Busy indeed! I'm having trouble even getting started on the handful of sewing projects I have. :D Do you have any recommendations for costuming fabric sites, btw? I've found some 1860s reproduction fabrics that I really like... but they're quilting cottons, and I really don't want to pay $10 a yard if I don't have to.
Hmm... it depends slightly on what style you're wanting to make; some things are suitable only in wools or silks. Reproduction cotton prints tend to run about $9; that's unfortunately the expected price nowadays. I've found them sometimes at Hancocks, where you can at least use a coupon
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Thanks! Actually, since I'm planning to represent the German immigrants in the area, I'm aiming for something like this--"a high-necked bodice with white blouse, a colorful skirt and a cotton apron." So quilting cottons will work fine, I think; most of the fabrics I've seriously considered are Moda, which is good quality. They're just expensive!
Oh, how interesting! Where are you going to do this? I love traditional dress, and it's always interesting to see how certain groups added their own touches to fashionable dress.
It's for the West Texas Heritage Days at Fort McKavett, the fourth weekend of March. Evidently they get everything from Civil War to WWI, but the friend who's talked me into going says there aren't many reenactors representing the Germans, so... I'll give it a try, anyway. :D At least doing it at a fort means I can go for workday clothes rather than the full formal Trachten, complete with ridiculous hat. ;)
Do you have any recommendations for costuming fabric sites, btw? I've found some 1860s reproduction fabrics that I really like... but they're quilting cottons, and I really don't want to pay $10 a yard if I don't have to.
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