Picnic Dress Finished

[atherleisure]

I finished the 1780's round gown I was trying to make for the Georgian picnic last weekend. Friday night I had it finished except for setting the skirt to the bodice, but I did not want to stay up terribly late when I had plenty of perfectly good clothes to wear. Tuesday I set the skirt, and today I took pictures. I'm quite pleased with the dress.



It is mostly hand-sewn. The exceptions are the skirt seams, the sleeve seams, and the bottom half of the armscye seams. I have a hard time getting worked up about hand-sewn seams that are completely invisible from the outside.





Those who follow mandie_rw may recognize the fabric. Those who follow reine_de_coudre might almost recognize the dress. Apparently, we all bought fabric in the same Fabric.com sale a few years ago. They just got around to sewing theirs up a little sooner than I did.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

That turned out so pretty! I'm looking forward to seeing how you accessorize it. It looks like you could do so many fun things with it.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

It definitely needs colorful accessories, but I'm not quite sure what they'll be yet. If I had thought of it at the time, I'd have taken a picture with my green apron.

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

Very pretty! I don't bother sewing skirt seams by hand either.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Because who can resist a good sale on wool, right? :D I love seeing what the three of us made...apparently it said 18thc to all of us!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. The leftover 2.5 yards are saying 1940's dress to me, but I need them to be a little more specific.

[misspeachum.livejournal.com]

Such a pretty dress!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

You look beautiful! Wonderful job!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now I just need somewhere to wear it.