Yellow baroque peasant's dress

Promised I'd post this ;) I bought the fabric accidentally (happens often, hence the crammed wardrobe, hehe!) and decided to make a simple renaissance/baroque dress that I could wear to faires or at other events instead of the medieval stuff. Medieval clothing gets boring after a few years... So, having almost finished my dress form, I took a few indoor pics, so I wouldn't have to dress, put on make up, arrange hair and whatnot. Terribly practical, having such a dummy, saves a lot of work ;)



The skirt circumfence is three metres, pleated into waistband as always, two lengths of brown ribbon at the hem. Closes behind with two eyes and a ribbon through them.

I bought the blouse, so no comment on this ;)

The bodice is based on a renaissance-dress pattern from 'Patterns for Theatrical Costumes'. Each of the four parts is cut out twice, sewn together at the seam with some allowance to join them together afterwards, then turned and the two layers fused with fusing material. The four slightly stiffened parts are then sewn together. It's important that the parts fit well already before you cut them twice and fuse them, only then you'll have a nicely fitting bodice with very clean seams. The flounce is attached, then everything decorated with ribbon. Closes with hooks and eyes.



This costume showed me that my new-and-not-even-finished-yet dummy is a little disproportionate, as the bodice fits me perfectly but is rather tight over the dummy's belly. Gotta change that...