HxxI_Jqxdou6XRpX-V3OAYBpTytg6x8GfYmQdF_7Ms2Rc14DyYjwZcrk92WycIBHzAQDkZg6XtZ8mWy_r-Oxq-4/s4160/20201215_114754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6xpleFpKHInOPHy7aYjOXtFpCy6HZsfdOs5eDQeSvx4JGC78AqcV_HxxI_Jqxdou6XRpX-V3OAYBpTytg6x8GfYmQdF_7Ms2Rc14DyYjwZcrk92WycIBHzAQDkZg6XtZ8mWy_r-Oxq-4/w300-h400/20201215_114754.jpg" title="Inspiration!" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inspiration! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMfzKQR8mW3vPSlY4URQA1HyoDky72vTALp500xv0J1bRwgmOA0E6jvx389Bl7xrliYRbpisyEqUOfrBz3LBMYr3cHrw1ryfXoIoBDQmjo-6IG3n-4gyqdqrD5f7Mi7h_DTsqtX16Jbk/s4160/20201216_143015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMfzKQR8mW3vPSlY4URQA1HyoDky72vTALp500xv0J1bRwgmOA0E6jvx389Bl7xrliYRbpisyEqUOfrBz3LBMYr3cHrw1ryfXoIoBDQmjo-6IG3n-4gyqdqrD5f7Mi7h_DTsqtX16Jbk/w300-h400/20201216_143015.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodice put together. The velvet is flatlined with plain cotton.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPk7Bj0NCKMVJmYxxDGvV8tnFg74sgRnDiW4HgctpQwfzSOXkaELBU-hKzabKP_f4BxLSiX_HGwp5tLweu7VltgvMZB0vHYuU9RyicsJyCkB51iGYsMErLUnuuJLpBC4MMASkgeaQIHc/s4160/20201217_192901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPk7Bj0NCKMVJmYxxDGvV8tnFg74sgRnDiW4HgctpQwfzSOXkaELBU-hKzabKP_f4BxLSiX_HGwp5tLweu7VltgvMZB0vHYuU9RyicsJyCkB51iGYsMErLUnuuJLpBC4MMASkgeaQIHc/w400-h300/20201217_192901.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleeves attached!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVlxndDiqDJqu4jK8BOiP802hJpe6H0Cr2qQRm9vlanpLmjvvOe85H5XowXkEZGLZh_lepV-AVCNdZ3ESX14pX-Cv5-g7B5oTO6I7NjqScoibDIrVn1QCZZr99-f5UCzIhtg-sg_n_4Y/s4160/20201221_152556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVlxndDiqDJqu4jK8BOiP802hJpe6H0Cr2qQRm9vlanpLmjvvOe85H5XowXkEZGLZh_lepV-AVCNdZ3ESX14pX-Cv5-g7B5oTO6I7NjqScoibDIrVn1QCZZr99-f5UCzIhtg-sg_n_4Y/w400-h300/20201221_152556.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of waistband and cartridge pleats on the skirt. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aDVPRYzTmDDBt0GmqQMDYECS9SF-FnMiQDo3stCRvSGABTu-uWSN4BJjymKR9T8j73l61dCxx36v4dcu2DoCC1GQwfuskEGBGG3FZVyPo4qwecIg8RbKRZHLhWP64iEnekh_DAcyLrE/s4160/20201221_152651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aDVPRYzTmDDBt0GmqQMDYECS9SF-FnMiQDo3stCRvSGABTu-uWSN4BJjymKR9T8j73l61dCxx36v4dcu2DoCC1GQwfuskEGBGG3FZVyPo4qwecIg8RbKRZHLhWP64iEnekh_DAcyLrE/w300-h400/20201221_152651.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back bodice and back skirt. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Much love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah</div></div><br /></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-70949359991669422522020-12-17T06:26:00.001-06:002020-12-17T06:26:27.245-06:00Simplicity 9013 in Yellow SeersuckerMy baby sister got married this summer and even though Covid-19 has shaped 2020 in ways we never imagined at this time last year, I am grateful that my sister still got to have a beautiful, perfect summer wedding and that our family was able to be there with her.
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I made the girls flower dresses early in the year and hemmed them a month or so before the wedding date. After that I made a dress for myself and Simplicity 9013 caught my eye. Although long sleeved, I thought it would be nice in a lightweight fabric for a summer wedding. It's a simple style I probably didn't really need a pattern for but it was nice to only have to worry about sewing this instead of mocking up and fitting a lot.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYZesRoId2nAqNIMWRT78qa4yp4B5cEK7nhdYAlIdyzfYIgexdnNPpb3-dyL46OWwMrL8EoSp_H0WwqdFYW91qP9a0eLTewoFmyHmNtBScDs96dZNUhodPgaNKohV6UzDuqBW4BAtYs/s794/il_794xN.2694885153_agiy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwYZesRoId2nAqNIMWRT78qa4yp4B5cEK7nhdYAlIdyzfYIgexdnNPpb3-dyL46OWwMrL8EoSp_H0WwqdFYW91qP9a0eLTewoFmyHmNtBScDs96dZNUhodPgaNKohV6UzDuqBW4BAtYs/s320/il_794xN.2694885153_agiy.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I bought some mustard yellow seersucker and some pink cotton eyelet from Hobby Lobby and in the end decided to use the seersucker - which I am glad for! It is much lighterweight than the eyelet. Any ideas for 5 yards of heavy-ish dusty pink eyelet? :D
I made the pattern pretty straight as-is with no modifications for fitting besides shortening the skirt length a bit. I probably could have taken some length out of the bodice but it worked. It's a bit blousy, and pulling the bodice down low enough to make it not very blousy pulled the high waistline down and made the dress tight across the hips. So, next time, I will take out maybe 1.5" in length on the bodice. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-Ttc7AvEA910dqYwzWE7SddfGM3qTYQ8Zreuy0XIS8tn-Wt_gZugw9jWu9cjVXXozcLCeR8hbAld_awk2h1h2SXdjaAhqxVenhdV5PFKSFzvP6TJIPQJn1wbIh6wbxcFaQuu99ybqAQ/s2048/IMG_1669.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-Ttc7AvEA910dqYwzWE7SddfGM3qTYQ8Zreuy0XIS8tn-Wt_gZugw9jWu9cjVXXozcLCeR8hbAld_awk2h1h2SXdjaAhqxVenhdV5PFKSFzvP6TJIPQJn1wbIh6wbxcFaQuu99ybqAQ/w267-h400/IMG_1669.jpg" width="267" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxB2uUVj7HP4T3YeruDGjhHSWS0FiTv0h-OpWenc01yt_gAZH9INnHSx_aznNOJJYATvgbosqZUt_iyHFx_PGn5Z_xbBnppnxU4DpYWOu2tUWWcDW1IQeosWk3EHn_3S3QkIj4isn3oQ/s2048/IMG_1680.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxB2uUVj7HP4T3YeruDGjhHSWS0FiTv0h-OpWenc01yt_gAZH9INnHSx_aznNOJJYATvgbosqZUt_iyHFx_PGn5Z_xbBnppnxU4DpYWOu2tUWWcDW1IQeosWk3EHn_3S3QkIj4isn3oQ/s400/IMG_1680.jpg" /></a></div>I added a sash in the side seams to cover up a bit of wonky work when I installed the back invisible zipper.
