I had planned many activities for our Conversations with Jane study this year. Some of them worked out very well, some certainly didn't turn out like I had envisioned. The grand finale, the mother of all activities, is attending a Regency ball. What greater way, other than traveling to England itself and touring all the Jane Austen locales which would be absolutely AMAZING (but unfortunately not feasible), to end our year-long study of Jane. Of course if one is attending a Regency ball, one must be dressed appropriately. I am sure that Mrs. Allen of Northanger Abbey would know just the thing, probably a nice muslin, to outfit them with. Our "Mrs. Allen" is Beverly. Last year in co-op Beverly taught the girls how to sew. This year she had planned on them sewing a formal gown. Since she is incredibly amazing (and patient to work with all those girls), she agreed that the formal gown could be their Regency ball gown. The girls have been diligently working on their gowns since September. They were originally working toward an August date for the ball, but due to some misinformation on my part, they will need to wait till next spring. The gowns are nearing various stages of completion and I thought that now would be a good time to update their progress and show off what they have accomplished thus far.
Elizabeth, the first to have her dress sewn together.
An oops! Calleigh made some progress on her sleeves only to find out that one sleeve was sewed on the wrong way. She was not the first to have something like this happen! Just the only "lucky" one to get it caught on camera :)
Tori has a dress!
We are so thankful that Beverly has had the time to continue teaching them at co-op. This is such a big accomplishment and we are so very proud of them all!
~Angel
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