Mishka allons ajouter la liste des blogs participants sur le Quilting Gallery l'après-midi EST du vendredi 08 mars 2013. La dernière fois, il y avait beaucoup de blogs intéressants à visiter! Cela veut dire beaucoup de chances de gagner quelque chose! Tous les Give-aways sera ouverte jusqu'au 14 mars.
Mishka will add the list of participating blogs to the Quilting Gallery late afternoon EST on Friday 8th March. Last time there were lots of lovely
blogs to visit! That's also plenty of chances to win something! All the
Give-aways will be open until the 14th March.
Qu'est-ce qu'il sera mon cadeau? Je suis heureuse d'envoyer un colis à n'importe quel pays dans le monde - donc tout le monde peut prendre part!
Qu'est-ce qu'il sera mon cadeau? Je suis heureuse d'envoyer un colis à n'importe quel pays dans le monde - donc tout le monde peut prendre part!
So, what will be my Give-away? I'm happy to post the parcel to any country in the world - so please do join in!
Je vous propose cinq "fat quarters" du tissu patchwork - "Sew Retro" de Makower. Tous les motifs sont sur un thème de couture. C'est magnifique n'est-ce pas?
I
have five fat quarters of the latest "Sew Retro" Makower fabric to offer - all on a
sewing theme. It's fabulous, isn't it?
J'ai aussi 9 "étiquettes" de la même gamme ...
I also have 9 fabric labels from the same range ...
Pour avoir une chance de gagner ces tissus je voudrais vous laisser un commentaire et répondre à cette question ....
For a chance to win these fabrics I would like you to leave a comment and answer this question....
La popularité de l'émission "Downton Abbey" a été étonnante.
Cette série met en scène la vie de la famille Anglaise fictif "Crawley" et de leurs domestiques. J'aime l'émission mais je n'ai pas vu quelqu'un avec un passe-temps créatif. Auriez-vous aimé vivre à "Downton Abbey" dans les années vingt? Auriez-vous préféré être un aristocrate ou un domestique? Quels sont les aspects de la vie que vous auriez aimé et quels sont les aspects de la vie que vous auriez eu du mal à affronter?
The popularity of the TV drama "Downton Abbey" has been astonishing. The programme follows the life of the fictional English "Crawley" family and their servants. I like the programme but I've not seen anyone doing anything creative. Would you have liked to live at "Downton Abbey" in the 20's? Would you have preferred to be an aristocrat or a servant? What aspects of the life would you have enjoyed and what would you have found hard to face?
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Si vous êtes un blogger avec pas de réponse, vérifiez votre adresse e-mail dans votre commentaire. Vous pouvez le cacher comme celui-ci : - boutschoisis arobase gmail point com.
There is a second entry for my blog followers. If you are already a follower, or become a follower, please leave a second comment to say so. I'm very happy to have you on board!
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Bonne chance à tous! Profitez de faire le tour des blogs!
Good Luck everyone! Enjoy the blog tour!
228 commentaires:
1 – 200 sur 228 Suivant› Les plus récents»No, I don't think I would have liked to live at "Downton Abbey" in the 20's, but if I had to, I'd prefer to be an aristocrat (without a doubt). I think the absence of privileges (women didn't have many rights at all, if any) and conveniences (like the washing machine, dishwasher, microwave, automatic cars, etc.) would have made life seem a drudgery at any class level. The nice part would have been manners (as most people were required to have manners back then). :)
I would love to be a servant. I don't think I could live a life that was planned out and has so many expectations!
I haven't ever seen Downtown Abbey as I don't get it on my television channels. It seems like it is all the rage though. If I lived in England in the 20s I would not want to be a servant but I wouldn't want to have servants either. I would want to be a wandering minstrel. :)
I am a follower.
I have never seen this program either but from what you have said I guess I would prefer to be an aristocrat as I have read books from this era and being a servant was not pleasant , they had no time off , it was a life of drudgery . Thanks for the chance.
I am a follower , thanks again.
I think I'd rather be an aristocrat.
Do I dare admit that I haven't seen the show yet? I know, I'm the only one left on planet earth that is not watching! I hope to catch up soon though. I hope I still qualify for a chance to win!?! Thanks for a very nice prize!
