Maiden.s Dress in Blue

The exciting part of designing a dress is seeing what it becomes at the end. The stage when I sew the panels together, along with the loops for the ties, is usually disappointing. Sometimes we anticipate results before adding the embellishments.

At this stage a dress is not something that will catch my eye or looked attractive.

I cut 21 feet of one inch strips and began folding and folding again to make the ribbon ties. I was happily rewarded for all my tedious work when I placed them on the gown. The transformation was impressive. I fashioned the finishing touches of metal and fabric and the look is complete!

Yes, I can see this worn by a fair maiden.

The warmth of the color blue implies a pure heart and a gentle soul found among the stone walls of an ancient castle.

First Medieval Gown Complete

Yesterday I was looking at my pile of fabric and dreaming of what I could create. One fabric in particular caught my eye, a golden brown panne, so I thought I would give it a whirl.

The fabric draped so beautifully that it had to be a long tunic that has a small train.

Because I have the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival in mind for these gowns, my goal was to make a dress that was versatile in size. I have heard that some where where the costumes during the parade while the temp may be at -30 degrees. A dress that could be worn over some insulated undergarments that would also fit without the undergarments is ideal I accomplished this by putting lacing over the shoulder so that it can be drawn up. I also added full lacing down the side from the bust to drop over the hips.

I was really pleased when I took it to the Main Street Exchange in Saranac Lake. Sarah, who works there, tried it on. The dress form is a size 12 with room to spare. But look how well the adjusters worked on Sarah, Her Majesty, a size 6.

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