Green "Elinor" Gown The Concept The white dress Emma Thompson/"Elinor" wears in "Sense & Sensbility" is probably my favorite dress of the film. Before starting on the white version of it, I wanted to have a trial run of it, and decided that my "trial run" should be made from some inexpensive cotton I had hanging around, so that if it turns out right, I'll have another dress! Materials Printed cotton fabric, white cotton muslin lining. Patterns La Mode Bagatelle's "Regency Wardrobe." Diary 6/15/04: Beginnings. . . Today I began cutting out this dress. It feels really strange to not be making a muslin, but hey, this fabric was only $1/yard, so I just need to think of it as a more colorful muslin! ;) 3/2/05: Almost a year later. . . After wasting too much time on the computer, I was feeling guilty, and decided to walk through and grab the first sewing project on the shelf and work on it. . . And so now this dress is half way done! The bodice is assembled, the sleeves pinned in, and so now I just need to finish those sleeves and add the skirt panels. 3/14/05: Almost there. . . It's almost completely done now! All that's left is the hem and creating a casing for a tie at the waist. Not too shabby!     7/17/05: Finally finishing the last few things. . . Today I attended a tea with the Ladies' Tea Guild, and therefore finally did the hem and such on this dress. I did bring my camera to the tea, but I didn't take any pictures, so I only have a couple of pictures Glenn took before I left, which can be seen below in the "finished dress" section. The finished dress. . .     This page © 2007 by Jennifer E. Lithgow