Dress pattern

Well I had finally found before Pennsic this year a patter close to what I needed for my Anne Meyer Dress. I bought the pattern at Pennsic from Pillage Village and took it home and cut it all out. Period Patterns are a great source for information and the patterns themselves. They give pages of photos and dates, countries and brief information on various dresses for the time. I used pattern 46.

Warning, it says patterns are size 20 on the outside, inside they have cuts up to size 24, the largest size is really about an 18. So you are really going to have to play with sizing and such.

I tried editing the pattern on my own, wasn't working. I tried on my body double, it just wasn't going there. I took it with me to a stitch and bitch at my friend Katie's house, and she helped me reshape the pattern to fit me and it looks great! I still have to cut out the pattern on good fabric, but she also taught me some sewing terms and ideas I didn't know and it was a nice session.

So actually I will be making a dress with the sewing machine this week out of some generic material to make sure it fits and I know how to put it together ok. Then I will cut it out of the good material and hand sew it.

I am still working on the second set of trim, and on Saturday I redesigned the chest trim because I had already done it before I moved in April, but couldn't find it to save my life. So I just redid it.