| Sense & Sensibility ~ Regency Gown |
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| Jenny-Rose White ~ highly recommended | |
| Techniques
Used: set in gathered sleeves inserting a placket creating buttonholes |
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| Comments: This dress features a slightly gathered bodice and flat skirt front with a fuller skirt back. An easy, simple and extremely versatile pattern with lovely results! Designed for modern wear, the dress is comfortable while still keeping the Regency's pretty lines. Typical of S&S's patterns, it is nicely printed on heavy paper with good, clear instructions. S&S also offers helpful on-line instructions and classes for this dress in the Costume Classroom. The pattern includes instructions for short, long and detachable long sleeves. In addition S&S offers on-line instructions on how to modify the dress with a train, overskirt, split sleeves, maternity skirt, button front bodice, drop-front bodice and more! The possibilities are endless! There are a few mistakes in this pattern, the biggest was the shrinking of a skirt piece by the printer. I neglected to check S&S's "opps!" page and sure enough, when I went to hem my dress it was too short. Luckily I had fully lined the skirt with my own measurements so that was the correct length. I hemmed both skirts and added ribbon to the longer lining to make it look like it was supposed to be that way.  I used the long sleeves on my gown, which I really like. Further modifications were to run my gathering stitches across the entire bottom of the bodice, to add additional fullness in the back, which I then pleated and to add a little belt. |
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