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UK meet (and swap?) - anyone interested?

Some of us have started saying we'd like a UK meet up.... sooooo, who is interested? And where do you live? And are you willing to travel???????

 

I have just looked at the rail map of the uk, we could meet centrally somewhere, sometime this summer? We seem to have people from Edinburgh to Devon....

 

I'll start, I live in Lincolnshire, I can travel within reason (!), but I need some time to organise babysitting ;0) I would LOVE to meet some of the people I have met online and chat about sewing...

 

Who's in?

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Gruber Burchard on March 27, 2011 at 9:04pm
Or maybe it could be a theme one week:) I just wished I had a nice floral like the picture.
Permalink Reply by charlotte tilley on March 20, 2011 at 9:15am

I have been thinking about the theme some more. How about we ask Mena for a red, white and blue London theme for the week after our meet. Then people can, as Rachel suggests, use one of the colours (or two! or all 3!) and just accessorise the other colours to make red white and blue......

 

and here is the cunning part....

 

how about those who want to make Debi's suggested gorgeous Horrockses' dress pattern in the theme colours?????

 

So.... what do you think?

 

Permalink Reply by Amy on March 20, 2011 at 10:54am
Sounds good to me :)
Permalink Reply by Debi on March 20, 2011 at 2:38pm
sounds fab! I'll ask Mena for the theme....cannot wait for our meet-up!!
Permalink Reply by charlotte tilley on March 20, 2011 at 2:42pm

thanks debi, I am very excited indeed now.... my auntie (in her late eighties) has promised me a pair of vintage blue elbow gloves if we go ahead with the theme ;0)

 

Permalink Reply by Debi on March 20, 2011 at 2:45pm
That would be FABULOUS!
Permalink Reply by Steph on March 21, 2011 at 5:51am
Love this idea. I've been wanting to make that dress for a while!
Permalink Reply by Rachel Pinheiro on March 20, 2011 at 10:59am
sounds good!!  yeahhh cannot wait for it...
Permalink Reply by margueritedesigns on March 20, 2011 at 2:09pm
Sounds good to me too!
Permalink Reply by charlotte tilley on March 20, 2011 at 2:52pm
glad everyone seems to like it, how cool will we all look???? ;0)
Permalink Reply by Judy Roberson on March 20, 2011 at 3:48pm

 I cant wait to see  the dresses..all in red.white and blue... how exciting...and you know what else???

When all you ladies arrive in the Horrockses dresses in red,white and blue...you will all know each other and I just know you will all get loads of attention... Cant wait to see pictures..I will be having a  heart attack until you return and tell me all the good news..[you know I'm jealous, dont you?hahaha]

  Have fun... let me know how hard it is to put that pattern together from all those run off sheets..oooh sounds like work..ha

Permalink Reply by Lauren on March 21, 2011 at 8:33am

I was unsure about the dress and thought I'd look to see if I could find any reviews of the pattern and pictures of other people's creations. I thought you ladies might like to see what I found!

 

http://leilaaudrey.blogspot.com/2010/11/horrockses-1953-dress.html

 

http://www.thesewingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?p=173925#post173925

 

http://chronicallyuncool.blogspot.com/2010/09/v-museum-dress-my-bes...

 

http://marmaladekiss.blogspot.com/2010/08/v-dress.html

 

http://thenakedseamstress.blogspot.com/2009/12/v-dress-completed.html

(This one was self-drafted)

 

http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/readreview.pl?readreview=1&...

 

http://sewing.patternreview.com/Patterns/19356 (3 reviews here)

 

Given the issues with the bust most people have mentioned, and the fact that it is a problem area for me, I might either find a similar pattern or redraft (! eek) the bodice to get rid of the band altogether , but I am up for giving it a go!

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