A few updates on the Gatsby dress and some costume college ideas
I have actually been breezing through this 1920s dress!
I totally lucked out and get a huge load of beautiful vintage print cottons at a church rummage sale. I did a haul video this-a-way if anyone interested, there's some fun vintage prints in there. I was JUST under the amount of fabric needed for the 20s dress in my desired print, so I decided to do the neckline binding, front panel, and underskirt in contrast fabric.
I just tucked some random fabric from my stash underneath to see what it would look like, but I think I'd prefer it with a less dramatic contrast. Maybe a very soft pink. I'll see what I can find fabric hunting.
My other great score is this printed lightweight cotton, which to me is just screaming to be a 1780s dress.
Originally I was going to just bring my old blue and white striped polonaise for costume college, but I think I will try to squeeze a new project in. I pushed my original idea of a 1920s dress up for the Gatsby picnic so that should leave me time for another project, and all my 18thc century under-pinnings and accessories still fit me fine. I'd really like to make a great cotton robe a l'anglaise like this one from The Met, but with a million more ruffles, more like this gown from The Duchess
We'll see how ambitious I am.
So far my projects for costume College are:
- 1780s printed cotton gown (not started)
- 1920s silk underwear (started)
- 1920s printed summer dress (started)
- 1950s playsuit or dress (still undecided) (not started)
I totally lucked out and get a huge load of beautiful vintage print cottons at a church rummage sale. I did a haul video this-a-way if anyone interested, there's some fun vintage prints in there. I was JUST under the amount of fabric needed for the 20s dress in my desired print, so I decided to do the neckline binding, front panel, and underskirt in contrast fabric.
I just tucked some random fabric from my stash underneath to see what it would look like, but I think I'd prefer it with a less dramatic contrast. Maybe a very soft pink. I'll see what I can find fabric hunting.
My other great score is this printed lightweight cotton, which to me is just screaming to be a 1780s dress.
Originally I was going to just bring my old blue and white striped polonaise for costume college, but I think I will try to squeeze a new project in. I pushed my original idea of a 1920s dress up for the Gatsby picnic so that should leave me time for another project, and all my 18thc century under-pinnings and accessories still fit me fine. I'd really like to make a great cotton robe a l'anglaise like this one from The Met, but with a million more ruffles, more like this gown from The Duchess
We'll see how ambitious I am.
So far my projects for costume College are:
- 1780s printed cotton gown (not started)
- 1920s silk underwear (started)
- 1920s printed summer dress (started)
- 1950s playsuit or dress (still undecided) (not started)