Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail

Yay, my soft cover copy has finally arrived, and it's wonderful! Bad part is now I won't get anything else done today because all I want to do is pour through it.

By the way, I now have four projects going. That's bad as I usually don't do that. I have been pretty good about sticking to one project until it's done until now. I blame my CADD on all of you guys!

Striped Polonaise-The Beginning

A while back, I bought the Period Impressions polonaise pattern in order to re-create the Duchess of Devonshire's floufy striped polonaise from the Bath Scene.



Also a while back, a friend gifted me with many yards of silver and cream striped silk. Perfect for this project!

Yesterday I began cutting out the fabric, and so far have put together most of the petticoat. Here is one of the flounce sections after it was pinked and frey-checked. Yay for costume movies for such a tedious job!