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elizabeth_mnLast weekend, The Girl and I had the opportunity to attend a Victorian-themed Christmas market at the historic courthouse in Stillwater, MN. For the event I made her this dress, based off of images for a "child's plain waist" and 4-gore skirt from this book of Butterick pattern catalog reprints.
I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. It's definitely the best historic dress I have ever made her. The one thing that bugs me is the yoke depth; I could have made the yoke portion much lower.
The original trim plan included more pink ruffles at the hem, but F asked me to leave it off and said, "I'm not particularly fond of pink." I love this for so many reasons.
I wore this old brown wool dress from back in my dinosaur days. It was a little tight but I just suffered through it. :)
We walked up about a million steps at the courthouse, which is on top of a hill. This is about the middle.
With a great view down.
We spent about an hour wandering around the market, then sat town for tea and a treat.
They had a Santa which F assured me was not real. She sat on his lap anyway.
There were also tours of the creepy old jail. This is her "help, I'm in jail!" face, apparently.
And obviously, a selfie before we left.
The event was fun. I didn't find anything in the market I couldn't live without, but I enjoyed looking. We met up with a member of our group but I didn't get a photo of us all. There were musicians playing carols in the halls, and LOTS of treats. F ate samples of everything, including some ribbon candy.
I have really been enjoying all the events we've attended lately. I know I have to take a break for a while now (so I can sew more things!) but it's been nice.
I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. It's definitely the best historic dress I have ever made her. The one thing that bugs me is the yoke depth; I could have made the yoke portion much lower.
The original trim plan included more pink ruffles at the hem, but F asked me to leave it off and said, "I'm not particularly fond of pink." I love this for so many reasons.
I wore this old brown wool dress from back in my dinosaur days. It was a little tight but I just suffered through it. :)
We walked up about a million steps at the courthouse, which is on top of a hill. This is about the middle.
With a great view down.
We spent about an hour wandering around the market, then sat town for tea and a treat.
They had a Santa which F assured me was not real. She sat on his lap anyway.
There were also tours of the creepy old jail. This is her "help, I'm in jail!" face, apparently.
And obviously, a selfie before we left.
The event was fun. I didn't find anything in the market I couldn't live without, but I enjoyed looking. We met up with a member of our group but I didn't get a photo of us all. There were musicians playing carols in the halls, and LOTS of treats. F ate samples of everything, including some ribbon candy.
I have really been enjoying all the events we've attended lately. I know I have to take a break for a while now (so I can sew more things!) but it's been nice.
