tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post4649930754341986735..comments2024-01-17T04:06:48.915-06:00Comments on Romantic History: The Jane Austen Festival at Locust GroveSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-6860500670726085432011-07-17T14:17:17.859-05:002011-07-17T14:17:17.859-05:00Laura, they did temporarily sew stuff often, espec...Laura, they did temporarily sew stuff often, especially to be taken off for washing. If you watch the first five minutes of Dangerous Liaisons, Glen Close and John Malkovitch, it shows her being sewn into her clothes.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144075096969891672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-4651841767050295862011-07-14T19:13:46.995-05:002011-07-14T19:13:46.995-05:00Well, a fidgety, clingy two year old is probably t...Well, a fidgety, clingy two year old is probably the best test of a neckline there is, lol. Stitching the gown to the stays is a good idea though. I wonder if they often did that sort of thing. Temporary stitching is completely foreign to most people these days - not so 200 yrs ago.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430424732183387900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-85840932587522276852011-07-13T14:45:12.031-05:002011-07-13T14:45:12.031-05:00Thank you ladies! It was indeed a marvelous time. ...Thank you ladies! It was indeed a marvelous time. Actually, I'm trying to resist the temptation to cut into the sheer pink printed cotton to make a new gown for *next* year since, well, I will want *something* to do next winter while waiting for the festival! :) <br /><br />Lauren, have a marvelous time at New Boston! I so hope we can go to that, probably not this year, not even as spectators, but next year looks hopeful, as long as we get approved. :) <br /><br />Laura, I found the bodice neckline did stay up just fine all evening. The only potential problem I had with it was when I was holding Malachi towards the end of the evening and he was squirming and tired and at times would grab the fabric and yank it downwards. If i didn't have an active 2 year old to wrangle with, though, I think it would have been fine throughout the entire time I wore it. Nothing was exposed, only you could see my stays and shift when Malachi yanked down on the neckline. : / I also stitched the CF top edge of the bodice to the busk pocket on the stays to keep everything up. It did seem to help. That, coupled with "squishing" made everything much less eye popping than the last post. :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-15563194513677755102011-07-13T07:46:01.442-05:002011-07-13T07:46:01.442-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144075096969891672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-7477590862612182932011-07-13T07:43:34.601-05:002011-07-13T07:43:34.601-05:00Sarah, so glad your family had a lovely time! I sa...Sarah, so glad your family had a lovely time! I sadly won't be in SE MI next year but there'll be a ton of 1812 activities going on since it's the 200th anniversary of the War. I think your family would enjoy them.<br /><br />Looks like a very nice place to visit, I'll have to add it to my list sometime!<br /><br />BarbBarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144075096969891672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-82642599889874031162011-07-12T22:52:06.773-05:002011-07-12T22:52:06.773-05:00I am at a loss for words, yet I want to say so ver...I am at a loss for words, yet I want to say so very much!!<br />Wow - what a spectacular time! I wish I could express myself better, but I can't -and WOW is all I can say. <br />So glad you enjoyed your time away from home and into Austin's world. What a magnificent event! I does help the way to describe it though - you make is sound SO very lovely!!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778710423208334975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-16031662919852945102011-07-12T21:17:54.553-05:002011-07-12T21:17:54.553-05:00Such lovely photos and descriptions of the event. ...Such lovely photos and descriptions of the event. I especially like the photo of you in the parlor. Your reminds me of a folk art portrait.<br /><br />I chuckled to read how David enjoyed the attention of many admiring ladies. I imagine he knows he is indebted to you for creating for him such a dashing ensemble. You are so right about the pleasures of a marriage where trust and genuine affection leave no room for jealous impulses.<br /><br />I have a technical question about your ball gown. Did you find that the neckline behaved itself throughout the evening? You look so calm and elegant in the photo where you're holding Malachi at the ball.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430424732183387900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-27455888397248239222011-07-12T12:47:40.851-05:002011-07-12T12:47:40.851-05:00Dear Sarah,
It was a great pleasure, indeed to me...Dear Sarah,<br /><br />It was a great pleasure, indeed to meet you and your family...one that I sincerely hope will be repeated again many times over in the near future.<br /><br />~JenniJennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11894247974983793889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-20997855488809685632011-07-12T11:02:49.041-05:002011-07-12T11:02:49.041-05:00I found myself here after visiting the Sense and S...I found myself here after visiting the Sense and Sensibility blog and A Frolic Through Time--I really enjoyed your photos and commentary. I think my daughters and I would really enjoy this type of event. We have a little farther to travel, coming from further North, but maybe someday we could do it.<br /><br />In the meantime, thank you for sharing so that we could attend vicariously through you:)!