tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post6245565629671231825..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: Feminine Dress Portrayed by Victorian ArtistsLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45289968808679138932011-08-01T21:57:25.572-07:002011-08-01T21:57:25.572-07:00in almost all the pattern books there is an apron ...in almost all the pattern books there is an apron section with one similar to the photo.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-58433491713496172282011-08-01T21:43:27.386-07:002011-08-01T21:43:27.386-07:00Lady Lydia, I just wanted to let you know that the...Lady Lydia, I just wanted to let you know that the last picture you shared ~ the Victorian styled apron ~ inspired me so much that a friend and I went on a hunt for patterns for this style of apron. My friend is a seamstress and I purchased the pattern for her and will be providing some material and she is going to make me some aprons like the one in the picture. I *love* that style and can'Mrs. V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05852637657270835106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-298407344216030502011-07-31T13:03:11.174-07:002011-07-31T13:03:11.174-07:00I really enjoyed reading this article! I love wear...I really enjoyed reading this article! I love wearing dresses and skirts they are cooler and more comfortable, I live in Florida, so it is HOT.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Amy Josunnyskiesandsweetteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05411963709035869592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-53953231230450937392011-07-28T09:46:54.127-07:002011-07-28T09:46:54.127-07:00This is a most helpful article with the pictures, ...This is a most helpful article with the pictures, ideas, plans, and encouragement. <br />I like your idea of simple everyday attire of dress, apron, and a jacket, if needed. Do you also use cotton fabric for Fall and Winter clothing? Have you sewn at all with wool or flannel? <br />The past few months I've been sewing for our grandchiIdren but I really hope to plan and create an everydayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45009666946433680102011-07-27T09:07:05.553-07:002011-07-27T09:07:05.553-07:00I will try to show the Elizabeth Lee patterns I li...I will try to show the Elizabeth Lee patterns I like to sew, in a future post. Also you make a good point about waistbands. Then tend to pink or ride up or down, whereas a dress without a too defined waist can be adjusted to whatever is comfortable, by pulling the ties back. I do hope to also show how to make the curved seams on a dress like this, using a contrasting thread so you can see it Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-9842138952749234652011-07-27T04:16:40.280-07:002011-07-27T04:16:40.280-07:00Thank you so much for your article with so much in...Thank you so much for your article with so much inspiration, I love to see how you plan your sewing - I always just write lists but if I have time I will try drawing too.<br /><br />I have a different challenge at the moment as although I never wear trousers (pants), I mostly wear skirts but recently decided that it was time to sew up some more dresses - I'm fed up with tight waist bands (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34378445101498236682011-07-26T20:54:58.779-07:002011-07-26T20:54:58.779-07:00If people know you sew and like fabric, you will n...If people know you sew and like fabric, you will never lack for supplies. <br /><br />Word gets around that you might need fabric, and people will be glad to give you fabric they do not think they will use.<br /><br />One lady gave me a tub full of flannel fabric. She had been sewing for her childdren and they got older and she forgot about it and it was as good as new when she found it again.<brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-3660872895848283112011-07-26T20:26:59.972-07:002011-07-26T20:26:59.972-07:00Goodwill and thrift stores often have patterns for...Goodwill and thrift stores often have patterns for 50 cents or so. <br /><br />If you have thrift shops (or even sales at the local superstores) you can look for yardage in sheets, skirts, and cotton curtains or table cloths. You would have to be creative and see what you could combine to make a dress (perhaps with a deep contrasting hem, contrasting sleeves or bodice, etc.)<br /><br />If I livedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-17433005082907602872011-07-26T20:03:38.587-07:002011-07-26T20:03:38.587-07:00I know someone who lives out on an island away fro...I know someone who lives out on an island away from any major town. She comes to the city once a year and buys hundreds of dollars worth of fabric. Her friends buy fabric from her when they need to.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-54633671533540647182011-07-26T19:45:15.691-07:002011-07-26T19:45:15.691-07:00If you put a sleeve on the dress, you might not ev...If you put a sleeve on the dress, you might not even need a jacket for going out. Just remove the apron.<br /><br />I think the apron pattern is in the costume section of Simplicity, Butterick, or McCalls. Check online and look at the pattern category of any one of these companies. Then wait for a sale and go get it for 99cents or 1.99.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-21882517967477561262011-07-26T17:18:39.388-07:002011-07-26T17:18:39.388-07:00I have to say I really enjoyed your post. I can te...I have to say I really enjoyed your post. I can tell it was well thought out and well written. I hadn't thought about it before but you are right with a dress apron and jacket you could be ready for anything. I am taking your words to heart and plan to get some things together for sewing this winter. I do have a few questions:<br /><br />Where do you find your fabric? Do you order it online, The Kitchen Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11776297475252154278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-2433602161065437152011-07-26T14:52:30.791-07:002011-07-26T14:52:30.791-07:00Thanks for the reply. It doesn't help me, thou...Thanks for the reply. It doesn't help me, though. The only Hancocks fabric I know of is 75 miles away.We go there once every few years. Joann's was taken out by natural disaster.<br />I noticed vogue has a sale online.<br />Anyone else know of good places to get patterns?<br />I do buy from yard sales,thrifting,etc.<br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-23981979242995457082011-07-26T14:42:38.609-07:002011-07-26T14:42:38.609-07:00If you sign up to get their ads in the mail, you c...If you sign up to get their ads in the mail, you can find out when the 99c sales occur. It takes a couple of weeks to get the JoAnns brochure in your mail box after you sign up for it. You ask at the check out if they have the form for you to fill out.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-77307953502205794482011-07-26T14:33:48.577-07:002011-07-26T14:33:48.577-07:00On a regular basis, Hobby Lobby and Hancock Fabric...On a regular basis, Hobby Lobby and Hancock Fabrics will place on sale for 99 cents certain brands of patterns. One time it may be Simplicity, another time it may be McCall's. If you possibly can, wait until they are on sale for 99 cents.The Lady of the Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16393357623619043633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63349573978004003332011-07-25T21:02:25.651-07:002011-07-25T21:02:25.651-07:00Thank you, Lady Lydia.
