tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314488803073551360.post1207858508589195291..comments2023-07-06T07:52:24.431-07:00Comments on Ruffles not Rifles: A wool adventurePrivatepenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12894603809611508538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314488803073551360.post-36058277050826374272013-08-04T08:56:31.631-07:002013-08-04T08:56:31.631-07:00Thanks! I think it's my most successful dress...Thanks! I think it's my most successful dress so far in terms of comfort and lack of last minute changes.Privatepenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894603809611508538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314488803073551360.post-63501637220630774452013-08-03T15:54:49.737-07:002013-08-03T15:54:49.737-07:00I like your wool! Right now mine's sorta stall...I like your wool! Right now mine's sorta stalled out as I need to get material for the lining. (I cut my lining wrong!) But your dress is AWESOME! Enjoy wearing it! xDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13945725345531925432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314488803073551360.post-70631506931382347492013-07-27T18:46:00.420-07:002013-07-27T18:46:00.420-07:00On dresses I've had the luck to see up close t...On dresses I've had the luck to see up close the pleats tend to hang loose, and with a fabric as thick as this one I didn't have much of a choice in the matter, sigh. Silk is so much easier to compress, kind of like phyllo dough! <br />And I ADORE the 30s! That's what got me into clothing. Big sleeves, big skirts and low waistlines and whatnot. I have the biggest history crush on Henry Clay so I made like 3 1830s dresses in his honor when I first started out, and two of them are even passably accurate! I was considering making a 30s dress out of my fabric, but it just seemed to perfect for a really simple 40s dress (silk duchess satin stuff.)Privatepenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12894603809611508538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314488803073551360.post-9450283369049306782013-07-27T15:41:42.379-07:002013-07-27T15:41:42.379-07:00Oh what a darling dress! I did my seams like that...Oh what a darling dress! I did my seams like that on the inside of the dress I've just finished,but I've never seen pleats that are loose like that on the inside...??? Maybe I just sew mine on wrong :P. It looks really nice though! And an 1840's ballgown..wow! 1830's if for some reason one of my favorite time periods (even though I neither own, nor have sewn anything from that era), but I really like the 40's too. Can't wait to see it! And there's nothing like fabric shopping to cheer a girl up. Going to the thrift store on Wednesday, hoping to find some good sheets or re-purposeable (totally just flunked that word (I'm a horrible speller)) clothes and shoes :D<br />Have fun sewing!<br />~TheresaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798196856128466766noreply@blogger.com