I am not a DA watcher, but I think I would have rather been an aristocrat. I actually really prefer living in this time than wishing I had been born in a different time period. Thanks for the great giveaway chance!
have not heard of the show...but, knowing my prideful heart, it would be better for me to be a servant!
I have not seen Downton Abbey yet but liked the wonderful dressed from the 20's. thank you for the wonderful offering.. textilerecycler@yahoo.com
I wouldn't have liked to have lived then - a hard life for the servants and a boring life for the aristocrats I think, especially the women. Thanks for a lovely giveaway!
I would have rather been an aristocrat on Downton Abbey but would miss all the conveniences we have today and the technology.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I don't think I would have liked to live in the 20's. I like my modern conveniences too much. Thank you for the chance to win such a fabulous prize!
I probably would not like to have lived then, but if so as an aristocrat
I just love Downton Abbey. If I lived there, I would want to be one of the aristocrats. Then I would be able to sit and stitch! Thank you for the lovely giveaway. Those fabrics are just gorgeous.
My daughter and I watch Downton Abbey together. (Very upset about Matthew, btw!) It would have been hard to be "lower class" in the society of that time. I also agree that a woman's role in the aristocracy was quite confining in many ways -- strict expectations regarding behavior and few rights. I'm glad I was born in the 20th century!
Hello,
I love this show. I can't believe how snobby the upper class was back then. Though the servants do seem to get everything supplied, but they do work long hours. The servants are the only one which seem to be doing sewing, mostly mending yet the ladies of the day back then would have done some sort of embroidery.
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I have never seen downton abbey but I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed living then... I really love my creature comforts!
I have never seen a n episode of Downton Abbey..but I can't think being someone's servant could be a good lifestyle...no thanks
I am a new follower
Ooh fab giveaway!
I do love watching Downton Abbey but don't think I would have wanted to live as a part of it. Would much rather have been one of the townswomen who had a bit of a gossip about the "family" hehe!
I haven't watched it, but would prefer a aristocrat. Thanks for chance to win.
Thanks for the chance to win the beautiful fabrics! I am a happy follower. :)
I love Downton Abbey. I think I'd prefer to be an aristocrat, so I could sew "for fun" every day, instead of doing the mending and all of the house work! ;)
What a wonderful giveaway! I love
the sewing notions fabrics! I also
love Downton Abbey. I would prefer
to have been an arostocrat. Thanks
for the chance to win!
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I am a new follower! So glad to have found you!
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I think these fabrics are just delightful! I don't watch Downton - I really am not a TV person.
Love the fabrics so fun! I think it would have be great to be an aristocrat....parties, privilege, and free time to sew whenever I wanted. :) Thanks for the chance to win.
I LOVE Downton Abbey! You're right - apart from the cook making some pretty amazing looking food (all on a wood stove!), you don't see anyone doing anything creative. I would have preferred to be an aristocrat (I would love to live in Downton Abbey!), but would not have liked to be a woman in the 20's. I really like electricity, the internet, my dishwasher and flushing toilets!
I enjoy watching Downton Abbey but I don't think I would have liked to live there - especially 'below stairs', they would have had no time for hobbies!
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Thanks for the giveaway, I dont think I would have liked to live at Downton Abbey in the 20s, but if I had to, Id prefer to be an aristocrat, and yes I would had like a more creative life
Even Downton Abbey is a great show, Im happy living in this time,
I think that I would enjoy pretending that I lived at Downton Abbey as an aristocrat...but in reality not so much. Thanks for the chance.
I've never watched Downton Abbey, but my friend from England loves it.
Probably would prefer to be an aristocrat though, although I would feel bad for the servants. And I most definitely would've not wanted to live in that time.
Thanks for this giveaway! :)
I would love to live at Downton Abbey but only as a rich lady to wear beautiful clothes and eat good food. Thanks for a lovely giveaway.
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I am a new follower.
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I remember one episode in the second season where Matthew's finance is working on a tapestry needle work type of project, it looked lovely - no I wouldn't have wanted to live in the 20's
You had me at Downton Abbey! My daughter and I are HUGE fans. On the surface, I think it'd be neat to live during that time as a privileged young woman. I have a feeling I'd end up as a maid of the chamber pot, though, instead. ;)
Je n'ai pas vu Downtown Abbey, mais je préferai de vivre ici en Norvège maintenant. Et peut-être visiter la France beaucoup pour améliorer mon francaise.
