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Romantics Era 1830's Picnic - Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild - At Ardenwood Farm
Romantics Era 1830's Picnic - Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild - At Ardenwood Farm

Picnic day with The Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild at Ardenwood Farm arrived! Everyone looked magnificent in their 1830’s finery!

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costume design, Historic FashionJennifer Serrardenwood historic farmgreater bay area costumers guild, gbacg, historic fashion, historical fashion, historic sewing, historic costuming, costume, costume design, 1830s, 1830s picnic, 1830s fashion, fresh frippery, make this look
Sewing My Gatsby Prototype - Using a Vintage Dress as my muslin....
Sewing My Gatsby Prototype - Using a Vintage Dress as my muslin....

After all your wonderful suggestions, I did end up choosing Ladies 1931 Dress from Vintage Pattern Lending Library for my Gatsby Dress.  I just can't seem to get enough of those VPLL patterns!  More on THAT later.  Here is the story of how I came to use a Vintage 1940's dress for my "muslin" prototype....

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Art Deco Events, costume design, vintage style, upcycle, Sewing, Sewing VintageJennifer SerrThe Sewing Roomgreat gatsby, gatsby summer afternoon, great gatsby dress, vintage wardrobe, vintage style, vintage pattern lending library, vintage textiles, 1930's, 1940's, art deco society of california, art deco society, art deco events, bay area fashion, bay area fashion school, bay area fashion classes, costumes, costume design, fitting, dressmaking, dress making, jennifer serr, local fun, miss phryne fisher, miss fishers murder mystery, new projects, phrynefisher, phryne fisher, pattern making, pattern classes, garment fit, retro, retro fashion, reproduction pattern, style, sewexcited, sewweekly, mena lazar, makethislook, make this look, shopmakethislook, vintage clothing