Pattern: improvised
Fabric: green linen, white cotton/linen mix
for lining
Haberdasheries: some narrow white cotton
band, green wool to make loops on the back
After all that officers’ stuff I really felt like making
something for myself again! For last year’s Waterloo re-enactment I made a new
chemise and a less chic Regency dress. But I, er, started making this dress the
Wednesday before the event, and only had time to finish it provisionally. Now
it’s really finished, so here it is! Yes, I did iron it. I think I need to get
a better iron…
I intentionally made the dress quite short. Working class dresses and skirts were often shorter because they needed to be practical, and also, I like it if my underskirts are visible beneath the dress.
The dress bodice closes at the centre front with cotton bands, and the
skirt is then placed over it with an apron construction, the apron band going
through four worked loops and tying at the back. Here’s a detail of the back, and the inside of the bodice:
And this is me wearing the dress at an event, with another camp follower:
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