Eton Jacket TV 498

[Dixie McCan]

I haven't sewed anything for probably 30 years, but you ladies are so/sew exciting . . . well, I'm thinking about ordering the Eton Jacket pattern. Any tricks or advice would be most welcome.

I mostly used Simplicity or Butterick patterns and am a bit intimidated by what possible things might be in the TV pattern. Familiarity is so comfortable. Does the patternmaker suggest fabrics and/or trims, or do I have to decide everything?

If it were to come out any good at all, I think I'd want to do a Ripple Skirt TV 296 and a Corselet 492. :faint

[Allie Mo]

Hi Dixie,

:ty for asking this. I have that pattern too and haven't made it. Fannie has a plaid costume (I think) that has that jacket. If so, I'm sure we'll hear from her soon.

I'm wondering how it fits in the shoulders and sleeves as mine are broad and long. Just call me Queen Kong.:help :rofl

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Well, the Eton Jacket is one of my favorite patterns by TV!! It goes together very well, and quite rapidly, also. The shoulders have lots of room, especially since it is an 1890s jacket, with big sleeves. I have made this jacket twice, and I love both outfits.
Alli and I made the Sister Dresses for the Reunion a couple years ago:

http://www.carolinabelles.net/fannie/misc/SASS%20Family%20Reunion%20'04%20132.jpg

And before that I had made the plaid outfit that Mo mentioned. I shoot in both outfits. They are super comfy!!

http://www.carolinabelles.net/fannie/shoot/ShotgunFannie.jpg

[Dixie McCan]

:ty :ty :ty

The Polka Dots, blue & yellow, Oh how clean and fresh and Spring! And look how your holster sits nicely as you shoot on that great plaid!

It appears on the Polka Dot, that you are wearing a corselet, is that correct? and if so, do you wear a corset underneath?

May I copy your styling?

[Madame Olive Yew]

I have made the Eaton Jacket as well. Let me tell you there is plenty of room in the shoulders. Most jackets I buy "Off the rack for 21st cent. wear I have to go up a size to commodate for my shoulders & movement. The Eaton Jacket has no problems! It was a breeze to "throw" together. I think it was the second TV pattern I used when I was teaching myself to sew a few monthes ago. I personally prefer the look of the longer option on me, as I have a long torso & I'm not skinney by any strech of the imagination. :rofl

All in all I'd have to say it's a good easy pattern to get familiar with TV & Heather's method of doing things. I also love her skirt pattern, nothing could be simpler. Good Luck!!

[Boss Lady]

Thanks for asking the questions Dixie. I have the pattern too and haven't tried it yet. Fannie and Alli look so wonderful in their dresses. I've seen the photos several times and every time I see them I think WOW! I got a serger for Christmas and can't wait to start making a new outfit.

[Allie Mo]

:ty Fannie,

I have both the skirt and jacket patterns and have not made them. I really like the idea of a corselet with a short jacket. It prevents the poufy blouse bulge between the skirt and jacket.

:ty for the ideas. BTW, I love your hat in the Alaskan photo.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Gwen In LA]

Attn: Abundant ladies

Until my recent weight loss (and still shrinking) I was a bit larger than TV "K" size in the bust. The jacket still looked good, with no alterations. Now--it fits even better across the bust :)

This pattern goes together easily. I'm thinking of making a jacket in a lightweight tapestry to wear with my modern wardrobe. Will finish edges with bias tape made from a solid color. Just deciding on the final fabrics.

Will try to post pix, on "Herself" my mannequin.

Gwen the camera impaired

[Gwen In LA]

[QUOTE=Fannie Kikinshoot

I have made this jacket twice, and I love both outfits.
Alli and I made the Sister Dresses for the Reunion a couple years ago:

Fantastic--feminine and lovely. Be still my heart!

Gwen
p.s. love all your versions!

[Prairie Wildflower]

Fannie, I've seen the pictures of your plaid outfit a few times, and likewise, every time I see them, I'm inspired to make one right away! I have both of the TV patterns - the skirt and jacket - and can't wait to make them. Causin' A Commotion (my "baby" who just turned 15 last week) :cry loves the 1890's era outfits, and that's the first one she wants me to make for her as well. Fannie, my question - did you also make the white blouse that you're wearing under the plaid outfit, or is that a modern one? If you made it, could I ask what pattern it is? I don't really have a blouse to go under the outfit, so I'm looking for a pattern for one that will look right with it. I'm thinking the TV 491. Anyway, that plaid outfit looks so great - the whole outfit pulls together so well and looks stunning on you.

