1812 July La Mode Assembly Evening Dress
This plate from July 1, 1812 La Belle Assemblee was so well received on the Facebook page that I though we’d take a closer look at the wonderful trimming and how to replicate it.
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I love ruffles! Lots of them. I love flounces too which are essentially long ruffles. I also love skirts with a few deep flounces attached. (I’m such a nerdy girly-girl.) Perhaps you love flounces to.
So when your design calls for three flounces on your wide c.1855 skirt, where do you begin?
I mean, it can’t be that easy to simply gather up a few lengths of material and attach them to a skirt.
Well, maybe…. But how do you figure for the width of each one? And if you’re like me, you’ll want to know exactly how many inches up from the hem they should be attached.
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Perhaps you’re putting together a new summer dress.
Or maybe it’s a new work dress for camp.
All you know is that one piece dresses in the 1850s and 1860s had the bodice and skirt attached together. Then there is something about that closure that looks funny and seems daunting….
I mean, you could easily sew up a bodice and skirt. But connecting them when the center fronts don’t even match – holy cow! How does one do that??
I don’t know about you, but I find this skewed opening hard to figure. The bodice is fine, opens as usual. And the skirt is finished with the usual pleating at the top. But connecting them – that’s where it gets confusing.
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