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About Me:
Marjorie Gilbert is a graduate of Kent School and Kenyon College. She lives in
Maine with her husband and two daughters.
Website:
http://www.marjoriegilbert.net
Published Novels
The Return
Favourite Books
Pride and Prejudice
Anything Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell
Anything by Susan Howatch
The Horatio Hornblower series
The Aubrey/Maturin series
Nerve by Dick Francis
Hamlet
Henry VI, Parts I & II
Henry V

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The Continuing Drama: The Empire Gown Part II

More progress, indeed. The bodice is done and will actually fit me and not some other person.

I even added the sleeves as per the drawing, with three modest tucks rather than the gathers I had done in the previous, misguided version of the gown. As I could not figure out exactly how the sleeves were created as per the Patterns of Fashion, I created my own sleeve pattern and achieved similar results.

Next, will be the bodice piece with the edging in plain… Continue

Posted on December 31st, 2007 at 12:31pm — 3 Comments (Add)

The Continuing Drama: The Empire Gown

After over a year of work, I am finally drawing to an end to my creation of an Empire gown from Janet Arnold's wonderful book, Patterns of Fashion I, Englishwomen's dresses and their construction, c 1660 - 1860.

As the original pattern was for someone from 1795 to 1805 (something I forgot to take into account when beginning the process) and the pattern itself is a line drawing on grid paper where each square equals an inch, it is challenging, at the very leas…
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Posted on December 21st, 2007 at 12:49pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 12:12pm on May 17th, 2008, Celia Yeary said…
Hi, Marjorie, I suppose I'm late getting in on your patterns and the construction of the Empire Gown. I gave up sewing many years ago, but I can appreciate it! I am interested in historical clothing for my own romance novels. Maybe you saw my article for The Wild Rose Press titled WARDROBES FOR THE HISTORIC HERO AND HEROINE. I certainly don't design anything, but I found ten websites that offer authentic clothing from about 1790 -1920.
Go to: www.thewildrosepress.com at top of page open THE GARDEN GATE, skip Intro, left side of page, Main Menu, open: THE GREENHOUSE. Go to bottom of page, open: BLOOMING AND GROWING. My article is at the top. This is in no way as special as you making a dress from an ancient pattern. You must be a wizard! Celia Yeary www.celiayeary.com
At 12:22am on April 27th, 2008, Marjorie Gilbert said…
Conquer the world so that you can bring back exotic fabric from which we can make these bits of clothing? Never mind, conquering the world is such fun also...
At 11:31pm on April 26th, 2008, Tim said…
You ladies have such fum making these bits of clothing what pray are the gentelmen left to do?
At 2:26pm on April 14th, 2008, Marjorie Gilbert said…
Thanks--I need that luck...

Marjorie
At 2:05pm on April 14th, 2008, A.L.Debran said…
I do some sewing as well, so I know what you're dealing with. Good luck.
At 9:26am on March 28th, 2008, Carrie Flores said…
Thanks Marjorie! I'm glad you told me about this website in your letter! This looks like a really cool place to find other crazies like us that are obsessed with all things old!:)
At 11:01pm on February 29th, 2008, Marjorie Gilbert said…
Ha. As soon as I finish being seamstress for myself and my two girls, I might consider it (if I don't go mad first).

Now, if I can only remember how to attach the bodice front to the stays and skirt...
At 3:07pm on February 29th, 2008, K.A.Taylor said…
Ready to take on the role of seamstress for others now???
At 3:44pm on January 18th, 2008, Susan Higginbotham said…
Love the gown!
At 4:47pm on January 3rd, 2008, Bess McBride said…
Thanks for friending me, Marjorie. I look forward to following your career on the Historical Fiction network!

Bess McBride
www.bessmcbride.com

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