This is my second gown from the Elegant Lady's Closet. I bought a wonderful Indian Ikat weave fabric from Ebay and it suited the style perfectly. Next time I may make the sleeves a little wider and longer, but it turned out so much nicer than my first dress which was a round neck. I think the V neckline is more flattering to well-endowed ladies. I am also wearing my very comfortable Regency stays underneath, but I can't show you that! The hardest part is simply finding the right sort of fabric for these dresses.

I made this dress using your Simplicity pattern. My English Country Dance group was having a ball, and I needed a new dress. I started the dress on the 11th, and the ball was on the 15th! I used a cream colored satin and organdy, and my mom hand embroidered the overlay with little green flowers. And on that fabric, it's TOUGH! I finished the dress 2 hours before the ball, and I had a lot of fun making and wearing it!

This is my first attempt at a Regency dress. My 3rd daughter has wanted one for a while and she asked for one for her 8th grade graduation celebration at school. I had the Simplicity version of the pattern, but I also followed the instructions here on the site for some parts of the sewing process.

Dear Jennie,Here is the picture of the latest gown I made. I simply love your patterns! This time I used "The Elegant Lady's Closet" to make a sheer simple cottondress for around 1800. It was so easy and fast to sew

Dear Jennie,This is my favorite Regency-era dress to date. It's your cross-over dress, that Geneece Arnold made up for me last year, but...over the winter I lost 20 pounds and it no longer fit (so sorry, Geneece!), and so I had to rework the whole thing, taking almost all of it apart and handsewing it back together with modifications.

This is my original Regency gown pattern, modeled after the styles of the middle Regency and particularly appropriate for 1810s impressions. If you're new to this time period, this is the pattern I recommend starting with, as it goes together very easily.

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I must start out by saying that I absolutely adore your website and all the beautiful clothes! I have been sewing since I was a small child (I'm 17 now), and have made two Regency dresses so far; this is my second (and favorite!)

This is a gown I made for a 4-H competition where I received first place! I am also planning on attending a regency ball in the near future. Thank you for this pattern. I absolutely adore it! I have made

Dear Jennie,First I want to thank you for having made such a great pattern! I love to work with it, it is so versatile and it fits so well. Here I have changed the Regency Gown into a bib-front gown and added a shirred bib.

About a year and a half ago, my entire family planned to join my brother and sister for Thanksgiving at their college in Florida. During the trip, my brother, sister, and I were to attend a formal event together.

I wanted to make some nice dresses for my daughters Ultraviolet (Violet for short, 4yrs) and Millivolt (Millie for short, 2yrs) to wear to my sister Joelle's wedding. I had drafted a pattern myself for empire waist style

I have wanted a regency dress for a long time--especially since the plethora of good Austen movies have been made available! My mother purchased "The Elegant Lady's Closet" collection for my Christmas present

I made these two dresses from your Regency pattern. It was really a lot of fun to make them and I didn't have any problems at all.The dark red dress I based off a dress Dolley Madison wore. It was my first time

This dear friend desired to learn how to sew her own dress. When I shared photos of regency dresses in the past that I had made, she knew that was what she wanted. She selected a beautiful, white cotton

My Mother bought 'The Elegant Ladies Closet' pattern and made me the dress for a Regency Era ball, held at our friend's home. I just thought I would share the finished product! Didn't Mother do a lovely job?

I studied abroad in the UK about two years ago, and recently went back for a visit. As soon as I found out that I would be able to visit Bath and surroundings, I knew I had to create a Regency dress.

Charity (age 14) cut out and sewed this dress from your Regency Era pattern. She did all the cutting and sewing on her own. The dress is fully lined, and she managed to get the placket nicely done even with that!