[Dixie McCan]

:ty :tban :ty

And Yes, Prairie Wildflower is right, what about the blouse?

Boss Lady, do I need a Serger for these patterns?
What does a Serger do?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

It appears on the Polka Dot, that you are wearing a corselet, is that correct? and if so, do you wear a corset underneath?

May I copy your styling?

Yes, I am wearing a corselet, it is the short version of the TV pattern. I am also wearing a corset as the corselet is only a "belt", no real function. The "polka dots" are really daisies; I am attaching a close up of the jacket.

,
BTW, I love your hat in the Alaskan photo.


Allie, I won that hat on Ebay. After I won the auction, I found out that the seller was a member of the Alley that I had met at the Convention. Who was it? None other than Pretty Mean Shawme. Funny how things work out, huh?

Fannie, my question - did you also make the white blouse that you're wearing under the plaid outfit, or is that a modern one? If you made it, could I ask what pattern it is? I don't really have a blouse to go under the outfit, so I'm looking for a pattern for one that will look right with it. I'm thinking the TV 491. Anyway, that plaid outfit looks so great - the whole outfit pulls together so well and looks stunning on you.

No, I didn't make that blouse, it is actually a Recollections blouse and I love it!! I really need to buy a new one as this one has seen better days. Here is the link to the blouse: http://recollections.biz/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=67&Category_Code=Blouses&Product_Count=4


Close up of the blue and yellow jacket. Also, a better photo of the plaid outfit.

[Dixie McCan]

:bow Even more feminine, frilly and girlie girl! Thank you Fannie so much for showing the possibilities. :bow

And the plaid, your trim and hat match. The outfit is stunning - and you are too!

Thank you for answering about the corselet, now it sounds a little less intimidating to make and the blouse.

[Boss Lady]

Hi Dixie. The serger is for finishing the edges of seams which makes the work go much faster than doing them on the sewing machine.

Thanks Fannie for posting the close-up photos of your outfit. I too thought it was polka dots. The daisies are really pretty, and I like the daisy trim on the corselet.

[Dixie McCan]

Oh, so finished seams, just like store-bought! Cool!

Fannie's link leads to a sale at Recollections until Jan 2. Thanks, Fannie

[Prairie Wildflower]

Thanks, Fannie for the info and the pictures. The more I see that plaid outfit, the more I drool over it........absolutely gorgeous, and you carry it with such style and grace - a true Victorian lady.

Thanks for the link to Recollections. I'll check it out.

[Dixie McCan]

Tomorrow I begin :sewing the Ripple Skirt! YeeHaw!

[Dixie McCan]

Ok. :go I just couldn't make myself cut my skirt lining fabric until last night. :go I plan to baste it together tonight and see how it looks on my Duct-Tape Dummy. Then, I pray I'll be brave enough to cut my fashion fabric.

[Coffee Em]

Dixie, I do the same thing. Fabric washed, pressed, all lovely and promising...but cutting is FOREVER! I always have to give myself a push to get over that sewing speed bump.

[Dixie McCan]

Oh thank you - you are such a :help 'er!!!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I absolutely HATE cutting out the pattern and then cutting out the fabric!! I wish I could find someone to cut everything out for me, my sewing would happen a lot faster. :sewing

[Madame Olive Yew]

I think most of us hate the cut out part of sewing!! I certainly do.

[Chantilly]

I'll trade cutting out the fabric if someone will make button holes!! I hate button holes. They're hard. Mine look bad....stink.....lousy...I hope I never meet the person that came up with the 4 step button hole at the range I just might have to slap 'em.

but I can cut the fabric!

[Dixie McCan]

Truly, for me it was simply intimidating to see all the "stuff" I bought and what if I mess it up - yikes!!! But the thought of all of you encouraging me on and, thankfully, waiting for results, (ouch), to be shared. If it wasn't for you all, I'd never gotten this far.

