I’m gearing up to make a new dress, and was wondering if anybody on here has made up the 1878 dress from Janet Arnold’s Pattern of Fashion 2. (ha – rhetorical question – I’m sure somebody has!) I’m got a general idea of what I want out of the dress, and this seems to be closest to what I want. However, I want to shorten the skirt and remove the train, and let the main dress be split up the front to where it starts to button. I’ll wear an underskirt underneath it.
Should I break down and buy a Truly Victorian pattern or something else like that? I’m 5’3” 32-26-35, corseted, and this dress looks a bit big for me. Not that resizing scares me, it’s just that the design of the pattern looks harder to get smaller by just fitting it down. Thanks! Quia Christus Perpetuo Regnat, Elisabeth -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.15.9/573 - Release Date: 12/5/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