I love the sunny sight of those lovely fabrics, it makes that I already feel some spring in me....still rainy and cold here but the warmth from your blog made me smile!
Sorry but I haven't seen downton abby....
J'ai devenu une membre, je suis à bord! Bien pour la langue.
No matter how much I love watching it, I'm not sure I would have loved living it! The class differences and the high expectations; we have enough of that in our own generation!
Fantastic giveaway! I just caught up to season three of Downton...need to see the rest. I would have loved the 20's for the fashion! I love the dresses and accessories, those hats!! Fabulous ;)
Thank you for the chance to win this lovely prize. I have never seen that series. Right now I watch red widow
I have only seen this program once and enjoyed it very much... unfortunately it competes with another favorite show, so I can't comment about the show and the living the life in that time!
I am a new follower and want to thank you for helping to Beat the Winter Blues or should I say Blahs?! I live in Northwestern Ontario, Canada and we are expecting another snow storm... I do hope it is the last one!
I have not seen the show, but I imagine I would like to be a servant, working behind the scenes with my friends. Aristocrat sounds too snoody for my tastes.
I have never watched Downtown Abbey. I wouldn't have wanted to live in the 20s, I'm happy with my life just as it is.
Thanks for the chance!
I'm a new follower of yours, I follow via Google Friends Connect.
We have loved Downton!!! I think I would have preferred to be an aristocrat over a servant. I would love to wear those dresses and hats, but I think I would prefer to dress myself.
I am already a follower.
I LOVE Downton Abbey. Of course, I don't like that Matthew was killed off. It all seems so very romantic, but in reality, I don't think I would have liked to live then. As a servant, life was harsh at best. They worked from long hard hours for very little pay. On the other hand, the girls of aristocratic families really had almost no say in the way their lives would play out. Many, if the estate was entailed away from them were forced to be governesses giving up the manner in which they were brought up, unless they could find a rich husband. So, as romantic as it seems, I'll take today. but I won't stop watching!
I follow via Google Reader and have saved all your posts on Budapest. My hubby and i will be staying there for 4 days in April....any suggestions. We've done the touristy things....looking for something different.
I would not like to live in England in the 20s. I just don't agree with the class system.
I dont get downtown abby but if my choice of a aristocrat or servant in the 20 I take servant
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I have never seen Downtown Abbey. I'm hearing a lot about it all of a sudden. Guess I am going to have to see what its all about!:-)
I wouldn't have wanted to live in that time period but if I had to I would rather be the aristocrat. I love the pretty dresses that they wear and to have someone else do household chores. The most difficult part of living then would be the lack of modern medicine and technology. Thanks!
Downton Abbey is fun to watch. I think the upper crust did embroidery or crewel work and the servants did mending a lot. I am glad I didn't live then as I wouldn't have the materials and time to make things I love to make today. I wouldn't want to be a servant as you had NO life of your own. You couldn't get married very easily or have your own children (who would look after them?). Glad I live now.
Good question.. neither! Too restrictive as a servant and too stuck up and small minded being an aristocrat!!!
I would like to be an aristocratic, but a special person to help servant. hugs Alessandra
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Never watched that show (going to now after you told me about it)- but I think I rather be aristocrat since you'll have more control over your life, which is very important to me :)
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I've never seen Downton Abbey, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have wanted to live at that time. I'm happy where I am now! But if I had to I would probably be an aristocrat.
I've only seen Downtown Abbey once, last Sunday, I wouldn't mind living in that era as long as there were indoor toilets ;) I would definitely want to be an aristocrat though, I've lived the pauper life already so I'd like to experience the finer things, I've always "known" there was a pea under my mattress :) Thank You!
I don't think I would actually like to live the controlled life of an aristocrat, but the lives of the servants at that time could be horrid. Perhaps a nanny or governess??? I like living today best of all. Your fabrics are absolutely beautiful!!
I would not like to live in the 20's - I like air conditioning! But if I did I would want to be rich!
I am a new follower!
i don't follow it because i am sewing all the time
I don't watch Downton Abbey, so I really have no opinion about it. I definitely wouldn't have wanted to be anybody's servant.
i follow your blog
I have never seen Downtown Abbey, but I don't watch T.V. that much. I guess I had rather be an aristocrat. Thank you so much for your giveaway.