The dress is completely unlined which helps make it very light and airy and all the seams were serged and most of them topstitched in matching yellow thread. I had to wear a slip underneath so wore the underdress I made to go with my Summer Solstice kaftan dress. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qsfzwnmqjdUXDvavxanXZ75tx_FyV9KEpB6lYWGrkeSq0RxSD8bFLSFyDozCG3HOFw7qFb2ORYPN-_i_Ii7lCsmVh-1JgOBWfMy96-bOyVefdMDtBS3fqZKu4cqwz7ENQaj7DEtmmQ/s2048/IMG_1670.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0qsfzwnmqjdUXDvavxanXZ75tx_FyV9KEpB6lYWGrkeSq0RxSD8bFLSFyDozCG3HOFw7qFb2ORYPN-_i_Ii7lCsmVh-1JgOBWfMy96-bOyVefdMDtBS3fqZKu4cqwz7ENQaj7DEtmmQ/s400/IMG_1670.jpg" /></a></div> I love the vintage vibes this style has and it was an elegant dress to wear. I have, however, not worn it again since the day of the wedding! I think it's definitely a dress-up style versus an everyday one due to the slim skirt. If I made this again in a shorter length and bigger skirt size I think I'd wear it for everyday. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-sL7mKZLzx4IMxSajinz2c9wqF6Q_YLg0TNII-xKw9EaOqyftJUiwTjx7CUBijCmZiWhAF3J-w6xB5c6bNBWPWNSyYhQaiblhqnoKXdJEcDkUiHDlkdwTLHFtIXwxfkZ2rqRj_fhChs/s2048/IMG_1674.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-sL7mKZLzx4IMxSajinz2c9wqF6Q_YLg0TNII-xKw9EaOqyftJUiwTjx7CUBijCmZiWhAF3J-w6xB5c6bNBWPWNSyYhQaiblhqnoKXdJEcDkUiHDlkdwTLHFtIXwxfkZ2rqRj_fhChs/s400/IMG_1674.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div> The world is cold and icy now in mid December. It is fun to go back and look at these pictures from just a few months ago. What a happy time it was! 2020 has certainly been a difficult year but it has had some very special and beautiful moments. In this last picture, I am wearing a ring from each of my grandmothers, so I felt their presence their with us. My Grammie passed in 1995 and I have had her engagement ring since my 10th birthday. My Grandma Judy passed in July of this year and when I arrived in Illinois the day before my sisters wedding my mother gave me the ring my grandma had worn when she went into hospice. It was very special to have both to wear to my sisters wedding. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadlq5iAM5s8wBNnjKiDZpDIf5ZqvOPTlcNS_mCK_tzeVfsrzBclpNmNo2UUXa5XDNMd1akfroYxPAYgk8cq2K3eteNX_mlUGbP56T1RNXUs3oZQzJHbnYJVKtnZDKWZQW3Ln1PpwG0zE/s2048/IMG_1681.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadlq5iAM5s8wBNnjKiDZpDIf5ZqvOPTlcNS_mCK_tzeVfsrzBclpNmNo2UUXa5XDNMd1akfroYxPAYgk8cq2K3eteNX_mlUGbP56T1RNXUs3oZQzJHbnYJVKtnZDKWZQW3Ln1PpwG0zE/w266-h400/IMG_1681.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div> Much love,
Sarah</div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-19843098381780071992020-10-21T12:23:00.001-05:002020-10-21T12:23:15.387-05:00OctoberOctober is slipping by; transitioning from the gold and blue of September to the deeper reds, oranges and browns of October. I know I have neglected my blog; it's been a busy time since the kids went back to school. The first few weeks were full of settling in to new routines and it seems at least once a week someone or another has a symptom that requires them to be kept home. This year, the nurse sent a detailed list of symptoms that could be problematic and encourages kids with any of them to stay home. Cough, tummy ache, runny nose, sore throat, etc. In the past, the only time school did NOT want our kids in was if they had a fever or were throwing up. Now, of course, we must be more cautious.
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They are all doing marvelously well; David is being promoted to 8th grade in December (he repeated 1st grade, since that was the time we were dealing with his autism diagnosis) and Rose is excelling in kidergarten. Meanwhile, I've been scurrying to get them all caught up on physicals and dental visits since we had to postpone so much over the spring and summer. Judah turned 13 in September and David had his 14th birthday a few days ago.
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Malachi has returned home for the time being. He wanted to go back to school this year after being homeschooled most of last but he was struggling a lot. He has chosen to do the virutal schooling option our district offers and is happy to be back home again. He is a great help with Lucy, the black lab puppy we got at the beginning of September.
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I have been sewing some things as I have time and will blog about those as I can. Perhaps things will quiet down some but whenever I think they will, something new comes up to require any spare attention and time. I have made some modern things and actually did finish a historic garment. Malachi took some pictures of my new 1860's wrapper over the weekend and I am excited to have finally made my first Civil War dress in 3 years! (THREE?!?!)
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This time of year always has me feeling a bit down and nostalgic but also fuels my creative drive and gets me incredibly inspired. Kind of weird, but, it works! I am taking advantage of my energy before winter comes on full force and I know I'll be feeling pretty lethargic and stifled before spring arrives.
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Much love to you all,
Sarah Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-64446125841397346872020-09-02T13:26:00.002-05:002020-09-02T13:27:27.258-05:00Summer Dresses and NightgownsNow that it's September, it seemed a good time to download all my August photos from my camera. I take my camera with me almost everywhere as I am still learning to use it, but often it is far easier to just pull out my phone to snap a quick (but far less quality) picture. I let my pictures on my camera pile up but it seemed like a good time to get them all off. Actually, I found a mushroom colony in the yard and wanted to take some photos of it and made myself download all my old pictures and recharge my camera battery before the fun of photographing the mushrooms.<br />
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So much happened in August - my sisters wedding, back to school shopping, the start of school! Benjamin had a mucocele on his lip that required a few dr appointments, culminating in a (quick, easy, outpatient) surgical removal yesterday. August saw the start of fall baseball season and the preparation for the coming months of hunting season, which makes the boys very happy. I made 7 cape dresses for a friend and finally learned how to construct this Plain style that has baffled me for many years. (remember all those Christian Amish romance novels teen girls read in the late 90's and early 2000's? I read them and had a fascination with Amish style dress that never quite has gone away!) </div>
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I've made more masks this past week but haven't started any bigger projects yet. I am enjoying not having sewing pressure right now. I did want to blog about the dresses I made the girls in July since I came across them when downloading my August pictures and they came out cute, I think. </div>
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Anyway, Anne's 8th birthday was in late July and they spent the last part of the month with grandma and grandpa. Before they left I made them each a new nightgown and made Anne a birthday dress and, since Anne wanted Rose to have a matching one, and Rose had no objection, a dress for Rose too.<br />
