Comments for English Country Dance Costumes http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com Adventures with my sewing machine! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:25:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on 1828 Lilac and beige ball gown by Lynn http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/11/1830-pink-and-beige-ball-gown/#comment-28967 Lynn Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:49:00 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/11/1830-pink-and-beige-ball-gown/#comment-28967 If Christine sees this, my reply to your email bounced, it looks like it was blocked as span....go figure! What I said was that I made the dress up from a number of sources, mainly Nancy Bradfield's book Costume in Detail. You could try Sensibility.com for the pattern for her Romantic gown. Be sure to put net in the sleeves to give them some shape. Good luck, and I am happy to hear of someone passing on the delight of English Country Dance! If Christine sees this, my reply to your email bounced, it looks like it was blocked as span….go figure! What I said was that I made the dress up from a number of sources, mainly Nancy Bradfield’s book Costume in Detail. You could try Sensibility.com for the pattern for her Romantic gown. Be sure to put net in the sleeves to give them some shape. Good luck, and I am happy to hear of someone passing on the delight of English Country Dance!

]]> Comment on Welcome to ECD Costumes by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2007/10/18/welcome-to-ecd-costumes/#comment-9900 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:26:48 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2007/10/18/welcome-to-ecd-costumes/#comment-9900 Hi Alicia, better late than never! I just updated my contact information, so am catching up on old posts. I will do a section on decoration, good idea. Hi Alicia, better late than never! I just updated my contact information, so am catching up on old posts. I will do a section on decoration, good idea.

]]> Comment on Plaid wool 1860’s dress by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/10/plaid-wool-1860s-dress/#comment-9899 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:20:16 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/10/plaid-wool-1860s-dress/#comment-9899 Glad you like it! Glad you like it!

]]> Comment on 1828 Lilac and beige ball gown by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/11/1830-pink-and-beige-ball-gown/#comment-9898 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:18:44 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2010/05/11/1830-pink-and-beige-ball-gown/#comment-9898 Thanks for your comments, I apologize, my contact info was out of date and I did not know you had visited! I'm so glad you like my creations! Thanks for your comments, I apologize, my contact info was out of date and I did not know you had visited! I’m so glad you like my creations!

]]> Comment on 1800 Green striped linen-cotton by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1800-green-striped-linen-cotton/#comment-9897 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:14:42 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1800-green-striped-linen-cotton/#comment-9897 Hi Dartmoor, it is pretty good. It teaches the handsewing methods, you need to be fairly confident as a sewer to adapt those to using more machine work. When I made the next gown, the navy stripe, I still did the bodice mostly by hand as the pieces are fiddly to do on machine. The sleeve is oddly cut, with two extensions, one on each side, to make up the whole sleeve. I just taped them onto the main sleeve piece and cut it as one. I imagine the original was pieced, and the pattern repeats it exactly. It is very comfortable to wear. Hi Dartmoor, it is pretty good. It teaches the handsewing methods, you need to be fairly confident as a sewer to adapt those to using more machine work. When I made the next gown, the navy stripe, I still did the bodice mostly by hand as the pieces are fiddly to do on machine. The sleeve is oddly cut, with two extensions, one on each side, to make up the whole sleeve. I just taped them onto the main sleeve piece and cut it as one. I imagine the original was pieced, and the pattern repeats it exactly. It is very comfortable to wear.

]]> Comment on 1815 ivory silk twill by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1815-ivory-silk-twill/#comment-9896 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:09:52 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1815-ivory-silk-twill/#comment-9896 Thanks, Dartmoor, it is lovely to wear, too! I was at a ball a week ago and wore this with the matching cap......lots of comment! Hi Candice, yes, I do, you can contact me at lmacintyre@printinsights.com Thanks, Dartmoor, it is lovely to wear, too! I was at a ball a week ago and wore this with the matching cap……lots of comment!

Hi Candice, yes, I do, you can contact me at lmacintyre@printinsights.com

]]> Comment on Striped silk spencer by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/19/striped-silk-spencer/#comment-9895 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:08:18 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/19/striped-silk-spencer/#comment-9895 Thanks, Dartmoor! I love being able to use the silk remnants I find, and this just fit with the jacquard/twill pattern on the ivory silk dress. Thanks, Dartmoor! I love being able to use the silk remnants I find, and this just fit with the jacquard/twill pattern on the ivory silk dress.

]]> Comment on Turbans and caps by admin http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/29/turbans-and-caps/#comment-9892 admin Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:05:15 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/29/turbans-and-caps/#comment-9892 Thanks, both of you, I love doing it, I could live in the past, I think! Lenore, so glad you have seen it, and it jogged me to check my posts for approval, I wondered that I hadn't got any notifications.....I forgot to change the email contact when my service changed :( So a year's worth of comments are now up. Thanks, both of you, I love doing it, I could live in the past, I think!

Lenore, so glad you have seen it, and it jogged me to check my posts for approval, I wondered that I hadn’t got any notifications…..I forgot to change the email contact when my service changed :( So a year’s worth of comments are now up.

]]> Comment on Turbans and caps by Lenore Busch http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/29/turbans-and-caps/#comment-9670 Lenore Busch Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:18:49 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/29/turbans-and-caps/#comment-9670 Hi Lynn Oh I just love your work. The hats are fab and I love the white silk dress. You should send this site to the makers of the movies. Your work is beautiful. I have enjoyed seeing your site............Lenore Hi Lynn

Oh I just love your work. The hats are fab and I love the white silk dress. You should send this site to the makers of the movies. Your work is beautiful. I have enjoyed seeing your site…………Lenore

]]> Comment on 1815 ivory silk twill by Candice http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1815-ivory-silk-twill/#comment-8784 Candice Sat, 19 Feb 2011 03:04:23 +0000 http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/10/1815-ivory-silk-twill/#comment-8784 This is beautiful! Do you ever take orders? This is beautiful! Do you ever take orders?

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