I wouldn't like to live at Downtown abby, but if I was around there I'd probably be a peasant farmer, being a farm girl, so one of the servants. I couldn't live with all those rules of the aristocrat! lovely fabric, hope I win!!!
I haven't seen the show as I do not even own a TV. But servant? No way! They work too hard.
HI! AT FIRST THOUGHT,IT SEEMS SO IDEAL AND ROMANTIC,BUT WHEN YOU REALIZE THE MANY MANY HARDSHIPS WOMEN ENDURED DURING THOSE TIMES,I JUST HAVE TO LOVE THIS CENTURY I'M LIVING IN NOW.
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I just heard about this show last week from my sister who has seen every episode. I know nothing about it but it sounds like a show I should watch. I don't think I'd like to be a servant unless I was the head housekeeper with all the keys and fancy sewing tools.
I haven't see the series before. But, I prefer to be the servant. I like to be humble sometimes.
I am a follower!! :D
I haven't watched Downton Abby, but I think I would have preferred to be a servant... it was hard but seems a more honest life to me...
I think I can only see myself as a servant downstairs..... the leap to consider myself in the role of the gentry upstairs is just too big a leap of the imagination.... and don';t they have heaps more fun downstairs??? Great questions and great give away xxxx
I love Downton Abbey! I would not want to live there though because I think it would be cold and I don't like the cold! I would prefer to be an aristocrat. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am a huge Downton fan, too. I definitely would have loved to have been a woman of means (aristocrat) but one, a la Sybil.
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I haven't watched anything but previews of Downton Abbey, but I certainly don't think of myself as an aristocrat in any way or fashion! But I'm also too rebellious for the servant model. Can I just be an independent seamstress/quiltmaker? Those fabrics are lovely!!!!
I just signed on with GFC.
Very pretty fabric and thanks for a chance to win.
New follower! Love love love the fabrics.
For your question - I go back and forth with wanting to live in any other time period than this one. However, if I was to go back to the 20's I am not sure which life I would want. I think being a servant is more suitable for my personality - but it would be HARD! On the other hand, having to be an aristocrat and living up to other people's standards would be HARD also.... so I guess I am pretty thankful to be right where I am supposed to be! Great question and I am loving everyone's answers!
I would not want to live like at Downton Abbey! I love to watch it, but to live like an aristocrat - thats not me!! And the servants life at that time is just too hard.
Back to your give away - the fabrics are lovely!
I would have loved to have lived at Downton Abbey in the 20's as long as I could have been the Ladies Maid. I think the servants had more social freedom than the aristocracy although they did work long hours. If I lived then I would miss my state of the art sewing machine!
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Hello, my name is Cath and I am a follower of your blog. Those are simply gorgeous fabrics you are giving away.
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Hi My name is Sandi and I am from Sonora, CA, USA. Thank you for participating in this Blog Hop. Our lives are centered on electronics. I would love to live at Downtown Abbey in the 20's and experience that life and the encounters that come with that life. You sure have a nice giveaway and I am sure you are the envy of all quilters to come your way. Hope you meet a lot of new friends and new followers.
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I haven't seen the show, but really want to!! I think I would want to be an aristocrat, but maybe I should watch the show first. :)
I can't say if I would have liked living there since I have never seen the show. Guess I don't watch what everyone else does!
I am a follower.
I haven't watched "Downton Abbey" but from what I know about the 1920s, I would like to have had enough money to live as an aristocrat but to have been able to live any way I liked. Sort of the best of both worlds? It seems like both groups of people had very strict limitations. I think the clothing would have been very difficult - uniforms AND dressy clothes all the time.
I forgot to say how beautiful I think the fabrics you're giving away are. Just lovely! I just became a follower and am looking forward to looking at older posts and reading new ones.
I enjoyed watching Downton Abbey but I don't think I would like living during the 1920s, If I did and had a chose I would prefer being an aristocrat!
I am following you via GFC!
I haven't seen the show but I would have loved there in the 20s I would have to be a sewer even then. I love those fabrics thanks for the giveaway.
Yes I am a follower thank you.
Love Downton Abbey, but do not think I would like to live in that era. The story is great and has some wonderful historical references.
I have never seen that show but the buzz of it makes me want to at least watch it once. I live in SLC, UT USA so life is most likely much different for me then what they were but it would be interesting to see.
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I am also a new follower.
I am a new follower. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway.
