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!)
Northern America is colder and wetter than Northern Chile in January. I needed Pacific Northwestern 1790s style!
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!
When I started the Infinitely Ruffled 1780s Apron I had little experience with hand rolling hems, and this apron – this apron had a LOT.
Summer in the 18th Century requires sun protection. Here is a tutorial for a pair of 18th Century linen mitts! Part Two
Summer in the 18th Century requires sun protection. Here is a tutorial for a pair of 18th Century linen mitts! Part One
Here is a simple stash-busting project – a pearl necklace for a Napoleonic lady to wear at a New Year’s ball!
What to do with an abandoned, half-worked piece of silk embroidery? Make a ribbon embroidered regency reticule!
A roll of vintage lace from an antique shop in New Harmony, Indiana becomes an Edwardian lace dress for an American Girl Doll.
You can justify making anything when you’re sewing for dolls. I made a wired ribbon flower purse for my American Girl doll!
