Well, it's been all week since an update because it took every second I had not working my day job to get this dress ready to wear! Overall I think I clocked somewhere between 25 & 30 hours which is about typical for a half hand-half machine stitched two piece dress! I gauged the skirt by hand in period fashion, folding the top edge to proper length vs putting a giant hem in the bottom. I added a 5" kick guard, and bound the bottom edge with black twill tape, which should make this a nice long wearing skirt indeed! I did find it just a bit too long today at the Lebanon, OH train robbery event, which is easily remedied by a 2" growth pleat all 'round it.
I also added a lovely and super simple basic crocheted collar that I whipped up in 45 minutes (Seriously!) Here's the link:
Simple crocheted cotton collar
Remember that the pattern is termed in AUS terms, so when you see 'treble' or 'tr', they mean in US DOUBLE crochet stitch, 'dc' is SINGLE, and 'dbtr' is a regular TREBLE. otherwise you will have quite the goofy looking clown collar! I left out the Treble stitch last row, narrowing the collar a bit and left the edges squared off which looks quite charming on my cocoa dress :)
I very much am thinking of slapping together some of the less involved items such as slat bonnets and crocheted collars and etc. to take to events to sell as a fund raiser for two of the living history groups I am part of.
So, I am calling this first chapter of my blog closed, and will be from here on out posting tips and advice on period sewing methods.
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