I would loved to have lived then. Of course I would have wanted to be an aristocrat. Of course although their were no modern advances tha tis ok. The servants could deal with doing all the dirty work. I would love to dress up and have social events and teas to attend. And I would love to just sit around and sew/ embroider all day.
What a great show, just found it on netflix and finished season 2.
part of me wishes it was the OLD days, not like downton though..... well before the whole women lib. movement I think, as a young Christian mother and wife it's hard to be a submissive wife and stay at home mom, without having friends who look down on me for not working- I do work from home with my quilting.
Then again we have so many NEAT things nowadays, even though I've never owned a cell phone, but just having a dish washer, washing machine, vaccuum(what's that??) and a TOILET ha!! okay toilets did exist in the 20s....you know what I mean
I would have been like Edith and learned how to drive and be productive rather than lay around. Lovely to find your blog through the hop.
Haven't had time to watch the show but know I would not have liked to live during that time period...prefer comfortable clothing and my 'modern' Janome :) Thanks for the sweet giveaway!
I really enjoy watching Downton Abbey. I don't know that I would have enjoyed living in England during WWI or during the economic collapse of the 20s, but if you put those two historical facts out of the picture, I would have enjoyed being an aristocrat. I enjoy the etiquette of the day. It seems like we have no manners anymore....it's nice to hear someone addressed by a title or even as Mrs. So and So sometimes. I'm afraid I would have grown a bit bored though. I don't know what the ladies do with all of their time! Thanks for the interesting question.
I'm a new follower and I'm looking forward to keeping up with your posts.
I would definitely rather be a keeper of servants than a servant. Upper-class women also had far more freedom than those lower down the social scale.
However, I am surprised that the ladies of Downton are never shown doing any of the things that would have been expected in those days eg doing embroidery or painting watercolours. I have some needle point done by my husband's grandmother who - while not an aristocrat - was of the servant-keeping classes.
PS I do a weekly exercise class in a hall used as one of the Downton locations!
Yikes - I have not seen Downtown Abby. Do not think I would want to be a servant - such long hours - hard work - and lots of aggravation to put up with. Would not want to be aristocrat and think I was above others either.
What a lovely giveaway for some lucky person to win.
Thanks.
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I LOVE Downton Abbey! I think I would have liked to be an aristocrat--I just LOVE those dresses!!!! I do also notice them handsewing on occasion. I like to record the show and then watch it during the day while working on my own handwork.
I'm not a part of the Downtown Abbey mania. I much prefer to read and it's prominent on my "someday list". Would I prefer to have lived in the '20's? No way! Thanks sew much for this chance to win your generous giveaway :-D
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I haven't been watching but I think I would like to be a lady of wealth so that I could quilt all day if I wanted to.
I'm a new follower
I don't think I would like to live in the 20s. I have never seen the show though. I like living in the era of the Internet :)
I think our generation doesn't have what it takes to live back in those days. We are too spoiled. If I did live back then, I'd probably be a servant, my grandma was a live in housekeeper for many years. Thanks for the chance to win.
Je n'ai jamais vu l’émission, mais j'imagine que j'aurais préféré la vie de domestique pour ne pas avoir a porter tous ces vêtements compliqués!
I haven't seen the show but the way my life goes I would have probably been a servant
Love downtown abbey, I would be an aristocrat, lovetheclothes. The estate is so beautiful
I haven't seen Downtown Abby yet.. but from the commercials it looks like a good show..
Gorgeous fabrics! I haven't seen it either but I'm sure being an aristocrat would have been fun!
I love the reels fabric, would love to win some :) I would have to be an aristocrat because a servant is just too hard without the washing machine, micro, oven, etc etc :)
What fabulous fabrics. Thanks for a chance to win. I have not seen this tv show, but I would be an aristrocat so I could help those that are in need.
What fun fabric!!I have never seen the program but being I would choose being an aristocrat.
I am a new follower, merci!
Ooooh.... I LOVE Downton. As a matter of fact, I have the last season's finale still on my box - I haven't watched it yet - don't want it to end!
I think I would have wanted to be an aristocrat, but, if my parents now would have done what my parent then did (farm), I would have had no choice but to be a servant.
I know I wouldn't want to be a servant because I don't think I could handle the drudgery or the dirt. I think I'd prefer to be a lower aristocrat than a higher one especially as a woman. I would find the confines of what a woman can do very suffocating.
