Hey, today’s post is a bit different from my usual area of focus. I got talked into attending a ball set at the beginning of the 20th century, and unfortunately, I had nothing to wear. So I had to make a chemise, a petticoat, and a corset. I’ve already written about the corset in a […]
A lace chemise from 1912 and Petticoat, based on a fashion magazine Read More »
I have found myself facing a challenge I once struggled with and ultimately lost several years ago. This time it is a corset from 1913. Before my wedding I needed exactly this type of corset for my bridal gown. Unfortunately after several unsuccessful attempts at sewing it using historical patterns from period fashion magazines I
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Hi! Today’s episode is another stage of working on the gown from the Genesee Country Village & Museum collection, today it’s all about the skirt. The skirt pattern itself was very simple: 3.3 meters of fabric, with a length roughly from the waist to the ankles. To maintain the aesthetic of the period, it’s worth
Printed gown from the Genesee Country Village & Museum – petticoat Read More »
Welcome to another stage of my work on the reconstruction of a gown from the Genesee Country Village & Museum collection. Today I’m focusing on one of the most important elements of this silhouette – the sleeves I began preparing the sleeves for my gigot-sleeved gown by working on the cuffs with piping. I won’t
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My adventure with 1830s gowns only began recently, strongly inspired by the series Gentleman Jack and the film Nosferatu. I had already experimented with this silhouette before, and soon after I discovered the group Sew Last Century Patterns, completely falling in love with testing patterns from this period. I joined this project to test a
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