I have made the dress from Patterns of Fashion too; it was my first Victorian costume - and didn't know I wasn't good enough to make it correctly at the time. It did eventually fit and I wore it for 4-5 years at the Dickens Fairs in San Francisco. That's why I recognized the picture so quickly.
However, I meant that I had never made the PI pattern and wondered if anyone had any experience with it and any of the other PI patterns. LynnD On 3/26/08, Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 14:35 26/03/2008, you wrote: > > > >In a message dated 3/25/2008 8:36:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >haven't seen anything extant that looks like the PI Tea Bodice > > > > > >************** > > > >Again....it is taken from an extant garment and completely worked out by > >Janet Arnold in "Patterns of Fashion, vol. II"....it's the 1st gown > >in the book. > >There is a complete pattern and a view of the inside of the bodice. > Pages 20 > >& 21. > > I've actually seen this gown for real - and made a copy, using the > Arnold pattern for a starter. The dress is rather an odd shape - the > lady appears to have a 44" bust, and a very small waist, from what I > remember - not noticeable in the drawings. It's a very pretty chine > (sorry accent missing) silk, in a mauvey shade, and is very > attractive. I would not call it a tea gown, just a day dress. Tea > gowns, to me, are a much later fashion. > > Suzi > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
