The Milliners’ Shop
On Saturday last, Sew 18th Century and I set up a milliners’ shop for the Salem Maritime Festival. This was a fun event made even better by the opportunit...
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Six Toiles, a Coat and a Bonnet
Yes, six toiles. That’s how many it took to get a coat pattern to fit Mr S the way I thought it should. I finally built the pattern around a sleeve and ar...
Coat Tales
As the Salem Maritime Festival approaches, my anxiety increases. Whatever will those ‘gentlemen’ wear? Coats and waistcoats, and thank goodness I fi...
Gentlemen Prefer Blue
Continuing the theme of wool coats that will make you itch in August, I present you with another Rhode Island coat. This coat has features I’m more famili...
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