A Reproduction of Pleasant Company’s Felicity’s Birthday Dress

It was around the same time that I finished up Felicity’s school outfit that I was already gathering supplies for another historically inspired project.

But then December. Christmas time is one of my most favorite times of the year, but in the life of a musician, it is also the busiest and most hectic. There were rehearsals for both church and school festivities, not to mention other performances and parties to attend or host. 

Once they all came to a grand finale, then whatever spare adrenaline was left took me on a road trip out to Colorado to see my family for 10 days by spending the remaining December days there. 

Out of all of the months of school, January tends to be the quietest. A chord struck to organize the living room closet this week, but I didn’t get very far when I came across my sewing machine, fabrics, and patterns staring me in the face. They were the first to pull out if the closet, and before I knew it, the machine was in a rhythm of sewing again. 

This time I attempted to recreate Pleasant Company’s Felicity’s birthday dress and pinner apron. The actual dress is simply made from some rose cotton found at Joann Fabrics, but the apron fabric; which is nearly an identical copy to the dolls, was a little harder to find and a little pricey to purchase. But it was worth it, I think.

More pictures of the dress can be found by visiting my Etsy shop, PeasantCottage.

The Seamstress Still Sews

Continuing to be the director of the growing string program of a private school in Michigan (and loving every moment of it!), there have been moments outside of the three beginning string classes (just shy of 4 dozen kids in these various levels of classes), the three levels of string orchestras, nearly 3 dozen private string students, oh, and the constant driving back and forth between two campuses every day with no time in between these scheduled lessons or classes.

(Fairly certain the limit of allowed words in a sentence was exceeded. I teach music, not English!)

Last year when school was online for a while, the sewing machine was dusted off and took up residence on my kitchen table for months as I sewed nearly 500 cotton masks. Some were sold in my Etsy shop, but most of them were donated to nearby hospitals and health clinics. As happy as I was to be of help, sewing that many certainly took a toll on any desire to sew anything for while. 

This autumn the sewing machine was pulled out from the closet, scissors snipped through cottons and flannels, and a historical outfit came together from Pleasant Company’s dress pattern (out of print) of Felicity’s School dress. 

It was great fun to try something from the Colonial era (probably more inspired, than truly accurate) considering that many years ago I used to only sew mostly from the Regency era and Edwardian era (a favorite!) with a few other time periods here and there. The outfit is listed in my Etsy shop for anyone interested in seeing more pictures.

Hoping the sewing machine can be brought out more, and some vintage-inspired aprons can someday be back up in the shop, too. 

Blessings!