So there's a local Memorial Day parade. And one of the units was a local CW re-enacting group. Lots of soldiers, and four ladies in day dresses.
During the speechifying I stood near and studied their handiwork (or someone's).
Dress 1: on a silver-haired lady. French blue ground with light sprigs of ferns/leaves, these almost in a grey tone. She'd added a wear strip around the hem, which was a good 4" above the ground. Nice little sheer neck collar deal thing. Grey snood.
#2: a patriotic plaid, with ground. Cartridge pleats at the waist, following the stripes. Muslin collar, black snood.
#3: on a youthful redhead. Emerald green print with a lighter green design (toile-like). Muslin collar with tea-dyed crochet edging. Black snood.
#4: wow. Wide black & white stipes going vertical to about her knees, then a wide worked self-strip with diagonal chevrons. /\/\/\/\/\ Just cut on the bias, stitch together, keep making enough blocks to go all the way aorund the skirt. And a solid black band separating the worked trim from the straight skirt. (This could also have been a stealth growth tuck.) She had on a white blouse and a navy weskit which had lovely gold trimming on the neck edges, and working into discs for the rear "tail" trimmings. Dressed hair in a snood under a straw brimless hat.
Makes me want to log off, pedal home, and get out some stash!
--Karen D.