When I was gifted a length of striped linen from Burnley and Trowbridge,I knew just what I wanted to do with it – Burnley & Trowbridge had just released a new pattern, and I would turn my summer fabric into a summery 18th Century linen bedgown!
18th century , Accessories , fabrics , Playing Dress Up , underpinnings
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Three Pairs of 18th Century Pockets
In honor of the annual Spring Fertility festival, here three pairs of 18th Century Pockets! (All of them bright, colorful, vaguely egg-shaped, and perfectly designed for holding your Easter chocolates!)
1750s , 1790s , 18th century , Playing Dress Up
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18th Century Aftermath
Playing dress-up in the 18th Century is always fun. The 18th Century aftermath, however… occasionally isn’t.
1790s , 18th century , christmas , Cloaks and Mantelets , garment construction , tutorial
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An 18th Century Cardinal Cloak
Winters in the Pacific Northwest are very wet. I needed a cloak to keep me warm. Here’s a tutorial for your own 18th Century Cardinal Cloak!
18th century , Hat , millinery , ruffleruffleruffle , tutorial
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Tutorial for an 18th Century Trimmed Bergere Hat:
The short version: I bought a straw hat blank and I fell in love. The long version: here’s a tutorial for an 18th Century trimmed hat!
1780s , 18th century , Accessories , ruffleruffleruffle
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Those Frenchies Seek My Ruffles Everywhere: Tutorial for a Swashbuckling 1780s Ruffled Fichu
They seek it here, they seek it there – those Frenchies seek really good dotted Swiss cotton everywhere! Sheer, spotted, and crisp with body for DAYS – there’s only one reasonable thing to do with a fabric like this – make a tutorial for a really swashbuckling 1780s ruffled fichu!
1780s , 18th century , Accessories , ruffleruffleruffle
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The Infinitely Ruffled 1780s Apron
When I started the Infinitely Ruffled 1780s Apron I had little experience with hand rolling hems, and this apron – this apron had a LOT.
18th century , caps , ruffleruffleruffle
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The Dissipated Grandma Sheep (Another Mrs Sandby Cap)
My first Mrs Sandby Cap was far too respectable – so I sewed another one. With lace. Introducing: the Milkmaid’s Nightmare!
1750s , 18th century , caps , english gown , Playing Dress Up
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Here be Oranges (and a striped 1750s English Gown)
I took my new striped 1750s English gown for a spin, and accessorized it with a basket of oranges and my new Good Wives Linens lappet cap!
1750s , 18th century , caps
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A Very Serious Lappet Cap
I love the cap patterns from Good Wives Linens. The mid-18th Century Mrs Sandby Cap Pattern makes a very serious lappet cap indeed!