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I'm in the process of making a similar dress, and trying to get it done by next Saturday:
http://brocadegoddess.wordpress.com/sack-dress/ (scroll all the way down to see the finished gown). It's called a sacque dress, or robe a la Francaise.
It will be, if I ever get it done, my "best" 18th C. gown, for formal wear. Mine is a lighter, ice blue cotton damask fabric (think satiny, self-floral, tablecloth fabric!). I've had the fabric since the last week of July, and have been meaning to cut it out, and sew it, "So this year, I'll be ready for all of the Halloween parties we go to--no more rushing to do it at the last minute!"--hah hah.
Am I certifiably crazy?
Did I mention that I'm HAND-sewing the danged thing? (I cut some of the dress out this afternoon; I already have sewn the long seams in the over-skirt, and cut out the underskirt.)
http://brocadegoddess.wordpress.com/sack-dress/ (scroll all the way down to see the finished gown). It's called a sacque dress, or robe a la Francaise.
It will be, if I ever get it done, my "best" 18th C. gown, for formal wear. Mine is a lighter, ice blue cotton damask fabric (think satiny, self-floral, tablecloth fabric!). I've had the fabric since the last week of July, and have been meaning to cut it out, and sew it, "So this year, I'll be ready for all of the Halloween parties we go to--no more rushing to do it at the last minute!"--hah hah.
Am I certifiably crazy?
Did I mention that I'm HAND-sewing the danged thing? (I cut some of the dress out this afternoon; I already have sewn the long seams in the over-skirt, and cut out the underskirt.)