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Centuries-Sewing

Historical Costumes and Clothing

Tag: cotton

— 16th Century, Free Motion Embroidery —

My First Cut Work Lace Project with Free Motion Embroidery

September 28, 2017
Traced on to a linen/cotton blend

I’ve fallen in love with free motion embroidery. it doesn’t require a fancy machine, digitizing software, or hunting down designs that might not be quite right. I’ve been working on several different projects trying to push the bounds of what I can do.  

Current Projects

Embroidered Glove Cuffs
Embroidered Glove Cuffs
17th Century Stomacher Project
17th Century Stomacher Project
Black taffeta basted in place
Black Silk Taffeta Kirtle

Other Costume Sites of Interest

  • A Stitch in Time
  • American Dutchess
  • Costume Diaries
  • Demode Couture
  • E. Embroidery
  • Extreme Costuming
  • Fancy Miscellany
  • Festive Attyre
  • Garb for Guys
  • Mode Historique
  • Realm of Venus
  • Renaissance Tailor
  • Sarah A Bendall a blog about “deforme’d fashions from a Phd researcher
  • Sempstress
  • Sewing blog of Lady Madylyne Taylor of Bryn Gwla
  • Sweet Threads Dude!
  • The Elizabethan Costume Page
  • The Radclyffe
  • The Whipstitch Costumes
  • Untudored Garb
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