This is a SEWING PATTERN! Not a completed garment! Also please read the pattern back carefully and compare your measurements to the pattern sizing! Every pattern maker's sizing can be different! Don't 'assume' your pattern size and order the wrong item! Late Victorian/Edwardian/early Georgian era "Upstairs Downstairs" set of Misses dresses for either a Lady's Maid or Lady's Day-Dress costumes with long sleeves, cuffs, front buttons and collar band. From Butterick's Making History series. This is perfect for Victorian/Steampunk, Downtown Abbey or Titanic themed costumes! LONG DRESS, APRON, AND RUFFLED HEADPIECE: Dress (fitted through bust) has collar, bodice, waistband, skirt, mock-front button band, and sleeves with seam opening and button cuffs. Purchased optional trim. Apron has self-lined bib, shoulder straps, waistband, tie ends, and bib and skirt tucks. Elasticized headpiece has thread loops. B and C: Ruffles, very narrow hem, wrong side shows. Designed for lightweight woven fabrics. FABRICS: Cotton/Cotton Blends. *With Nap. **Without Nap. Unsuitable for obvious diagonals. NOTIONS: A: Fifteen 1/2" Buttons and 1/2 yd. Optional Pregathered Lace Trim. C: 3/8 yd. of 1/4" Wide Elastic. Two Size Options/Variations available: Size A5 - Sizes: 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 (USA Small - Large) Size E5 - Sizes: 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 22 (USA Large - 3XL?) New and Uncut ***************** Tired of sellers that can’t be bothered to take the time to write a proper and CORRECT item description and provide detail photographs of their items? Check my store and feel secure knowing that the item you buy from me will arrive “As Described”! · Reminder: You are buying a SEWING PATTERN – NOT a completed garment! Also does not come with fabric or ANY other notions necessary to sew this garment!!! · All sewing patterns are NEW or As-New – Uncut & unused, complete with instructions... but can (especially OOP patterns) have normal minor cosmetic imperfections to the envelope, such as store ink or pen markings, folds, wrinkles & tears or signs of age. As originally purchased from manufacturer. Stored with care in a smoke-free household. · Vintage Out-of-Print (OOP) patterns, depending upon their age and rarity, may have more moderate to significant defects or imperfections to the envelope. Including retail ink marks on envelope, tears and partial losses (like missing envelope flaps), but are complete and Uncut – unless specifically stated otherwise. ~ ~ ~ Check our other auctions and our new eBay store to see all of our other Victorian/Edwardian, Fantasy, Cosplay, Gothic and Steampunk and other Costume sewing patterns! Overseas buyers welcome! Please check our eBay Store to see all of the sewing patterns and other items available this week. We don't cross-post every item we sell also on eBay UK or Auz, but we will be happy to internationally ship any pattern that we sell! Every year, USPS raises its domestic and overseas mail shipping rates again, and significantly – My Overseas package mailing cost for a pattern to Europe just increased by about an additional $4. I’m not happy about this either, but I have discounted combined shipping for multiple purchases! Also using online postage it costs me almost as much to mail to Canada as anywhere else in the world! Reminder: it costs the same postage to ship three patterns internationally for the cost of just one! ~ ~ ~ Rules of the Road: · We’ve been buying and selling on eBay for over twenty years now but this is a hobby, we are not professionals. If there is a problem – LET US KNOW ASAP and we will try to resolve the situation to everyone’s satisfaction. · We try to take multiple detail photos of items to improve the buyer’s appraisal of the item and describe items to the best of our ability. Email us if you have any questions before you bid! o Photos and scanned images are illustrative to provide the buyer with the most detail and creative ideas possible for this pattern – in some instances, some or all pictures were not taken by me. I assume any pattern images found via Google are either ‘Fair Use’ or in the public domain. If I have used a copyrighted image in error, let me know and I'll either provide appropriate credit or remove it. · Yes, we will happily do combined shipping of multiple purchased items for significant savings - upon request. eBay should automatically calculate a combined shipping discount, but contact us if it doesn’t · In order to reduce as much as possible, the shipping costs to the buyer, our items are normally shipped out for US buyers via online eBay/USPS First Class Mail and without insurance, unless the buyer requests otherwise. International buyers can track shipment via their Customs online tracking number, but remember a delay in customs of up to a FULL MONTH is possible - and entirely and completely beyond my control! Customs fees are also the sole personal responsibility of the buyer!! · Returns cheerfully accepted within two weeks of receipt only if we have made a serious mistake with the description (pattern noted as being uncut was actually cut - or instructions were missing). Refund amount to only include the original purchase + shipping cost, not return postage. · Buyer’s remorse is not an acceptable reason to request a refund! Note: I have a screwy work schedule and sometimes have to make sudden out of town trips or work crazy hours six or seven days a week. This unfortunately means that while sometimes I can mail out your pattern within a few days, usually it will be slower - up to a week or occasionally even longer. I am also usually unable to get to our post office more than once a week My current usual mailing days are Monday & Tuesday. I also can only check store email a couple of times a week, at best. Send me a separate email via Contact Seller if you require expedited shipping!

This is a SEWING PATTERN! Not a completed garment! Also please read the pattern back carefully and compare your measurements to the pattern sizing! Every pattern maker's sizing can be different! Don't 'assume' your pattern size and order the wrong item! Late Victorian/Edwardian/early Georgian era "Upstairs Downstairs" set of Misses dresses for either a Lady's Maid or Lady's Day-Dress costumes with long sleeves, cuffs, front buttons and collar band. From Butterick's Making History series. This is perfect for Victorian/Steampunk, Downtown Abbey or Titanic themed costumes! LONG DRESS, APRON, AND RUFFLED HEADPIECE: Dress (fitted through bust) has collar, bodice, waistband, skirt, mock-front button band, and sleeves with seam opening and button cuffs. Purchased optional trim. Apron has self-lined bib, shoulder straps, waistband, tie ends, and bib and skirt tucks. Elasticized headpiece has thread loops. B and C: Ruffles, very narrow hem, wrong side shows. Designed for lightweight woven fabrics. FABRICS: Cotton/Cotton Blends. *With Nap. **Without Nap. Unsuitable for obvious diagonals. NOTIONS: A: Fifteen 1/2" Buttons and 1/2 yd. Optional Pregathered Lace Trim. C: 3/8 yd. of 1/4" Wide Elastic. Two Size Options/Variations available: Size A5 - Sizes: 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 (USA Small - Large) Size E5 - Sizes: 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 22 (USA Large - 3XL?) New and Uncut ***************** Tired of sellers that can’t be bothered to take the time to write a proper and CORRECT item description and provide detail photographs of their items? Check my store and feel secure knowing that the item you buy from me will arrive “As Described”! · Reminder: You are buying a SEWING PATTERN – NOT a completed garment! Also does not come with fabric or ANY other notions necessary to sew this garment!!! · All sewing patterns are NEW or As-New – Uncut & unused, complete with instructions... but can (especially OOP patterns) have normal minor cosmetic imperfections to the envelope, such as store ink or pen markings, folds, wrinkles & tears or signs of age. As originally purchased from manufacturer. Stored with care in a smoke-free household. · Vintage Out-of-Print (OOP) patterns, depending upon their age and rarity, may have more moderate to significant defects or imperfections to the envelope. Including retail ink marks on envelope, tears and partial losses (like missing envelope flaps), but are complete and Uncut – unless specifically stated otherwise. ~ ~ ~ Check our other auctions and our new eBay store to see all of our other Victorian/Edwardian, Fantasy, Cosplay, Gothic and Steampunk and other Costume sewing patterns! Overseas buyers welcome! Please check our eBay Store to see all of the sewing patterns and other items available this week. We don't cross-post every item we sell also on eBay UK or Auz, but we will be happy to internationally ship any pattern that we sell! Every year, USPS raises its domestic and overseas mail shipping rates again, and significantly – My Overseas package mailing cost for a pattern to Europe just increased by about an additional $4. I’m not happy about this either, but I have discounted combined shipping for multiple purchases! Also using online postage it costs me almost as much to mail to Canada as anywhere else in the world! Reminder: it costs the same postage to ship three patterns internationally for the cost of just one! ~ ~ ~ Rules of the Road: · We’ve been buying and selling on eBay for over twenty years now but this is a hobby, we are not professionals. If there is a problem – LET US KNOW ASAP and we will try to resolve the situation to everyone’s satisfaction. · We try to take multiple detail photos of items to improve the buyer’s appraisal of the item and describe items to the best of our ability. Email us if you have any questions before you bid! o Photos and scanned images are illustrative to provide the buyer with the most detail and creative ideas possible for this pattern – in some instances, some or all pictures were not taken by me. I assume any pattern images found via Google are either ‘Fair Use’ or in the public domain. If I have used a copyrighted image in error, let me know and I'll either provide appropriate credit or remove it. · Yes, we will happily do combined shipping of multiple purchased items for significant savings - upon request. eBay should automatically