the BUTT'RY and BOOK'RY: May 2011

Sunday, May 15, 2011

REGENCY BALL pt 3 "Whispers of War Grand Ball"

Has anyone seen the Mousiekin Family lately?

( I have been so busy that I seemed to have lost track of what they are doing)!

There were still many finishing touches to pull off till just hours before the Grand Ball!

And the Turban and purse had to be finished as well!

(can you find all 4 of the Mousiekin family??)

And TA' DA! Two Gals have been Transported into a Dreamy era!

Are we really in a Jane Austen Book today?....

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..........................."POOF"!!....

oh yes... that's right we are

in Canada at the "WHISPERS of WAR" GRAND BALL!!

http://www.dispatches2012.ca/#!

Pam Mundy (in Yellow)

Amanda McNaughton of Canadian Geographic

HubbyBear!

After the GRANDEST time spent wondrously "English Country Dancing"

And Dinning and making new friends.......

it was all ended too soon...

but new acquaintances and FRIENDSHIPS will be kept close to the heart!

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Thank you to The Hosts:

Pam Mundy

Maja Bannerman

and Dean Tedesesco

also to:

The "Dance Caller"

the Lovely Karen Millyard

and the Musicians:

Fiddler, Stephen Fuller

Pianist,Dorthy DeVal

Flautist, Barbara Ackerman

The Supper, by Pam Mundy

(Cooks assistant Cathy Hall)

the Menu:

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Meat Cake~Salmagundi~Cheshire Pork Pie

Strawberry Mirangels~Almond Cakes

Savory Cakes with Strawberries and Cream

Eccles Cakes~Apricot Millefeuille

Mmmmmmm!

Dean Tedesesco

Good Read:

Me with Dianne Graves

(Author of In the Midst of Alarms

The Untold Story of Women and the War of 1812 )

The Regency Workshop pt 1

http://thebuttryandbookry.blogspot.com/2011/03/regency-dress-workshop.html

Regency Project for 1812 (pT2 workshop)

http://thebuttryandbookry.blogspot.com/2011/05/regency-project-for-1812-ball-pt-2.html

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that thou mayest prosper
and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth
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Monday, May 9, 2011

Regency Project for 1812 BALL (PT 2 workshop)

            At the Regency Clothing Workshop, the Ladies learned how to make a
          Chemise Under Garment. (to be worn under the Regency Ball Gown)
                Much had to be remembered for the "take it home" to sew work.

In the early 1800's sewing was all done by hand, so to make an authentic piece, the work should all be done by hand as well. But concidering the time frame, (for the May 13th Ball) the sewingmachine was used where the seams can not be seen.

Lining up the seams was a challange

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Here is a great example site

of a chemise:

http://ecdcostume.printinsights.com/2011/01/19/shifts/

or, try this style:

http://zipzipinkspot.blogspot.com/search/label/Regency%20Sense%20and%20Sensibility%20bodiced%20petticoat

http://sensibility.com/tips/how-to-make-a-regency-bodiced-petticoat-from-the-regency-gown-pattern/

Following this site along with the pattern instructions

for the Regency Gown Pattern

from Sense and Sensibility Patterns was most helpful!

http://sensibility.com/pattern/regencypatternhelp.htm

It is helpful to cut out and use tissue

paper to perserve your own pattern

http://sensibility.com/tips/trace-those-master-pattern-pieces/

Baste stitch for gathering the bodice

(Draping material for the vision)

the material used for this project

was 100% thin light cotton.

After joining the inside lining to the outer piece of the Bodice,

The understitch is used to attatch the lining to the inner seam,

so that it will lay flat when turned right-side-out

You can watch a video tutorial of the "understitch" at the

Sence and Sencibility Patterns Web Site:

http://sensibility.com/tips/video-tutorial-how-to-understitch-a-seam/

You should not see the under seam in the neck line
when using the understitch.

Ready for the sleeves

Using matching colored pins for top and another color for

the bottom can help keep track of which is top

and which is bottom when it is gathered for the "puff"

Working the Baste stitch for gathering the puff sleeve

(Using the gathering baste stitch was helpful for fitting the backside

pieces together)

Pins pins.....

PINS .......

The MORE pins the better!!

for this sleeve the hem was turned up and handstitched

Sometimes when you are too tired to go on,

and you still keep working...

it is too easy to make mistakes...

maybe, you should just go to bed and have a fresh

start in the morning.....

As ye sew, so shall ye rip.

Author unknown

The dress always seemed to look much better the next morning! ...?

The Mousiekins always love to fix things during sleeping hours.

Hmmm, what trimmings to use?

Buttons and patches,

and the cold wind blowing,
The days pass quickly

when I am sewing.~Author Unknown

A bit of gentle music seems to add to the enjoyment of sewing

Sewing mends the soul.

~Author Unknown

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Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prosper that thou mayest prosper 3 John 1:2

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