So, ok, home from work, dinner's done, time to go baste! Bye for now

[Allie Mo]

I'll trade cutting out the fabric if someone will make button holes!! I hate button holes. They're hard. Mine look bad....stink.....lousy...I hope I never meet the person that came up with the 4 step button hole at the range I just might have to slap 'em.

but I can cut the fabric!:rofl I know what you mean. I don't really hate buttonholes. It's just that I always mess up the most prominent one. The newer sewing machines sound much easier than mine. You put a button in a slot and the machine matches it exactly. Aaaah to have a serger and a new machine...

[Chantilly]

There's a machine that can figure out the button holes all by itself?? :faint I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDD that machine!!

[Madame Olive Yew]

Miss Chantilly,

I'll come do your button holes if you come cut out for me! But you still have to sew on your own buttons. Sewing on buttons is just a hair under cutting, on my least favorite things to do. Laundry & dishes being my top two worst activities.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

:rofl I know what you mean. I don't really hate buttonholes. It's just that I always mess up the most prominent one. The newer sewing machines sound much easier than mine. You put a button in a slot and the machine matches it exactly. Aaaah to have a serger and a new machine...

That is exactly how my machine does it!! I have a Singer and I just pop that button in the button holer foot and press the reastat and off it goes....I just watch and hold down the reastat.
And my machine will sew ON the buttons, too, as long as they aren't the shank buttons.

[Chantilly]

oh groan....I want that machine. I have a polonaise AND a bodice waiting for button holes and I can't make myself do it - that's where I get stuck!! BUT if I just had a machine like Fannies that makes the magic button holes.........

[Lazy K]

Cry babies. I use one of those ancient attachments where you put in the little cam and have to turn the little knob to set it where you want it to start. It always works great unless you have a really delicate fabric that you want to be perfect then it goes all cock eyed and you have to rip it out and start over again. I'm sending all my stuff to Fannie from now on. I hate doing any finishing work.

[Dixie McCan]

My machine is a Sears Kenmore Model 1803 Zig Zag from 1974 - :faint
I haven't used it for anything but an occasional hem since my mother-in-law gave it to me in 1979.

The manual says it does buttonholes using a template. That looks easy enough ???

Oh look! It does stretch stitching - with a different cam it does "Pine Leaf" stitching and the manual says this is a "SERGING" STITCH! :chick :chick :chick

Last night I got my back, side backs and sides basted together, tonight I'll challenge the waist band. Did I mention this is just on my muslim mockup?

[Bloomin']

My Singer died and after lots of help from the Alley I bought a Singer Simplicity. The buttonhole attachment is soooo easy. Just like they said above, drop the button in the slot, and go. It even sews on the buttons. $98 at Wal-Mart. I love it!!

[Dixie McCan]

A sewing machine capable of that for $98???? Wow, things have changed - my old machine cost almost $400 in 1974 !!! It is in a cabinet and has a bunch of "cams" that will do embroidery and special stitches.

But, maybe, instead of sewing I should be shopping for a NEW MACHINE!:tban :tban

[Ida Hands]

WOW! All that and for only $98! I just may have to get one for my son when he goes away to college!

[Lady Leigh]

I have two machines ... Pfaff that has the 3 step button hole, and the Brother CS600 which has the attchement you just put the button and let it go. Actually, I like the Pfaff one better! Both sides of the button hole are nice and uniform.

I'm just glad I don't make the button holes by hand!!!! Yicks!!

[Bloomin']

Oops, I got the name wrong. It's a Singer Simple. One-step buttonholes, needle threader, 25 year warranty, 17 stitches including blind hem. Some of the stitches need an optional foot that is not included but easy to find since it's a Singer. So far I've only sewn some accessories for the house but it works really well. Can't beat the price!

