Here is my new dress. This dress is made out of soft and warm cotton flannel. It gets cold at some of the fall and winter reenactment events. When I bought the fabric for this dress I had the Dickens Christmas Fairs in mind. October is my big month for making Dickens dresses. The style of the dresses are the same as my civil war dresses only the colors are different. Most ladies I sew for ask for gem colored fabric (ruby, sapphire, and emerald) or dark Christmas colors (wine red and hunter green).
This dress is more of a ruby and sapphire colored dress. I have it listed in my store Victorian Times and I can't wait to see who buys it. This time of year it could be a civil war reenactor, a Dickens Fair reenactor, or even a Halloween shopper. Who ever buys it will stay nice and warm!
Here is a picture of the whole dress. It still needs to be hemmed. But I will hem it to the new owners measurements. Some people wear five and six bone hoops while I only have the dress on a four bone hoop. The bigger the hoop the longer the dress needs to be.In the next few days I plan to feature some more Etsy sellers and some more wonderful Victorian items they sell.
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3 comments:
What a gorgeous dress - I love the plaid!
It's beautiful, I love the colors and I'm sure the flannel would keep them warm in the winter. Nice job!
Oh your dresses are beautiful! I love the Civil War period and if I still lived in Ohio would join one of the re-enactment groups. I have about 10 Lady Godey's home journals that I love pouring through....keep up the lovely work!
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