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Revolution Dress - Front Meets Back

Revolution Dress - Front Meets Back

Some more progress and problems on the Revolution Dress... First, I was having trouble getting the front pieces to lay smoothly after I stiffened the silk with fused interlining. Bugger....
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Revolution Dress - Baby Got Back

Revolution Dress - Baby Got Back

Just a quick update on this gown I've been procrastinating on. I cut it out, there's a start, and pinned up the en fourreau back pleating, using pgs 49 -...
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Revolution Dress - About Those Stays

Revolution Dress - About Those Stays

The Dreamstress asked me to share a little about the stays I've been working on. Those extra grommets at the bottom are me messing up. Ignore those, pls. :-) I...
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Revolution Dress - A Better Idea of What the Heck I'm Doing

Revolution Dress - A Better Idea of What the Heck I'm Doing

The idea of how this gown, "the Revolution Dress," is going to come together has been milling around in my head for a couple weeks now, in a somewhat nebulous...
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Revolution Dress - Undies!

Revolution Dress - Undies!

This is just a quick post on underwear, in all its glory. As you know, I've started this latest 18th c. gown project with the basics, a proper set of...
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The Revolution Dress - Beginnings, Again

The Revolution Dress - Beginnings, Again

Last time, I wrote about a new 18th c. project concerning a Robe Retroussee dans les Poches, but since then the project has been morphing and smooshing around trying to...
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