Last year, I joined Festive Attyre's "Curtain-Along" sewing event, when I fell in love with the Waverly "Felicite" curtains from Lowes, and made my favorite dress ever, the 1780 Indienne Robe a l'Anglaise.
Oodles of other amazing costumers have used the curtains as well, and with seeing everyone else's projects, I just haven't been able to stop thinking about the black colorway of this fabric - it's so striking! (And if I'm honest, I'll probably make something out of the red ones in the future too). So while Mr. C was selecting his new barbeque at Lowes this past weekend, I took the opportunity to snatch up a couple panels of curtains, with the idea of this dress dancing through my mind:
The gown is from the Museum of London. You won't find it on their site - this photo came from an image directory on the University of Vermont's website. No date, but it's round about 1790s/1800s. I adore the low, scooped next, the simple sleeves, and...of course...the fabric.
The original fabric has a dark teal ground, and a smaller chintz print than the black curtains I'll be working with, but I'm hoping to achieve the overall effect. Thanks to several comments on Facebook, I know this dress is a bib-front, and the decoration at the neckline is cording. I am thinking of messing around with my Robe Royaliste pattern, to raise the waistline, or perhaps just draping a new pattern altogether. Wish me luck!
Curtain-Along Dress #2: 1790s
Jun 10, 2013
8 comments
Ooooh! So pretty! I really hope this turns out nicely!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, I'm sure it'll be beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! The neckline is fantastic with those 3 rows of ruffles, or whatever they are.
ReplyDeleteWow! Such gorgeous fabric! Your dress will be stunning!
ReplyDeleteHmm. I have some curtain fabric squirreled away somewhere...
Ooh I'm so excited to see how it turns out! I love that your making something a little later then the majority of the curtain along projects :)
ReplyDeleteThe greatest look to you! I can't wait to see the finished project; that dress is very, very pretty!
ReplyDeleteraising the waist is fairly much what they did at the time, so it sounds like a great starting point.
ReplyDeleteI'm wishing you luck! I love that dress myself; I found it on Pinterest and it went straight into my "to make" folder... for one day. So I'm grateful for the pointers you shared!
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