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I just discovered that our camera isn't as completely dead as I had thought... make no mistake, it's definitely mostly dead, but it has a saving grace. Apparently, it can no longer handle color in any shape or form... you get nothing but streaks of black with worbles of white and magenta. In futzing around with it however, I found out that it works like a charm if it's set to black and white or sepia. While the overall situation is a bit frustrating, it means that I'm able to make do until my Dad gets a new one (fortunately, he's actively looking for a good one, so it shouldn't be too long).

This means that I now have evidence of my Sleepy Hollow Stripey progress! Fortunately, the dress is black and white, so the no color thing doesn't matter terribly.

As you can see, I still need to trim the polonaise (and add ties to loop it up) and make the petticoat, but the bulk of it is done! I've actually been treating this whole project like a historical costume that just happens to look like Katrina van Tassel's dress, and it's been very liberating. It also makes me feel justified in my lazy dislike of sewing on fasteners, as I can continue to just pin the stomacher in place (like it is at the moment).

Oh, and I'm wearing it right now... that picture was taken about fifteen minutes ago...

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The shape of the stomacher is basicly the bodice front, cut straight across the bustline. I didn't bone it at all, I put a layer of buckrum between the fashion fabric and the lining. And no, the Hunnisett pattern wasn't for a zone front dress, but it was really easy to alter... I made a mock-up of the bodice as it appears in the book, and just played around with folding the front up at different angles until I thought it looked right. I used the same bodice pattern to make the stomacher, and just changed the shape and length of the front point, and cut it across at the top.

Hope that makes sense! :-)

Yes, it does, and thanks!! It looks really good, how you did it!

Where does one order buckram?

Thanks!

Er, to be quite honest, I have no idea. We carry it at work, and Field's Fabrics is a fairly small chain, so I'd imagine most fabric stores would stock it...

They have it at G street sometimes, in the section where the pattern paper rolls are.