1820s citrine ring

I saw this 1820s citrine locket ring on ebay and that it looked to be my size and since it was reasonably priced, I couldn't resist!  I got it yesterday and it fits perfectly! I'm so excited!  The dealer seemed reputable, though I know you're always taking a little bit of a chance. And I'm no expert.  Here are all the details.

From the auction:  "A citrine stone has a surround of pearls to create this ring. There is leaf and scroll decoration to each shoulder. There is a locket to the back with the original glass present. The ring is made in 18 carat yellow gold. The design and craftsmanship date this ring to the Georgian period, circa 1820. The stones and setting is 9mm by 9mm or 0.35 inches. Weight is 2.2g or 0.08oz. American size 7 3/4
. Internal circumference 56mm."

And the auction pics:

Regency Pumpkin Tea

I had a wonderful time at the pumpkin tea yesterday! It was lovely seeing everyone and Stephanie and her mom really outdid themselves with the decorations and food!

Open Robe

I didn't get many pics of myself in this that I liked, but here are a few from yesterday's pumpkin tea! I will post more pics from the tea in another post. :-)

Open Robe

Whew, well I just finished sewing like a half hour ago!   I have to redo the sleeves because I didn't set them in quite right - the gathers in the back need to be higher up.  I thought the sleeves were cooperating entirely too much - now I know why!  But it'll be fine for the picnic.  And the robe fits great - the sleeves are just a little poofy in the back.  Which is why I'm only posting pics of the front! But other than that issue, I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out!

The color looks more red here than the pumpkin orange it is.  I'm sure the buttons aren't entirely period, but that's fine too.  So I have something new to wear tomorrow, hooray!

Open Robe started...

The beauty of regency costumes is that you can use a base dress and just make new things to go over it!  Since I have a regency pumpkin tea coming up, I decided to make an open robe to go over my embroidered cotton gown.  I bought this silk on fabricguru.com, thinking it was red (it was described as flame), but it's really an orange. I wasn't sure what to do with it, but I decided it would work perfectly for this.  I don't have much time (just a week) so I wanted to make something fast.  I decided to base mine on this gown

but add long sleeves for warmth.  I'm using my standard regency pattern based on the sensibility one and just modified the front panels.  I just have to do the sleeves and skirt.  I may do the skirt first to make sure I have enough fabric and do sleeves if I have enough fabric.

Here's what I've done so far: