Horrickses

Well on a crazy snap decision I decided to go to London on my onesie yesterday to see the Horrickses exhibition in the fashion and textile museum. I know there has been a million posts about it from us southerners but a girl can't help it!

So I took photos of every single thing in the museum as my mama and grandma wanted to go but didn't make it.

So hopefully this post is some things you haven't seen on the other posts about it.

(however some of the best bits will be the same.)

Its major pic heavy so to not dissapoint you I will add in another photo with each post I do until all of them are up! Heres a few top ones!

I'm obsessed Its another Joan Holloway number!

The Designs were so beautiful next to the fabric samples, this exhibition focused a lot on the fabric design.

I think this was my favorite 3 dresses in. Love to find a way to repro it!

These designs make me very ashamed of my scribble paper

The movement in them are fantastic!

Grey and yellow isn't a combo I think about too often but it looks amazing.

for the sensible among us!

The evening dresses are a whole other story for another day

Happy Saturday

Finally... The Joan Dress!

It's here finally! not quite finished, there is still overlocking to be done and tweaks on the bust, the skirt, darts and hem but hey!

(please ignore the state of this room but I was too exited to wait!)

I'm feeling Sophia Loren, mid sixties in this dress, less so Joan.

But still I am really pleased with it. But my pattern adjustments were miles too big so I think it could be worth just buying the pattern again so I can cut out the 20. It had to be taken in a lot so thats why its taken so long to post!

Its very wearable, very comfortable and I am so happy with the fabric (after overlocking)

Heres the pattern again

Lowering the neckline was a good plan definately,

heres the back!

Progress on Joan Dress

The funk is over! I started sewing again by starting the real Joan dress! It was all going great

right until my tea exploded over my beautiful and not very cheap fabric!?!

Epic bad times!

However after a slight panic, I walked away and let it dry praying...

et Voila!!!

not sure how but no stain!

So i persevered and managed to get the skirt together as well as the bodice so tomorrow just sewing them together, sewing the facing, zip and hem and I should have a new dress!

A few snaps so far...

As you can see the lowered neckline went better than expected!

Oh and as promised, here is my fabric for the Lady Grey coat. Blogged here

I adore the pattern in it! Can't wait to start!

New Patterns

Ok So like everyone else in blogland I also have Mad Men Fever, I am a similar sized girl to Joan and have the same hair colour, so in my head I could hypothetically be her!

I am also a Vintage Junkie due to my mother being a minimalist modern lady, I work in a vintage shop, I study fashion history, It all fits!

So imagine my uber exitement when I walked into an (un- named) Brighton shop and found a little teeny corner where there were some of the nicest quality and cutest vintage patterns i have ever seen! (I look a lot at vintage patterns and never buy them)

They were also stupidly cheap but bearing in mind Vogue patterns in the UK are around £13 each I was thrilled and bought three!

The First would be fab in a baby blue I think! or a sultry red very 1940s! and I want some 40's style trousers but these 1970's one are pretty close, and now the piece de resistance... Amazing full skirted dress, the date on the packet is 1963 perfect as late fifties early sixties is fast becoming my favorite era!

Now to buy a new sewing machine...