Lydia - Would little girls of that age not wear their hair loose? I thought it was only older teens who put their hair up.
Kate Bunting On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 1:52 PM Mijauww <[email protected]> wrote: > Pattern options: > https://sensibility.com/blog/patterns/girls-regency-dress-pattern/ > https://sensibility.com/blog/patterns/girls-regency-spencerpelisse-pattern/ > http://regencysa.proboards.com/thread/473 > > Or any sundress/dress pattern with a bodice you can use. The skirt is just > straight pieces gathered at the back or evenly around, depending on date. > This pattern with a hook closure and the skirt gathered mostly at the back > should do it (blue dress without the collar and sash). Just remove the > overlapping button row if you don't want a button closure. > https://www.sewdirect.com/6879/ > > When I went to a weekend event with 2 12-year-olds. I opted for a yellow > cotton curtain fabric with small flowers on it, a shawl and a simple bonnet > remade from a straw hat with added flowers. It was a very warm weekend even > for that time of year in Norway. > They spent 2 days handling animals, trampling through barns, playing and > being kids. The dress survived. She was happy with it since she both felt > pretty and didn't have to worry about the dress. The bonnet spent about 10 > minutes on from friday to sunday. > > On 5 years old kids, I would go for the Danish dress linked to above and > shown on your pinterest board. I would also make a spencer instead of a > shawl. Unless you glue gun the shawl to the kids. Formal was covered by > bonnet and shawl for all of 10 minutes. I chose fun over era correct > behavior. > > Do you have a photo of your own outfit? > > Gunvor > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
