If you've read my 'About Me' page you'll understand why I felt inspired to make this. As this was before my university experience and my lack of most tools including a manikin I decided to use a good ol Simplicity pattern.
I found the most beautiful green floral fabric in a local market that I impulsively bought with just about a million ideas of the pretty things I could make. However only being restricted to just the four and a half metres left on the roll I decided it would be the perfect investment for a dress I've been longing to make....for myself..I know, how sad.
From what I can remember of making this it went pretty smoothly. Although this wasn't my first dress I had made from a pattern I learned a few new techniques through doing it. Like how to do the cute wee covered buttons on the back. My uni course really woke me up to the amount of elements to think about when wanting a costume to look historically authentic, which unfortunately aren't evident in this dress, however it still came out pretty good overall I think. At the time I tried to have a go at making a very basic and easy to make bonnet using a straw hat, a square piece of matching fabric with a drawstring and a method on youtube. It didn't really work as the straw frayed and didn't give the curved bonnet shape. In the second year of uni I rectified my bonnetless dress with a flat pattern and straw braiding and I've got to say I was pretty thrilled with the result!
Gorgeous green (slightly historically inaccurate)fabric, a simplicity pattern and some straw braid and wham bam I felt like a beautiful princess lady. Though I don't really look that happy in this photo I can assure you I am. Not sure why that is really...maybe I felt just a little let down as maybe I secretly thought it might transport me to Mr Darcy...just maybe.
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