Sunday, April 3, 2016

Take a Word Challenge - SEWING

This week at Take a Word the theme is SEWING.  The background pattern was Googled.  The lady sewing is from Graphics Fairy.  I converted it into a Photoshop Elements semi-transparent brush and then coloured it.
If you read the small print you will see mention of a "mantua maker" which is the old fashioned description of a dress maker.  This is not an actual pattern created for Marie Antoinette.  Apparently, it has been designed for mothers to make a fancy dress costume for their daughters.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 3, 2016 at 2:03 PM

    Hope she will not sew her own wore clothes by the way, otherwise she would have a problem, when she wants to stand up!
    A smiling PIPPA

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  2. peggy gattoApril 4, 2016 at 12:44 AM

    Love the layers and soft colors, nice design!!

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  3. indybevApril 4, 2016 at 2:20 AM

    A beauty to look at, and an English lesson to boot. Mantua maker is a new word to me. Thanks for both -- the lesson and the beauty!

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  4. junemac2April 4, 2016 at 3:23 AM

    Wow I love this one. I can imagine the sewing machine being an amazing gadget back in those days,

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  5. YvonneApril 4, 2016 at 11:51 AM

    Fantastic art work, Marie! Also interesting to learn about the older days :)

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  6. sirkkisApril 5, 2016 at 2:18 PM

    Old days fascion and beautiful Art.

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