Friday, September 28, 2007

A 1840's Day Dress, or A Romance of the Fabric

After sitting in on Lynn's class at Cos Coll , and seeing the museum pieces she had from this time period, I must make one up of her new pattern. The 1840's Round Gown is quite lovely and with my strange facination with day dresses. Well, they are sickeningly sweet and geeks should just not be into this froo froo ness of them, but I do get sucked into them. I hope to make one for Dickens if I can break away from other projects. But what to make it of??? I have been looking at cottons, of course wanting to be brave enough to do silk. But at least my budget doesn't allow for such frivolities right now. Maybe a miracle will happen.

The bodice is the thing. to be con't

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