I finished the gown in time for the event! Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to do the stomacher, which I’d like to have nicely worked, functional buttonholes. I have started the process of learning how to make death’s head buttons for the eventual stomacher. I also need to decide how i’d Like to finish off the trim!

Thankfully, gowns don’t take too much time, if you’re working on them consistently!

Now that the Museum of the American Revolution project is done, I am moving on to a blue silk gown a la John Singleton Copley! Can I get it done in two weeks in time for the an event at the Redwood Library in Newport, RI?

This was such a fun project and its great to see the coats in use in the interactive exhibit, “Hamilton Was Here!”
Read more about the exhibit.