calculate a combined shipping discount, but contact us if it doesn’t · In order to reduce as much as possible, the shipping costs to the buyer, our items are normally shipped out for US buyers via online eBay/USPS First Class Mail and without insurance, unless the buyer requests otherwise. International buyers can track shipment via their Customs online tracking number, but remember a delay in customs of up to a FULL MONTH is possible - and entirely and completely beyond my control! Customs fees are also the sole personal responsibility of the buyer!! · Returns cheerfully accepted within two weeks of receipt only if we have made a serious mistake with the description (pattern noted as being uncut was actually cut - or instructions were missing). Refund amount to only include the original purchase + shipping cost, not return postage. · Buyer’s remorse is not an acceptable reason to request a refund! Note: I have a screwy work schedule and sometimes have to make sudden out of town trips or work crazy hours six or seven days a week. This unfortunately means that while sometimes I can mail out your pattern within a few days, usually it will be slower - up to a week or occasionally even longer. I am also usually unable to get to our post office more than once a week My current usual mailing days are Monday & Tuesday. I also can only check store email a couple of times a week, at best. Send me a separate email via Contact Seller if you require expedited shipping!

A charming way to infuse a traditional look into your cloakroom or ensuite bathroom, the Edwardian Cloakroom Basin by Burlington will give you the look you've always dreamed of. The bold Edwardian-inspired design is beautifully softened by the contemporary styling, soft angular lines and the Burlington three hole overflow. With a generously sized bowl for this size of sink, you'll have plenty of space to wash your hands as well as space to display your luxury hand soap thanks to well thought out design. You can even customise the number of tap holes you wish to be pre-drilled, giving you the flexibility to choose your favourite traditionally-styled cloakroom basin mixer tap. Burlington have also designed a stylish Chrome plated towel rail that would be a convenient place to display your hand towel, freeing up precious wall space for a less cluttered look. Additional Information:Weight: 9.9kgW510 x D320 x H265mmChoose from 1 or 2 tap holesMade from Vitreous ChinaThe overflow is to solve the issue of a dripping tap if the plug is left in; it is not designed to take a flowing tapThe 2 tap hole basin includes a plug and chain stay, explore additional finishes hereBasin waste, bottle trap & tap are sold separately, please see recommended extras for some great optionsTowel rail not included please see recommended extras or click here for product listing25 year manufacturers guarantee

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This is a SEWING PATTERN! Not a completed garment! Also please read the pattern back carefully and compare your measurements to the pattern sizing! Every pattern maker's sizing can be different! Don't 'assume' your pattern size and order the wrong item! Late Victorian/Edwardian/early Georgian era "Upstairs Downstairs" set of Misses dresses for either a Lady's Maid or Lady's Day-Dress costumes with long sleeves, cuffs, front buttons and collar band. From Butterick's Making History series. This is perfect for Victorian/Steampunk, Downtown Abbey or Titanic themed costumes! LONG DRESS, APRON, AND RUFFLED HEADPIECE: Dress (fitted through bust) has collar, bodice, waistband, skirt, mock-front button band, and sleeves with seam opening and button cuffs. Purchased optional trim. Apron has self-lined bib, shoulder straps, waistband, tie ends, and bib and skirt tucks. Elasticized headpiece has thread loops. B and C: Ruffles, very narrow hem, wrong side shows. Designed for lightweight woven fabrics. FABRICS: Cotton/Cotton Blends. *With Nap. **Without Nap. Unsuitable for obvious diagonals. NOTIONS: A: Fifteen 1/2" Buttons and 1/2 yd. Optional Pregathered Lace Trim. C: 3/8 yd. of 1/4" Wide Elastic. Two Size Options/Variations available: Size A5 - Sizes: 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 (USA Small - Large) Size E5 - Sizes: 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 22 (USA Large - 3XL?) New and Uncut ***************** Tired of sellers that can’t