Jun 10
2007
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...is that you can’t blog them until they have been delivered to the recipient.
Our friend Katy has been living in Alaska for the last year and Liette and I were very excited about her coming back to town. We knew that the dress she wore to last year’s Jane Austen Fancy Dress Tea Party was now too big - due to lots of cycling. We also knew that she really wanted a white gown like the girls always wear to parties in Jane Austen movies. We put our heads together and picked out a couple of patterns and some fabrics and set to work.
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.
Here is Miss Katy.
All ready for a country dance or a cup of tea.
All ready for a country dance or a cup of tea.