[Yankee Belle]

My new Singer does on touch button holes and will even sew on the buttons for you, also. I bought it at WalMart for about $180.00. It has about 80 stitch functions. It is real light to carry, if you need to take it to another room. I just love it.:tban

[Lady Fleur]

I love cutting out the fabric since my mom thought up using those bed risers (they look like upside down cups) to prop up 3 card tables set end to end.. INSTANT CUTTING TABLE!!! WAIST HIGH TOO (no sore backs bending)And fast to collapse. So send me the cut work!!!:gg

[Chantilly]

THANK YOU for the info about the one step button holes. I'm feeling a need to go shopping for a new :sewing ! I have a kenmore with some of those different stitches - well, we actually bought the machine for my daughter when she was in high school. So, I guess that technically means I don't even have a machine and I should remedy that!! :tban

[Bloomin']

Here's my new little workhorse:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4698205:sewing

[Dixie McCan]

Gosh, maybe I should be shopping for a machine instead of fretting :bhd over my dinosaur :sewing :bhd

[Nellie Blue]

Bloomin Yankee...did you say that one has the ability to drop a button in and it automatically makes the button hole the right size?

[Bloomin']

Nellie, the directions show that you attach the buttonhole foot and set the the dial to the buttonhole pattern and set a stitch dial. Then you open a plate in the buttonhole foot and insert the button. A little stitching and tada! Then you put on the button sewing foot and it will sew your buttons on as well. Both the buttonhole foot and button sewing foot were included. I haven't done one yet though. It also gives directions for sewing buttonholes on stretch fabric. Sounds slick, doesn't it?

[Nellie Blue]

I'm going to have to put that machine on my "To buy" list...for when I have money again someday! My machine it getting OLD!!! And cantakerous!!! And I can't have it dying on me in pinch! Cuz I always wait until the last minute to get anything done! Good price AND it does automatic button holes!

If you make some button holes, tell us if they went easy for you or not. :ty




OK...I can't say 'Thank you' anymore without thinking of my new favorite show, The Closer. I watched the whole first season while I was sick in bed and I just loved it!

[Bloomin']

Will do Nellie! I should be putting some on my new Combinations next week!:sewing

[Dixie McCan]

:chick :chick :chick My Ripple Skirt MOCK UP is PERFECT!!!
I'm going to go get my pretty new fashion material cut out!:ty :ty :ty For your support, each and everyone!!!:kiss :kiss

[Lizzie Marie]

Here is my Eaton Jacket and Flared skirt....the picture was taken at the Biltmore house in North Carolina

[Allie Mo]

Hi Lizzie,That's gorgeous. The hat, the colors, the corslet, the model. You look great.

Hurry Dixie, :waiting

Regards,

Allie Mo
PS I am thinking about great minds...I set those patterns out this morning for my next shopping trip.

[Dixie McCan]

Lizzie, thats a fabulous outfit!!! You are quite stunning! and look how you picked those pretty pansies that match your plaid as a prop! You ROCK!

[Lizzie Marie]

:blush :blush thanks you two....Actually Gypsy picked the flowers for me to stand by :lool

[Dixie McCan]

I've been unavoidably detained from MY sewing, by my granddaughters, 7 yr old twins. They visited and were looking at my sewing and just DROOLED over the shiney fabrics and lace. So what else could I do, I brought them here, to the Alley!

They went totally girlie over the frills and dresses and could Nana, that's me, make them each a dress with lace that covers their shoes!

Oh, the heartstrings! So off I went last weekend and got McCalls 4764 and fabric and lace and what-nots for the girls what NaNa wouldn't?!

I've been working on the dresses, until this morning, it was so beautiful outside, I got my horse, saddled up and tried the new Ripple Skirt on us. It is almost perfect! It swirls, it Ripples, it glides over his back, just what I wanted and imagined! Yippee!!! So thank you all again for your support.

Only one thing wrong with the skirt. I made it too short. Boo Hoo. My bloomers show!

[Ida Hands]

Well, Lady FLeur, DUH! Where was your Mom when I was cutting out so many things! I am gonna have to get a set of those!

Miss Fannie, you look so great in that bodice. My son pointed out to me that, since I have kinda "Football" shoulders, I can't wear the 90s.

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

I love that photo of you Lizzie!!:tban

[Madame Olive Yew]

Lizzie, Great dress. Love the colors. Now you have me thinking about doing the 90's :gg But I think the urges will go away. I too have those broad football shoulders, & dont need to emphisize them. Gorgeous dress though. It's perfect on you.

