Comments on Adventures of a Costumer: 1888 Dress

oooohhh..i love this one!!!!!...its beautifull!!! ...

2010-02-28T09:14:12.651-05:00

oooohhh..i love this one!!!!!...its beautifull!!!
greetings marijke

Thanks for the compliments! The gold fabric is a m...

2010-02-11T02:12:22.195-05:00

Thanks for the compliments! The gold fabric is a mystery fabric from the $.99 bin at the fabric store, but I love it. It has a texture that reminds me of original silk Victorian dresses that I've seen, and the color is changeable. The blue fabrics are real silk. The front and back don't quite match because they were two different pieces that I thrifted for about $.50 each. So this is a super cheap dress, but I don't think you would guess that by looking at it. Those are the best kinds of dresses, right?

Wow, I absolutely LOVE your dress Lindsey! Janet A...

2010-02-09T17:19:58.839-05:00

Wow, I absolutely LOVE your dress Lindsey! Janet Arnold's patterns are really good!! The contrast of the light blue and tan brown is sooo pretty! Great hat choice, esp. the hatpin to top it off, haha, no pun! The flower ribbon on the sides of the skirt.. very tasteful! Is the material silk? IT looks to me a brown cotton and blue silk, but I could be wrong. The polished cotton is very hard to get these days, but almost all early 20th century and 19th and prior had p.c. in their gowns, just look at any original! Great job on it though!!

What wonderful colour combination! I love that dre...

2010-02-09T03:09:28.458-05:00

What wonderful colour combination! I love that dress! Should I live so long, I want to make all the gowns in that book!