Inspired by a image I found on Mrs. Chancey's website. I went about making my own version of a dress found in the book, The Art of Dress by Jane Ashelford. It is a wonderful book by the way!
::Inspiration::
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| picture from: www.sensibility.com/vintageimages |
::My version::
::What I did::
I sewed the entire dress, but two button holes, by hand. It is one of three projects I've sewn entirely by hand. The dress is made out of the higher end of 100% cotton muslin from Joann Fabrics. I embroidered the sleeves myself, which took quite awhile - about a year and five months of off-and-on work. Sewing the dress it self took only three days. The basic embroidery outline was found in the book: J.&P. Coats 100 Embroidery Stitches. The pattern I used for the dress was Sense & Sensibility's Regency era dress pattern.
~Ashley
9 comments:
That is adorable!!! The embroidery on the sleeves is gorgeous!
Thanks, Melanie. =)
Ooh, I like this! You captured the feel and scale of the original very well.
That embroidery is amazing! I wish I knew how to do that!
What a lovely dress! The embroidery is beautiful, and adds so much to it!
Love it:)
That is so inspiring - I am really awed that you sewed the entire garment by hand. It is truly one of the prettiest regency gowns I have even seen.
Gorgeous, gorgeous embroidery!
I love the embroidery! It's nicely done!
Wow, that's some awesome embroidery and I love the back buttons!
You have such a lovely blog! ;)
Feel free to check out mine! xo
http://stylesensemoments.blogspot.com/
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