[Note: The sample gowns shown here are ones I custom made when I was sewing professionally. As a result, they all vary slightly, since each individual customer specified slight changes to the neckline, skirt, etc. I have a large section of Sewing Tips online to give you ideas and tips for modifying patterns to suit your own tastes!]
From the Ladies' Regency Gown Pattern...
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Silk dupioni ballgown made with bobbin lace at neckline and sleeves. This gown has a demi-train at the back.
You can very easily add a train to your gown by following the instructions at THIS LINK.
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Basic Regency Gown made in an 18-teens floral-striped print.
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Here is a lovely gown made with an eyelet overskirt and eyelet used at the sleevebands.
This is an easy option to create when you make a second skirt (overskirt)!
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Basic Regency Gown made in a pale, feminine pink.
(Photographs copyright 2005 A Thousand Words Photography.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Here is a lovely Regency gown made especially for maternity.
It also features elbow-length sleeves, which you can make by cutting the pattern's long sleeves shorter.
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This is a drop-front Regency gown made by modifying my pattern. Instructions for doing this are online at THIS LINK.
This is a wonderful option for nursing mothers!
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This is a wedding gown I styled after the one in the Miramax "Emma" for a ceremony held in a fabulous Victorian mansion.
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This gown was inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow's ballgown in "Emma." It is very simple to add an overskirt and extra trimmings. Even a beginning seamstress can achieve fantastic effects!
Click thumbnails for larger images.
I am only giving you a tiny peek at this custom silk wedding gown. You can get the full treatment on my "Diary of a Dress" page, which chronicles this gown from start to finish, showing how easy it is to add a train and other embellishments to my basic Regency Gown pattern!
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Here is a Spring daydress made for a nursing mom. The button-front opening makes it easy to nurse without sacrificing the Regency styling. The skirt is gathered in the back, and the sleeves feature button "cuffs" at the wrist that create a ruffle. For instructions on how to modify my pattern to make the bodice open in the front, go to my Easy Alterations page!
Click thumbnails for larger images.
A ballgown made with an embroidered organza overdress. It is so easy to add an overskirt for a truly breathtaking look!
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This is a Regency ballgown I made with a demi-train in the back and a split front overskirt. The underdress and piping trim is of the reproduction "English Oak" fabric available from Patchworks. This is a really stunning combination of fabrics to which my camera just cannot do justice. The overdress is black with red and gold floral motifs. The underdress is deep crimson with an oak leaf pattern overall. I also used the reproduction print for piping around the neckline and sleevebands and covered the buttons on the back closure with it. To see how to add a train and split overskirt to gowns made from my Regency Gown pattern, visit my Diary of a Dress page.
This is a recreation of the gown Gwyneth Paltrow wears in the Box Hill picnic scene in Miramax's "Emma." I used a fine windowpane check for the overdress, since the patterned muslin was impossible to find. This is just an example of how you can vary the Regency Gown pattern to your own tastes.
From the Girls' Regency Dress Pattern...
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
Here is the short-sleeved dress made in a sweet cotton print. At right you see mother and daughter together!
(First two photos copyright 2005 A Thousand Words Photography;
last two photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This is the long-sleeved version of the girls' Regency dress.
Click thumbnails for larger images.Here are more pictures of a short-sleeved Regency dress. The bodice has the shoulder seams toward the back
and curved side back seams. The front is straight, and the skirt is lightly gathered.
From the Girls' Pinafore/Pantaloons Pattern...
This is the heirloom version of the Girls' Pinafore, complete with ruffles, tucks, and French seams.
This pinny was made out of a cream-colored voile.
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios and A Thousand Words, respectively.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.This pinafore was made of white eyelet. You also get a glimpse of the eyelet-trimmed pantaloons beneath!
Here is the play version of the pinafore, made for everyday wear of sturdy cotton.
From the Spencer Jacket Pattern...
Click thumbnails for larger images.
This Spencer has a double-breasted overlapping front and notched collar. The collar can also stand up in the back if it is boned. Double darts in the bodice front are correct to the period and were placed with period underpinnings in mind (in other words, this is going to look especially good over Regency stays or a bodiced petticoat). I've created darts that can be cut in three different widths to accommodate "A" through "D" ladies. (The "DD" jacket has its own side panel for a better fit.) The back of the jacket shows the typical diamond-shaped center. Sleeves are gathered toward the back for ease of movement and come to the knuckles. An attached wristband buttons over to make a fitted "cuff."
There are several Spencers like this one in the fashion plates, but the main reason I created this option was to satisfy everyone who wanted "Jane's blue spencer!" Jane's is slightly different in that it has an attached collar to make the folded-down ends wider, but anyone could easy make this change by lengthening my collar piece so that it goes all the way around the neckline. The collar doesn't overlap in front, so that it can close with "frogs" or clasps. The rest of the jacket is the same as the one above.
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.Here is another double-breasted Spencer, this time with contrasting collar of silk taffeta
and hooks and eyes rather than buttons (especially correct for the early Regency era).
(Photo copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.This is a sleeveless pelisse also made from the Spencer/Pelisse pattern. It fastens in front with a frog closure
and features darts under the bust. This is a wonderful accessory, especially in the fall!
(Photos copyright Rebecca Suerdieck of Perrin Cottage Studios.)
Click thumbnails for larger images.This pelisse fastens with two frog closures and has a pleated back.
From the Girls' Spencer/Pelisse Pattern...
Click thumbnails for larger images.Here is a girls' Spencer jacket with front frog closure. The sleeves have bands at the wrist to create
a little flutter over the top of the hand. The perfect accessory for Regency dresses!
Click thumbnails for larger images.Here is a coat I made from this pattern. I created the double-breasted jacket with notched collar, then added a skirt that is straight in the front and pleated across the back. The bodice back has the period correct dropped shoulder seams and curved side back seams. Sleeves are also correct for the time period with the seam toward the back of the jacket and the gathers beginning below the shoulder in back.
Samples Gallery | Home | Patterns | Favorite Links | FAQs
Sense and Sensibility site contents copyright Mrs. Jennie Chancey, 1997-2008.
