No Way! Kay Gnagey is now offering patterns through Simplicity! I'm so disappointed that I missed them at the Simplicity pattern sale! There's a corset pattern, too! I <3 her corsets!
But - they took away A LOT of the older patterns. Which is super sad! Very very sad. : (
I just went on etsy and ebay and purchased the remaining patterns that I needed from the Fashion Historian collection. I loved those menswear patterns! They are fabulous and I had to have a complete set of them for making clothing for my sweetie. The vest pattern that I usually use for Vince is in such poor condition. I've not been very nice to my patterns. : ( It's something I'm working on...sort of.
I sort of like the new Simplicity ballgown pattern. It's cute. But I will probably never make it for myself. I like something a little more sophisticated looking with clean lines. The Kay Gnagey dress pattern - in green and black - is very strange looking. I'm surprised she would publish a pattern like that, knowing that it's going to be made up into the most hideous concoctions by farbs. : ( But the corset, chemise, and drawers pattern looks divine! I'm going to have to purchase a few copies of that next time JoAnns has a sale. ; )
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Oh my! I had no idea Kay had anything going on with Simplicity! Good for her!
I'm really looking forward to seeing these made up with authentic materials + construction. The simplicity versions are...not very nice. But I do think these patterns have a LOT of possibility : )
I was looking through some pictures on my computer the other day and noticed that one of the original dresses owned by Wheatland has a ballgown bodice almost exactly like Kay's ballgown bodice pattern. The original dress was from the mid to late 1850s. It had two bodices, a ballgown bodice and a basque bodice. It was supposedly made in Europe for a relative of Buchanan, and she wore the dress to the inauguration and ball. Very possible, because the dress is from the correct era. And it was a very expensive looking dress.
P.S. Sometime if you come to Lanc we could visit the Historical Society's collection of clothing. They have a lot of really neat items!
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