How to make a Regency dress in one day ... from scratch

[scottishlass]

Yes, it is doable. I did so on Saturday. Of course, I had all the time in the world to just sit down and do it over a course of several weeks, but nay, I was lazy, got distracted by my SIMS and of course on Saturday afternoon we had another little get-together with the Regency/Napoleonic Club I''m a member of.
I had muslin ready and no pattern, so I browsed the net on Friday night and found this silk dress plus fitting pelisse and knew, this is what I want.
So I got my duct-tape dummy out of the closet and started draping. I had a rudimentary pattern inside my head and only so little muslin (real muslin) so my sleeves were made from cotton batiste. I draped, cut into shape, put it together on the dummy and already sew it together. I started at 10:30 in the morning and was finished at about 16:00 hours, right about ready to wear it for the evening bash :)


I will put up pictures on my sewing diary page soon.

Comments

[elfnut.livejournal.com]

Do I say often enough that you are a goddess?

[falinemalfoy.livejournal.com]

I remember (almost fondly) those crazed, cramped, and rushed sewing adventures. Definitly post some pictures of your pretty new dress!

As a side note, I love working with muslin. :) And linen. I just wish I had more of a reason to use those both. Maybe I'm doing re-enacting for the wrong period, lol.