Waverly Felicite Curtain-Along Revival - Fabric Sourcing Research

When researching Waverly Felicite panels or fabric for the Curtain-Along Revival with (Instagram @) totchipanda ,  searching or Googling was somewhat hit and miss. Finding the right search words to find vendors or sources and not just a list of other unrelated curtains and panels is difficult. I bought my panels used on eBay. There are still new panels for sale and also decorator fabrics with the same print. Today, found Target online has the creme and noir colorways for $24.99/panel.

The original Curtain-Along started with three available curtain panel colorways. In searching, found other colorways including decorator fabric yardage. Not sure if the pattern size and fabric weight for curtain panels and yardage is the same. The curtain panels are a lighterweight 100% cotton with a tighter weave than calico. To find this rouge colorway at $18.97/yd (404 yds avail on 1/23/2021), used search words "waverly felicite 679093".

Panels and Bedding Colorways

• Crème
• Noir
• Crimson (mine looks more maroon/russet in person)
• Mineral (as comforter sets)

Decorator colorways found so far:

• Bluebell Pattern Number 679092 Collection Paris Bistro https://www.waverly.com/products/felicite-2/
• Crème Pattern Number 671242 Collection La Belle Provence https://www.waverly.com/products/felicite-5/
• Rouge Pattern Number 679093 Collection Paris Bistro https://www.waverly.com/products/felicite/
• Graphite Pattern Number 679090 Collection Paris Bistro https://www.waverly.com/products/felicite-4/
• Persimmon Pattern Number 679091 Collection Paris Bistro https://www.waverly.com/products/felicite-3/
• Indigo

Overall the crème and the noir appear to be the most colorful and dramatic and are readily found as curtain panels. The cost is more expensive than the start of the original curtain-along in 2012 and are comparable to current fabric yardage costs. 

Blogger Blog Questions - Help please

My other blog had some weird new small print.  I may try to export and import those entries here,

Has anyone else tried that? Advice?

Is there an option on Blogger to make certain posts friends/subscription only?

It looks like the whole blog has to be public or restricted (not a post by post option).

Thanks!

Foundations

I have one Victorian corset that fits and is used for 1830s-1890s. It works. Different shaped corsets for, at least, each decade would be better. Sadly, trying to make an 1890s corset and dress in a couple of weeks is a bit ambitious considering the last corset needed two tries and many alterations.

Ladies Dress 4016 UFO Unboxed

This Ladies Dress has sat in the box so long that I had forgotten what it was supposed to look like or what I was trying to do. The now defunct Vintage Pattern Lending Library 1912 Project that was trying to test patterns that came with no instructions from an April 1912 issue.  I'm not sure I would pick the same colors or fabric now. The linen wrinkles and the blue is so bright.

Lots of pins and pieces

If I finish the dress as is, I wonder if it would be easier to find some velvet trim for the stripes rather than try to make my own.

I'm also contemplating whether I could finish this dress this morning. Very doubtful.

I was able to find a few people who had made the dress. There may be quite a few more.

• https://virtudesigns.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/vpll-1912-dress-4016-the-emotional-rollercoaster/
• https://domesticnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/1912-dress-4016-summary/
• http://edwardiantime.blogspot.com/2014/06/dress-4016-questions.html
• http://knoodlessnoodles.blogspot.com/2012/11/vpll-1912-dress-4016.html
• https://tobybartondesigns.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/dress-4016-or-sewing-with-a-treadle-sewing-machine/

Cutwork collar

• https://costumedeeva.wordpress.com/tag/cutwork/
• http://handcraftedpagan.com/titanic-sewing-project-dress-4016-collar-and-pattern-alterations/

Time Travel Historical Costume Approval Levels

Leimomi's post about what makes a garment historically accurate, made me think that there should be levels of accuracy for historical costuming. Here is my introduction to those levels. I'd like to think that I am close to Level 3, but in actuality I'm somewhere between Level 7 and 10.

Time Travel Historical Costume Approval Levels

Level 0. Unlimited: Passes close inspection, indistinguishable from clothing of that time period

Level 1. Limited brief encounters: Clothes are right style, color, construction, but do not pass close inspection. Chatting distance, keep walking.

Level 3. Limited distance: Would pass in photos and with distance. Possibly incorrect textile or other anachronisms. No close contact. Wave from afar.

Level 7. Night, dusk only: Obvious uncanny flaw to a sane person of the time period. Limit contact/sightings to the drunk, mad, and young children in dim lighting. "Is that ghost wearing my draperies?"


Not Approved for Travel

Level 10. Theatre-worthy: Looks the part, may have artistic liberties, gives the feeling of the time period. Costumers and historians see the discrepancies. May pass as historical to general modern population.

Level 20. Costume party: Hey, it kind of fits the theme. Good use of a sheet and pillow to make a bustle. Nice slutty Marie Antoinette!

Butterick B6108 Retro 1912 Misses' Jacket Bib and Skirt

Xposted. Better photos may be taken later.

This photos is enhanced with an orange cone in the distance.

Unfortunately, the suit came out a little overexposed.

A better view of the hat

Butterick B6108 Retro 1912 Misses' Jacket Bib and Skirt
The suit came out okay. I used the wrong fabric and had to alter the jacket a lot. This pattern may be good for a regular to tall person. Being short, I had to shorten the jacket by 3" which eliminated the elegant elongated look from the pattern front. The armholes seemed too low. I moved mine up 1" and moved the shoulder seam in a little. I might have been able to go a size smaller on the top of the jacket, widening out for the hips. Cotton flannel was a bad choice as it stretches too much and the flannel and bias made the skirt pleats difficult. A tighter weave fabric would be better. Hang the skirt before hemming as the bias pieces may stretch making the front of the skirt longer than the back. Don't cheat and cut the front piece on the grain; the bias is needed for the snug fit at the top of the skirt while allowing some give. Be careful when matching plaid; when cutting out the front jacket pieces, the front side pieces are longer than the front center pieces because the sides and back have a hem allowance.

Nancy Perkins 1916 Spats and Pockets

Nancy K. Perkins (circa 1916)
Spats!


Pockets!