Chemise-Robe

[wataya]

The only reproduction I have found... adapted from the very pattern I will use :) Seems to be a classic.

She had to enlarge the armscyes... Mmmh, yeah, that what I was thinking too. I will see. I have begin to sew my first pieces of fabric and hell !!, everytime I put the needle in the muslin (in the muslin selvedges !), I hear that little voice in my head shrieking on the top of her lungs : "You're going to ruin it, barbarian !!!!!" Huh... Shut up.

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[green-martha.livejournal.com]

There's one reproduction here, too (http://52657.rapidforum.com/topic=104880498160), a blue one, unfortunately always in the back of the picture... And obviously stays-less, too
I've seen another reproduction, but can't find the picture anymore...

[wataya]

Thanks. Color chemise can be beautifull too, and I like blue, but not baby blue... My taste is probably a little too much, but I think pastels suck. Bleh !

[wataya]

I have found one here, adapted from the Rocking Horse farm pattern. Pastel clored too. Re-bleh !

[wataya]

And another pastel...

Seriously, am I the only one who want to make it white ?

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I'm like you, I prefer it in white. Pastel tones looks so... fluffy on this dress, bleah.
In L'Anglaise et le Duc they've made the dress in beige, looks good but not great - and white would not have worked in the palette of the movie

[isiswardrobe.livejournal.com]

LOL, I eagerly followed the link- and saw me. :-D

It really is easy to make. Here's another pic of it, if you find it useful.



Unfortunately after gaining some weight... Another belt, no ribbon at the hem, and one row of the gathers removed on the sleeves.

Isis

[wataya]

Lol !

Thanks, every pic is useful. Do you were it with a stays of some sort ? A petticoat ? A bumroll ?

[isiswardrobe.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have stays underneath, but what you see is what can happen when the stays are too small over the chest. If I had been standing in just my stays and chemise on that pic you would have seen that my breasts are practically spilling over way too much over the stays. But the dress hides that, instead it looks like I'm extremely curvy, which isn't quite the case- or at least not that exagerated.

I have tried to wear a bumroll, but it doesn't look good on that dress. At least not on me. I do wear a plain white petticoat underneath though.

The sleeves on the pattern is quite short, so you may want to make them longer. I did, and I still finds them a but too short. But that depends on how tall you are- I'm 170 cm.

Isis