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pattern:
draped by me, based on my striped l'anglise

fabric & notions:
cotton print, cotton (lining), Rigilene

general notes:
This gown is exactly the same as the green wool, and the green ball gown, and the striped l'anglise... *sigh* I am in a rutt aren’t I? I didn't want to do anything amazing with this, just churning out another anglaise for practical use. The nice thing about the en fourreau English gown is that I can make them up fast (I should hope so on the forth one!!) and I know they look good. :>

I did take some time to fit this gown better (I've lost weight lately) and play with the pleating a bit. I decided to go wild and make a fuller skirt with tiny pleats at the waist. They took forever to work out but they sure are pretty – I love tiny pleats!

Most of the hassle was of my own doing. At first I pinned in the skirt pleats 3 different ways, trying to get them to fit and look “right”. I finally got one side perfect and discovered I’d done the pleating backwards. I ended up pleated each side about 4 times - continuing to do sections backwards. *ah huh*

Other changes were to add an extra panel to the skirt and leave the sleeves long (like the orginial red stripe). I also paid close attention to the point of the en fourreau, making it longer and narrower than my previous gowns.

It’s so pathetic it took me so many months to finish this gown. A robe a l’anglaise can take me as little as two days to make and I started this in July, finished in December. Oh well, it's done now!

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nitty-gritty dress diary:
LJ Tag: red_print