Hoopskirts, straw bonnets, and parasols

 Grace, me, Sarah, and Jon

Civil War Weekend in Buchanan was awesome.  Grace actually got to go on Friday, and stayed overnight.  My whole family met Sarah and Jon around noon at the camp. Sarah had draped and hand-sewn her dress in only five days!  That girl is amazing when it comes to sewing.....  So, there was a fashion show, and the reenactment, and then in the evening they had a camp dance!  All us girls ended up in the fashion show, and I found out that my dress WAS historically accurate after all!!!!  When I first made the dress, I wasn't thinking of accuracy, for all I knew I was coming up with my own design.  So, when I was deciding what to wear on Saturday, I was worried about the accuracy.  Pleasant surprise!  That right there made my day.  Camp dance was absolutely amazing, and I was really, really sad that we got to stay only for four dances.  :-(  But anyways.........Now I'm totally drooling over patterns for a dress. I really need a ball gown and a couple day dresses.

    

Solomon and James, ages 6 and 11

And my all my siblings need outfits, really.  (Well, Joel doesn't.  He complained sooooo much about having to go.  But James and Solomon LOVED getting to dress up in some nice soldier's extra outfit.)  

I am really looking forward to more reenactments!