Sunday 20 October 2013

going to the aussie Jane Austen festival)

I'm trying to decide how I blog my costume plans for next April's aussie Austen festival. I could start a separate blog or start a new tab thing on this blog.

Anyway, a teaser. I've been planning to make this dress for ages, but first want to make new stays to fit it over.   It's from a 1799 fashion plate, and I had both white and red fabric for it already. 


However, I'm using the white fabric for my Dr Who nightie costume, and am going to make this out of black voile.  Possibly with blue trim - as I've seen a few extant black gowns with blue trim.

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  1. So lovely. I can't wait to see this one made up.

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    1. Me too. I'm going to scale up the stays Sabine posted about and give them a red hot go.

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  2. It sounds really awesome! I hope it turns out good. :-)

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    1. Fingers X - though it does mean first I make new stays. My eternal quest for appropriate stays that I can put on myself. Sadly there's a distinct lack of ladies maids in the 21st Century.

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