Directoire two-piece, now with progress pics

[green_martha]

So here's the inspiration for the outfit, it's on pp. 79-80 in Costume in Detail.


The skirt bodice - it got a little long and wide, as I have lost a little oer one cup size since I started working on it. I had to make the neckline deeper first, and then I just took a dart at the corner of it, because I was lazy and didn't want to redo the narrow hem *yet again*.

The jacket bodice and jacket bodice lining before I put them together at the shoulder seam. I used a method found somewhere to sew an 18th century sleeve closed with the lining in just one pass, I can't find the link to the page explaining it though.

And the back, because gathers are cute.