Civilian Symposium, Day 2: Gettysburg

Workshop day!  Mine started with a walking tour of Lincoln's time in Gettysburg.  It was really windy

The late 1850s rail station. I probably should have
crossed the street to photograph it.

Next up was a class on trims from Carolann Schmidt.  We learned dagged tucks, reversing tucks, and talked fringe.

Studying petticoats for trim ideas.

I visited The Button Baron on my way down to the vendors' room. The shop is small (the front two parlors of a house), but completely full of fun things. Highly, highly recommended.  The vendors' room are also Most Perilous to the budget. Fair warning.

The vendor's room was on the edge of town--right near cemetery ridge.

In the evening, Annette Bethke gave the first talk of the conference, an hour-long overview of homespun dresses in the Confederacy. I love spreadsheets.  After that came my favorite part: the displays of original garments. There will be different ones out for each of the three days.  So many pretties!

Original garments on exhibit.