A few pics of girls Regency underthings.

Here are a few quick pics of the girls Regency underthings. I am basically happy with how they turned out but will make a few adjustments when I make them again. For now I am going to take out drawstring on drawers and put in elastic. No one can see it and it will just make things easier for her to manage. At some point I may replace the lace on the corset. Because it is so wide I had to snip it to get it to lay flat across the back curve but for now it will do. Elaina loved them! It was hard to get her still so I could take pics that weren't blurry.

Girls Regency underthings.

The dress I was making Elaina is NOT going to fit. I decided against taking it apart and figure I will sell it and just make her a different one, but either way she needs the appropriate underthings. I took a pattern I already had and some lovely cotton I scored at Goodwill for $2 and made her chemise. I adjusted the pattern to make it more appropriate and then used some lace to embellish it/use as casing. The lace is definitely not period but I didn't want to waste expensive trim on a child chemise. Maybe when she gets bigger. I also made drawers for modesty sake. Though she doesn't need one since she is only 8 she really wanted a corset. Since it really only covers the bust area, and I figured it would help the chemise to lay flat under certain garments, I said OK. Here is a photo of it waiting for all the handwork. It has same lace as chemise and boning at center front and one piece on seam of center back. I used scraps of the weed-trimmer string.

Regency Day dress progress

Here is a quick pic of the dress. I really do like it, just not the way it is put together. There is a wrinkle in the side-back pieces and I pinned and ironed the heck out of the "casing" before it was sewn, but it isn't too bad so I am not redoing it. I am trying to loose some weight so I saved some fabric and will just remake it how I know I should have made it in a smaller size later. It also was supposed to have a sash but the thing is way too short! I knew it was when I cut it out but somehow I seemed to hope it would work. I do kind of mine the buckle detail so I might make it longer to give me different looks. Both the buttons and the buckle are antique mother of pearl.

Work continues on Baroque corset...

Picked up the weed trimmer line to bone the corset. Not yet sure how I am going to finish the tips of the "bone" yet, so right now just cutting them to length and inserting them to see what I think. So far am liking it but think I should have gotten one size smaller of the line. Only reason I didn't was it was a much smaller package.