Posts Tagged ‘Regency’

Heidi’s Regency Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Heidi’s Regency Gown

Hello there! I wanted to share with you some photos of a dress I made using your Simplicity Pattern 4055. I have worked with several of the Simplicity historical patterns and yours is BY FAR the easiest to work with. It only took me about ten hours (including cutting), and I did not have to [...]

Hannah’s Regency Drawstring Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Hannah’s Regency Drawstring Dress

We got the regency dress pattern last year and Mom made two, which she ended up giving to me. But I finally decided that it was high time to make my own! After searching through my fabric stash for just the right fabric, I pulled out an off-white curtain that I had gotten from a [...]

Melinda’s Jane Austen Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Melinda’s Jane Austen Dress

When the opportunity presents itself, I love to help teen girls learn to sew or improve their skills. Last spring I was able to use the S&S Regency pattern with one of those girls. Melinda, like me, loves Jane Austen movies. We struck up a conversation about movies that led to a fun week of [...]

Girl’s Regency Easter Dress

By Jennie Chancey

Girl’s Regency Easter Dress

Happy Easter from Vermont! Here is your girls’ Regency dress pattern made up as an Easter dress. Thank you for your lovely pattern; my daughter is thrilled with her dress. Blessings, Maureen A. Love these shots in the snow!

Kieran’s Silk Regency Gown

By Jennie Chancey

Kieran’s Silk Regency Gown

I got the itch to make my first Regency gown after watching the A&E ‘Pride & Prejudice’ for the 50 millionth time. I had also just picked up a copy of the Simplicity printing of Sense & Sensibility’s Regency dress pattern. I knew I wanted a silk ballgown, so I started doing some research and [...]

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 [...]