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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 13 2007 : 3:28:50 PM
HELP! I need a Prairie Costume. I am looking to borrow, buy or barter. My school is having a book character parade on Halloween and I want to dress as Laura Ingalls. I am looking for any type of prairie dress, apron and bonnet although the bonnet is optional. I am a size 16/18. If any of you have something that would fit this description and could get it to me BEFORE OCT 31 this would be REALLY AWESOME! I saw a really cute one on a web site but it was 220.00 not including shipping! Post here or email if you can help me out.
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| Annika |
Posted - Oct 15 2007 : 3:18:44 PM
http://home.mindspring.com/~angeliakay/index.html
Here is another plain dress link. It goes through the process of showing you how to put it all together.Bonnet and apron too. That is if you are wanting to make the dress and not buy one.
I need to go back and look at more of that site =) I want to make the bonnet
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 15 2007 : 1:49:14 PM
Thanks everyone! I will check these out.
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| GaiasRose |
Posted - Oct 15 2007 : 04:18:29 AM
As a grown up LIW? I think that is a very dreamy idea! Now I want to be her for Hallowe'en!
here are a few links to a few pricer dresses (not more than $100 with shipping) that are very appropriate:
http://cgi.ebay.com/civil-war-dress-prairie-or-work-floral-print-skirt_W0QQitemZ170157911946QQihZ007QQcategoryZ125474QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
seller: http://stores.ebay.com/Victorian-Civil-War-Dresses-By-Mare
or, as someone mentioned already, you could put on a granny type nightgown, with an apron and then maybe stuff a pillow up your dress and be the pregnant LIW...LOL!
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| katmom |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 9:33:07 PM
oh Julie,
here are a couple more sites to check out,,,
www.plainlydressed.com
www.modestclothes.com
they are for Amish & Mennonite clothing, aprons & headcovering.
They sell both pattrens as well as completed garments which might work well for your prairie outfit.
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| katmom |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 9:03:17 PM
Julie,
I just went over to ebay, typed in praire dress and I found 2 on the first page. 1 was purple $9.99 and the other was white $14.99,. the purple one ends Monday afternoon and the white one ends on Tuesday.
Check them all out.
good luck
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| katmom |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 8:51:13 PM
How about sewing a "Granny night gown"?
Really simple, buy about 4 yds of tiny flower print cotton fabric. Using a Granny Night gown pattren sew it up. Then just sew a simple long 1/2 apron out of white fabric(old sheet). I recall an old McCalls pattren that had a simple granny night gown & nite bonnet, seems to me it was around in the 1970's....I know, I am showing my age...hahaha!
Good luck.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 3:35:48 PM
YEah I looked at the goodwill. Unfortunately I live in a very small town and our good will is really small. I'll keep checking though. If I can't find anything by next weekend I'll probably just sew something up.
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| babysmama |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 11:57:57 AM
I don't have anything like this but I think it would be easy enough to find an outfit like this by searching through your Goodwills, Salvation Army, St. Vincent stores. I see plenty of long floral skirts that look old fashioned and a simple white or floral print blouse would go well. Get some black boots and an apron (should be easy enough to find these as well at the above mentioned stores) and you've got yourself an old-fashioned prarie outfit for probably less than $20. The clothes worn in Laura Ingalls time were very simple and as long as you can find a bonnet to go along no one should question what your costume is! Or even a straw hat of sorts.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Oct 14 2007 : 11:53:19 AM
bumping this back up just in case
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