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Kayla and Chloe's Regency Easter Dresses

Here are photos of Kayla and Chloe on Easter. I added ribbon trim to the bodice of the dresses, as well as a muslin lining which I sewed cream colored ribbon at the bottom so it would peek out. They LOVE their dresses and they got compliments all day. I also made dresses for

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Jen's 1910s Tea Gown

 It has been a while since I ordered the 1910s Tea Gown pattern from you, but I’ve been steadily working on it since the spring and thought I might share the finished product with you. This dress was a great learning challenge for me in a couple respects. I dyed fabric for the first

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Michelle's Regency Dress

I tried your pattern out last week and was so pleased with the beautiful results! The finished product looks complex and very detailed but it went together with ease. I wore the dress to church this past sabbath then out to dinner afterward with my family. The fit was wonderful throughout, though I need to

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Lydia's Regency Nursing Dresses

Lydia has been busy modifying the Regency Gown pattern to create a couple of lovely nursing dresses. She also took the child’s pattern and shrunk it for her baby daughter! She writes, Both of these dresses are nursing dresses, and I am so happy with how easily they came together once I decided to make

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Caroline's 1910s Tea Gown

Caroline created her Tea Gown to wear to a wedding. She writes, Once more I’m sharing my joy with you. It’s done! It’s not perfect, but it’s done. I ended up putting rosettes on the sash in a Dior style–three roses together. Instead of a straight piece, I used a football shape and folded it

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Jen's Regency Ballgown & Pelisse

  Jen’s father-in-law gave her some heavenly fabric, and Jen created her breathtaking ballgown. Then she made her cozy pelisse for the winter months. Doesn’t she look smashing? She writes, I’m very pleased with how the Regency gown and coat that I made with your patterns turned out! For the gown I also made the

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Laura's 1910s Tea Gown

Laura used my 1910s Tea Gown pattern and the inspiring image of the original vintage dress on the right to create her exquisite evening dress. WOW! She writes, I wanted to send you the first photo of the dress I just completed. I used your tea gown pattern as a base for the bodice; I

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Hannah's Regency Dresses & Pinafores

This darling little lady’s mama has been busy creating new outfits for her from my Girls’ Regency Dress and Girls’ Pinafore/Pantaloons patterns! What a doll! Mrs. W. writes, Well I finally finished sewing the dresses I started for Hannah at the beginning of February! Here they are – thought you might enjoy seeing her posing

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Sisters' Regency Gowns

Aren’t these sisters absolutely charming in their Regency gowns at Christmas? Writes Angela, I purchased your Regency dress pattern a couple of years ago to make myself a ‘Pride and Prejudice’ dress for a ‘Pride and Prejudice’ luncheon two friends, my sister, and I had. I’m wearing my original green P&P dress, and my sister

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Jen's Regency Ensemble

Lovely Miss M. created her entire outfit and shared these wonderful photos. She writes, I made the dress and underpinnings from your Regency pattern. I don’t have a picture of the underpinnings, but I think you can see how nicely the dress fits over them. For the dress I used a transparent fabric (roses on

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Vi's Regency Dress

Vi from a church in Hawaii made this dress (no front view–sorry!). Comments from Roxanne, who coordinated the costumes: These dresses will be used for a church play commemorating its 180th anniversary. The play is on the life of Lucy Goodale Thurston (played by yours truly), a pioneer missionary to Hawaii. The first Christian missionaries

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Camille's Regency Wedding Gown

Camille made her beautiful silk wedding dress, as well as her maid of honor’s dress, using my Regency Gown Pattern. Here are Camille’s comments: I wanted to let you know how grateful I am to you for your pattern. I used your Regency pattern to make my dress as well as my best friend’s

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Lady Scott's Regency Ballgown

Here is Lady Scott in her beautiful ballgown, created for Dolley Madison’s Ball held in Scottsdale, Arizona. Isn’t her fabric luscious? And the silvery trim is dreamy. She writes, We really are pleased with the dress and hope the pics might inspire a few more ladies to try your pattern. We used 100% silk charmeuse

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Jennifer's Regency Dress

Jennifer C. shared these photos of a Regency dress she made from my original Regency Gown pattern. Writes Jen, Well, I squeezed in enough time to make a test run of the regency gown pattern. It turned out quite cute!!!!! I piped the neckline and the cuffs. Very nice! Great job, Jen!

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Casey's Regency Gowns

Casey made these lovely Regency gowns for her sister. Aren’t they darling? Casey writes, Hello! I just got some photographs of gowns I made using your Regency gown pattern, and I thought you might like to see them.  The first photo is of the first gown I made. My sister had wanted a Jane

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Lynn's Regency Ballgown

Lynn created this ballgown and writes, I had a lot of fun making a version of your pattern for our Playford Ball in London, Ontario last month. The royal blue fabric is rayon in a brocade pattern of flowers, but very lightweight. The cream is also rayon with a bit of a shine. The ribbon

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