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WendyLuvsCatz
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I loved wearing Gunne Sax style dresses in my youth and still would
have a few inspired dresses I wear but sadly not quite the same
I console myself by dressing my 3D characters in them, there are a few in store but nowhere near enough
there can never be too many 
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Wendy, the only time I have heard the term 'Cottage Core' was on the HGTV show 'Bargain Block' set in Detroit MI. The couple renovates abandoned homes and resales them, barely covering their costs. Not one is normal. One I loved was on the theme of Cottage Core and was gorgeous. Your picture would fit into that house perfectly.
I agree, Cottage Core would be a nice change from what we have been offered recently. Lully has some items that are in this vein:
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-chemise-a-la-reine-g8f
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-edith-outfit-for-g8f
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-adornments-a-b-for-g8f
https://www.daz3d.com/dforce-adornments-c-d-for-g8f
I bought the first two outfits at Renderosity and they are great to work with. I just saw the 'adornments' and think they would work with other outfits and in that Cottage Core theme.
Mary
ooh 4 I don't own too
thanks memcneil70 adding to wishlist
I have all the Boho and other floaty frilly dresses
and Lully stuff from Rendo but not those
it's just never enough
Well, @Lully put me on to the two dresses when in this forum we were bemoaning the lack of historical clothing. Best heads-up I got. I love those dresses. And Lully was so nice.
I found a photo of me in one of my Gunne Sax dresses
I sewed 3 but sadly only photographed one and it was the most boring one
others were an assorted Chrismas fabrics one with a huge red back bow and a broderie anglaise fabric one
I'm impressed with your sewing!
LOL haven't sewn for over 30 years, I used to knit and crochet like a maniac too, have rugs and jumpers still even if I don't have any of my clothes from then as got too fat
too lazy now and clothes are cheaper to buy than make
I used to sew all my own clothes and some for my husband after I married, but like you said, it is now cheaper to buy than make. The availability of quality garment fabric has dwindled to almost nothing in my area. I still occasionally sew something, but not often. I still own two Pfaff sewing machines, though. The newer one is about 25 years old. It still works fine.
It's reached the point where knitting is an expensive hobby too. However I'm reaching the point where I may have to knit my own socks. The availability of socks in the range 11 to 14 is nil locally these days. The socks are all sizes 2-6 and 6-12, and when you have extra-wide UK size 12 feet (US size 13), they don't fit well into socks that are small enough to fit size 6 feet too. After a warm day, it feels as if the socks are subcutaneous, they're that tight.
One thing I have never found is decent embroidered decoration on bought clothes, and embroidery pictures (including cross stitch) need to be done yourself to get anything other than 'cute' and 'twee'. The attached image is of a current cross stitch of mine of one of our cats in the snow. He was called 'Gryff' and was only 6 months old at the time. It'll be 98,000 stitches when done.
Regards,
Richard
My paternal grandmother taught me embroidery, cross-stitch, rug hooking, and crochet as a small child. 'A young lady must have these skills.' My mother was more pragmatic, she taught me to sew on her machine and by hand. And made my clothes. But it wasn't until my early 20s that I bought my first Singer and started sewing clothes and quilts. A friend who lived across from me in the dorm in Germany had got me into Vogue Patterns which were more my style than McCalls and Simplicity. So I taught myself tailoring for my weird figure. And ordering fabric through the mail. Altus OK had no fabric stores. I bought fabric in Asia, and later a little in Greece (tried tatting and knitting - again). I loved England for their fabrics, yarn, and handwork. By the time I returned to the U.S. I was mostly focused on quilts and bought like crazy at quilt stores near me. Now, my hands have trouble with arthritis and one quilt is in limbo for hand-quilting in a Japanese style.
Wendy that is a lovely dress. Be proud.
Barbult, more sewing machines and fabric is good. Great even.
Richard, Gryff is so soft looking and I love your way to memoralize him. That is a crazy amount of effort and skill.
Mary
And that is why it will be a work of art and science! Along the lines of the great Renaissance artists, sir.
I found an image of the pattern for my dress, if I ever find it they sell for quite a bit apparently (not optomistic, 3 house moves likely long gone)
I did a search on 'Simplicity pattern 5361' and two different items showed up! It looks like Simplicity reused the number. But if this is correct eBay has your dress pattern available with various sizes and prices. Another site named Mercuri also has it for about half the price. I have never bought from either so have no clue if reliable.
(Mods, if it is not okay for me to link to the sources of this pattern, go ahead and delete the links.) Wendy if I can't link to those sites, use my search to find them if you would like the pattern.
I don't want to rebuy it but thanks anyway, I was saying if I found it, mine might be worth something
I'm amazed at the current sale price of those patterns. My mother made a fair bit of her clothing in the late 1960's/early 1970's. Had to, because clothes were expensive compared to today.
Regards,
Richard