Dixie, So glad everything is working & the twins are interested in sewing. We full expect to see all of your creations posted here on the Alley!!! Twins dresses included!! Cant wait to see your ripple skirt, I'm sure it will be magnificent! NOW :go :sewing :go :sewing

[Dixie McCan]

I posted the Lily & Violet's dresses elsewhere, sort of...but I'm learning how to post better photos, thanks to Garnet Rose and Infran View.

I had so many difficulties with my 1974 machine - I bought a new one - a "Computerized" Kenmore. It is soooo quiet!

One problem I have, not sewing machine related is that somehow, I cut the skirt toooo short! :faint See my hem mark on my duct-tape dummy that my husband kindly made for me. (and did we have fun doing that!:faint )

[Dixie McCan]

Here is the fabric I picked out for the skirt and jacket. the brocade green side and trim are not reproducing as well as I'd like.:tap

[Dixie McCan]

I started this project before I learned about a charity Mounted Shooting event for breast cancer that will be held the first weekend in June and at the rate I'm able to work on it, figured it had better be my show stopper costume. Well the costume stopped until I found this variation of the Ripple Skirt:tban :tban :tban

[Dixie McCan]

So, because PINK is the color for breast cancer, I got this:

[Dixie McCan]

So, here I am :beg :beg :beg :beg

:help :help :help

Do I take the easy out and simply turn the pink into a petticoat, :lalala or attempt to make a pattern and attach the pink under the ripple with the trim on the outside? and if so, how do I make a pattern????

YIKKKEESSSSSSSS!!!! arrrrgggggggghhhhhh

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

ok...ummm...let me see if I am following.

YOu started with the brown skirt, which is 90s?? and you hemmed it a tad short?

Problem one susgestion...you can make an under pleat or ruffle attach it under the skrt edge and give it the look of haveing more length, a little 2-3 inch pleat would be wonderful on your contrast fabric...

OK I am loving the green/blue and brown in a big way

The pink workd with brown too, so now are you going to 86 the blue/geen and go with just pink and brown?

I dont think I would expieriment with trying to draft a ripple skirt from scratch... Do you have that pattern? Or a pattern diagram ( something that shows the dimentions of each piece but smaller scale?) These skirts were cut on the bias to get that look and I am not brave enough to wing that kind of thing without some solid general pattern direction...

ok I need to look at the pictures one more time...what skirt pattern are you using right now??

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

OK ... I take it back I think you can do this...

Make a wide ruffle around the bottom (I bet thats 12-15 inches)...you will want to drop it below your current hem in the from to fix the length issue for you... then you will need to cut the top ruffle and if you can manage at cut s bias it will ruffle and hang so nicely but it takes oddles of fabric. Ok the width of the ruffle at the back of the dress will be much deeper than the front. maybe 1 and a half the length of the front...you want to make the total length of the ruffle about a 2-1 ratio ...ummm bias is going to be a real pain...sorry I sound like a Im jabbering...thinking out loud here...

going to draw something...brb

[Allie Mo]

Oooh Bloomin,

It's going to be devine. :waiting for :ss

You could make a slip out of matching fabric (slightly heavier than broadcloth) the same pattern as the skirt, and use the peek-a-boo fabric for the bottom of the slip.

You may need to shorten the skirt even more to have a nice expanse of peek-a-boo showing.

Regards,

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

ok this is what I would do without looking at an actual pattern the period ruffles may have had a more curved bottom

but it should give you the look ....

[Dixie McCan]

Thank you Gypsy and Allie Mo,

The brown skirt is made up inthe TV296 Ripple Skirt Pattern. It is at least six inches too short in the front and maybe 3 inches too short in the back.

What a mess I've made! :goofy Gotta think some more.:cry

[Dixie McCan]

Ok, I've read your posts at least 16 times and I think I finally understand what you're suggesting. I've got some butcher paper and muslim so I'll give it a try - and I lose nothing and maybe get my skirt back.

Thank you again Gypsy!

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh good...I always wonder if I speak the same language when it come to describing anything, it is much harder than you would think...you can see a thing so clearly in your mind, but then it never comes out in words that way...

I really hope I was helpful...but you should be able to drop down your lower ruffle to hang over the skirt by the 6 inches it is short, its not what you would normally do but it could help get the look you want from where you are with it right now.

