I am on a mission to make all of the Scroop Mantle patterns. Here is a silk Scroop Charlotte mantle in a red figured silk taffeta!
What does one do with just over a yard of heavy charcoal colored wool? Hope that there is JUST enough fabric for an 18th Century Short Cloak!
I’ve talked about 18th Century bedgowns here on You Sew Nice, but I haven’t yet talked about the garment one wears with a bedgown – the 18th Century pleated petticoat! Today the word ‘petticoat’ refers to an undergarment, but in the 18th Century, petticoats were simply the garments you wore on […]
A black lace mantelet is a foolish and fragile thing, one of the most pointless accessories in the history of western fashion. Of course I wanted to make one!
When you’ve got an arms-length-long list of projects that all have deadlines, the only thing to do is start another project quick. So here’s a tutorial for a raspberry regency reticule!
Exhibit A for what happens when one makes a new pair of regency short stays right when one is coming down with a flu and is taking lots of cold-and-flu medication. You might get what I got: a pair of regency RIBBON stays.
One long piece of white lace trim with a moth-nibbled middle makes… two short pieces of white lace trim! Here’s a tutorial for a pair of 1790s chemisettes – one with ruffles down the front and one without, suitable for any early regency sartorial vibe!
A sewing friend gifted me a pair of sheer voile curtains to see what I could make with them. One became a ruffled 1780s apron and the other became a white muslin summer mantelet!
One of my favorite 18th Century costume references is this portrait of Olive Craster by Sir Nathanial Dance-Tolland. I love the puffy blue stomacher bows. I love the enormous pearls worn high on her neck. I love her pet squirrel. But mostly I love the lace mantelet that she is wearing over the top of all of it! When I found this embroidered silk fabric I reckoned it was MEANT. Let’s see if i can make the blonde silk gauze mantelet from the portrait!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it another wrapping gown? It’s the Fitting and Proper Chintz Banyan! Let’s talk about how to put it together.
