Ladies Dress 4016 UFO Unboxed

This Ladies Dress has sat in the box so long that I had forgotten what it was supposed to look like or what I was trying to do. The now defunct Vintage Pattern Lending Library 1912 Project that was trying to test patterns that came with no instructions from an April 1912 issue.  I'm not sure I would pick the same colors or fabric now. The linen wrinkles and the blue is so bright.

Lots of pins and pieces

If I finish the dress as is, I wonder if it would be easier to find some velvet trim for the stripes rather than try to make my own.

I'm also contemplating whether I could finish this dress this morning. Very doubtful.

I was able to find a few people who had made the dress. There may be quite a few more.

• https://virtudesigns.wordpress.com/2012/07/03/vpll-1912-dress-4016-the-emotional-rollercoaster/
• https://domesticnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/1912-dress-4016-summary/
• http://edwardiantime.blogspot.com/2014/06/dress-4016-questions.html
• http://knoodlessnoodles.blogspot.com/2012/11/vpll-1912-dress-4016.html
• https://tobybartondesigns.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/dress-4016-or-sewing-with-a-treadle-sewing-machine/

Cutwork collar

• https://costumedeeva.wordpress.com/tag/cutwork/
• http://handcraftedpagan.com/titanic-sewing-project-dress-4016-collar-and-pattern-alterations/

Time Travel Historical Costume Approval Levels

Leimomi's post about what makes a garment historically accurate, made me think that there should be levels of accuracy for historical costuming. Here is my introduction to those levels. I'd like to think that I am close to Level 3, but in actuality I'm somewhere between Level 7 and 10.

Time Travel Historical Costume Approval Levels

Level 0. Unlimited: Passes close inspection, indistinguishable from clothing of that time period

Level 1. Limited brief encounters: Clothes are right style, color, construction, but do not pass close inspection. Chatting distance, keep walking.

Level 3. Limited distance: Would pass in photos and with distance. Possibly incorrect textile or other anachronisms. No close contact. Wave from afar.

Level 7. Night, dusk only: Obvious uncanny flaw to a sane person of the time period. Limit contact/sightings to the drunk, mad, and young children in dim lighting. "Is that ghost wearing my draperies?"


Not Approved for Travel

Level 10. Theatre-worthy: Looks the part, may have artistic liberties, gives the feeling of the time period. Costumers and historians see the discrepancies. May pass as historical to general modern population.

Level 20. Costume party: Hey, it kind of fits the theme. Good use of a sheet and pillow to make a bustle. Nice slutty Marie Antoinette!