Regency chemisette

The seventh stop on my Regency Journey is to make a chemisette to go underneath my day dresses. In the Regency era, a chemisette was commonly worn underneath a morning dress to fill in the neckline…

It is November! And that means Thanksgiving and also Vernet! November is the last month to finish up the projects for the fashion plate collection, so I am busy tying up loose ends (figuratively and literally!) and am getting pretty excited about everyone's big reveal next month. I will not hide the fact that when I was invited to join in this project I chose what was perhaps the least visually exciting plate. I don't like a lot of fancy details, in general, and gravitate toward severely…

And Sew It Begins... on Instagram: “Made a Regency Chemisette in a day 😍⁣ ⁣ ⁣ This has actually been one of my favorite things I’ve ever made, maybe because I wasn’t taking…”

I decided to make a second chemisette for this years Jane Austen Festival, using Janet Arnold’s pattern (A. c. 1800-25) in Patterns of Fashion 1. I have also joined a Historical Sew-Fortnight…

Today I started on the underpinnings for a new project for a client - a full regency wardrobe. It includes a chemise, pantalettes, stays, petticoat, chemisette, day dress, spencer, open robe, ball gown, reticule and bonnet. Yes, this is the project with the KCI-inspired ball gown. I'm rather pleased with the chemisette. It is mostly hand stitched - a necessity with the very sheer linen as it kept wanting to move around. I had more control over it by hand stitching. When I finished I couldn't…

White mull chemisette embroidered at neckline in floral and leaf pattern, two sets of side ties. Indian embroidery and applique.

My finished chemise. This particular piece is completely hand sewn - no machine work at all. So, once again, a triumph for 'vegan' sewing. I used a light weight, moderately loose weave linen. I also embroidered my initials at the center front of the neckline. Next on my list is to make another chemise but not by hand. Or at least not totally. That will give me 3 chemises to use on the trip and for events coming up next year. I am also working on a boned bodice petticoat. This one is based…

As part of my Regency wardrobe, I wanted to make a white chemisette to fill in the necklines of some of my gowns– most notably the pashmina gown, which I specifically made for daywear. Taking…

Learn about proper Regency underpinnings, including petticoats, stays and shifts...