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24 April 2008 @ 06:17 am
New Pretties!!!  

New from Reconstructing History
18th century Gowns from early to late!




Who else gives you all these options? What pattern company even has more than two 18th century gowns? And every pattern is backed with the RH Historical Promise as well as our excellent customer service.

(Dont forget your underpinnings!)

All in print and available today!

 
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HildeKitten[info]hildekitten on April 24th, 2008 10:37 am (UTC)
This post makes me want to see Marie-Antoinette again!
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fiofiorina: Chemise Pink Sash[info]fiofiorina on April 24th, 2008 10:47 am (UTC)
Wow - congratulations :-))
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Jane Starz: Sewing - historic[info]janestarz on April 24th, 2008 11:15 am (UTC)
These look wonderful! I really like the RH824 yellow gown and hat. But I promised myself I'd make an Elizabethan next. Right after that 17th century mantua & stays.
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Megs: material culture[info]reabhecc on April 24th, 2008 11:44 am (UTC)
Yay!!
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loosecanon[info]loosecanon on April 24th, 2008 12:04 pm (UTC)
Oh wow, I'm going to spread this all around the County's historical sites.
Love the casque!
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Elizabeth[info]elizabethsdress on April 24th, 2008 01:39 pm (UTC)
Lovely!
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arcadian72[info]arcadian72 on April 24th, 2008 02:35 pm (UTC)
So - I have this fantastically hideous fabric that is neon lime green with emerald green glitter in abstract swirls all over it and I am going to make a faerie ball costume (dubbed the Absinthe Faerie) with it - I'm going to go with # 821. Do you want to see pictures? Or should I never mention the connection? ;)
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Megs: dorktastic doctor[info]reabhecc on April 24th, 2008 02:39 pm (UTC)
I want to see pictures!

(and Kass - do you think I could get a round gown/824 out of 4 yards? or should I go and buy another 3?)
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kass_rants[info]kass_rants on April 24th, 2008 02:43 pm (UTC)
As long as it's 60" wide, you can. You might need to do some minimal piecing, but that is VERY period. Just for your edification: I tend to exaggerate yardages and list the yardage needed for the largest size.
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Megs: Vogue[info]reabhecc on April 24th, 2008 06:14 pm (UTC)
Groovy, thanks! I have a lovely blue linen and want to make something appropriate to my new workplace (even if I'm working in the office ;) )
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kass_rants[info]kass_rants on April 24th, 2008 06:19 pm (UTC)
Awesome! And RH824 looks really good in linen. See:
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/image_lib/kasstavern.jpg
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kass_rants: pillows![info]kass_rants on April 24th, 2008 02:41 pm (UTC)
This may come as a terrible shock, but I really love to see what wild and imaginative things people do with my patterns. I am not very creative myself and tend to "stick to the rules" as it were. So when someone really takes one of my patterns and does things with it that I would have never dreamed, it really rocks my world.

Besides, my favourite colour is neon green...
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jtrumbore: CanadianFlag[info]jtrumbore on April 24th, 2008 02:44 pm (UTC)
Damn, you, woman...I want them ALL!!!
*sigh* I can't afford them, sadly, but somehow...someday...
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silverluz[info]silverluz on April 24th, 2008 02:54 pm (UTC)
So many possibilities! I really ought to get my butt in gear and finish the mid-18th c. stays that have been languishing on my sewing pile for 6 months. Then I need to pick a style of gown and make that too so that I have a complete outfit to wear, just on the off chance that the occasion should ever arise...
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choleblack[info]choleblack on April 24th, 2008 05:21 pm (UTC)
Wahooo! I've got dibs on a sack back or maybe the battante & the late mantua &&&. Aww, heck, dibs on one of each.

I'm loving all the choices you're offering now. The only problem, I'm running out of *fabric* choices!
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kass_rants[info]kass_rants on April 24th, 2008 05:55 pm (UTC)
It was you who originally made me think to make 18th century gowns. So they're all for you!
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the archaeologist's lackey: dark beauty[info]windrose on April 24th, 2008 08:02 pm (UTC)
Oh oh oh! Those are WONDERFUL!
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Val: 1823 red[info]chloeandrudy on April 29th, 2008 03:42 pm (UTC)
Hi Kass, I just received the Regency Lady's day/morning dress pattern, and I'm really excited to try it. I'm finishing up my stays this week, and will start this one soon.
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