<br /><br />KristaMrsSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059609471160531234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-85258066764695255972011-07-11T22:29:19.263-05:002011-07-11T22:29:19.263-05:00Y'all look so wonderful!!!! :) It sounds as th...Y'all look so wonderful!!!! :) It sounds as tho it was a lovely time. :) The ball looked like a dream! I think I would totally get into regency things I've I could attend balls like that. :P<br /><br />Glad ya had a good time. :)<br /><br />Love,<br />BrookeBrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167095017396368649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-15301805138507171242011-07-11T22:19:07.898-05:002011-07-11T22:19:07.898-05:00So much fun!!! I wish we could have been there. Al...So much fun!!! I wish we could have been there. Alas, we will be at New Boston instead. I am glad you met my dear Doctor and Miss Waterman. It's so neat to see my dear friends mingling and not knowing it :DLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860487428631923601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-53351682637604074042011-07-11T19:26:20.080-05:002011-07-11T19:26:20.080-05:00Dear Natalie, you are *far* too modest! You are an...Dear Natalie, you are *far* too modest! You are an inspiration to everyone who sees you, I am sure, and I hope to one day be able to sew like you, and research like you, and document like you! Everything you make is a piece of art - especially the petticoat you wore to the ball on Saturday night. You look like a queen! <br /><br />It was indeed very nice to meet Jenni and her husband. We were so thrilled to have their company for dinner on Saturday night and my only regret is that we live so far apart and don't have the opportunity to visit more often. What a wonderful couple they are. <br /><br />Please feel completely free to use whatever pictures you like! They are meant to be for everyone, to use however they see fit. I'm so sorry your camera did not work properly; I hope many other people took photos of you during the weekend so we can all see detailed shots of your ensembles! Are you going to do a post about your petticoat at some point? <br /><br />We do hope and currently plan on coming back to the festival next year. I think it will make a very nice yearly tradition and perhaps next time the older boys can come, as well. I think they would enjoy it just as much as we did! <br /><br />It was so nice to meet you at last! I hope that it will prove to be only the first meeting of many in the future!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713535191616985475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-60149636187110313402011-07-11T17:16:58.738-05:002011-07-11T17:16:58.738-05:00How lovely! I'm so jealous! Everything looks p...How lovely! I'm so jealous! Everything looks perfect!lissawihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305671228115748913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-81992076865732667912011-07-11T16:44:27.585-05:002011-07-11T16:44:27.585-05:00Dear Sarah Jane,
Your blog post captured the essen...Dear Sarah Jane,<br />Your blog post captured the essence of the festival, I think: to please and be pleased. That is certainly what I think draws so many people to this period: good manners, witty or literate conversation, or both, elegance and dash, a high sense of sport. <br /><br />Certainly it drew pleasant people to this particular gathering; I haven't met so many pleasant, warm, helpful individuals in one place in a very long time. Put many of them in handsome dress, add some delightful, tripping dance music and a duel or too and you have an intoxicating mixture, no?<br /><br />I had been so eager to meet you at last that when I caught your profile out of a window I left my friends without ceremony and ran with a cry to give you a hug, before even being properly introduced. It was such a pleasure to see you, to meet David, to admire sweet Malachi. <br /><br />If only there had been more time to talk! This trip was certainly full of incidents along with the fun, and missing most all of the ball was such a disappointment...but worse was learning you would need to leave Sunday morning. Ah well. Next time, there will be a next time I hope!<br /><br />So glad, then, that you did have time to get to know Jenni and Carson, for they are wonderful people and Jenni is very dear to me already, although I've known her less than two years.<br /><br />Your notes about me in the post brought deep blushes and a tight throat; those feathers led you astray and you ascribe goddesshood to a very mere mortal, who is more inspired by you than you will admit. You know full well that I'd never have taken dressmaking in hand so seriously if it had not been for your posts of these last years. It takes good writing to lend a needle romance, you know, and your gifts with the pen kept me sewing when I wanted to give up.<br /><br />Last, a big request. My camera wasn't in use enough, and the flash being turned off, led to very bad pictures, so bad I cannot use them. I have not one single picture from the ball and few from any other time. Might I use some of yours, with proper credit to each one, of course? Please do let me know...<br /><br />I do have one picture, however, of Malachi on his blanket that I'd love to post and to give you. It's so sweet.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />NatalieZipZiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088551086336264968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-91431512817953267832011-07-11T15:49:34.476-05:002011-07-11T15:49:34.476-05:00Well, it looks like you had a beautiful time. I h...Well, it looks like you had a beautiful time. I hadn't heard of the Jane Austen Festival until you blogged about it. And how fun to be able to "reenact" different periods other than 1860s.<br /><br />Everyone looked wonderful!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15183354814224320009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-11604561027460521032011-07-11T15:35:46.125-05:002011-07-11T15:35:46.125-05:00Thank you for posting the photos. Sounds and looks...Thank you for posting the photos. Sounds and looks like you had a fabulous time. Everyone looked so amazing, and Malachi looked so adorable. <br /><br />I hope I can go some dayIssyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278824338996926960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-41088342306457579312011-07-11T13:02:06.887-05:002011-07-11T13:02:06.887-05:00Is it odd that I could "hear" your words...Is it odd that I could "hear" your words as if they were spoken with the eloquence of the era. :) Looks like you guys had a wonderful time. I am so jealous of all that you get to do! I do agree that I loved what you said of marriage. What a awesome God we serve that he would bless us with the men in our lives!tresmommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13900354812881201092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6237278258771812379.post-65368473302194237552011-07-11T12:05:09.472-05:002011-07-11T12:05:09.472-05:00Sounds like a very pleasant event! Lots of pretty ...Sounds like a very pleasant event! Lots of pretty frocks, and well fitting tailcoats. Malachi really looked adorable, and your white gowns looked very becoming. <br /><br />I loved your description of the different blessings of marriage!<br /><br />Speaking as one of the girls who before marriage was usually left without a partner at dances, I think it's a very good thing to teach boys. Do you think Malachi'll need his flirtatious nature when he grows up? I believe he might attract the girls just by those beautiful eyes of his :)Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04095151411363232281noreply@blogger.com