Another question for the 18th century peeps

[robinsnest]

Thinking about trying to make a new gown to wear to Peter Wentz Farmstead for their candlelight tour on Dec 3rd...As I'm unemployed AND it's Christmastime I really cannot justify a fabric purchase so I'm trying to scrounge from the stash...options for wool are reeeeeeeally limited. What's the least amount you've ever used to make a round gown? I know I know a jacket would be much smarter but after the disaster of the last one I kinda want to do something different. and really how much more work is a gown vs a jacket, all the time's in the top anyway! 

Thinking about making something like this, I like the drop front. Although I'd probably do knife pleats and cut the back as one with the skirt instead of having a waist seam. 

Comments

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

can you do an apron front with a stomacher? I was thinking if I made it with a stomacher I could change it up more easily without having to make something new every time...

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

I don't know, stomachers started to go out of style around the 1760's while most of the round gowns I've seen have been from the last quarter of the century. Haven't make much of a study of it, so they may be out there, and there is no reason that it couldn't work.