Barb@Witsend
I have the first year on DVD but have yet to watch it- I know that I need to get busy and catch up- that seems to be the story of my life these days..
I am not sure I would have been a good servant or aristocrat- both categories of women had difficult challenges to deal with- Women were chattel for men and that I would not have liked at all.
What pretty fabrics you are sharing with your winner - they are lovely. I am a follower of your blog-
Thanks for participating in the hop- Hope you have lots of fun visiting blogs from around the globe.
Regards from Alberta Canada,
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Wow what a great question. First, no I would not want to live in the 20's. BUT if I did I would rather be a servant (in their house), because I could not stand to just sit around all day long with nothing productive to do. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I haven't yet seen Downton Abbey, but my mom is going to share her DVD's with me, so I can catch up with everyone else. I know I'll love it! I can't lie...I'd rather be an aristocrat...although they seldom seem to be happy. I would have liked learning to sing and play the piano and embroider like a lady.
Haven.T Ever Watched DA . I Would Not Wish To Be A Servant.
I'm already a follower! :)
I don't watch the show but I love the time period and would loved to have lived there. I would preferred to be an aristocrat. :)
I have never seen the show, sorry! But who wouldnt rather be rich, lol!
I don't think I would like to live at Downton Abbey in the 20s...but if I had to I prefer to be an aristocrat)
I am a follower, thank you for the giveaway!
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I would have to be an aristocrat as I am too lazy and too argumentative to be a servant!
I would not like to live in the 20s but I would like to live in a great big house with servants to do the housework of course.
I would love to have a time machine and experience what it was like to live in other times and places! As for Downton Abbey, I love the home, but most of the aristocratic women seemed to have nothing to do except dress up, and the servants seemed to work endlessly. I would like to be someone like Matthew'a mother, who always found good work to do. Thanks for the fun giveaway! I love that fabric!
J'ai jamais vu l'emission, mais je sais qu'il s'agit d'une famille dans les années 20s. Bien qu'il semble un bonne epoque, il etait entre deux guerres terribles, alors je ne voudrais pas y'habiter!
I have heard of downtown abbey, but have never watched it, so really can't comment on the show. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity on the draw. bonnielarson58@gmail.com
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I haven't watched Downton Abbey yet, though it's in my queue. I imagine that I will watch all the available episodes in one sitting! Even though I haven't watched it, I'm fairly sure I would not like to live in any other time period (so far) that the one I'm in now. I love my conveniences and communications too much :-)
I love Downton Abbey! Oh I would have loved to be an aristocrat of that era, but my lineage tells me I would have been an Irish servant and that is OK. I would have made beautiful handmade quilts and crocheted/tatted items!
I am a new follower!
Salut, je crains que je n'ai jamais regardé Downton Abbey, mais je pense que je voudrais avoir été un aristocrate seulement parce que j'aime vieilles demeures. Mais alors, comme un serviteur, j'aurais dû être plus créatifs avec des matériaux. C'est une question difficile.
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Hmmm. If i=I did live therer I would not mind bring a lady's maid I think. But I like living where I am now :)
I wouldn't have wanted to live then or there. I do think that the servants had more fulfilling lives. they actually did something and helped. They also had fewer social restrictions on the parts of their life that really matter, such as who they could associate with and who they could love.
No, I wouldn't have liked to live at Downton Abbey in the 20s. I've only seen a few clips of the program, but I wouldn't enjoy living in those circumstances at that time. I tend to think about the wars and complications of life that were involved in past eras and think how I would not have wanted to live then. Plus, I believe God put me where He wanted me and in the time He wanted me. :-)
What a delightful blog you have!
Downton Abbey is a joy but its very much a false representation of what most aristocratic houses would have been like Im sure lol
Id have loved to wear long skirts, despite the difficulties back then in keeping them clean!
But Id have been in bother whether I was up or down stairs!
I would have found it very hard not to say what I felt lol
I haven't seen "Downtown Abbey," but I have heard about it. I'm not sure I would have liked living there in the 20's. Too many restrictions, like having to wear a dress. LOL I hate wearing dresses.
I have never watched the show myself, but have heard about it. I would not want to have lived back then, but if I had, I would perfer to have been of the aristocracy.
