Roísin (and her new regency outfit!) visiting manor houses

Doesn´t she look like she belongs there?

This (above) is Russborough House in Ireland at autumn 2017. I took photos at this same spot at autumn 2016 also. The Roísin was wearing her pet-en-l'air. And it was windy then. Like, really windy. Roísin could stand on her feets less than 0,7 seconds at a time, so it was a really tricky photoshooting session. (In the mountains it were of course even more windy. And we heard afterwars that actually there had been a warning of a dangerous wind on that day. So, it really was a windy day, I didn´t just imagine it.) Anyway. At autumn 2016 I had a real camera with me, but it was quite impossible to take photos. At autumn 2017 I hadn´t a real camera, but the day was perfectly not-windy. But it was raining...

Luckily there were shelters from the rain. (Russborough House is very beautiful in the inside, too!)

These (under) photos are taken in Castletown House. There weren´t windy at all (but there must be very drafty at winter time), but most of my pictures were bad because there weren´t enough light for my mobile phone's camera... Fortunately some of the pictures were nice:

She looks like she is a bit lost. But I can tell you. She is not. Her character doesn't allow a concept of being lost.

The staircase and the whole entrance area in Castletown is gorgeous.

This is the Long Gallery.

The chandelier - it´s one of three in Long Gallery - is from Venice. The chandeliers are Murano glass and they are a really unique thing. They look so candy-lace-creamcake-like, that you must either admire them or hate them! I love them.

P. S. Here you can find pictures of making this outfit and Roísins undergarments.

Regency outfit for promenading in style

I visited (again) in Ireland at autumn (again). I wanted to take a new doll outfit with me so that I can take photos (again). Because Roísin had already a white regency, I thought that easiest solution would be sew just a spencer. A doll in white dress and a spencer jacket would look very classic, and it would suit well with a georgian manor house.

So, I sewed a jacket. It was very satisfying job. I love silk (who wouldn´t?) and that feeling and sound when my needle and yarn goes through it. And the colour of the silk was so yellow that it felt a bit like a sunshine in my brains.

I took the idea for this from Nancy Bradfield´s book Costume in Detail. For the construction I used ideas from Janet Arnold´s Patterns in Fashion and also Nancy Bradfield´s book.

I finished the spencer in some days. But when it was finished, it was certain that I couldn´t use Roísin´s old white gown: the neckline of the dress was wrong. And her underwear were all wrong, too. Her petticoat had a too long hem and too small neckline. And I wanted sew her a shift. So:

It´s a cotton dress. An idea for it is from Nancy Bradfield´s book.

Of course I had to sew a reticule also! Unluckily I didn´t have time to sew a hat. Of course there has been time after visiting in Ireland. But you know, because there is not a schedule anymore... Anyway, here is the reticule. Isn´t it cute!





(Pictures of this outfit visiting Ireland you´ll find here.)

Dolls can enjoy the snow, too

At least if they are dressed well!

But she actually isn´t... (Ester has such a hurry to run outside that I couldn´t stop her and ask her to wear a jumper and proper pants.)

Roísin had a bit more aristocratic approach to her winter walk.