Thank you, thank you, than...Thank you, Lady Lydia.<br /><br />Thank you, thank you, thank you.<br /><br />I am a beginning sewer hoping to improve the prettiness quotient of my wardobe. This article about sewing dresses is exactly the perspective of encouragement and sanity that I needed so much.<br /><br />Thank you again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-22006809819067596842011-07-25T18:44:03.808-07:002011-07-25T18:44:03.808-07:00Where do you get 99 cent patterns?Where do you get 99 cent patterns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-25216432426991536022011-07-25T12:45:23.930-07:002011-07-25T12:45:23.930-07:00There is a very simple apron pattern that anyone c...There is a very simple apron pattern that anyone can make, even as a first project. It is the "one yard apron" at the about.com sewing site. It features pockets, but a beginner sewer could even skip those to make it extra simple. The one yard apron can be made in about two hours, and can cost as little as $1.50 if fabric from WalMart is used. Variations that come to mind include using Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-73442101966235370672011-07-25T09:16:45.076-07:002011-07-25T09:16:45.076-07:00To make this formula even more simmple, you just h...To make this formula even more simmple, you just have to wear an apron over the dress at home. Remove it when you need to go somewhere else. There is really no need for a jacket, unless you want to be more dressed up. In summer, especially, just wearing the dress gives you a more formal appearance, and using the apron makes it more casual. All in all, I think the cotton feels really nice and if Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34339126163230866572011-07-24T09:37:14.206-07:002011-07-24T09:37:14.206-07:00Thank you so much Michele. Plus size women ought t...Thank you so much Michele. Plus size women ought to be especially careful to wear modest dresses instead of pants and jeans.<br /><br />Mrs. A. Elizabeth Lee designs has nursing and maternity patterns. Maybe someone could sew some for you.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-50091436872222687222011-07-24T09:34:58.682-07:002011-07-24T09:34:58.682-07:00Earlier in the comments, someone noted the polite ...Earlier in the comments, someone noted the polite way in which she was treated by men, when she quit wearing jeans and began to dress more femininely. She said she had doors opened for her and many privileges granted.<br /><br />Women would get a lot further as far as getting things they want and need from men, if they would do this simple thing: dress and behave like feminine women.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-68050391511304461472011-07-24T09:24:56.047-07:002011-07-24T09:24:56.047-07:00I thought THIS LINK might be a help to plus-size l...I thought <a href="http://www.womanwithin.com/clothing/Flared-skirt.aspx?PfId=201796&DeptId=9264&ProductTypeId=1" rel="nofollow">THIS LINK</a> might be a help to plus-size ladies who don't sew and are having trouble finding skirts. I love this skirt because it has an adjustable waist, no slits, and an A-line shape. I have it in denim (which is a light-weight denim, not heavy like Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45701089020514891782011-07-24T00:02:12.645-07:002011-07-24T00:02:12.645-07:00Mrs. B.,
If you've sewer's block and hav...Mrs. B.,<br /><br />If you've sewer's block and have been accustomed to a lifetime of jeans wearing, perhaps try denham skirts. Lightweight denham, dark or paler, is durable, practical and can be dressed up or dressed down. a two-pannel elastic skirt (just two pieces of fabric sewn together, an elastic casing at one end and hemm at the other is a good start. (ensure you use very good Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-32989043784845227322011-07-23T21:29:43.712-07:002011-07-23T21:29:43.712-07:00Mrs. B, if you just pick some casual looking calic...Mrs. B, if you just pick some casual looking calico and do not take the dress making too seriously, you'll find it easier to break through your sewer's block! Just buy some inexpensive calico and cut with carefree abandon a dress. Determine to wear it only at home and you might find the confidence to wear it elsewhere too.<br /><br />The way jeans became worn in public was this: women Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-75093928155321778732011-07-23T21:13:46.339-07:002011-07-23T21:13:46.339-07:00Thank you so much for this article! I am 41 and ha...Thank you so much for this article! I am 41 and have pretty much worn jeans and shirts my whole life.<br />5 or 6 years ago I started wanting to change but to break the habit of what I've always worn was tough so I have gone back and forth from jeans to dresses. One thing I have realized is that I can dress my girls in pretty feminine outfits but for me....I have a hard time picking and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-74571647683400866232011-07-23T20:18:50.950-07:002011-07-23T20:18:50.950-07:00Mrs. Eliot,
I found a lot of paintings of women g...Mrs. Eliot,<br /><br />I found a lot of paintings of women gleaning or keeping their own gardens, which show them fully dressed in the 1800's. Imagine that. Even the poor, oppressed women had sense enough to dress modestly and femininely. They wouldnt have wanted to dress like men. I will post the paintings in a new article soon.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.com