 | | 2021-06-04 18:44
From blog Dixie DIY
1860s Work Dress and Accessories
I started working on this costume in 2013 (!!!) and finally finished it last summer. It was the first costuming project I ever started and I abandoned it halfway through when I realized the pattern I had bought (thinking it was a casual work dress) turned out to be a fancy summer dress. In my defense, the fabric they used for the sample on the envelope cover is quite plain and beige, not fancy-looking at all.
I decided to give it a second change and took the whole thing apart, replaced the piping, re-cut the sleeves out of extra skirt material, re-sewed and re-hemmed the skirt, and finally added buttons.
Then earlier this year I completed some...
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