I think that i posted this before, but I can't find it quickly, so here 'tis again.

Claremont Colleges has on online database of their collection
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm 4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/fpc

as does the New York Public Library for their Casey collection
http://www.lapl.org/resources/indexes/c asey.html

Iowa State University library ( Read more... )

Colour me a little slow, but it just occurred to me to look in the Manchester Galleries online collection to see if the original cloak - patterned by Jean Hunnisett  - is listed.

The one I made at the end of May. http://sewaddicted.livejournal.com/287171.html


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The other dress I've had a hankering for that has never gone away is the dress in the Danish National Museum.  The one you imagine Colleen Atwood would design.
http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=10

Though I'd like to make it in lilac & chocolate. mmmmh

I also took notice of the next dress in their online gallery for the first time.  It' ( Read more... )

Cos I want to be able to dress myself!  Hows' about this one with inserted bust cups 8-o

And I like this one too, with bust gussets and pretty embroidery.  It's labelled 1850s however.

And this not only has the stomacher front, it has little pillows on the hips, something to remember ... when I get around to my Mrs Miggins.

Yesss, suffering from CADD ( Read more... )

for those of us who are slightly obsessed with stays, Vintage Textiles have a soft wrap style for sale.  I wish I had money so I could collect real ones.  The gussets are interesting too, I don't think I've ever seen quite so gathered at the top.

http://www.vintagetextile.com/new_page_193.htm

Partly cos it's the nature of the Costumer's ADD, while I'm getting myself moving on the wa lolita that I need to wear in 8 days, I'm thinking about the regency dresses I want to make for the Austen Festival in April.

I've got the pink & navy check cotton that I bought a few months ago.  I'm pretty inspired by this dress in the V&A  although I'm ( Read more... )

Here's the original dress for which  saraic and I have the pattern that the Powerhouse Museum issued for the aussie Bicentennial (1988). 
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=54091&search=court+dress&images=&c=&s=

( And behind the cut is the pattern envelope )