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Anne wanted a halter style dress with a full skirt to about knee length. To avoid any fasteners we made the tops out of some stretchy t-shirt fabric and gathered the cotton skirt onto the bottom of a slightly shaped tube. After the halter was finished Anne decided she didn't like the feeling of ties behind her neck so we added loops at the back waistband to thread the ties through, so they can crisscross in the back and tie at the waist. </div>
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To differentiate the dresses, we appliqued two different unicorns on the front bodices; Anne chose hers and Rose had the other. They both were thrilled with their new dresses and have worn them very often since we made them. Although, in these pictures, they look less than thrilled - they had been bickering about something and were not at all pleased about the idea of taking pictures together! 😂</div>
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The nighties are made from a modern Simplicity pattern I picked up at Wal Mart. It's for a loose dress and the shape was right for the idea of nightie I had in mind. I probably didn't <i>need </i>a pattern for such a simple garment but it definitely made the project faster since the sizing was already worked out. We eliminated the center back opening since our material was soft and stretchy and I finished the neckline with a band and the sleeves and bottom with a simple hem. The girls liked having matching nighties to take with them and they still wear these a lot, although it's been getting cooler at night and they are pulling out their flannel pajamas pants already. </div>
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So far this week it has been very rainy and so humid that it feels like it must be hot, but it's actually not. So far school has gone well for all the children and they are settling in very nicely, except Malachi has found that he does not like band class. Rose had her first music class two days ago and was so excited that she was able to talk into the microphone and tell everyone her name! She has a new little friend named Candace and she chatters to me all evening about the things her and Candace do at school. </div>
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David started 7th grade on Monday morning. Over the summer his school moved location. Last week his teacher sent him a YouTube video tour of the new school and a step-by-step explanation of what he could expect his day to be like when school resumed. This was done instead of an in-person open house and David really liked knowing what his day would be like. So far he has really enjoyed school, seeing his friends, having the same teacher as he did last year and getting used to the new building! The former building was a 1920s highschool and although it was beautiful and historic, it was also expensive to maintain and there was no air conditioning. David loves having a temperature controlled environment now and no enormous fans to deal with in his classroom! He and his classmates stay in the same room all day, have their meals brought to them, and a few teachers rotate through to teach the different subjects. Staff wears masks and the students are encouraged to. David has chosen to wear a mask each day since he gets candy at the end of the day if he does. </div>
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Judah and Malachi started yesterday, both at the Middle School! Being in 7th grade, this is Judah's second year there. Malachi is in 6th, and he was a little nervous since this is a completely new school for him with new staff to get used. Malachi did most of 5th grade from home, via the Ohio Virtual Academy. He decided almost last minute that he wanted to return to the local school this year so I am thankful that they could squeeze him in! I went with him to open house last week and he was happy to see his friend Glenn there from last year. Glenn and Malachi were so excited to see each other and I walked with them to the different rooms, helped Malachi figure out how to work his locker combination, and met his teachers. Judah and Malachi went to different bus stops yesterday and I walked with Malachi to his. I didn't realize that his is kind of a no-no. 😂 I guess once kids reach middle school age they don't want their mom waving goodbye as they leave in the bus. This morning Malachi went with Judah to the bus and I was able to watch them from the front yard, without danger of embarrassing them with my presence. Because of Covid-19, this year the students are required to wear a face covering at school and on the bus. At lunch, there are no self serve foods and each student is required to bring their own water bottle to fill up since the drinking fountains are turned off. Other than that, they reported to me yesterday that school seems pretty normal!</div>
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And today little Rosie started kindergarten! She was in the 2nd group of kindergartners to start, as they have decided to implement a staggered kindergarten first day this year. The first group started yesterday! Rosie and her friend Joshua both started today. It was fun having her for one last day yesterday; we went to Goodwill, got some groceries and stopped at McDonalds for one last hurrah. This morning we did her hair, picked out a cute outfit (the adorable dress is from Grandma Pam!) and she dashed out the door with Anne, excited to start her first day of school! Her teacher is the same one that Benjamin had last year and we were able to meet her and see the classroom last week at open house. </div>
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Here they are waiting for the bus! Yes, Rosie's hair is quite a bit shorter. I told her I was going to trim her dead ends before school started and she. . .decided to help me, by chopping off a good eight inches of hair around the front and sides. She has a long bob now and bangs. </div>
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They all gave me a hug and kiss goodbye and Anne held Rosie's hand as she boarded the bus. I choked up but was determined to not let them see me cry. As the bus pulled away all 3 of them waved and pressed their faces against the windows, so, they were off! I can't wait to hear all about Rosie's first day when she comes home!</div>
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Also, I shared this video on Facbeook a few days ago but will post it here too because I think it is also important. Guys, it's not cool to shame or mock a kid who wears a mask, for any reason. No matter if that kid is worried about catching a virus, or wants to look cool, or who just wants to comply with guidelines so they can go somewhere/do something/. I've been seeing a lot of this around here and maybe it's just the area I live in but - let kids wear a mask and don't try to make them feel bad about it! For that matter, don't mock anyone for wearing a mask. Wearing a mask is not "living in fear". Some people wear a mask because they feel it helps keep them and others safe. Others wear one out of respect. If you choose to not wear one, that is on you but don't try to force your opinion on others!<br />
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So anyway.<br />
Our school district finalized their learning plan early this month and parents can opt to send their kids in for a regular (or as regular as can be, in these irregular times) school week OR do complete remote learning. Whatever the parent decides is what they are committed to, barring any unforeseen circumstances, for the first semester. My kids all wanted to return to school so that is what we chose as the best option for us.<br />