[Dixie McCan]

Well, I think I understand what you said - only the mock up can tell us! I hope to get it done by the weekend. So, we'll soon see what I understand! :rofl :rofl :rofl

:kissThank You :kiss

p.s. - gives me a new respect for the folks that write the pattern instructions!

[Dixie McCan]

As long as it took me to get started on this skirt and jacket, with life intervening as it always will, I've finally gotten the skirt done and started on the jacket. But, I actually made a petticoat to go with it; again with the Laughing Moon Petticoat, I just love the button-up. Hey, I may actually finish this outfit after all!

[Dixie McCan]

Here's what the skirt looked like when I last posted here . . . I'm holding it up to see how my bloomers and my new tapestry boots from Lady Fluer are going to look with it . . .

[Dixie McCan]

But even with the beautiful new boots, I couldn't go back to that skirt and the jacket was still too very intimidating what with all the adjusted sizes and so forth . . . until I found this bit of changeable silk at Joann's in the remanent bin. I thought it was my brown but it changed to turquoise matching both the skirt and the brocade jacket/collar lining and voila:

[Dixie McCan]

In the meantime, I finished two more dresses for my twin granddaughters and did my VBS, so my confidence muscles have been getting bigger and cutting in real nice. I broke out the Eton Jacket did my measurements and the mock up and guess what, it worked pretty good! so . . .

[Dixie McCan]

Here's the back

[Dixie McCan]

Good grief. Now that I've trimmed the jacket and skirt differently, it occurs to me, perhaps adding changeable silk ruffle to the collar would be nice.
And maybe I should rip off the gold from the skirt and replace it with the tourquoise trim . . . what would you do? I truly appreciate any comments, thank you!

[Accurate Allie]

It's looking great Dixie! I really like the fabric that you used for the collar on the Eaton Jacket!! :tban

[Allie Mo]

Dixie, your fabrics are soooo pretty. I can't wait to see it finished and on you.

I absolutely love the colors! I love that rust tone so much that my latest costume has almost the same color in cotton.

[Bloomin']

WOW!! I'm impressed!! It's beautiful! I really love the turquoise accents. And that ruffle on the petticoat is an inspiration!

[Lady Fleur]

I MUST SAY I LOVE IT! HMM those boot sure are perfect!

[Lizzie Marie]

If you have enough of the turquoise trim I think I would put it on the skirt to go with the jacket and remove the gold trim. I LOVE the colors of your outfit.....It is so pretty looking

[Nellie Blue]

Definitely the turquoise trim like you've shown on the jacket. That is going to be AWESOME!!! :tban :tban :tban

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

If you have enough of the turquoise trim I think I would put it on the skirt to go with the jacket and remove the gold trim. I LOVE the colors of your outfit.....It is so pretty looking

Ditto!! Wow, I'm impressed! You go, Girl!

[Dixie McCan]

Thank you all so very, very much. YOU ARE THE BEST!

YeeHaw, ok, off with the gold, tourquoise all around!

Oh, I almost forgot, I also made the corselette:

[Allie Mo]

Hurry Dixie, :waiting to see a :ss of it on you!

:tban I really love the colors, gushes Allie a second time.:tban

[Miss Ruby]

Wow Dixie that is looking fantastic!

I have that skirt pattern to tackle next and I'm a bit intimidated by it, was it easy once you got started?

Same question for the corselette belt, how hard was that to make?

Can't wait to see your completed pics, it's gonna be a stunner!

[Clancy]

Looking good Dix, i remember the procrastination about buying that brown fabric! It looks awesome, well done on everything, you will look smashing...

[Madame Olive Yew]

Beautiful fabrics Dixie!! I love what you have done with the corselet! Gosh it is soo pretty!!:tban :tban :tban

[Dixie McCan]

:ty Thanks, Allie Mo.:ty

Miss Ruby, :ty the skirt was not hard, but measure your length three times, my skirt has a ruffle because it came out too short. Also, I did not like the closure due to the weight of my fabric, so I substituted with buttons.

The corselette was fun because I got my first taste of boning! But I worry about the grommets – some of them didn’t “grab” really well and may fall out with much use.
I’m thinking if I make another corselette I will use piping around it. It went together really quickly.

