At last!

Sep. 8th, 2012 06:27 pm
mlsdesigns: (regency hair)
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I've been trying to share my progress for the last 2 weeks or so! Things kept conspiring against me :( First, last week was taken up with Clare coming home for a visit at the weekend so we could all go to a family holiday down near the south coast, and my aunt who lives in Canada came home with us for a visit. The day she left I came down with a cold, and it morphed into a chest infection by the weekend, so this week I've been completely knackered from all the sleepless nights brought on by the cough!
None of this really stopped me from posting though, that is due to photobucket crashing every single time I tried to upload a photo! It's finally working now though, so here is my new frock!
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You have to imagine it with a tuck at the hem (I'm so glad it was too long, I do like tucks on regency dresses!) and it now has sleeve bands and buttons in back (only at the neck and waist at the moment, I need to try it on to see if it gapes) it also needs a crazy ruffly thingy at the neck! I don't want to wear a chemisette underneath, so I'm going to make the detachable frill from Costume in Detail :)
I've decided not to make the pelise this time after all, because I don't want to cover up the glorious frumpiness :D I'mm thinking instead, of making a purple spencer with military style trimmings to go with my purple military hat from last year. Hopefully it'll be too hot to wear my fur trimmed purple wool pelise, and I really want to wear that hat again, but have nothing else to wear with it.
I've made mummy a new dress, and yesterday I cut out a new spencer for her too. It's conker brown wool with dark red taffeta trimmings. So, not too bad considering how poorly I've been feeling all week!

Date: 2012-09-08 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] girliegirl32786.livejournal.com
Super cute!

I hope you are feeling all better from your cold/chest infection now!
Edited Date: 2012-09-08 07:28 pm (UTC)

Date: 2012-09-09 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mlsdesigns.livejournal.com
Thank you!
Until this morning I would have said 'no, I'm still feeling like death warmed up' but today I started to feel better, my cough has been nothing like as bad as! I think I may have finally turned a corner :D

Date: 2012-09-08 09:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reine-de-coudre.livejournal.com
that is just darling! hurray for high neck regency dresses!

Date: 2012-09-09 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mlsdesigns.livejournal.com
Hee hee! thank you :)

Date: 2012-09-08 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ktlovely.livejournal.com
You need to STOP. I cannot handle how cute and talented you are! <3

Date: 2012-09-09 08:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mlsdesigns.livejournal.com
*gigglesnorts* you silly ;) Thank you!

Date: 2012-09-09 01:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com
So cute and so properly frumpy! Proper frumpy is very hard to achieve :)

Date: 2012-09-09 08:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mlsdesigns.livejournal.com
Thank you!
I'm making it my mission in life to show the 'Jane Austen dress-up type' in the UK what ladies really wore in the early 19thC :) it wasn't all short sleeves and low necks! They didn't all wear white! Elderly ladies in their sixties wore caps and lace and covered their bosom in the day time! And yes, you CAN look cute while doing so ;)

Date: 2012-09-09 07:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jennylafleur.livejournal.com
I love that on you - too freaking cute!

Date: 2012-09-09 08:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mlsdesigns.livejournal.com
Thank you! I can't wait to see it with the crazy hat and silly neck ruffle thingy, I'm going to look so hot ;)

Date: 2012-09-10 12:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kleidungum1800 (from livejournal.com)
This is sooooo cute. We definately see too few high-neck dresses! Oh how I love the frill on the hem!!!
Sabine
P.S. Hope you get well soon!

Date: 2012-09-10 01:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nuranar.livejournal.com
Whoa, I do love this! You are so inspiring - there are so many Regency things I want to make, frumpy and weird and all. :D

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