Lying in bed feeling tired and like I’m gonna get sick, I started spacing out on pretty dresses online. I started reconsidering going to the Steampunk Masquerade Ball here in town early next year and thought I should start looking into a dress.
This dress is my dress. I think I know how to put it together and I’d start with one of the Sense and Sensibility dress patterns.
Finding the perfect lace would be the trickiest. I wouldn’t go for an exact replica but something similar with the light and dark contrast.
I can have a pretty dress and I have somewhere to wear it. At this point, time and money are the only things stopping me.
Back to resting. Click on the photo to see all the angles and many detail photos.
OMG! I would have loved to have seen the original wearer of that dress. She must have felt like a queen. I wonder what kind of event she wore it to. Can’t wait to see your version.
I can’t even imagine seeing the dress for the first time in person and knowing it was made just for me. It’s so fun to daydream.
Oh wow, that lace is GORGEOUS! Finding a beautiful lace always seems to be the hardest part when I need some for a project – they just don’t make it like that anymore and the vintage stuff is fragile and costs a fortune!
I hope you don’t get sick and get some good rest! I can’t wait to see your adaptation of this dress! =)
(btw, my husband and I have spent most of today watching Downton Abbey. My in-laws gave me series 1 & 2 for Christmas and I couldn’t get my husband to watch it the first time around, so I’m enjoying it again.)
This is an absolutely AMAZING dress! AMAZING! I cannot wait to see what you do to recreate it!
I’m dreaming now but hopefully I can pull it together. I can’t quite see my final version yet so it’s probably time to start sketching.