To all who mourn in Israel, He will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

1885 Black and Blue Ball Gown

TBT once again!

For the Saturday night ball at the SPWF, I was at a loss as to what to make.  I had some pretty blue dupioni silk and black moire in my stash and after a large quantity of time pouring over image ideas, I finally decided what dress I would make.  A black and blue ball gown!  There aren't a lot of good images of me wearing this dress as the ball was at night and my camera takes really horrible pictures in doors in bad lighting...so most of my pictures will be of the dress on Emma.


Inspiration

1885 ball gown

I loved the cross over bodice and the way the overskirt was different looking.  I didn't have enough lace to make the tiered lace panels, so I used my moire taffeta and cut scallops in the bottom instead.  For added texture and affect, I added a row of pleating under the scallops.


Patterns Used: 

Bodice:  TV460 Cuirass Bodice
Underskirt:  TV261 Four Gore Underskirt
Overskirt:  TV382 Asymetrical Add On
Butterfly Train:  TV361 Butterfly Detachable Train

Fabrics Used: Blue dupioni silk
Black Moire cotton/poly blend
poly lace



I purchased the laces from a store on eBay.  Unfortunately, I believe the store has gone out of business....


You can barely see that the lining of the butterfly train is lined in black.


For fun, I made the back of the bodice two toned!  





One of two good pictures of me in the gown....


Yay!  Here you can see the under lining of the train...it was a black taffeta.  


Hair ornamentation made of antique flowers and leaves....

Happily I have enough fabric left to make a day bodice for the dress!  I will hopefully be making that sometime this year!

Next up on TBT?  My favorite all time dress EVER!!!!!

Have a most wonderfully blessed day my friends!

g


13 comments:

  1. Wow, the front of the bodice is really amazing! Blue and black is one of my favourite connections and you chose a perfect blue shade to match it with the black :)

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    1. Thank you so much Porcelana! I had never put black and blue together and so I was very happy when the dress turned out so well!
      Blessings!
      g

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    1. Thank you so very much Gabriela!
      Blessings!
      g

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  3. Oh my gosh!! this dress looks wonderful!! You look perfect, Gina!
    How long did you do this dress?
    Greetings for you! :)

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    1. Thank you so much Swieza! I think this dress took about a week to complete. The scallops and repatterning of the bodice threw me off a bit!
      Blessings!
      g

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  4. I love it! I love asymmetry and scallops. The whole thing is much better than the original drawing ( I prefer tweaks and flourishes to strict reproductions). <3

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    1. Thank you so much Miss B! I have done quite a few reproductions, but I don't believe I have done a strict reproduction on any one. I like to put a little bit of "me" in each one!
      Blessings!
      g

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  5. I'm enjoying seeing your past efforts, since I've never seen them. But I also love your wigs!
    Val

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    1. Thank you so very much Val! Josie Smith's mom does my wigs for me when I need them!
      Blessings!
      g

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  6. I loooove your tbt posts! And what I like the most about this outfit, apart from being stunned by it as always, are the black leather gloves - they look awesome!

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  7. All of your gowns at the SPWF were AMAZING!! I remember taking detail photos of your gowns in your hotel room.
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/14941369@N07/sets/72157626657528881/

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  8. Wow, so regal! I'd so much like to see this dress when you are dancing<3

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