be bothered to take the time to write a proper and CORRECT item description and provide detail photographs of their items? Check my store and feel secure knowing that the item you buy from me will arrive “As Described”! · Reminder: You are buying a SEWING PATTERN – NOT a completed garment! Also does not come with fabric or ANY other notions necessary to sew this garment!!! · All sewing patterns are NEW or As-New – Uncut & unused, complete with instructions... but can (especially OOP patterns) have normal minor cosmetic imperfections to the envelope, such as store ink or pen markings, folds, wrinkles & tears or signs of age. As originally purchased from manufacturer. Stored with care in a smoke-free household. · Vintage Out-of-Print (OOP) patterns, depending upon their age and rarity, may have more moderate to significant defects or imperfections to the envelope. Including retail ink marks on envelope, tears and partial losses (like missing envelope flaps), but are complete and Uncut – unless specifically stated otherwise. ~ ~ ~ Check our other auctions and our new eBay store to see all of our other Victorian/Edwardian, Fantasy, Cosplay, Gothic and Steampunk and other Costume sewing patterns! Overseas buyers welcome! Please check our eBay Store to see all of the sewing patterns and other items available this week. We don't cross-post every item we sell also on eBay UK or Auz, but we will be happy to internationally ship any pattern that we sell! Every year, USPS raises its domestic and overseas mail shipping rates again, and significantly – My Overseas package mailing cost for a pattern to Europe just increased by about an additional $4. I’m not happy about this either, but I have discounted combined shipping for multiple purchases! Also using online postage it costs me almost as much to mail to Canada as anywhere else in the world! Reminder: it costs the same postage to ship three patterns internationally for the cost of just one! ~ ~ ~ Rules of the Road: · We’ve been buying and selling on eBay for over twenty years now but this is a hobby, we are not professionals. If there is a problem – LET US KNOW ASAP and we will try to resolve the situation to everyone’s satisfaction. · We try to take multiple detail photos of items to improve the buyer’s appraisal of the item and describe items to the best of our ability. Email us if you have any questions before you bid! o Photos and scanned images are illustrative to provide the buyer with the most detail and creative ideas possible for this pattern – in some instances, some or all pictures were not taken by me. I assume any pattern images found via Google are either ‘Fair Use’ or in the public domain. If I have used a copyrighted image in error, let me know and I'll either provide appropriate credit or remove it. · Yes, we will happily do combined shipping of multiple purchased items for significant savings - upon request. eBay should automatically calculate a combined shipping discount, but contact us if it doesn’t · In order to reduce as much as possible, the shipping costs to the buyer, our items are normally shipped out for US buyers via online eBay/USPS First Class Mail and without insurance, unless the buyer requests otherwise. International buyers can track shipment via their Customs online tracking number, but remember a delay in customs of up to a FULL MONTH is possible - and entirely and completely beyond my control! Customs fees are also the sole personal responsibility of the buyer!! · Returns cheerfully accepted within two weeks of receipt only if we have made a serious mistake with the description (pattern noted as being uncut was actually cut - or instructions were missing). Refund amount to only include the original purchase + shipping cost, not return postage. · Buyer’s remorse is not an acceptable reason to request a refund! Note: I have a screwy work schedule and sometimes have to make sudden out of town trips or work crazy hours six or seven days a week. This unfortunately means that while sometimes I can mail out your pattern within a few days, usually it will be slower - up to a week or occasionally even longer. I am also usually unable to get to our post office more than once a week My current usual mailing days are Monday & Tuesday. I also can only check store email a couple of times a week, at best. Send me a separate email via Contact Seller if you require expedited shipping!

