March 3 , 2008

Last month I tried out this pattern when I made the red taffeta robe a la polonaise. Now I am going to use the fabric I wanted to use for this robe all along. I have about 10 meters of beautiful purple taffeta with cream embroidery in my fabric stash, which I think will be perfect for this gown.

Fabric:

Patterns used:

Tonight I have only cut out the pattern pieces. Because they are so large I had to wait for our son AND cat to sleep, because otherwise they would make a big mess of it.

These are all the bodice pieces:

Front of the skirt (this is only one piece, I had to cut it twice):

Back of the skirt (also had to be cut twice):

March 8 , 2008

Bodice put together:

March 10 , 2008

Only sewn front and back-pieces together and sleeves added.

March 11 , 2008

Tonight I have sewn all skirt parts together. It now is more than 4 meters long:

And this has all to be pleated to the bodice!

March 12 , 2008

After much pinning and pleating, the skirt can now be sewn to the bodice.

This is how it looks hanging on a hanger:

March 19 , 2008

In the past week I have made the ruches for the neckline and the front of the bodice. These are all hand-ruched and then I have hand-sewn them all to the robe. Here are pictures of the completed ruching and of the lace and ribbon I used.

Ruches on the sleeve:

Lilac ribbon bow with lilac rose added to front:

March 21 , 2008

Inside of robe. There are 3 D-rings attached to the inside. With a ribbon you can form poufs:

The robe a la polonaise is now finished!

March 22, 2008

For the underskirt I was planning on using the skirt from this pattern, but somehow these pattern-pieces are missing. Since the TV201 fits nicely over a hoopskirt, I am going to use this pattern. Today I have cut out the pattern pieces and put it all together. Here is the finished skirt (pictures taken before ironing):

And this is how the robe and the skirt look together:

June 25, 2008

More pictures here.