Posts Tagged ‘Jane Austen’

Regency Wedding Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Regency Wedding Gown

Here are the photos of the wedding gown. I had a great time putting this together; I hope she is pleased with it! ~ ~Geneece A. Geneece is my Seamstress-in-Residence and is doing gorgeous work!

Alexa’s 1914 Afternoon and Regency Dresses

By Jennie Chancey

Alexa’s 1914 Afternoon and Regency Dresses

Dear Jennie, The white one is from the 1914 Afternoon Dress pattern. It’s of white linen, with a hand-embroidered butterfly. I made it for my granny’s 90th birthday, because I found it a nice idea to wear a dress inspired by the fashion of her youth. She liked it very much, especially since she’s a [...]

Mother-Daughter Regency Dresses

By Jennie Chancey

Mother-Daughter Regency Dresses

Here are pics of the gowns I made for my 1yo daughter and myself for Christmas. We wore the dresses to church and everyone loved them. I also found a lot of people who now want to get together and sew! I am so thrilled with your patterns. I have since ordered the ELC, the [...]

Alyssa’s Regency Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Alyssa’s Regency Gown

Here are two pictures of the dress I made while taking your Regency Gown class. The striped fabric is some from my fabric stash, and the burgundy is a poly/cotton blend. Nothing fancy, but fun to experiment with! I am wearing the dress over a Chemise and Short Stays, which I made from your pattern [...]

Misty’s Regency Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Misty’s Regency Dress

I found out about your site through Katherine’s Dress site, and recently bought your [Regency Gown] pattern. It turned out wonderfully, and I’m really pleased with the pattern I’m a self-taught seamstress, and the pattern was very straight-forward and easy to understand. I didn’t have difficulty with any of it. I used to pattern to [...]

Aurora’s Regency Spencer Jacket

By Jennie Chancey

Aurora’s Regency Spencer Jacket

I made this Spencer out of a brown velvet fabric that I had lying around and that had belonged to my grandmother before, at least so we believe. I always knew I wanted to make some kind of jacket out of it, and when I found Mrs. Chancey’s Regency Spencer Jacket pattern on here I [...]

Girl’s Regency Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Girl’s Regency Dress

Just wanted to say how pleased my 10-year-old daughter, Anne, was with the Regency dress we recently made for her home schooling project this term. She had been studying Jane Austen’s life and times, and we ordered your pattern as part of her arts and crafts project. We looked at Regency dresses on the various [...]

Regency Wedding Party

By Jennie Chancey

Regency Wedding Party

My niece, Madeleine, got married in July and had asked me to make her and her bridesmaids ‘Jane Austen’ style dresses. It was with great relief that I found your invaluable pattern via the Internet. I changed the under bust gathers to darts on all the dresses, but otherwise I made very few changes to [...]

Mary’s Regency Wedding Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Mary’s Regency Wedding Gown

Photos copyright Affordable Excellent Photo 2001 Dear Jennie, My wedding dress was made using your Regency pattern. I was thrilled with the result! I found a gorgeous silk for the dress and a stunning lace for the overlay. I am so glad I stumbled onto your site! I wanted to share some pictures, hoping you [...]

Regency Prom Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Regency Prom Gown

I ordered your Regency pattern last Spring to make my daughter’s Prom dress, and sent an appeal for help in making a split overskirt. Well, it’s taken me MONTHS to send pictures, but the dress itself only took a few days! I’ve only been sewing for a little over a year, and even for me, [...]