Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sewing. Show all posts
June 23, 2017

Easy WW2 1940s Dress Pattern Review: Butterick B5209

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I made this dress what feels like forever ago and am only now getting to review the pattern. A few months ago I had the chance to see so...
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June 24, 2015

Colonial Shortgown Sewing Pattern

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Shortgown Front "[She had] a short gown, with some red and white stripes and sprigs through it, a good deal worn, and pieced unde...
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September 9, 2013

Peterson Magazine's Princess Capote Hood Pattern from 1862

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This hood is a pretty alternative to the Red Riding Hood that I posted last Friday. Both hoods were published in Peterson's Magazine ...
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September 6, 2013

Red Riding Hood from Peterson's Magazine 1862

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One can imagine the fashionable lady, walking down the street, a bright red rose in the bleak, snowy streets.    This pretty little hood...
February 1, 2013

1859 Sewn and Embroidered Reticule Pattern

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This is a very labor intensive sewn reticule from Arthur's Home Magazine, from 1859. The instructions recommend velvet fabric, embroid...
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January 15, 2013

The Dressmaker's Guide 1840-1865: A Review

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I have been meaning to review the Dressmaker's Guide 1840-1865 by Elizabeth Stewart Clark since I got it last year at the Cedar Cree...
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October 4, 2012

1850s Civil War Men's Shirt Pattern

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This pattern is from 1852 and was published in a guide meant to teach sewing skills to ladies who might live "humble lives." It...
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May 23, 2012

Pocketbook Pattern from Godey's Lady's Book, 1862

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Uh oh! I have seen to have hit my image max on my blogger account and I can't add anymore photos until I upgrade to a paid account whi...
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August 5, 2011

Andy's New Civil War Trousers

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 Andy needed some new pants this reenacting season after another soldier exclaimed that the patches on his old pants "drew the eye pl...
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March 30, 2011

Civil War Era Apron Pattern

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My dirty apron.The stains are from the ashy pots.  Nothing is so helpful at a reenactment than a good apron. Aprons function as napkins,...
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January 3, 2011

Sick Day with a Good Book

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Ugh! I've been so sick! Luckily I've been in bed with a really awesome book: Fashion : A History from the 18th to the 20th Century...
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December 3, 2010

You Have My Permission...

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My Unfinished Projects: 1. Pink and white Civil War Era knitted headdress(as seen on my sister's blue wig from a costume), 2. Green an...
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November 27, 2010

1855 Quilt Pattern

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I can't quilt. I am practicing on the simplest of Civil War quilt patterns the one that is used for Sanitary Commission "comfort...
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August 30, 2010

Corset Pattern from The Lady's Home Magazine and Godey's Lady's Book

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Corsets or stays were worn in the 19th century by nearly all women of all classes. They were used to move the bust line upwards in a ...
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May 11, 2010

My New Colonial Outfit

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I have been working on hand-sewing a new Colonial jacket, shift and petticoat. It has been moving very slow. The shift is completely sewn...
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March 15, 2010

Civil War Era Civilian Vest

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  This is a civilian vest that I sewed for Andy, so he could have something kind of nice to wear to the balls over his muddy soldier clo...
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