Elizabeth Bennet's Wedding Dress: Part 1

Well, yet again, my perfectly laid plans have taken a left at Albequerque!  And that's just ok.  I have put away my Ruth DeWitt Bukater boarding suit as I discovered the other day that I only have 3 months before Costume College.  That's not 3 months of straight sewing time...oh no.  Two months of summer falls in between now and the first weekend of August.  So, after a moment, couple of hours of sheer panic, I called my friend Josie and she talked me off the ledge of costume craze.  Thank you my friend!  We now have our Coco wardrobe decided upon and I am feeling very happy.

Enter my first outfit to work on.  Lizzy's wedding dress.  From every image I have seen of this outfit it looks as though it is a one piece outfit, but I plan on making mine two pieces.  A dress and a pelisse.  

This image is off of Pinterest...alas, I cannot find a reference for it....I even did the reverse look up thing on Google...no dice.  I need to find fabric for the coat, lace, and fun buttons like the original.

My awesome fabric is a brand new, King sized, Egyptian Cotton flat sheet that I found at a local thrift store!  It is perfect and oh so soft!!  I love it!!  It has a super lovely weave so the stripes stand out.

I'm using the faux drop front view from La Mode Bagatelle pattern.  The original image looked as though it had pleats on the front panel so I did that with mine!

I had some issues with the back/side seam as my body shape isn't conducive to this style I guess, so I did bone it so it layed flat.

I am hoping tomorrow to insert the sleeves and start on the skirt section!!

Yeah for Regency and Elizabeth Bennet!!!

Blessings my friends!

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