Clancy, :ty thank you so very much. Interestingly enough, when we went shopping, my husband was visiting a friend in Oakland, CA, who had a “drop-in” visit by a friend from Australia, who talked about “biscuits from home”. So my hubby gets home and starts talking about Australian biscuits and I pull out the Tim Tams – ha! Was he ever surprised! And HE LOVES THEM – just like the rest of us!

:ty Thank You, MOY! :ty

[Allie Mo]

I just had to butt in here.

Ruby, that corselette is very easy. The really cool thing about it is that, if you are making a skirt out of the same fabric, you can probably make the fashion-fabric side out of scraps. It takes hardly any fabric and they are little pieces except for the front and it isn't very big either.

Now that I've made it three times, I can say get the two-part grommets. They look much nicer and appear to be less likely to come out than one part grommets.

You can do it!

[Dixie McCan]

Thank you Allie Mo, I will look for two part grommets - I discovered I actually used what are called "eyelets".

Waist size from 20 to 30 takes 1/3 yrd fashion fabric & 2/d yrd lining (why?) and 32 waist to 44 takes 2/3 yard f.f. and 1 yard lining. - That's why my TV 492 says. I bought more of both fabrics because I'm using it for the collar and front lining on my Eton Jacket.

And yes, it goes together quickly and was kind of fun to make!

[Nellie Blue]

...takes 1/3 yrd fashion fabric & 2/d yrd lining

Because you end up with 3 layers...1 fashion fabric and 2 of the lining....2 layers of the lining holds the bone channels and the fashion fabric hides it. :D

[Allie Mo]

Thank you Allie Mo, I will look for two part grommets - I discovered I actually used what are called "eyelets". Hey Dixie,

Either of mine could be eyelets too. I don't have the package anymore. The word "grommets" just came to mind.

[Ima Schofield]

Dixie,

Looking GREAT now photos of you in it... When you were in LA you were worried that you couldn't do it.... Prooved you can...:lalala

Hurry up would ya...

[Dixie McCan]

Nellie Blue, 2 layers lining to 1 fashion fabric - :lalala oh, duh! :lalala (as I slap my forehead), Thank You :kiss Nellie Blue!

Hi Ima! :kiss yes, and we're not done yet, but hopefully I can get my changes made, sleeves on and finish up this weekend. . . what am I saying, :go that's a pretty tall order and we all know I'm not that! :rofl :rofl :rofl :lalala

[Accurate Allie]

Dixie - you can do it!!! :tban

[Chantilly]

Great outfit Dixie! I love the turquoise changeable with the brown. This is going to look knock out gorgeous on! :sewing like the wind! You can do it!! :tban :tban

Chantilly (the more I see these 1890's outfits, the more I'm wanting to get the patterns!)

[Sweet Violet]

Totally awesome skirts and corselette Dixie!! The Eaton jacke to is coming along wonderfully!! I LOOOOOOOOOOVE the colors you used!! Brown is so very rich looking and even richer when partnered with any of the blue family!!! And the ruffles are very sweet!! Job very well done!! :jp :jp

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Dixie,
The colors and fabrics you used are so pretty, I really like the color combination together. Keep up the good work!!!

[Dixie McCan]

Thank you all for your encouragement and lovely compliments, I appreciate you all so much! No way would I have ever even attempted this without you all. Now I'm having trouble uploading . . . I'll be back.

[Allie Mo]

Tease! :lool See what you started? :waiting :tap :lool

[Dixie McCan]

:grr :cmp :chug

[Dixie McCan]

Fingers crossed that this works:
26494 Good Grief, that was hard. Suddenly, I can't seem to "compress" my files small enough.

[Weaver Gal]

Ooooooh gorgeous! :drool

[Dixie McCan]

http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/newattachment.php?do=manageattach&p=

Oh look, I got a 2fer!

[Dixie McCan]

C'mon, last pix, c'mon :ss just one more time

[Weaver Gal]

Hannah, this is a SERIOUSLY beautiful dress! I just love that combination of colors and the Eton jacket is perfect. :drool

[Boss Lady]

Wow! Hannah, it turned out so beautiful. The style and colors suit you very, very well. What a super job you did! I love the hat too. Thanks for sharing the photos.

[Bloomin']

Dixie, it's fantastic!! Those colors, wow!! You did a great job and I'm so glad you got the pictures up so we could all enjoy your wonderful outfit! Love the hat too, did you make it?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Dixie, you look fabulous!!! I just love that outfit....what size was it again? :rofl

[Nellie Blue]

Dixie!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! :tban :tban :tban

[Lady Fleur]

Dixie YOU ARE A DOLL -WELL DRESSED DOLL!!!

[Sarah Bernhardt]

Dixie,
Your outfit turned out wonderful, it looks great on you!

[Weaver Gal]

Don't know why I called you Hannah, Dixie, but the message is the same. The dress is gorgeous and looks fantastic on you!! :tban :tban

[Allie Mo]

:drool Dixie, Dixie, Dixie! Bravo, it's spectacular. I love the colors and sheen of the fabrics. WOW! :drool :drool :drool

[Dixie McCan]

Thanks, thank you, so much, you make me feel like a real sewer! (I hate how sewer spells sewer, too!) But thank you all!

[Sweet Violet]

Oh Dixie!!! I love your dress!!! You look fantastic!! The color combination is one of my favorites!! And your hat is AWEOMSE!! :jp :jp

[Dixie McCan]

Ya'll can call me Hannah if you want, I don't mind, as long as you like what I'm showing . . .
Bloomin Yankee & Sweet Violet, I won the hat on ebay.
Fannie, you're tiny little figure would swim in this outfit, but you know you'd be welcome anytime.

Does this mean I've graduated to Sew Many Projects, So Little Time?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Thanks, thank you, so much, you make me feel like a real sewer! (I hate how sewer spells sewer, too!) But thank you all!

:rofl :rofl I know what you mean, that's why I say seamstress!:rofl :rofl

[Hannah K. Gelt]

Wow! Hannah, it turned out so beautiful. The style and colors suit you very, very well. What a super job you did! I love the hat too. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Hannah, this is a SERIOUSLY beautiful dress! I just love that combination of colors and the Eton jacket is perfect. :drool

Why thank you both kindly.. it DOES look good on me doesn't it...

:lool:rofl:lool:rofl

AWESOME dress DIXIE you look absolutely adorable in it...

[Weaver Gal]

Duh! I am embarrassed....too many inputs and I'm still sorting you all out in my mind. ALL the dresses are wonderful! Lots to strive for..... :drool :drool

[Hannah K. Gelt]

Ahhh, just pokin a little fun is all Weaver... :tban

Absolutely NOTHING to be embarrassed about...

[Ida Hands]

WOW! That is FANTASTIC! GREAT! WONDERFUL! :tban

[Lady Fleur]

I was reading a bit about victorian designers.. mostly the lady's
It was said...
a seamstress would steal off into the streets with her package under her cloak embarassed to be doing her work..
and a DRESSMAKER would entertain in the finest salons in her silks,laces and baubles proud to do what she did.. the diffrence in wage was great with the dressmakers making substantially more!!
DEVINE DRESSMAKING!

[Dixie McCan]

FLEUR! YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME! THANK YOU! DRESSMAKER IT IS!:rofl :rofl :rofl

[Accurate Allie]

Dixie, it's beautiful!!! It came out very well!

[Dixie McCan]

Allie, thank you!:ty:ty:ty

My outfit is now all packed away in my horse trailer, getting ready for this weekend's competition.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Dixie, I love your new "tag line".:rofl

[Victoria Rose Hyde]

Don't know how I missed this. Dixie: That Costume is absolutely gorgeous on you!! It looks so Rich!!:tban:tban:tban

[Dixie McCan]

Oh, thank you Fannie - and my compliments to our Lady Fleur who thought of it -

Victoria, that's the word, "rich", looking it is as close as I'll ever be! :lool:lool:rofl:rofl

[Madame Olive Yew]

Dixie you look fantabulous!!! Spectacular job on your outfit! You are indeed a wonderful dressmaker!!!

[Ima Schofield]

See we knew you could DO IT! That outfit is fantastic and perfectly YOU!

[Dixie McCan]

MOY, :ty:ty I admire you sooo much!

Ima, my dear Ima, remember the wonderful trim store where you helped me pick out that beautiful red grograin? YOU are such an encouragement!!!:ty:ty:ty

Are you coming to the Gunfight Behind the Jersey Lil?