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I made this gown for Nox Obscura (a steampunk event in the Netherlands) which unfortunately was cancelled. So I wore it on our holiday when my husband wanted to go to a steamtrain museum.

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As promised here is a dress diary of the black & white Sleepy Hollow gown. This gown has been on my whish-list for years. I just didn't know where to start until I've started sewing 18th century gowns. Also the costume analysis of the 'the costumer's guide to moviegowns' has been very helpfull.

For this gown I used the J.P. Ryan Robe a l'anglaise pattern. I've made the open gown with en fourreau pleating on the back (view A), but used the longer sleeves of view B. I've altered the front/side part of the bodice quite a bit. Following the costume analysus of costumer's guide I have made a stomacher with the vertical stripes. I've changed the pattern of the bodice for the diagonale stripes like this:



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I've promised I would show more pictures of the finished Madame de Pompadour gown, but due to a fall break and the flu (again) it took me a bit longer to upload them. Here's a full length picture of the finished gown:



And details of the stomacher and the ruching on the gown:

 

Detail of the trimmings on the petticoat:



And a detail of the trimmings on the flounce (on the petticoat):



Unfortunately I have no pictures of me wearing this gown. Although I really wanted to wear it on our holiday and take some lovely pictures with it, because of the flu I just didn't have the energy to put it all on :(.

My little boy turned 3 last friday. Oh my gosh, is he growing up quickly. Anyway, he really loved his present, a lego trainset.





And of course blowing out the candles:

I haven't been posting much, but I have been working on several projects. And they are all finished!



Last week I allready posted about the finished tailbodice in autumn taffeta, but now the Madame de Pompadour gown is done too. Allthough I would like to add some roses to the skirt, but I'm still waiting for those to be delivered. I'll post some more pictures of this gown soon. In the meantime I have also made the black & white Sleepy Hollow gown. I did take progress-pictures so I'll post a dress diary (also) soon.

While trying to decide what to do with the small ruches on my Madame de Pompadour gown, I started in another project. Recently I posted pictures of my autumn taffeta and madamekat posted this picture in reply:



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I've also started with the petticoat. Here's my analysis of the ruffles on the petticoat.



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I haven't been updating lj recently, but I have been working on 3 different projects. First my Madame de Pompadour gown. I'll post about the other 2 later.

I was working on the ruches on the gown and had a hard time to decide what I should use for the smaller ruches. First I wanted to do the small ruches in either a yellowy green taffeta or a blue-ish green. But neither was right in my mind, far too light. So I was tempted to do the ruches in black lace, but that was just too dark. Then I thought of combining those 2 and do black lace over the yellowish green.



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We went to the Pixies concert yesterday night. They were playing in Amsterdam. It was amazing!

Pictures taken at Chateau La Rochepot in Bourgogne (France).

 

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The last few days I have been working on the ruches of this gown. Most of the time was spend on research, but the first two ruches are sewn on. I've started with the ruches on the gown. After looking at the painting....



...I've come up with this:



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I always thought of this gown as a "try-out" gown, because it was the first time I made this pattern (robe a l'anglaise from J.P. Ryan). Also I wasn't sure I liked the fabric. But as it turns out, I really love this gown. The trims are simple, but it suits the gown. And at first I had no idea what colour petticoat to wear with it. It so happened that I had a white satin skirt hanging around and I love the look of them together. But no more rambling, on to the pictures.

 

( Guess what....more pictures :D )

After several months I've finally been working on this gown again. It was sleeveless...



...but not anymore. It now has two ruffle-layers of cream lace and one of green taffeta.
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I have about 8 meters of this beautiful atumn taffeta. It's a burgundy red base with red/orange velvet flocked flowers. I really would like to make something this autumn using this fabric. At the moment I'm thinking of making the TV410 polonaise with a train and black lace trimming. But I'm curious what every one else would do with it. Here are some pictures.



Close-up:



And even closer:



So what would you make????

A few months ago I started with this project. Both the over- and underskirt were already finished (see this post) and this weekend I made the shrug and finished the corset.

For the corset I used the Truly victorian pattern TV110. Two front panels are made of clockwork fabric and all the other panels of black 'silk look' fabric.



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As I already started planning next year's projects, I have a few more to add to my list. Not only do I want to make a black gown of each period (see my post here), I will also try to make a white version. So these are added to the list:

• White robe a la francaise
• White robe a l'anglaise
• White victorian gown (I think with lots of ruffles)
• Not yet sure if I will do a white tudor gown

And then there are the black/white gowns:

• Black & white striped Sleepy Hollow gown (I'm planning on wearing the black & white striped petticoat with the black robe a la francaise and make a black & white striped stomacher for it and a (not so period) black & white striped little tricorn)
• Robe a la francaise of white/black skullduggery fabric (for fabric see this post)

And finally I might make some blue gowns! This is totally new for me, because I have never used blue before. But ever since creedsgalbirdyposted her pictures of dragon*con with the stunning "Claudia's gown", this has stuck in my mind. Now I want to make it too! And for some reason I want to make something in iceblue. I have a thing for winter colours lately (just as my favorite season autumn has started). But I haven't got any ideas yet or any fabric, so this is a big "maybe" project.

All in all I would say it is enough to keep me busy next year. We'll just what actually gets done ;).