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Chloe’s Regency Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Chloe’s Regency Gown

I’ve finally gotten around to uploading photos of my cousin’s dress! She adores her dress and has gotten so many compliments! I had a lot of fun making it for her. I’m planning to buy your Romantic Era Dress pattern next, as I’m currently in love with Molly’s gowns in “Wives and Daughters”. Thank you [...]

Calli’s Regency Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Calli’s Regency Dress

I am almost finished with the dress I made for my daughter, Calli. I am still looking for buttons, and then it will be done. Here is a picture of the dress. I made it with some fabric she picked out, so it is a little more modern. I love the dress on her, and [...]

Melody’s Regency Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Melody’s Regency Gown

My sister and I purchased a copy of your Regency Gown pattern a while back. I sewed a dressed from the pattern for a tea that we put on in February. Thank you for a wonderful site and great patterns! In Him, Melody Y. This is a simply wonderful Regency ensemble, complete with bodiced petticoat [...]

1910s Wedding Gown

By Jennie Chancey

1910s Wedding Gown

I made this Edwardian wedding gown for my sister, using your Tea Gown pattern. I added a train using your Regency train instructions and did not add a sheer overlay. We are really happy with how it turned out! This is a wonderful pattern. Very easy to modify and make your own. I have a [...]

Kayla and Chloe’s Regency Easter Dresses

By Jennie Chancey

Kayla and Chloe’s Regency Easter Dresses

Here are photos of Kayla and Chloe on Easter. I added ribbon trim to the bodice of the dresses, as well as a muslin lining which I sewed cream colored ribbon at the bottom so it would peek out. They LOVE their dresses and they got compliments all day. I also made dresses for my [...]

Jen’s 1910s Tea Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Jen’s 1910s Tea Gown

It has been a while since I ordered the 1910s Tea Gown from you, but I’ve been steadily working on it since the spring and thought I might share the finished product with you. This dress was a great learning challenge for me in a couple respects. I dyed fabric for the first time, using [...]

Michelle’s Regency Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Michelle’s Regency Dress

I tried your pattern out last week and was so pleased with the beautiful results! The finished product looks complex and very detailed but it went together with ease. I wore the dress to church this past sabbath then out to dinner afterward with my family. The fit was wonderful throughout, though I need to [...]

Lydia’s Regency Nursing Dresses

By Jennie Chancey

Lydia’s Regency Nursing Dresses

Lydia has been busy modifying the Regency Gown pattern to create a couple of lovely nursing dresses. She also took the child’s pattern and shrunk it for her baby daughter! She writes, Both of these dresses are nursing dresses, and I am so happy with how easily they came together once I decided to make [...]

Caroline’s 1910s Tea Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Caroline’s 1910s Tea Gown

Caroline created her Tea Gown to wear to a wedding. She writes, Once more I’m sharing my joy with you. It’s done! It’s not perfect, but it’s done. I ended up putting rosettes on the sash in a Dior style–three roses together. Instead of a straight piece, I used a football shape and folded it [...]

Jen’s Regency Ballgown & Pelisse

By Jennie Chancey

Jen’s Regency Ballgown & Pelisse

Jen’s father-in-law gave her some heavenly fabric, and Jen created her breathtaking ballgown. Then she made her cozy pelisse for the winter months. Doesn’t she look smashing? She writes, I’m very pleased with how the Regency gown and coat that I made with your patterns turned out! For the gown I also made the bodiced [...]