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Masks at first were encouraged but not required but now they are required for all k-12 students and it must be a fabric face covering versus a plastic face shield. So, all the face shields I ordered from Amazon are gonna sit tight for awhile. 😂 And over the weekend I began to make more masks. My kids will need a few each day and it doesn't hurt to have plenty extra, in case other kids at the school need some.<br />
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I am using the <a href="https://www.twigandtale.com/products/fabric-face-mask">Twig & Tale free mask pattern</a> exclusively now, and love how it fits. The 5 sizing options are really good. The Medium size fits me and the big boys, Anne takes a size Small and Rosie and Benjamin fit well into the X-small. I made some in size Large for our friend Kevin. So far we have not found anyone who is big enough to fit into the X-Large size!<br />
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I made some in plain fabric for my oldest son, David, who had fun decorating them with faces. He will be attending an alternative school where face masks will be needed during his drive to and from school but once at the school, he has the option to not wear a mask or to wear one provided by the school. He has a few of these masks as well as some neck gaiters to wear during his transportation.<br />
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I made each of the 3 littles an animal face mask and Benjamin wore his to 1st grade open house this week. Anne wore hers for 3rd grade, but Rosie chose to wear a panel mask with a raccoon and squirrel for her open house. Malachi had open house for 6th grade (he has decided to return to our district public school this year, after all) and the oldest two did not have open house.<br />
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So far each kid has about 8 masks apiece and I have more cut out to sew. I've also made a few mesh masks at special request but I won't make those for kids - kids need to follow the rules and be safe and these "anti masks" are a political statement that I can understand but that I do not share in. I will, however, make them to help some people comply in situations where these type of face coverings are allowed. I have also made a few similar ones out of stretch lace.<br />
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So far the kids prefer the panel style over the pleated style since the seam curves away from the face and leaves a little air pocket on the inside. For ties I'm using t shirt fabric cut into strips and threaded through a pony bead so they can be adjusted to fit any size. It seems to work out a lot better than elastic or hair ties and it's insanely cheaper than either.<br />
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From a fat quarter at Wal Mart I can get 4-5 masks depending on size (not including lining, but I use scraps for that) so these are very economical masks to make.<br />
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Our first day of school is next week and they are all so excited! I am a little nervous but am excited too. I hope everything goes smoothly for the students and staff and that everyone is able to stay safe as we try to get a bit of a normal schedule back for our kids.<br />
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I can't believe all six of my kids are old enough for school! Where did time go? Rosie has Benjamins teacher from last year and she could not be more thrilled!<br />
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SarahSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-82099921702700662502020-08-12T09:37:00.001-05:002020-08-12T09:41:55.016-05:00A Patchwork Skirt<p>My friend Mr. Preston texted me early one morning back in May sometime. He was getting in some repro 80's style parody t shirts, and thought I might like one. Of course I wanted one! While I waited the few weeks til he got them in I decided it was a good time to make a patchwork skirt to go with the new tshirt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-cPdDTUB4sLjEVcbFAbBeHgl24chvLzeKZv2VQuW9xotr1-p8iom5-wtENSlXyik4frgHLje9eTbXWN52q3v3oLfGJ-TssQQn1rMnKcj6fM3SJyQ_0KvyjgmihErvBE5idA91ixK1OY/s2048/IMG_1308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-cPdDTUB4sLjEVcbFAbBeHgl24chvLzeKZv2VQuW9xotr1-p8iom5-wtENSlXyik4frgHLje9eTbXWN52q3v3oLfGJ-TssQQn1rMnKcj6fM3SJyQ_0KvyjgmihErvBE5idA91ixK1OY/w342-h512/IMG_1308.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p>I've wanted to make a patchwork skirt for awhile. I saved a bunch of images last year of patchwork skirts from the 60's, 70's and 80's. They are all cute and I love how they go with anything. I remember having some clothes made of not real patchwork back in the 90's, but patchwork printed fabric so it looked like patchwork without, well, all the work. 😂</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw-1mmpEPpReyemVsxpv0hh2xaFmCzYFsHTcHTZHbOalZ9MfBhdcESFjyXEvi8eFdxshyphenhyphenAqwNhfYKg4rgwfrI3FGBzsw1LaabZGVx-mRq3Fppve9bHtMV04iQkECwJpazHRmOny101mU/s2048/IMG_1309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHw-1mmpEPpReyemVsxpv0hh2xaFmCzYFsHTcHTZHbOalZ9MfBhdcESFjyXEvi8eFdxshyphenhyphenAqwNhfYKg4rgwfrI3FGBzsw1LaabZGVx-mRq3Fppve9bHtMV04iQkECwJpazHRmOny101mU/w342-h512/IMG_1309.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p>A lot of the earlier patchwork skirts I looked at seemed to be made of simple blocks sewn together into a tube with a drawstring or elastic waist, and sometimes a slit for leg movement. I did find one from, according to the site it was listed on, the 60's and it intrigued me since it was made of a series of graduated blocks, smaller at the waist and largest at the hem. This made a very pretty shape without the need of elastics or drawstrings or slits. I decided to go with that style, even though my tshirt is from two decades later. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOGU74M7-qvBNpkNvQzCA_p3CBP-_zIBghNd_LzDx0y8jXtThsu-UyqdMbgNvnLPrvGGBQsUZnqQZrWXGryBhpXXWrcp66xsmd5g2XwyZJ9hxWWNK9mRLVXatAEmxQjc8gT-rNCeIvNw/s2048/IMG_1313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOGU74M7-qvBNpkNvQzCA_p3CBP-_zIBghNd_LzDx0y8jXtThsu-UyqdMbgNvnLPrvGGBQsUZnqQZrWXGryBhpXXWrcp66xsmd5g2XwyZJ9hxWWNK9mRLVXatAEmxQjc8gT-rNCeIvNw/w512-h342/IMG_1313.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p>Some simple math later I had made paper templates for all my blocks and it was time to choose fabrics from my stash. It was fun looking at the different combinations and deciding how to lay them out. I like my end product a lot! Each fabric is meaningful to me in different ways. Some of the fabrics are truly quite old and vintage and some are new - like the soft yellow that I used for Rosie's birthday dress back in April. While I sewed this skirt my Grandma was dying of cancer and so a lot of thoughts of her are stitched into the dress as she was constantly on my mind. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFt-XH05ulGhKdNxc_FhSilG0hgbkle0dANKMkwKFRXkgFI8I7TwN1mD6TrJCYMEbUV-2AEJ4ajfOpTz6AD8yyVuObOSshwpCFceaNjRnrB86uKUo4fAq87yabptiOL8aZEEZBE7IrPU/s2048/IMG_1325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFt-XH05ulGhKdNxc_FhSilG0hgbkle0dANKMkwKFRXkgFI8I7TwN1mD6TrJCYMEbUV-2AEJ4ajfOpTz6AD8yyVuObOSshwpCFceaNjRnrB86uKUo4fAq87yabptiOL8aZEEZBE7IrPU/w342-h512/IMG_1325.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p>I wanted to do a good job making this so I took the time to try to match all the seams nicely and serged every seam. Then, to protect the seams further from wear and tear I put in a lining. The waist came out a little big so I had to ease it to a binding to fit my waist and that is probably the only thing I don't like about the skirt. I would prefer it if it fit smoothly without easing but this is how it had to be! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnFcJY_lReaxOy1bWD_d6_Un7VTkKtklhEqJuo6MyV3_4PxHHxmTI3xyvtivXWUdnKH3eefdDq4GvaYwaLK6cpRggG9179HbTwNhmy_dSOiW354E69XxmuDoZdbtHzc9njZGkJajBSrs/s2048/IMG_1323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnFcJY_lReaxOy1bWD_d6_Un7VTkKtklhEqJuo6MyV3_4PxHHxmTI3xyvtivXWUdnKH3eefdDq4GvaYwaLK6cpRggG9179HbTwNhmy_dSOiW354E69XxmuDoZdbtHzc9njZGkJajBSrs/w342-h512/IMG_1323.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><p>My shirt came in late June and I love it! I don't wear tshirts a lot but this one is certainly a favorite. I wore it on the 4th of July as an attempt at red-white-and-blue and my son took some pictures for me at Fort Salem, a sacred site near here. My Grandma was not expected to make it through the day (although she did, passing a few days later) so she was very present in my mind. I brought my flute out and my drum as it seemed the right thing to do. Later that night I went to a nature preserve with Malachi and brought my guitar. We watched the sunset and saw a beautiful turtle and just enjoyed the moments. They all seemed precious as they dropped off, one by one, to the time of my Grandmas crossing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUukjQPAKBBOhEroweq-axOSqyTaeu5bSqP0iNMe4tx0d4RAp-u3CztYzntd-o1vLc0ZKp32l-hU-LKEbqSQaqGsTX62zBhtVlHoHBPCACUfjhh7UXD8pu5j3JEPHoSwu6eO7-r3oU9o/s2048/IMG_1343.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUukjQPAKBBOhEroweq-axOSqyTaeu5bSqP0iNMe4tx0d4RAp-u3CztYzntd-o1vLc0ZKp32l-hU-LKEbqSQaqGsTX62zBhtVlHoHBPCACUfjhh7UXD8pu5j3JEPHoSwu6eO7-r3oU9o/w512-h342/IMG_1343.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p>I like the skirt with other shirts too - like I mentioned, these skirts go with anything! This white blouse with yellow embroidery is one I've worn to death since getting at Goodwill a few years ago. I really need to make a replacement blouse for it. Actually, I think I have. . .but I still have kept, and wear, this one! 😂</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVn9hEIk-ZRe80AQ-EprAmOPHNwJZjEJMY6IqRRmemK1NYX9flVsu1CedxYopI9ghCRZzGLI-Y9OmpstLqTFRqt7xjRLk5uvTOipH78jReIJIgrTEaKPpsdLsIm5qtxGoV_gWQLlfxV6Y/s4898/20201025061852_IMG_0861.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4898" data-original-width="3265" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVn9hEIk-ZRe80AQ-EprAmOPHNwJZjEJMY6IqRRmemK1NYX9flVsu1CedxYopI9ghCRZzGLI-Y9OmpstLqTFRqt7xjRLk5uvTOipH78jReIJIgrTEaKPpsdLsIm5qtxGoV_gWQLlfxV6Y/w342-h512/20201025061852_IMG_0861.JPG" width="342" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Making this skirt was a slow process of love and memories. It did make me realize I need to make a few more skirts. I am down to just a few I wear in regular rotation and all my others are pretty well faded and not so nice anymore. I currently am making a set of cape dresses for a friend but once I have completed those, maybe I will make another skirt. There are lots of different patchwork styles I could try. Or I could just go with my usual, basic, peasant skirt. I am liking fitted waists again and would like a few skirts that are more structured, maybe with buttons and pockets. Maybe corduroy for cooler weather. Because, yes, the weather is cooling and soon autumn will be here and my heart is so, so glad. I so love this time. Mabon comes. </p><p>Love,</p><p>Sarah</p>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-65123763261869047252020-08-05T12:14:00.006-05:002020-08-05T12:26:20.205-05:00AugustThis summer has been filled with a lot of things; in July my grandma crossed over after having been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer back in May. I am grateful she didn't have a long, lingering sickness. She was able to be medicated for her pain and the last time I talked with her (via video chat due to Covid-19) she was at my aunts beautiful, rural home in central Illinois. She took her phone around to show me the horses in the pasture and the wide open sky, dotted with fluffy clouds, and her sweet cat, and pictures of loved ones on the walls. My aunt had her surrounded by beauty and by memories of happy times. Later, when she had to go to the hospice center, my dad would sit by her side and sing songs to her. She was a strong, beautiful lady and she slipped away on July 7th. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBgByhe85QPxz4HvBVDDUmLohd6YqZ6-rf5AMG_v8ub9Fud-PSJiOwSzD-YwlOOOILKr4LiT_vWi-1lCIMX-nYzHNt6uSr2ZY4mBClsmuH1H9oujIXYsqfjsdxJwYLXU6iHjBr5RwyGc/s1920/20201124065034_IMG_1634.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBgByhe85QPxz4HvBVDDUmLohd6YqZ6-rf5AMG_v8ub9Fud-PSJiOwSzD-YwlOOOILKr4LiT_vWi-1lCIMX-nYzHNt6uSr2ZY4mBClsmuH1H9oujIXYsqfjsdxJwYLXU6iHjBr5RwyGc/w512-h342/20201124065034_IMG_1634.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckwQvWEGQCswlpSD4CzvGFo4wMRdV2smt9RqXKrMklcJPM13Z4MRLW3N8ZvL61NO7NFlsKzRYaJLbytm7mQhyphenhyphenglODZRLHQ7fPJrKaNt5gC0955Q2loTPjzpDQ8UmnelLfpvJxQfIYMrI/s1920/20201124065017_IMG_1633.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckwQvWEGQCswlpSD4CzvGFo4wMRdV2smt9RqXKrMklcJPM13Z4MRLW3N8ZvL61NO7NFlsKzRYaJLbytm7mQhyphenhyphenglODZRLHQ7fPJrKaNt5gC0955Q2loTPjzpDQ8UmnelLfpvJxQfIYMrI/w512-h342/20201124065017_IMG_1633.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRiL75pJPLY7zw-9R4P5WNgz_jNiWTk_whI-4eDSsQnoZF0_IPZyf2FSSYziqQW0hYPx7sXHinFGdm2Gzdj4-z8fCFq1hK9a4cFCebbgAOfbfULuTz-9z6qqdl0d6kwfLnwXo0qfFFIs/s1920/20201124064525_IMG_1625.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1280" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRiL75pJPLY7zw-9R4P5WNgz_jNiWTk_whI-4eDSsQnoZF0_IPZyf2FSSYziqQW0hYPx7sXHinFGdm2Gzdj4-z8fCFq1hK9a4cFCebbgAOfbfULuTz-9z6qqdl0d6kwfLnwXo0qfFFIs/w342-h512/20201124064525_IMG_1625.JPG" width="342" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>As all things cycle and seasons gently rise and fall in the continuing breath of life, my sister married her love a few short weeks later and I was filled with deep gladness to be able to be there for her and with her as she pledged her love to her new husband. The day before she married, my mother gave me a ring that my grandma had worn when she went into hospice. I wore it for the wedding and it felt, truly, like my grandmas sweet spirit was among us. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmi12V3k2xCQ5QT2GoSsFwAautN7GHrRmUPu2ISPpOTw42bcUfzJjH_3isCi3iZ11RgXkYXQm3FeM5a5vEI0dbwf03_wxJDw-ocBBh1_MBjGZKXvxGY0bMs3MXE5RW2zd91x1zKrByx4/s4160/20200731_150532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmi12V3k2xCQ5QT2GoSsFwAautN7GHrRmUPu2ISPpOTw42bcUfzJjH_3isCi3iZ11RgXkYXQm3FeM5a5vEI0dbwf03_wxJDw-ocBBh1_MBjGZKXvxGY0bMs3MXE5RW2zd91x1zKrByx4/w512-h384/20200731_150532.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I will have a post of the girls flower girl dresses and some photos of the wedding and the yellow dress I made to wear there but today it felt more right to just post about the quiet daily life I am so grateful for. While it was so good to see my parents for a brief time and to gain a wonderful new brother (and two darling nephews!) I was so happy to come back home and to rest in the gentle arms of these hills. I drove out yesterday to pick up my son from his friends house and the ache of grateful joy was almost unbearable. I love this place; I love this land, and I will be content and happy to stay here for the rest of my time on this earth. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H-A1WizyW7RSVrrLCIZ5wjxhxVx5-1_RmzehDlRdN9n8hrE21Kh6-zYoB5rzJmc5aTJ3lF9N8eT7uExR2_nNbj1q2wRS1NQ3gwWQm-1RHhO-3lLcRYjRgIp4E2vpeNDLN5SRWqIkw4Q/s1920/20201201051821_IMG_1705.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3H-A1WizyW7RSVrrLCIZ5wjxhxVx5-1_RmzehDlRdN9n8hrE21Kh6-zYoB5rzJmc5aTJ3lF9N8eT7uExR2_nNbj1q2wRS1NQ3gwWQm-1RHhO-3lLcRYjRgIp4E2vpeNDLN5SRWqIkw4Q/w512-h342/20201201051821_IMG_1705.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0xY5pLhEyAuTDsoTfs2dGtuoexNpeUvGB6VcUOwodbrscL9G5Tk9xRN328BEQ6CXkDZZw_H4E8RpVioBppmFK2YG2FSrjTAWCrRqNET04EEA2KbjWRbei_iaevjiDNjiVpnsehVHBCE/s1920/20201201051625_IMG_1701.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0xY5pLhEyAuTDsoTfs2dGtuoexNpeUvGB6VcUOwodbrscL9G5Tk9xRN328BEQ6CXkDZZw_H4E8RpVioBppmFK2YG2FSrjTAWCrRqNET04EEA2KbjWRbei_iaevjiDNjiVpnsehVHBCE/w512-h342/20201201051625_IMG_1701.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-fIluG91xOwfe1gleyhwNl-XmBKJNtAavXo8bYUcJFNH1eZwnBdjWBFkLHgHf4yicn3fpQuQPubzAAZzaaC3L0C8cLvkayoaVrggU2LeLrOfavmbSYFEhyOIb31cciY39gZmzJ0eiK4/s1920/20201201051906_IMG_1707.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-fIluG91xOwfe1gleyhwNl-XmBKJNtAavXo8bYUcJFNH1eZwnBdjWBFkLHgHf4yicn3fpQuQPubzAAZzaaC3L0C8cLvkayoaVrggU2LeLrOfavmbSYFEhyOIb31cciY39gZmzJ0eiK4/w512-h342/20201201051906_IMG_1707.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZmOSz12rVveZKEgALLG8Rrf21mYVN8wXoM3XhxkM-Moux5UZRfVdhvUBJU3beUZCeC4-miq2womDzv7VmEgqP0ti4-6wkB6SJqKa4-lvsVukmbIJEnzQBtCBj6CdNjqmpxHDRXUnsJA/s4160/20200804_180047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZmOSz12rVveZKEgALLG8Rrf21mYVN8wXoM3XhxkM-Moux5UZRfVdhvUBJU3beUZCeC4-miq2womDzv7VmEgqP0ti4-6wkB6SJqKa4-lvsVukmbIJEnzQBtCBj6CdNjqmpxHDRXUnsJA/w512-h384/20200804_180047.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I love this little town, though I would jump at the chance to eventually move back out into the country. I love the familiar faces of my neighbors and the small talk and town gossip and news. I was ridiculously excited when our new pharmacy opened yesterday. I love all the school issues and sports and making cookies and masks for all my boys, whether biological or heart adopted. I love the rain and the sun and the moods that fall and rise over the fields and hills and the wind that rustles through the trees. I don't deserve this happiness but I am so grateful for it. I love my home here. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4E-qMGRgOcuSNZZV9m8B3eO5NhgaSvboqiBALiKJebHmxfZzJU4KO3imHHgwIXxbWkfE9b-ljUP5n57zr-oyACZMtXAFyfDzt5gJ1KzknHWGrdxF0F4vo8XZXWkNkOsP7Dw74_PmHfY/s3264/20200724_142828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4E-qMGRgOcuSNZZV9m8B3eO5NhgaSvboqiBALiKJebHmxfZzJU4KO3imHHgwIXxbWkfE9b-ljUP5n57zr-oyACZMtXAFyfDzt5gJ1KzknHWGrdxF0F4vo8XZXWkNkOsP7Dw74_PmHfY/w384-h512/20200724_142828.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkh-94ILAJWCgY7yT8sD4KkQxhUG7aWqjzq8e-tf_uvR4bPrbZa8NYi55lPuLJsK89yqJWejivzzKvYArnRJFU2qY9C-XqYJu6SLYPaiCeKPBlTEr2u7Gwap8BjdWcb4OJ6WPFtciCqk/s3264/20200724_143248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkh-94ILAJWCgY7yT8sD4KkQxhUG7aWqjzq8e-tf_uvR4bPrbZa8NYi55lPuLJsK89yqJWejivzzKvYArnRJFU2qY9C-XqYJu6SLYPaiCeKPBlTEr2u7Gwap8BjdWcb4OJ6WPFtciCqk/w384-h512/20200724_143248.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ8yMKzJVjMm7IcvEzb3NuzNmh81ve6gFwd2Mo0HZ3-J3YL_wfjye9oSmaHEqrKHuM_U85yWUCkis73Zc3OirlqZuOImWfBkjH6KvbJEuEOpG4U2zTgbxn1ab_JK57w5oTZcmCZlJ3EI/s2576/20200724_194657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJ8yMKzJVjMm7IcvEzb3NuzNmh81ve6gFwd2Mo0HZ3-J3YL_wfjye9oSmaHEqrKHuM_U85yWUCkis73Zc3OirlqZuOImWfBkjH6KvbJEuEOpG4U2zTgbxn1ab_JK57w5oTZcmCZlJ3EI/w384-h512/20200724_194657.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRcq5gVZ9jB2Ij3S7u3010yB-dqt7VyOf-RvRQbYYWL1GAgE_GAa3vKGMNo4ajBjXcgPd0Us6xKQ0eL-j9iQfpP-PYhEPyoVLJrNsCR4AILaARbMBHxNrbQHfTorGQBDy5JLsgXiuVio/s4160/20200728_220925.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRcq5gVZ9jB2Ij3S7u3010yB-dqt7VyOf-RvRQbYYWL1GAgE_GAa3vKGMNo4ajBjXcgPd0Us6xKQ0eL-j9iQfpP-PYhEPyoVLJrNsCR4AILaARbMBHxNrbQHfTorGQBDy5JLsgXiuVio/w512-h384/20200728_220925.jpg" title="One of David's latest paintings!" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of David's latest paintings!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>After the wedding I brought my girls home from their summer visit with grandma and grandpa and the boys stayed behind (except for Judah, who decided he wanted to stay home this year). We went out to check on the berries and found that there is a whole lot of them and more that will ripen over the next week or so. The girls picked all they could fit into their tied up bandannas and plan to go back with their plastic beach buckets to get more. I'll be happy if we can get enough for some jam and maybe a pie or two. But, I am very wary of the copious poison ivy entwined around the berry bushes - I'm recovering from a second poison ivy episode and I don't want to deal with another! 😂</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JcYCJHfqEaBsgYW7zy66WrXICVEhGwF7kHcqJdpIazdr5EEC_HHkvaRRcNuUUaP8GsxaRTQlawoP1ga6iU87yT6PJ8k0panc40-bVfJOYA4Xd1GnVJ2-21oJCg9DjJq4HAkY0OW-9jk/s4160/20200802_191220.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8JcYCJHfqEaBsgYW7zy66WrXICVEhGwF7kHcqJdpIazdr5EEC_HHkvaRRcNuUUaP8GsxaRTQlawoP1ga6iU87yT6PJ8k0panc40-bVfJOYA4Xd1GnVJ2-21oJCg9DjJq4HAkY0OW-9jk/w384-h512/20200802_191220.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjoG0RBygFt287ad8zV2YjybZVAJeaEEn0Qo00qL07E-2T_4ktn4fbEgfNeLmH3PA3UYmiGP_EzjlyU9KQiAy81VywnL0t2NX2MPXtYPU9fX91kIdjzBFtQ0DkEoZDht0zJeT2s9JHNM/s4160/20200802_191932.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjoG0RBygFt287ad8zV2YjybZVAJeaEEn0Qo00qL07E-2T_4ktn4fbEgfNeLmH3PA3UYmiGP_EzjlyU9KQiAy81VywnL0t2NX2MPXtYPU9fX91kIdjzBFtQ0DkEoZDht0zJeT2s9JHNM/w384-h512/20200802_191932.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2TAF8ekH57xV6mkLq3SGXwo0a94kAZkx1ag5Imkd5I4mGINPAMN49VtwQLTzw9__ZB307sdm_SsLAs5udyW7bDrNpD4VMxQcxgcu_w3d4e22gPSz7H5UrRoaR-CSwr97G-bqtWhE2Gw/s4160/20200802_192245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii2TAF8ekH57xV6mkLq3SGXwo0a94kAZkx1ag5Imkd5I4mGINPAMN49VtwQLTzw9__ZB307sdm_SsLAs5udyW7bDrNpD4VMxQcxgcu_w3d4e22gPSz7H5UrRoaR-CSwr97G-bqtWhE2Gw/w384-h512/20200802_192245.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1be3xbAfrjFWv3sbjFTJZmETTuR2DsC5KYmkzOCi7xV3x3KtAS6_F_x1uGNCXeI9U-ewd0XgNZLni4_WZBZVdxOCqLOStxjltewLBbXCOwDmlU6HF6Mk_TXWmdgozMf_c9LcBMQXoahI/s4160/20200802_192123.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1be3xbAfrjFWv3sbjFTJZmETTuR2DsC5KYmkzOCi7xV3x3KtAS6_F_x1uGNCXeI9U-ewd0XgNZLni4_WZBZVdxOCqLOStxjltewLBbXCOwDmlU6HF6Mk_TXWmdgozMf_c9LcBMQXoahI/w384-h512/20200802_192123.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tZf2axCeDu_aPwqQo8e4OVkx9w_maZY_AAUiJGQqlm_714fSMd_J0bUB4e1zMj28AzqE5Je3iLUs7vehvkWQo8KAeDqQYDhLQMim-0ixEvEcp9llm8ZD23zXFfSN5y42OXe9WeM8v1k/s4160/20200802_192516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7tZf2axCeDu_aPwqQo8e4OVkx9w_maZY_AAUiJGQqlm_714fSMd_J0bUB4e1zMj28AzqE5Je3iLUs7vehvkWQo8KAeDqQYDhLQMim-0ixEvEcp9llm8ZD23zXFfSN5y42OXe9WeM8v1k/w384-h512/20200802_192516.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2G3BHB4LMj888dwXJ0_-RrQ9cXvRBl6_yUXGANrrOXPzKPu-CamgKqLxC72IoKek6ViFfQJZnmOGmo74ayBAT3bVOeIbtorAaj7pNlTPxAgjvKIiYvBQ04_3T8kv4b2IAh3R6DmBng4/s4160/20200802_190914.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2G3BHB4LMj888dwXJ0_-RrQ9cXvRBl6_yUXGANrrOXPzKPu-CamgKqLxC72IoKek6ViFfQJZnmOGmo74ayBAT3bVOeIbtorAaj7pNlTPxAgjvKIiYvBQ04_3T8kv4b2IAh3R6DmBng4/w384-h512/20200802_190914.