Last year, for Halloween, I dressed as a Jane Austen heroine. I had woken early everyday for two weeks to work on the gown and Spencer before school. It can be said that I had little experience then, and I drafted the pattern for it myself. Needless to say, there were problems with the fit.
The drop front was too long and gaped at the sides... The under bodice has a gap between it and the skirt. The hem was literally tossed together, so it looks odd, and is fraying.
I really want to be the type of person who strives for historical accuracy, but in this case, time is seriously crunched. We are attending an english country Dance event this Friday and saturday. I wasn't going to dress up originally, but, maybe I'll try for it.
Well, despite accuracy, I added busy darts on the bib front. Then I increased the angle of it as well.
I'll stitch the skirt a little further on the under bodice to fight that gap and I'll add a couple more loops to hold up the ties at the back. And I guess I have to narrow hem it, there isn't enough for a proper hem, and to have it hemmed, even one inch, makes it ride too high and looks odd.
The first image is me in the dress last Halloween, you can see how high the hem is. The second photo is the detail of the bodice, now (mostly) fixed.
I've been very busy doing rob's breeches, which look so good! Men look so rakish in breeches and an undone shirt. Meow!
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