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Description
This dress is based on an original dress dating to 1816-19.

The original dress was cream silk with a satin stripe - the nearest my local shop had was this very fine, cream cotton muslin, which is typical of the fabrics used at the time.

The skirt seams are French seams, anything else would look very untidy as the fabric is so sheer. The bodice and sleeves are lines with fine white cotton, the skirt is unlined, what you can see through the fabric is the slip that is worn underneath.

There should be some artifical roses on the intersections of the ribbon on the sleeve but I haven't worked out how to make them yet and I forgot to buy some.

Description
This dress is based on an original dress dating to 1816-19.

The original dress was cream silk with a satin stripe - the nearest my local shop had was this very fine, cream cotton muslin, which is typical of the fabrics used at the time.

The skirt seams are French seams, anything else would look very untidy as the fabric is so sheer. The bodice and sleeves are lines with fine white cotton, the skirt is unlined, what you can see through the fabric is the slip that is worn underneath.

There should be some artifical roses on the intersections of the ribbon on the sleeve but I haven't worked out how to make them yet and I forgot to buy some.