The Mom Chronicles, Part I
My mom is a big Poe fan, and passed that on to me when I was fairly young. Back in October when I told her about the Bicentennial events at the end of this month, she said she wanted to go as well. My response was that she had to dress up as well, and she waffled about it until Saturday, when bauhausfrau put out a call for numbers
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I wish that I could get a friend of mine into a Victorian corset. She has a large hourglass figure & would look spectacular corsetted, but insists that it would be "uncomfortable" & refuses even to try one on. Congrats on getting your mom into a costume & a corset!
A.
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My own mom is actually thinking of doing a few reenacting events w/me in the spring(health permiting;she's 67 and has numerous health problems and rhumatoid arthritis). My mom also instilled historical love in me( her period was more the ACW,as we've an ancestor who fought it it,but it was from her book collection that I started reading) and has always felt she was "born in the wrong century".
I'm looking @ starting her with easy one-day events that are fairly local.
A member of my unit approximately her size has offered to lend her clothes till I get more experienced @ sewing. the only modification she might have to make is to forgo the stays, since she has a lot of back problems(though the supportive stays might actually be good for her).
It sounds like a wonderful time; be sure to take pics!
Maggie
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