Revolutionary Adventures

My next project - one which will (hopefully) remain a casual endeavor will be creating a Revolutionary War era wardrobe for a reenactment at Rockford this month. My mother and I will be giving tours in the house.

I will be using mainly J.P. Ryan patterns because I want the project to remain low key and her patterns are really nice to work with. My stays are to be of pink silk. I will need to make a linen shift, a cap, the stays, and the dress - a Polonaise style dress. I am also considering what skirt support to wear underneath the dress - probably a bum roll of some sort. I have a pattern for a small 'hoop' (not sure what you call the really tiny ones), and pocket hoops, too. My mom's dress will need the Panniers, I believe. My dress will likely be of robin's egg blue silk and my mother's will be an olive/gold silk for the skirt and the same color for the jacket but with a brocade pattern.

I'm excited to make some silk dresses! They're so lovely to wear and silk is a dream to sew with. : )