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I recreated this Regency dress from a museum
DescriptionI'm recreating another extant Regency-era gown, this time in a teal Indian block-print cotton fabric that has a similar look to the original and altering a commercial sewing pattern to get the fit and design right. Only this time I'm referencing just a handful of poor quality photos to I have to guess as to how some piMore
I'm recreating another extant Regency-era gown, this time in a teal Indian block-print cotton fabric that has a similar look to the original and altering a commercial sewing pattern to get the fit and design right. Only this time I'm referencing just a handful of poor quality photos to I have to guess as to how some pieces of the dress are supposed to work.
*** RESOURCES ***
Dress Pattern: https://www.laughingmoonmercantile.com/product-page/126-download-ladies-round-or-trained-gown-with-high-stomacher-front
Fabric: https://www.etsy.com/listing/780966296/green-beautiful-hand-block-printed (you can probably find this same print from various sellers on Etsy and Ebay. Search for "Indian block print cotton."
*** REFERENCES/CREDITS ***
Original Gown: https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/79128.html
Alternate gown image by Hope Greenberg: https://www.uvm.edu/~hag/regency/day-extant/MOLTealChintzGown.jpg (this is the direct link to the file and seems to be in the archives of this site: https://www.uvm.edu/~hag/)
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