Or what you can make with a $10 sari other than a regency gown. I wanted an easy picnic dress and found a lovely simple organdy sari. The rest you can see for yourself. Mostly pictures, beware!
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| I used every bit of the embroidered edge, it made itself! |
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| I filled in the curvy front with another bit of embroidered organdy. Never throwing anything away pays off. |
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| I draped the overskirt using as much of the edge as possible, asymmetry to the recuse. |
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| re-trimmed flowerpot hat |
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| Lolling under the trees |
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| Mega-Bustle (look for her in the new Marvel comic) |
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| Our resident painter, Chuck. At the Impressionist picnic we don't just talk the talk, we walk it. |
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| The Gentlemen |
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| The ladies |
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| The Rancho |
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I love a vintage picnic and luckily have like minded friends. Do we do a first person impression? No, we just like to bring out all the linen, plate and bubbly, get dressed up in out finest, filmiest attire and disport ourselves. That's enough.
I was waylaid by an emergency dental surgery earlier that week, malaise set in. I did finish the dress and muster all the enthusiasm I could. I ended up having a lovely time. (But thuffering thuccotash I thtill have thitches)
Ever Youur Thimble Thervant,
Mith Brilliantine
Oops! I forgot to give Sheila Murphy credit for the use of the picnic pics. Thanks Sheila, I was too busy being merry to take many.
ReplyDeleteLove the photos. Others I have seen inspired me to encourage our costume guild to do something similar on the Fall.
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Val, the SDI and Los Encinos in the San Fernando Valley are putting on a Victorian day in the park on June 28th. Come on up! It's a beautiful historic property with a natural spring with ducks and a lovely adobe farm house from the middle of the last century. There will be dancing.
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