Everyone was supplied with a card dress shape which they have to cover for the display of Horrocks style dresses at the Regional Day in Preston next year.
We worked with 2 methods – either printing onto plain fabrics which can be combined with commercially printed fabrics or using Transfer painted papers to create striped, floral or linear designs based on the styles of the Horrocks dresses from the 1950s.
It was a very busy afternoon but everyone managed to get some printing or ironing off done to take home and work on, so we now look forward to the results which we need completed by our February meeting next year – so plenty of time to get stitching.
I suggested that some of us (of the right age) might like to look out old photographs or memorabilia to put together a display for the event on April 28th 2012 – so again plenty of time, but do let me have them a.s.a.p as some of the old grainy pictures need to be improved for printing – at least mine does! We all seemed to look the same in those days – not much individuality really.
My picture from 1954 wearing a dress in the Horrocks style made by my mother, photographed in our garden by my father. Those were the days when there was a waist, slim arms and ankles!!
Two of my designs – on the left – Transfer paints and on the right – printed and commercial fabrics with pleated skirt front and tie belt.
Sue’s two designs –printing on coloured cotton (left) and transfer printing onto synthetic fabric with gathered skirt and button decoration (right).
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