What I love most

New period, new display. Queensland Suffragettes. You can read about the Queensland Suffragette movement here . For our display we set up a stall as it could have been in 1895 to raise funds for the cause and get signatures for the petition. Our members from left to right Mel, Christine, Me and Kerry.   Special mention to Mel for organising most of the stall including baking goods for sale, creating flyers, organising pins and making the banners and the petitions.   We made sure we did a march through the site, gaining support for the cause.   My outfit was based on the masculine look of the mid 1890s   Photos Lynne C, Conrad L and myself

Victorian!!! 1885 to be precise. This is what I wore.... My favourite for the day. The skirt was made for my mum a few years before (posts in my lj about it). More than likely she wouldn't wear it again so I made it my own. The biggest job was having to take in the waist - simple? nope it took a lot more adjusting than I thought with all those pleats etc. My mum wore it with a blouse and belt, wasn't good enough for me, really though I wanted a new jacket. This one was made out of chocolate velveteen (pain to sew - lovely to look at). This became my archery dress. My new group thought it would be a wonderful idea to go for a river bathe and most of us created a bathing outfit. This one is based on the pattern from the book Vintage Swimwear Patterns by Jill Salen. Easy to make but I made a big mistake and the front button opening overlap is the "wrong way". Also I should have been wearing a cap of some sort - for shame being out in public with my hea