Lacy Regency

Thing was... I got bitten by the I need to sew something historical bug, followed by the OMG I love Regency gowns bug. I wanted to try something different for me, and wanted to make a lacy Regency gown... and my mom loves to put that girly stuff on her doll Calina, so I thought it would be the perfect occasion to make another dress for her.


Anyways, this post only contains dress photos, since I'm so proud of this gown (and my mom loved it!!). However, I have some hopefully funny anecdotes to share, about me fighting the fabrics and patterns. More under the cut!

So, I grabbed Calina, and I had this very specific idea of what I wanted to sew... and when I went to find the fabrics, the amount of the flowerish lace for the top was so small! I did an ultra careful planning and positioning and managed to use what I had.

Also, I wanted to make a one-piece skirt in order to avoid lateral seams on the swiss-dots-tulle (which in here is known by a different name), so here I was calculating and measuring the pattern just like in this meme xD

Okay, time for ugly full body shots. I cannot seem to make this look nice D:

And another thing happened when I was taking the photos! I set everything up... and the autofocus wouldn't work! I was desperate! When I got my DSLR in 2014 (second hand, though), I started using it in A-Mode, and only by the end of 2016 I dared to start using the full M-Mode... but I always put the focus on automatic, as I suck trying to use it manually. I spent like 40 minutes cleaning the contact between the lens and the camera body, then making sure the switches were correctly on automatic.

I was desperate, because it was the first sunny Saturday in two weeks, and the camera service only works on week days afternoons! What would I do? And then, I found a website that said to check the AE-L button, but using the peek thing (viewfinder?), not the screen (as I was doing). And suddenly I got an itch on my eye, and scrubbed it hard... so when I put my eye on the viewfinder, I saw everything blurry xD But I kept trying and then I found it: the damn AE-L button was locking my autofocus!!!

Gosh, second scare this camera gives me with the autofocus!! I need to take it to a service ASAP. My photography knowledge is too limited, as well as my time to learn more about them D:

And this is all for today!! I really loved how this dress turned out, to be honest. And I'm happy my mom liked it too, since I made it for her. Now I need to think how to make a male outfit for Venezia, because I have the itch of doing a lacy Regency for Coco... but it is not of Venezia's style. I was considering doing something like Lady Catherine's outfits in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I loved that movie, honestly!

Oh well, do you have any dolly projects going one? Have an awesome weekend and new week too!