Rogelio Egusquiza Barrena Painting Dress Complete!!....

Well, except for the dust ruffle or Balayeuse, which I hope to complete this week.  Here she is in all her Dandilion Fluff glory!  I have placed on her my new Royal Orders and fun jewelry.  I still have to make the Order Sash, but will get to that later.  

I am wanting to pose in the dress as the young lady in the painting is doing.  I have an antique, ivory silk shawl with sweet pink violets embroidered on it that I think I'll drape over my arm and other fun accessories to add....can't wait!!

Source:  Wikigallery

Inspiration dress...

I tried and tried to make the bustling in the back with a puff, but alas, the dupioni silk did not lend itself well to cooperating with me.  I tried one puff, then two puffs and it just looked like I needed a diaper change.  After three days of messing around with the stupid, frustrating, infuriating thing, I scrapped the idea of the puffs.  I went online and typed in "Natural Form Era Ball Gown".  The very first image that came up on my Google feed was the gorgeous pink NFE dress, also from a painting, made by the fabulous Merja of Before the Automobile.  Her train was smooth and simply fell from the waist and sooooo did NOT look like she needed her diaper changed!  I clung to that image of a smooth, elegant train like a drowning lady clings to a life raft and thought it was a great idea and so adapted it for my train.

Hopefully, this weekend will see the completion of this dress.  I have decided that most of my next projects will be from the 1890s as there was a decided lack of pleating and fuss in those years.  They were a more tailored look and right now, after all this Dandlion Fluff, that is so what I am yearning for!

Be Blessed my friends!!

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