Yesterday we donned our afternoon finest and headed to one of our favorite places in Portland, the beautiful Pittock Mansion. The weather was perfect and we had a very lovely time. Here are a few pictures.
The Captain, enjoying a little snooze.
Cpt. and the lovely Mrs. Cartwright
Mrs. Gentry, me, the Cpt., and Mrs. Cartwright
A couple of pics of my new dress and open robe.
That’s all for today!
Love Lauren
I’m not a huge jewelry fan in real life, but in 18th century life, that’s another story…
Just look at the amazing stab stitching on this coat.
I don’t remember where I found this, but this spencer is just lovely.
I love the blue ribbon details on the sleeve.
I whiped out a simple sleeveless open robe this week to go with my yellow voile round gown. I used the Janet Arnold 1790’s open robe pattern and just finished the sleeve holes instead of using sleeves. Here are a few pictures.
This fabric was also purchased last year from Regency Revisited at the Fair at New Boston.
I plan to start the next gown tomorrow. Stay tuned :)
Love Lauren
Here it is! Enjoy :D
I ended up changing a few things on the original pattern. I had a very difficult time setting the sleeves with such a narrow back. So I decided to add a small piece to each side to ease the sleeve into the bodice without pulling. It worked very well. I also used my own sleeves, because I like them :)
Love Lauren!
My mom sent me the rest of the pictures of Mrs. Cartwright and me at the Henry Ford Museum. Enjoy!
Mrs. Cartwright and I with a fellow reenactor, BeAnn.
Embarking on our first Model T ride.
My 1910’s ensemble. The shirt is an original antique.
And a pic of Mrs. Cartwright and I in modern clothing! Shock and horror :P
Finished with one project and on to the next :) I’m finally feeling like I’m getting my sewing mojo back. Anyway, I have had a beautiful piece of chintz and the Lewis and Clark round pattern sitting in my stash since the Fair of New Boston, last year. I finally decided it was time to us them. Here are the pics so far.
The pattern.
The chintz! I purchased it from WM Booth Draper.
The front of the bodice.
The back of the bodice. I LOVE the triangular shapes and the top stitching.
Here’s a close up of the bodice back.
I should have it finished in the next few days and hopefully have some new pics too.
God Bless!
Love Lauren
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