Burnley and Trowbridge carry the Mill Farms child's gown and shift
pattern and the Kannik's Korner caps and cloak:
http://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/search_results.asp?
txtsearchParamTxt=&txtsearchParamCat=10&txtsearchParamType=ALL&txtsearch
ParamMan=ALL&txtsearchParamVen=ALL&txtFromSearch=fromSearch
If the direct link is too long, just go to http://
www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com and choose Patterns -- Children's in the
left hand navigation menu.
Under Patterns -- Women they have a good selection of women's
patterns from JP Ryan, Mill Farm, and Kannik's Korner, including
stays and jumps, some of which you might be able to modify for your
daughter, and/or use for ideas for the doll's underthings.
Good luck!
Lauren
Lauren M. Walker
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On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:10 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings :)
My six year old daughter is so spoiled. We recently gave her an
American Girl doll, Felicity. Felicity is 18" tall, and is the
centerpiece of a collection of books, furniture, clothes, etc., all
styled after the American Colonial era. The spoiled part became
apparent when she looked at the cute little gown that the doll had
on and asked me if I could please make her some *real* clothes. So,
now I am on a quest to try to build some at least reasonably
correctly styled 18th century clothing that would have been
appropriate wear in the Colonies. If anyone could please point me
in the direction of correct shapes for pattern pieces I would
appreciate it. If we were talking Elizabethan or earlier, I could
probably swing it, but I am just not familiar with this period at
all. Is there an equivalent to Alcega out there for this period?
I am well aware that there are patterns out there made by the big
companies, as well as Pleasant Company, and I have some of both. I
just want to try for a higher level of accuracy and I feel like I
need to at least see how the pieces were properly shaped...not to
mention I have no clue of how the things even really go together so
far as layering goes.
And of course, the little dear wants proper underpinnings for her
dolly...(did children wear corsets in this era?)
:)
~Kimberley
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