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I think I only would have liked to be an aristocrat at Downton for the wardrobe. Gorgeous , detailed clothing! Life in service would have been challenging, but I think the servants were actually much more free than the aristocrats. Many thanks for the chance!
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I haven't seen Downton Abbey but even thinking about times back then, I don't know how everyone got everything done. There was so much to do just to survive. Thanks for participating in the Quilters' Blog Hop Party.
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What beautiful fabrics!! I love them!! I would love to have been an aristocrat in the 20s. I love all of the beaded clothing they wear!
I would not like to live in that time period, but if I did, I'd prefer to be an aristocrat. Why, because I'd have more time for needlework. Also, my daughter is learning French and her instructor is from France! My daughter's dream is to visit France someday.
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Well, it would be a lot easier to be an aristocrat. The servants worked such hard and long days. Some of the aristocratic women must have been so bored tho! Some got out, and had a life, but too many just sat home and worked on needle point, and directed the servants around.
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I would never trade to live back then. I guess I would choose to be an aristocrat. People in the lower classes worked so hard!
I've only watched a couple of shows, so far. I would rather have been an aristocrat, than a servant, though. I'd love to wear the gorgeous clothes.
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I would've liked to be a servant... I wouldn't have been able to stand around and not be busy all day long.
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Love Love Love Downton Abbey. I would have to be an Aristrocrat but I am sure I would struggle with the doing nothing but look pretty and find a suitable husband side of it. I would love the cloths and like other women of the period (though not in the show) at least I would have time to hand embroider till I went blind from the poor lighting.
Hello Lynne. The 20's was a time of great change for both the aristocrats and the servants - the security of income and employment was disappearing and in both cases life would have been prone to change. I have to say though that because of all the beautiful clothes, I would have loved to be an aristocrat! Thank you for taking part.
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I don't think I would have enjoyed living in that time or place, but if I did I think life would be somewhat better as an aristocrat. I enjoy our modern conveniences and greater freedoms that we have today.
Greetings from Pennsylvania USA! I am not a follower of Downton Abbey...yet. I do not think I would have wanted to live in the 1920's....I like my computer, Internet, freedom, etc. too much.
I have never seen the show, but who doesn't want to be an aristocrat? I love the fashions of the 20's, especially the hats.
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Hard question to answer, but I think I would have been an aristocrat, fighting for woman´s right in the world!
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I Love the Series Downton Abbey. I don't think I would like to live in the 20's though. It was a tough time and
lots of hardships to face then. I would have liked to be an aristocrat but in another time. Thanks for this Great Giveaway...
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I would like to visit the 20's and see a world so much less commercialised than our own. It would be fun to travel and see places before they became taken over by tourism industries. Then I would like to come home to my modern world.
I've totally enjoyed watching Downton Abbey. I would be on my hands and knees scrubbing floors in the Manor. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway!
What a good question! I loved watching the show, but I think life for aristocrats would have been stifling and boring, and the servants worked so hard!
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Your quilts are beautiful! I am a 20th century girl...
Have never seen Downtown Abbey...we don't watch much TV at my house lol...but I wouldn't like to live in a time when everything was planned out for me...and wouldn't like having servants...or being one....doesn't seem a very pleasant time to me.
I'm already a follower too, thru GFC.
Have never seen the shoe but I have a lot of friends who are hooked on it
I cannot imagine living in that era for I am one who strongly believes that men and women are equal...no one is superior nor inferior to the other.
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Lynne, I love this "Sew Retro" Makower fabric, haven't seen anything like it in Canada. I'm not a TV watcher, however given the choice I'd pick Aristocrat. I'm not to sure how easy life for women would have been in that era.
It would be difficult for me to live anywhere during the 1920's as it was a very restricted time for women. That being said, I'd love to live at Downton Abbey! I'd much rather be an Upstairs rather than a Downstairs. :)
I have not watched the program but I would definitely have preferred to be an aristocrat in the 1920s. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
I have not seen Downton Abbey yet, but hope to get caught up by watching it on Hulu. I have read that several quilters like to work on projects while watching the show. That's a good enough review for me, as quilters have great taste :) LOL. I don't think I'd like being a servant, but I don't think I'd like to have servants either. I'd like to do things on my own time. So I guess I'd be shunned to the stables, back in the day :)
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I love your giveaway!! I haven't seen Downton Abby. I will have to look it up. Thanks for the chance!
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