July 14, 2008
Started drafting yesterday and got the fabric mostly cut out.
*disclaimer* I'm pretty much fudging this together- meaning it may or may not be historically accurate, but hopefully it will do the trick.
This one is a combination of two Janet Arnold patterns- the back is the 1790s robe and the front is from the Regency gown I just did that I forget the name of- but extended to be pulled in with drawstrings... is that called a round gown? I'm blanking on this and nearly every book I have has little to no info on this transition period as far as construction goes. So basically I'm making it up as I go along. It was initially inspired by the sixth dress down on Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion
And fashion plates like these ones
Here is the first mock up, and you can see how much too small the robe I made for Costume College is! Luckily I had kept my patterns so I didn't have to re-draft them.
I took it off and did some re-fitting and came with this:
And here's me demonstrating to Matt how the dress will look:
And here's Mr Charles trying to be me:
:)
It's all cut out, just gotta put it together now.
July 15, 2008
Working on the dress again today, I got quite a bit farther! In fact, all it needs are hems to the sleeves and the skirt, the back to be pleated into place, and the little bustle thing to be added at the back.
It does actually look more Regency now than 1790s, but I'm hoping if I add another petticoat underneath and when I get the bustle in there that it will look earlier. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just not exactly what I was going for.
And I figured while I was taking pictures I might as well take a few pics of some of my favorite sewing methods gleaned from vintage sewing.
Link to tutorial for thread marking and a seam finish.
Here's some photos of the garment after the first casing was put in:
And after the second was put in and the sleeves were added:
Still needing pleating and the bustle, but it will be done soon!
July 16th, 2008
One more off of the list! This one is totally finished now. I did hand tack the pleats at the CB and added a little pad under where the pleating is so it doesn't collapse into my back.