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This is a SEWING PATTERN! Not a completed garment! Also please read the pattern back carefully and compare your measurements to the pattern sizing! Every pattern maker's sizing can be different! Don't 'assume' your pattern size and order the wrong item! Late Victorian/Edwardian/early Georgian era "Upstairs Downstairs" set of Misses dresses for either a Lady's Maid or Lady's Day-Dress costumes with long sleeves, cuffs, front buttons and collar band. From Butterick's Making History series. This is perfect for Victorian/Steampunk, Downtown Abbey or Titanic themed costumes! LONG DRESS, APRON, AND RUFFLED HEADPIECE: Dress (fitted through bust) has collar, bodice, waistband, skirt, mock-front button band, and sleeves with seam opening and button cuffs. Purchased optional trim. Apron has self-lined bib, shoulder straps, waistband, tie ends, and bib and skirt tucks. Elasticized headpiece has thread loops. B and C: Ruffles, very narrow hem, wrong side shows. Designed for lightweight woven fabrics. FABRICS: Cotton/Cotton Blends. *With Nap. **Without Nap. Unsuitable for obvious diagonals. NOTIONS: A: Fifteen 1/2" Buttons and 1/2 yd. Optional Pregathered Lace Trim. C: 3/8 yd. of 1/4" Wide Elastic. Two Size Options/Variations available: Size A5 - Sizes: 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 (USA Small - Large) Size E5 - Sizes: 14 - 16 - 18 - 20 - 22 (USA Large - 3XL?) New and Uncut ***************** Tired of sellers that can’t be bothered to take the time to write a proper and CORRECT item description and provide detail photographs of their items? Check my store and feel secure knowing that the item you buy from me will arrive “As Described”! · Reminder: You are buying a SEWING PATTERN – NOT a completed garment! Also does not come with fabric or ANY other notions necessary to sew this garment!!! · All sewing patterns are NEW or As-New – Uncut & unused, complete with instructions... but can (especially OOP patterns) have normal minor cosmetic imperfections to the envelope, such as store ink or pen markings, folds, wrinkles & tears or signs of age. As originally purchased from manufacturer. Stored with care in a smoke-free household. · Vintage Out-of-Print (OOP) patterns, depending upon their age and rarity, may have more moderate to significant defects or imperfections to the envelope. Including retail ink marks on envelope, tears and partial losses (like missing envelope flaps), but are complete and Uncut – unless specifically stated otherwise. ~ ~ ~ Check our other auctions and our new eBay store to see all of our other Victorian/Edwardian, Fantasy, Cosplay, Gothic and Steampunk and other Costume sewing patterns! Overseas buyers welcome! Please check our eBay Store to see all of the sewing patterns and other items available this week. We don't cross-post every item we sell also on eBay UK or Auz, but we will be happy to internationally ship any pattern that we sell! Every year, USPS raises its domestic and overseas mail shipping rates again, and significantly – My Overseas package mailing cost for a pattern to Europe just increased by about an additional $4. I’m not happy about this either, but I have discounted combined shipping for multiple purchases! Also using online postage it costs me almost as much to mail to Canada as anywhere else in the world! Reminder: it costs the same postage to ship three patterns internationally for the cost of just one! ~ ~ ~ Rules of the Road: · We’ve been buying and selling on eBay for over twenty years now but this is a hobby, we are not professionals. If there is a problem – LET US KNOW ASAP and we will try to resolve the situation to everyone’s satisfaction. · We try to take multiple detail photos of items to improve the buyer’s appraisal of the item and describe items to the best of our ability. Email us if you have any questions before you bid! o Photos and scanned images are illustrative to provide the buyer with the most detail and creative ideas possible for this pattern – in some instances, some or all pictures were not taken by me. I assume any pattern images found via Google are either ‘Fair Use’ or in the public domain. If I have used a copyrighted image in error, let me know and I'll either provide appropriate credit or remove it. · Yes, we will happily do combined shipping of multiple purchased items for significant savings - upon request. eBay should automatically calculate a combined shipping discount, but contact us if it doesn’t · In order to reduce as much as possible, the shipping costs to the buyer, our items are normally shipped out for US buyers via online eBay/USPS First Class Mail and without insurance, unless the buyer requests otherwise. International buyers can track shipment via their Customs online tracking number, but remember a delay in customs of up to a FULL MONTH is possible - and entirely and completely beyond my control! Customs fees are also the sole personal responsibility of the buyer!! · Returns cheerfully accepted within two weeks of receipt only if we have made a serious mistake with the description (pattern noted as being uncut was actually cut - or instructions were missing). Refund amount to only include the original purchase + shipping cost, not return postage. · Buyer’s remorse is not an acceptable reason to request a refund! Note: I have a screwy work schedule and sometimes have to make sudden out of town trips or work crazy hours six or seven days a week. This unfortunately means that while sometimes I can mail out your pattern within a few days, usually it will be slower - up to a week or occasionally even longer. I am also usually unable to get to our post office more than once a week My current usual mailing days are Monday & Tuesday. I also can only check store email a couple of times a week, at best. Send me a separate email via Contact Seller if you require expedited shipping!

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