WIP Floral Striped Polonaise

[aimeekitty]

My current project is a 1873 Floral Striped Victorian Polonaise using TV410 and TV201. The fabric is one that I picked up in Beijing, China and some of my girlfriends have the same fabric in different colorways!

This is my muslin for the bodice:


This is it currently:
I still have to finish the trim, do the sleeves, bone the bodice and bustle up the back (and make the underskirt… which will be the same fabric as the trim)


Shot of trim on the back:

[loretta t]

looks great, can't wait to see the finished outfit.

[Miss Cindy]

Beautiful!

[diana]

That fabric is just lovely!

[aimeekitty]

I don't have a bunch of really good pics yet, but here's the WIP dress,....


and then here's the finished gown at Dickens Fair this past weekend.

[Andrea L]

I love it! I'm definitely not the pink girly type, but I would totally wear that dress because it's just so pretty! (now I want to make a polonaise!) And I love your hat too!

[Glennis]

I love the trim and the matching hat. It really pulls the outfit together.

[ljt]

Love the finished project.

[MaryGode]

I love the soft colors in your dress. So pretty, as are all the dresses in the pix. The gentlemen look quite dashing too!

[Kit]

Gorgeous and love, love, love the hat!

[aimeekitty]

thanks so much you guys!

[Flippper]

Stunning! The fabric is, well, I'm drooling. You looked absolutely gorgeous in it, so very pretty!

[David H Smith]

Really good, and that hat REALLY completes the look! You would have been correctly attired to have attended a recitation by the man himself in London England!

[Helena]

You're the prettiest of the bunch! Lovely outfit!