19th century dress

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 […]

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