Welcome get-together (Friday 2 October 2009)

An ideal opportunity, over light refreshments and a glass of wine, to meet up with old friends or make some new ones particularly if this is your first festival.

The festival continues throughout the long weekend with workshops, displays, teas, suppers, outdoor activities, dances, balls and much much more.

The Festival is hosted by John & Aylwen Gardiner-Garden and the Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy.

Events planned so far:

- Beginner Dance Workshops
- Advanced Dance Workshops
- Ettiquette
- Variety nights in the evenings
- Improv. Theatre on Sunday night
- Bonnet making workshop (early-victorian)
- Handsewing Workshop (mid-victorian, Godeys pattern)
- 1840s bonnet workshop
- 1860s needlework case workshop
- 1890s torque (small hat) workshop (late-victorian)
- Dickens and Steampunk Readings
- Victorian hair styling demonstrations (short & long hair)
- Antique Clothing Displays (different displays each day)
- Language of Flowers & Fans
- Steampunk - what is it?



Friday, July 24, 2009

Timetable released!


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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Victorian Era Festival Antique Costume Exhibition, 2-5 October 2009




The list will continue expanding, I have so many lovely items to share with everyone. See http://www.earthlydelights.com.au to purchase earlybird tickets.

From US & UK:
Victorian ladies boots
1830s gown and pelerine
1830s corded stays
1890s silk ballgown
three parasols
bonnet collection
1850 day dress
1840s sheer dress
medici belt
1910 walking suit
1860s hand sewn openwork stockings
1880s ivory silk bustle gown
Victorian service aprons
1890 velvet cris-cross front-bow woollen bodice (really unusual!)
1880s Blue Velvet and Peach Brocade Bustle Gown
1860s Striped Moire Silk Bengaline Dress
1890 hand-painted fabric fan

15 items from a museum closing-down sale in Adaminaby, NSW
nightgowns
bloomers
chemises

From my great-great-grandmother's glory box:
lace bedspread and tea cosy
part of a muslin and lace dress
handmade lace tablecloth
child's dress

Books & Prints
Godeys Ladys Books
Peterson's Magazines
Fashion Prints
French fashion magazines
Antique patterns
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