Very exciting news, I've picked a dress design finally. I opted for a fashion plate (and I was bad and didn't get the site it was from :( so if you know, please share with me so I can properly credit that). My hope is that it will start a sensation first at the Mercantile and then throughout the entire female employee mass at Columbia State Park to get away from cookie cutter dresses with pinned on aprons.
Thanks to one little facebook comment from my friend Jenna, I'll be making the gold dress. As of now the plan is to do the chemisette and false undersleeves along with a new petticoat. I'm going to do all the scalloping on the flounces, but edge them in a solid colored fabric. I'm not sure on the overall dress color yet. I still like the idea of using a white calico with little purple flowers; it's light and summery and still fits in with the whole "women in gold rush California all wore calico gowns because the fabric was cheap." I'm just hoping that I won't have to make an apron for it to cover the front of the dress up. We shall see though. The boss ladies didn't have a problem with me not originally wearing one, it was just a co-worker that did.
So the chemisette....I'm going to use style G from Janet Arnold (page 51) and do my own crochet pattern whne I get a chance. The only difference is that I'll be adding little buttons up the front.
And now I'm off to the garage to root through my fabric tubs to find enough white muslin to get this thing going.
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