mid century dress 2

To keep myself interested, i'm playing with shapes at the bottom. In the 1850s there was a fashion for bodices with vest points but the back tail is found on 1870s+ gowns and isn't what I think of for the era i'm going for here.

done

Done enough for wear and a funky bonnet made out of straw yardage too. Matchy-matchy bonnets aren't optimal, but i'm excited to have something done. Total was 16 hours, 4 of which were optional trimming hours. This doesn't include patterning anything but sleeves since had existing bodice pattern that i'd used before.

you might notice that all the bottoms of the skirt ruffles are selvage so didn't have to hem. whee!