Girl's 1800's Dress

[atherleisure]

I finished M's Regency dress the other day. It's made from a red and white striped cotton left over from my late 1860's crinoline. I had to cut most of it from a failed attempt at the VandE 1866 crinoline (way too big) so the skirt front is cut a bit more narrowly to fit in the panels of that. The pattern is from the Danish national museum and is dated to 1800-1810. It's a combination of hand and machine sewing.






It just fastens with two drawstrings in back and drawstrings at the sleeve hems. It's kind of the quintessential Regency dress.


I had an apron I really never wear that I gave her and looks really cute with the dress.


I made her run around in it, and she had no problems at all. She didn't even try to lift the skirt as she ran.



She loves it and said she never wanted to take it off. That made me very happy.