Sunday, December 5, 2010

Green Silk 1870s Dress

This weekend, my mother Nancy wore her new olive green silk 1870s dress at Wheatland, home of President James Buchanan. I designed the dress for her, we worked together to create the patterns, and she did the sewing. I was inspired by the lovely purple dress in the BBC movie 'Daniel Deronda'. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out.
The bustle and petticoat worn under the dress were created using Truly Victorian patterns.



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4 comments:

  1. American DuchessDecember 5, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    WOW! That is simply GORGEOUS!

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  2. Sewings and Goings; Love of Historic and Vintage FashionDecember 5, 2010 at 5:44 PM

    Lins- that dress is GORGEOUS! I simply am like melting her looking at this dress! I also LOVE her hair!

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  3. The DreamstressDecember 6, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    Lovely! It's just FABULOUS. Which trim did you decide on?

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  4. AnonymousApril 14, 2011 at 2:49 AM

    This dress is so dreamy, Lindsey! Someday I shall make a natural form dress. Someday. :)

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