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I was able to bring my great-great grandmas sewing machine home from my parents. They have been keeping it for me for a year or so. I spent an afternoon rearranging my sewing space and fitting the cabinet in. Above it I hung the picture my parents gave me that came from my grandpas bedroom. On the back a note reveals that it was given to my grandpa at the time of his mothers funeral, in 1999. It seemed only fitting to keep both picture and sewing machine together. I am so lucky to have these things to remind me of my family that has gone on. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b9Dfm40hZYlJxycNfLukB4jUCRPqyXkz5cw3sbyaFSUkMshTi9LCG10HYKLEqkg5TwAX489tzIbp4T8ouHowO2bmQSXmN1TEGvyLetjGvfdQKXA3IrytKB5DMeu-OXvUQ0B5YH-Qs6A/s4160/20200803_135722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_b9Dfm40hZYlJxycNfLukB4jUCRPqyXkz5cw3sbyaFSUkMshTi9LCG10HYKLEqkg5TwAX489tzIbp4T8ouHowO2bmQSXmN1TEGvyLetjGvfdQKXA3IrytKB5DMeu-OXvUQ0B5YH-Qs6A/w512-h384/20200803_135722.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ooGFwWulZtqnwZkSgVGeolglqZejBf5IpdBVj8MSWa99_hCKFZAc6p17ouNJ39AZwCh6PqOlf44AhuTjlF19YWWLxumSCa58JR7j1F12YlovISXQIByHoB4hlZWBhPVYAcuuhiz253Y/s4160/20200803_135750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ooGFwWulZtqnwZkSgVGeolglqZejBf5IpdBVj8MSWa99_hCKFZAc6p17ouNJ39AZwCh6PqOlf44AhuTjlF19YWWLxumSCa58JR7j1F12YlovISXQIByHoB4hlZWBhPVYAcuuhiz253Y/w384-h512/20200803_135750.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcUyqPjcPGA1APq40s7q116GhIdRrEcSIPfS1zJlpka3k6axjvt0CHDsElJQeinyU03jtjR37WQue3ckeeKk0uhvcPdJ4x7eW6yDMDxhKktGQVSNTYk3C0Di1oQAoMhnSPheP8JhNk3M/s4160/20200803_135807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUcUyqPjcPGA1APq40s7q116GhIdRrEcSIPfS1zJlpka3k6axjvt0CHDsElJQeinyU03jtjR37WQue3ckeeKk0uhvcPdJ4x7eW6yDMDxhKktGQVSNTYk3C0Di1oQAoMhnSPheP8JhNk3M/w512-h384/20200803_135807.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6O8itP_gS7cbV810mJM21pEwUYRJpIFqxeZtD6T2Q5KIVUNjS0CLNq4imkVFzt31tLSkR8FBUluaWpvDUOD3A31WJyqLsHDLn_HtJi1btVvHMcT34WQAD1uF_OkKAI7XW3NTnGwpcY_U/s4160/20200803_135816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6O8itP_gS7cbV810mJM21pEwUYRJpIFqxeZtD6T2Q5KIVUNjS0CLNq4imkVFzt31tLSkR8FBUluaWpvDUOD3A31WJyqLsHDLn_HtJi1btVvHMcT34WQAD1uF_OkKAI7XW3NTnGwpcY_U/w512-h384/20200803_135816.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>And yes, I definitely plan to use this awesome treadle machine as soon as I get it running! I think all it needs is a long belt but I will have it looked over and cleaned by my service guy to make sure it has all the right parts. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wj0gnpbI1MihUW4T7EDFpRjD8bixZBSa9YD71mSpxrS7Lbe4w8Xl6z_Wt4XZT4Awf5LDk4mDK-9BVKbdQwIT1hZV_IppiLVXTWA0ZpSCiR5j1Bxn0DYZpRFPS72BhoDDuvI6RM9lEY0/s4160/20200803_164536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wj0gnpbI1MihUW4T7EDFpRjD8bixZBSa9YD71mSpxrS7Lbe4w8Xl6z_Wt4XZT4Awf5LDk4mDK-9BVKbdQwIT1hZV_IppiLVXTWA0ZpSCiR5j1Bxn0DYZpRFPS72BhoDDuvI6RM9lEY0/w512-h384/20200803_164536.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4Y-NO-wEXw8_toY8blZYaZbUyM7aL-MF29Qefo-Bvx3tjBOQj7-HjLoToY6Gczb6Fm_WoSlKAKoQ21Z1Vqj4n8YdMO_dMwT6JJTi0kzTo0XrS3meE6PPGilFOTV7oHOainnUD2azHYM/s4160/20200803_162143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4Y-NO-wEXw8_toY8blZYaZbUyM7aL-MF29Qefo-Bvx3tjBOQj7-HjLoToY6Gczb6Fm_WoSlKAKoQ21Z1Vqj4n8YdMO_dMwT6JJTi0kzTo0XrS3meE6PPGilFOTV7oHOainnUD2azHYM/w384-h512/20200803_162143.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's been a very emotionally intense summer and I am liking this calm, cool August so far. After weeks of humidity and near 100-degree days it's been breezy and cool this one so far. I smell autumn in the air and a spicy, intoxicating scent from woods as the earth prepares for the cold months ahead. It makes me feel so alive and filled with wild energy and joy. In three weeks the kids return to school so I will be making a variety of mask styles for them and have some plastic face shields as well. It will be a bit of an adjustment as they transition back into a different kind of school year but I am hopeful they will do ok and the teachers and staff will not have a terribly difficult time (although I know they are working so hard as they deal with all this new stuff). </div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUlvzEQcLUguMQmBxCGW58OFBS_Jf3hlsNOqNtFYJXfYRjOgrJnxXToRSayX8yY-qZbyFbGUYHzjczdz38HVbEI_bjg9p5p59VsyXDZrNp_xMNJZbY7HBpP05jAClja3WrllRev4uy5Q/s4160/20200804_195438.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUlvzEQcLUguMQmBxCGW58OFBS_Jf3hlsNOqNtFYJXfYRjOgrJnxXToRSayX8yY-qZbyFbGUYHzjczdz38HVbEI_bjg9p5p59VsyXDZrNp_xMNJZbY7HBpP05jAClja3WrllRev4uy5Q/w512-h384/20200804_195438.jpg" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made these last night from our own green tomatoes!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOMNGdNTRuOcp829FwXQBQiP4ggPv06raiVyEYPv46x4iRn7W4C90kMuG1jfQWc0ksOLSS8aP8iHurkY6oVj6Tqp86yxA8b_ZnUVOK1RR92fYVa_wOuYa3IiVYppnkl8ie_osEaockLo/s4160/20200804_150309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZOMNGdNTRuOcp829FwXQBQiP4ggPv06raiVyEYPv46x4iRn7W4C90kMuG1jfQWc0ksOLSS8aP8iHurkY6oVj6Tqp86yxA8b_ZnUVOK1RR92fYVa_wOuYa3IiVYppnkl8ie_osEaockLo/w512-h384/20200804_150309.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXt9yCLjv2nbxoomjQ2D_XxuoYLCPtPOKw4ekLHbWXULKquDWcyHB_b8FHbMXm-FvuZSL1ILANPvO-O_9EpBVem1GcYfAT3oahqHHTtrHb6WAVCk7qOtEzRte5kT7kv9Bq9b-WGGq_uy8/s2576/20200731_161540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXt9yCLjv2nbxoomjQ2D_XxuoYLCPtPOKw4ekLHbWXULKquDWcyHB_b8FHbMXm-FvuZSL1ILANPvO-O_9EpBVem1GcYfAT3oahqHHTtrHb6WAVCk7qOtEzRte5kT7kv9Bq9b-WGGq_uy8/w512-h384/20200731_161540.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ar0aIlVdvjm8EnvG78SU84wH20IhoADWh3AWGYHN4k_vJEoSHTzFrpss5Xm1namcN3Ac7MRS4n6D5u2VpV2ai436oM7i8dn9Y0JPcK0GDBxr4sZcJ0yYUKp9qYrp1vw39grrIKEMnKg/s4160/20200731_145142.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ar0aIlVdvjm8EnvG78SU84wH20IhoADWh3AWGYHN4k_vJEoSHTzFrpss5Xm1namcN3Ac7MRS4n6D5u2VpV2ai436oM7i8dn9Y0JPcK0GDBxr4sZcJ0yYUKp9qYrp1vw39grrIKEMnKg/w512-h384/20200731_145142.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I will close for now. I love you. You are important to me. You are my family. Be well, be safe, know you are loved. </div><div><br /></div><div>Love,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sarah </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-46442906506659343652020-07-16T08:18:00.000-05:002020-07-16T08:23:58.945-05:00A White Painted KaftanI have really fallen away on this blogging thing. . .and I was doing so good most of the spring! Blah. I am so freaking far behind in chronicling sewing projects that I won't ever catch up. One thing that makes it hard when it comes to blogging is the organizing of photos. I have been taking more photos with my dslr lately and just transferring them to my phone instead of downloading them onto the computer where I can edit them with Lightroom. Once in a while I'll download all the photos (usually a few hundred at a time) and just. . .leave them. Editing takes a long time, even if I don't do much more than crop a photo or adjust the brightness and shadow. And then I've been lazily exporting from Lightroom into a folder that is supposed to only contain photos from 2019. So this morning I finally got up super early and decided it was as good a time as any to organize my photos on the computer and I think I have that all sorted now. For the last ten or so years I just put all our pictures into folders by year, and each folder has subfolders for the individual months of each year. I think that's my favorite way to organize photos although when I do a lot of pictures for sewing projects it makes me want to create folders for just sewing projects. Olord the good things I could do and how organized I could be if I just had the time! (and I can't use that as an excuse. If one wants something bad enough, one creates the time.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waterfall at Ceasars Creek, where I went hiking with my friend Dennis recently.</td></tr>
