Dress Diary!

[isabelladangelo]

The inspiration for this gown comes from Portrait of a Venetian Lady by Veronese and from A Musical Evening by Ludovico Pozzoserrato. I have to fix the sleeves I made for the gown but I think, by the end, you can see what I was thinking.

The above is the pattern I used for the bodice. It's based off the pattern I created for my Eleanor of Toledo gown.

The bodice before I added boning to it. It's over my 1540's/1550's corset. It's made out of the black taffeta I got from Fabric.com, lined with regular muslin, and interlined with canvas. I used muslin for the lining because it's cheap, still breathable, and no one will see the lining anyway.

The gown before I added a bunch of stuff to it. The taffeta, of course, sticks out on it's own, which is lovely.

I apologize for the darkness of the photo. This is the finished gown. I added bows of black taffeta to the waistline. The overskirt is silk chiffon. I gathered that, put a finishing strip across the gathers (basically, a waistband), and then placed the rings to hold the overskirt to the dress on the outside so the "waistband" would be hidden and flipped under. It also give the overskirt an extra bit of fluffiness at the waist.

I have a couple more pictures up on my flickr account if anyone wants to see the back views. You can also see close ups of the photos I posted here.

Comments

[cathgrace.livejournal.com]

It looks very nice, it's hard to tell the scale without seeing it on, but if you are open to a friendly suggestion let me know.

[bluedoran.livejournal.com]

I think the dress is really pretty.

When I get finished moving into the new apartment, I'm going to get out my SCA print-out guides and start working on making dresses again. (I'd gone to a bunch of websites and found scaled-down patterns for dresses from archeological sites, with some help from other SCA members -- I've been hanging out with Bright Hills people more often.)

Your sewing always inspires me. lol. I'm thinking of commissioning a dress from you for the OHF Spring Ball this coming April, if that's a possibility.