There were special sleeve designs and carefully hand finished seams and button holes and pretty little mother of pearl buttons. Unfortunately we could not find any frog closures in town with which to finish the pelisse (sleeveless coat) so that has yet to be completed.
  

... Or two.

I’ve added some new pictures to my photos page. All the pictures are from a couple of tea parties we had over the summer. We made all the dresses and I did my best to make sure each one would be a little different. It was a lot of fun to see everyone all dressed up at the parties. A few people even did up their hair in Recency-ish styles. After tea we walked down the street to a little park so we could take some nice pictures.


... some people were a little more shy than others about being seen outside in costume.


I am very proud of my spencer with its little skirt. It’s based on the one on the cover of Persuasion. I had to work out the pattern myself and it took a few tries before I had both the math and the style complimenting the rest of the jacket. I still haven’t attached any fastenings or trim but my broach worked well to hold the jacket closed.