Trouser Saturday
If this is Saturday, I must be sewing trousers. I’ve managed overalls in a day from cutting out to made up, lacking only buttons and buttonholes, so I hav...
Tag: making things
HSF #0: Waistcoat, Bloody Waistcoat
(Actually, the jacket was bloody where I jabbed myself with the needle inserting the sleeve, but that’s fun for another day. And how you know your historical se...
Start Your Needles!
I haven’t sewn anything in nearly a month, and it has been delicious. Really. No buttonholes, no hems, no seams. Nothing! I ripped a button off my winter ...
Those English Gowns…
At the V&A, a fun interactive exhibit on 18th century costume allows you to turn the costumes around and zoom in for a better view. My favorite, because I n...
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