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anielmom ([personal profile] anielmom) wrote2009-01-20 09:07 pm
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1893 thoughts

No sewing tonight, I've been fighting a headache all day.  Instead, I turn my thoughts to the 1893 Empire gown. 

I've been kicking around ideas for the fabric.  I'd really like to do a stripe.  I think it would accentuate the lines, and make me look thinner to boot!  Of course, silk would be the preferred fabric, but in this economy, I'm not sure I can justify the expense.
I found this fabric, but I'm not sure the colors, which I love, are appropriate for the period.
There is this 1891 fashion plate.  The pink fabric w/white polka dots is very whimsical, so perhaps the pink an brown stripe isn't to far fetched?  Or perhaps that' just wishful thinking?
Any thoughts?