17th century fancy dress for DD!

[knickerelasticjones]

Ok this is a huge long shot I know....

I was in the museum yesterday with DD (2.9) and there was an exhibit about the 17th century (or 16th can't remember - clearly I didn't learn much from the visit ) which included dressing up clothes for kids.

So my DD put on this 17th century dress and absolutely LOVED it. She's never really shown any interest in the polyester fairy / princess costumes you can buy but she is NUTS about dresses and thought this one was the best dress ever.

Sooooo.... I was thinking that I might try and make her something along those lines (using old curtain fabric!) but I have NO IDEA where I might get a pattern from. Anybody have any ideas? TBH it doesn't have to be a dress from a particular period - I think just any pattern for a kids dress pre 20th century would make her the happiest little girl.

I thank you all.

[Katymac]

here?

[Katymac]

or here?

[Katymac]

or here

[meandthomas]

English 17 century?
I do english civil war re enactment. I could put you in touch with someone who can help with costume.
I'm not very good at explaining it but my friend is great

feel free to email me at 'username' at hotmail.com

Hope it helps

[knickerelasticjones]

Katymac thanks - that is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was looking for. Now all I have to find is the time....

meandthoams thanks for the offer but I'm going to try and do this myself (can't guarantee what the results will look like but luckily I think DD is too young to really care!)

ta!