Hi Hope,
Congratulations with your furst regency dress, and thanks for sharing.
When i think about my first regency dress, yours in deed looks far more
period, and that is well done. I was so stupid to make one with mylar
palliettes on, without bathering that it was not invented yeat.
I have a
Not that I know anything about the regency period, but it looks great to
me! I also like your short lessons learned here. It makes the
project even more interesting to hear your thoughts on it.
Sg
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In a message dated 10/23/2005 11:24:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Thanks! Yes, it must be the flash. I used green silk satin
It looks fine. Perhaps because you only see it on the sleeve it looks a bit
shocking. All you need is a bit of it elsewherelike a
Thanks! Yes, it must be the flash. I used green silk satin for the
peatls on top of the sleeves and the band with triangles at the bottom
of the sleeves, but the shine of the satin reflected in the flash.
- Hope
Dawn wrote:
Gorgeous! I love that embroidered fabric! What is the gold(?) stuff
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/ballgown.jpg
Here's what I like/don't like/plan to do differently next time:
1) Fabric: I always tell myself not to get sucked in to fabrics that
aren't authentic looking just because you liek them. I didn't heed
myself this time: I absolutely fell in love with the