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Anyway, yes, I've been sewing quite a bit this summer. Mostly just everyday clothes for me and the girls but it's actually been awesome to feel consistently creative and inspired! They are mostly just simple and quick projects but yeah. It's been good. It really helps to have a dedicated sewing room and all the little items that ones needs to be able to do things quickly and well. For many years I got by with the most bare bones basics, but I've made a conscious effort to pick up little things here and there over the last year or two and, most importantly, LEARN TO USE THEM, and it is really starting to make a difference. Like, my very old second-hand Facebook marketplace serger and learning how to use it for finishing knits. . .and using fusible tape to make nicer hems in knits. . .and how to use a double needle. . .and getting comfortable with rotary cutters and buying new, nice pins often and not using chintzy nasty fabric just because it's cheap. (although, in this post, this fabric IS kind of chintzy, nasty and cheap!) I used to take satisfaction in doing things the hard way but eh. There is no glory in consciously doing things the hard way just because. It doesn't make me a better person and definitely not a better seamstress. Give me alllll the shortcuts and all the tips and tricks and I will try each one. And as a result, me and the girls get cute new things to wear that cost way less than buying new! (garage sales are still awesome though. I got Anne SO MANY clothes at one a few weeks ago, most with tags still attached, for 3 items for $1! 😮)<br />
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Speaking of cheap fabrics, have any of y'all been using the precut fabrics that Wal-Mart has started selling a lot of? For the last few years they've sold pre cut lengths of poly cottons and some mystery fabrics, but it seems that lately they are moving more and more to these pre cut lengths and phasing out the bolts. At my local Wal-Mart, which is the closest place to me where I can buy fabric, most of the cottons were bought over the spring when everyone was making masks. They still have not restocked the bolts but there has been a huge increase in the pre cut fabrics! I have bought a lot of them and they are actually quite nice. Some are crappy, yes, but the quality is consistently getting better. And they are CHEAP. 2 yards for $2? 3 yards for $6 or $8? Um yes!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yoke sewn to neckline and curved hem cut. Time to stop for the night!</td></tr>
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I was out late one night getting a few groceries, a few days before summer solstice and as always I went by the fabric section just to see what they had. A pre cut length of cream colored, stretchy, open patterned fabric jumped out at me and I brought it home, along with another pre cut length of a truly low quality, cheap, flimsy, stretchy, silky fabric that I thought I'd use for a lining. It was definitely a spur of the moment thing. I got home around 9 that night and after putting my groceries up and getting the kids ready for bed I began sewing. I was determined to make a special dress to wear to Serpent Mound for summer solstice!<br />
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I knew the stretchy fabric would be horrible to sew so, what garment requires no seams and just hemming? A kaftan! It was an easy choice. I did make it a little harder on myself by deciding I wanted to use the full width of the 60" fabric, so after measuring up about 15" from each selvedge edge, for elbow-length sleeves, I cut a very wide, giant neckline in the rest of the folded rectangle that would be gathered to fit a yoke with a normal neckline.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished kaftan but the yoke was too plain!</td></tr>
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It wasn't too complicated and I used a firmly woven cotton for the yoke, so I had something stable to stitch the gathered, stretchy neckline to. I lined the yoke and the stretchy gathered edge of the kaftan was stitched sandwiched between the yoke outer layer and lining. At that point, it was nearly 11 so I finished the dress the next day by sewing up the sides, about 14" in from the edges, and finishing the edges all around the dress with cotton binding I cut from scrap fabric. I sewed some lace from my trim jar onto the yoke since it seemed a little too plain. I desperately wanted to embroider a pattern of oak leaves and acorns onto the yoke but that would take too much time, so I ended up using some of my sons acrylic paints to quickly paint some daisies and swirly lines and little gold dots onto the yoke. I cut four slits to thread a belt through for the waistline and my kaftan was done!<br />
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But it was very see-through and the two white slips/under dresses I had didn't work with the neckline of the kaftan. I used the cheap horrible stretchy silky fabric I had bought for lining and made a quick under-dress the day of solstice. I used my fitted crop t-shirt pattern, adapted from the Deer & Doe Plantain t-shirt pattern, to make an A line, lower calf length, sleeveless dress with a V neckline to match the neckline of the kaftan. I finished the armholes and neckline with narrow bands and just left the hem raw, since the fabric does not ravel.<br />
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It was lovely to wear the fnished dress to Serpent Mound, although the hem of my dress did pick up a lot of bits of grass and leaves as I trailed it around. I think I should have made it a bit shorter - but, oh well! It's fine as it is.<br />
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I also finished my rosette necklace that I began back in Februrary (I think? Maybe March.) I was deeply inspired by the sun and cross symbol that was used by the prehistoric Mound Builder cultures that lived here long ago and created the mounds that we still have with us today. The sun symbol was once thought to indicate that the Mound Builders were sun worshipers but we know now that they probably were not. The cross is thought to represent the world suspended from four threads. I drew out my design onto thick interfacing and spent way too many hours filling in each area with glass seed beads I picked up awhile ago from Windy's World. As this was my first time trying this type of craft my beads are too closely packed together which has caused a little bit of buckling and distortion of the design, but all in all I am vastly pleased with it now that it is done! I took it with me to the Serpent and it is a very special piece to me.<br />
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We also made two new shamanic drums, that we also brought with us but did not actually play since we simply ran out of time and spent a lot of our time walking around and enjoying the (socially distanced) company of everyone else who came. We have since played the drums very often and they have a nice sound.<br />
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Much love,<br />
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