Lady Archer Short Dress Scratch Build

kristen jones

Master Member

• Sep 24, 2014

• #41

I hope that they do... there was a bodice pattern that's gone missing as well. the catch is that those patterns were cut out of cardboard...which would have blended in easily with the myriad moving boxes that I broke down and threw out when I moved.

We shall see... but really the princess gown pattern is really the same 6 panels... you just have to change a couple of details like the neckline and remove the sleeves.

Here's another view of the long dress, so you can see the sillouhette a bit better:

 

Last edited: Sep 24, 2014

SofaKing01

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Sep 25, 2014

• #42

kristenhenry70 said:

I hope that they do... the catch is that those patterns were cut out of cardboard...which would have blended in easily with the myriad moving boxes that I broke down and threw out when I moved...

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We'll try to remain hopeful... but I had to chuckle in frustration when you mentioned they were made of cardboard. The pile of cardboard boxes I've created and tossed away after moving...

Fingers crossed for ya!

 

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XDBRAT

New Member

• Jun 28, 2015

• #43

Could I possibly get the pattern for this?

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• Jul 1, 2015

• #44

As I'd written earlier, I have long since lost the cutting pattern that I had made for the short dress. :-( I have moved several times since I made this, and the pattern was lost somewhere in one of those moves.

But as I had said in the posts just above, you could easily use a standard princess seam gown pattern to make the short dress...just cut the hem shorter and modify the neckline, add a hood, etc.

https://www.fabric.com/buy/0388968/...3&cadevice=c&gclid=COTcs5jmusYCFQoLaQodCdEKdw

I used this pattern to make the long dress pictures a few posts back. The overall design is the same as the archer short dress...just cut the hem short and modify the neckline, add a hood and leave off the sleeves. The princess seam construction is built right into this pattern, and also into the short dress I made. Though I created it without a pattern, I used the very same principle as the princess seam gown pattern does.

 

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bethanyb93

New Member

• Jun 23, 2016

• #45

I know this was posted a while ago but I just have to say, this is absolutely perfect! I would love to try to make this or something similar one day!

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• Jan 29, 2018

• #46

I really do regret having both lost the pattern i'd made for this, and for giving the dress itself away.

I resolve to make a new one this year... and when i do i shall document the build (and safeguard the pattern) properly.

I will be updating this thread soon.

In the mean time, here are some of the pics which were not showing earlier in the thread due to Photobucket:

 

mcoractual

Well-Known Member

• Jan 31, 2018

• #47

The craftsmanship here is staggering! You should be really proud, this looks incredible. I have never seen anything like this. That quiver is just eye candy! It looks absolutely perfect.

 

Fly4v

Sr Member

• Jan 31, 2018

• #48

Beautiful work!

This is sadly an example of how time and technology both combine for the loss of information.

Glad you still had the images and thanks for re-posting.
I hope you quickly enjoy revisiting an old project.

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• Jan 31, 2018

• #49

Thanks, guys!

I solemnly resolve to never make such an egregious mistake again

 

Axlotl

Master Member

• Feb 6, 2018

• #50

That is (was?) excellent! I love the embroidery!
But a wool blanket for a summer dress?? Gah! That must have been miserable...

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• Feb 12, 2018

• #51

believe it or not, it's actually not bad.

Wool--though heavy and insulative--also breathes SO well, and wicks moisture away from the body. It's far superior in terms of comfort than any mad made fibre.

I have made SO many articles of clothing from wool blankets... and I don't *always* restrict their wear to the winter months.



This floor length jacket (known correctly as a "Pelize") is made of the same blankets as the short archer dress.

In fact, this was how that archery dress began...as a floor length gown. But in the case of the archery dress, I cut it short and added a hood--as well as closed up the front.

This jacket was sitting on a mannequin for two years unfinished. One day, i decided to complete it.



That's me on the left. This is what the Archery dress was intended to be. I made this one first, then copied it over again, but instead cut it short., changed details, removed sleeves and added the hood.



Here's the Pelize without the knit shawl.

Wool is my FAVOURITE!!!

 

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wynd14

New Member

• Apr 25, 2018

• #52

This is beautiful! I realize that you posted this 5 years ago but are you still sharing this pattern?

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• Apr 25, 2018

• #53

unfortunately I've lost the pattern I made for this :/

However it is based on Butterick #B4827