Roundgowns & Reticules

In 2013, the Lincolnshire town of Stamford hosted its first Georgian Festival.  We went along on the Sunday, dressed for the occasion, but there wasn’t much going on, apart from a few stalls o...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/stamford-georgian-festival/

Today I am sharing a very informative video about 18th century shirts, showing the differences, and incredible details, of the earlier shirts up to Regency and Romantic Era. I really had no idea ...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/mens-shirts-18th-and-early-19th-centuries/

Originally posted on Jane Austen's World : Copyright (c) Jane Austen’s World. Look at this lovely Regency lady in this image from 1814. Her petticoat peeps under her fashionably short gown, wh...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/why-petticoats-and-chemises-were-worn-under-regency-gowns/

For me, to be a part of the Regency Promenade, in Bath, and not have a camera to take hundreds of photos, is just horrible!  So many lovely outfits, friends, awesome architecture (and Bath has s...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/jane-austen-festival-2016/

Since the two main events that we attended started to clash, because of date changes, we had a few years of missing the Jane Austen Festival, Bath, in favour of our local Weekend at the Asylum st...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/rediscovering-regency/

Many years ago I worked at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life in Lincoln, where I was happy to discover a world of dressing-up to demonstrate traditional crafts.  How I wished, then, that Victorian...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/from-regency-to-steampunk/

In November last year (2012), I started work on a jacket toile using Butterick’s Making History Victorian Jacket pattern.  Because of my size and shape, I hit a mental block and came to a comp...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/butterick-making-history-victorian-jacket-b52320/

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 8,200 views in 2012...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/2012-in-review/

As previously mentioned, in another blog, I made a start on a dark blue muslin drawstring dress from The Elegant Lady’s Closet by Sense and Sensibility, but, for some reason, went straight into...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2012/08/01/sense-and-sensibility-elegant-ladys-closet-pattern-the-drawstring-dress-part-1/

First, I made a Regency-style dress.  This was for the 2009 Jane Austen Festival’s Grand Regency Promenade…without the use of a pattern, as I had no idea then that so many were available.  ...

https://roundgownsandribbons.wordpress.com/2012/06/06/a-corded-or-tucked-petticoat/