Miniature of me!

My mom painted this as a gift! It's me in my aqua 1790s gown! Didn't she do a great job? Especially since it's only 2" big!

1790s again

I'm thinking I made a good guess on making my version of this gown have a crossed over front:

This plate looks like a very similar gown - the sleeves are in the same style.  It's dated just one year before the teal one.  I like this gown too! Maybe I'll make in this color too? :-)

A few more Regency Card party pics

I pinched these from other people.

Nicole's photos:

(Love this pic!)

Regency Card Party

Here are a few pictures from the Regency card party I went to last night!

One more 1790s gown post

Here are a few pics of me at the party tonight. I have a bunch more pics of everyone else (and everyone looked so great!) which I'll post tomorrow because I'm really really tired after the long drive home. I had a great time though!

1790s gown finished!

Here it is with trim - I didn't have quite enough for what I wanted to do, but oh well. I also kind of want to redo the sleeves a bit to make them less poofy. They don't look poofy here, but they are a little bit poofy on.

My friend Amber just brought me back this shawl from Afghanistan, and it matches nicely I think!

1790s hair

I was inspired by these fashion plates, so I decide to try a hairdo like this for tonight's shindig, to go with the 1790s aqua gown:

Aqua 1790s gown - almost done!

I recently posted about this 1790s fashion plate that I fell in love with and two other inspiration images of a KCI collection gown:

http://costumersguide.blogspot.com/2011/06/1790s-gown.html

Well, my dress is finished - except for the trim.  I had a lot of trouble finding trim I liked, or that I had enough of.  I've since ordered some stuff that I think will work, but I'm not sure whether it will come in time for the party I'm intending on wearing this too.  I may baste some temp trim on, or just wait.

So, the finished gown doesn't look totally like the fashion plate yet!

Here's the fashion plate again:

And my gown! I modified the Sensibility pattern I used for my last regency dress, just making the bodice longer. The pattern came with a wrap front, which I modified slightly. I did use the under layer so that the pleats would work and the bodice would be fitted.

1790s gown

I have an other Regency event coming up in July, and I have the perfect thing to sew for it!

The moment I saw this fashion plate, I knew I had the perfect fabric for it - but I didn't have enough.  It was a 2 yd piece of gorgeous blue dupioni (yeah, I know, not period) from Joann Fabric that matched this perfectly.  I gave up on the idea because I couldn't find more of the fabric, until a friend let me know that there was a Joann that did have lots of colors of silk.  I checked it out and found the color I wanted! And they let me use a coupon on it - so I guess this dress is a go!

Of course the new silk doesn't quite match the old, it's a little greener. But it's close, and I think it will make a great version of this plate!

I don't know what the front looks like, but I'm going to use this 1795-1800 gown from the KCI collection.