Our county fair is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year. There are many special centennial classes plus a heritage day to dress up in a period costume form the last 100 years. Combined with my children's homeschool formal and some beautiful taffeta on clearance provided me with a great excuse to make a 1910s Tea Gown as a formal gown.

I thought you might be interested in pictures of the Swing Dress I recently finished. I made it for a murder mystery party set in the 1940s, but it's such a nice versatile dress I forsee it getting a lot of normal wear in the future, too.

I wanted to have the Jump Dress from the movie Titanic the moment I saw it. I started with the basics 2 years ago but just couldn't bring myself to finish it. :( But as soon as I realized that there would be the anniversary in 2012, my plan was set.

It's not my first costume (but my first "Titanic" costume), but it's one of the costumes I've worked the most on (sorry if my English is not good). I used the Simplicity retro pattern, and I altered it for the skirt (moved edge from right side to front right) and shortened the sleeves (way too long in original pattern). That's the result of my alterations on this pattern, easy to work with. All the embroideries are made by hand (took nearly 140 hours of work).

I'd just begun to really sew when I was approached about making twenty dresses for a local museum's summer camp for girls. I made it a challenge to myself and in two months made all of these dresses. Thank you for the pattern and the wonderful forum. I'm now making new dresses for some of the tour guides. ~ Tia P.

We needed an era-appropriate dress for "The Music Man" Junior musical, which takes place during the summer of 1912. Thankfully, we discovered the 1910s Tea Gown. It fit perfect & looked beautiful under the theatre lights.

Out of all the patterns I've designed in the past 18 years, the Girls' 1780s Portrait Dress pattern is, hands down, my own daughters' very favorite. I've made them so many dress-up dresses from this pattern in toiles and stripes and prints, and they want new ones as soon as they outgrow them! But this year, both girls asked if I could make dresses that looked more like something "Felicity" (the now retired--sigh--American Girl doll) would wear.

I wrote about my daughter's costume on my blog. She's Elizabeth Bennet. :) Thanks for the pattern and such a wonderful resource.Mena

I wanted to send you pictures of the completed Beatrix Potter Outfit. It was very easy to make with your online help.