*cries* I want to play too! Of course, I have a million other projects and my shape is so unpredictable that I can't (though I have been entertaining thoughts of corseting my dress form and fitting from that, but that way lies madness and heartache...)

What burns me is that I wanted a 17th century gown before any of the Charles II stuff came up. Making it later will just make me look like a pale imitator :o(