Backyard photoshoot

[elizabeth_mn]

I somehow decided I had an hour on my hands today to play dress-up. Here's my (totally hand-sewn!) Curtain-Along dress, finished!



I wish I had a sweeping, picturesque backyard for nice photos, but this is what you get when you live in a city. Still, the light was quite nice today! The hat was a total last-minute addition; I grabbed it from the closet in the dark, which is why I neglected to find a hatpin and I'm holding it with my hands.

The lacing ribbon got a bit twisted, and I'm not sure what to do about the slight creep where my lacing goes higher than my stays.



I was actually able to use the pressing ham to coerce that elbow dart into a pretty smooth roundness.



Love the tails in back! I seamed the CB all the way down because I liked that better than the split in the original.



Not sure which printed scarf I like best with it. The brown is matchier, but the pink is, well, pink!



And here's a front view with no accessories.


Of course, someone wanted to help! And try on the hat.


I didn't mind.

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

OMG I love it SOOOOOO much! It is absolutely perfect! I love it with the hat, and I really like the color combo with the red/brown neckerchief. You look stunning in this outfit!

I'd love to add a few of your pictures to my Curtain-along board on Pinterest. Can I pin from your LJ, or do you have some other place for me to link to?

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's been such fun - I'm so glad there was a curtain-along going!

Please do add my photos! LJ is all I'm doing for costume blogging right now so I guess pin from here.

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

Awesome! We could also upload the photos directly to Pinterest if you want to keep your LJ more private

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Here is fine; I don't mind a little more exposure.

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

It looks wonderful! Congratulations on your first hand sewn dress!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was definitely an experience.

[undycat.livejournal.com]

You look awesome! well done!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Hopefully next year we will pull off an 18th c event here so I can wear it again.

[kaesha-nikovana.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! I love it!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thanks! You should do one!

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

That came out so nice - lots of great details. Love it!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[justawench.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I really like your lacing ribbon, too (I love details). I'm making that jacket right now and it does come up really high in the front. I'm going to have the same above-stays issue.

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I set up a poll last month to help me choose which ribbon; as usual the hive mind was correct!

[reine-de-coudre.livejournal.com]

this is just darling! i love it! and the kerchiefs are great :D

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The kerchiefs are from Full Moon Loom: http://www.fullmoonloom.com/

[the-aristocat.livejournal.com]

It's so beautiful! You look amazing in it!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[vanityfairy.livejournal.com]

Lovely!