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Historical Costumes and Clothing

Tag: Tutorials

— 16th Century, Costumes, Red Pisa Gown, Tutorials —

The Red Pisa Gown: Experiment with quilted interlining

July 30, 2011
Cutting away the batting seam allowance, the twill to follow.

After a year of putting the skirt together I have returned to making the “Pisa” Gown. This was not a planned execution back into the fray and fluff of velvet, but rather a unhinged returned after being driven half mad by Tudor skirts and lots of ironing. But more on that later. After my experiments… Read More The Red Pisa Gown: Experiment with quilted interlining

— 16th Century, Costumes, Tutorials, Undergarments —

Make and Mend: Repairing my Torn Smock

June 21, 2011
The stitched tear from the right side.

I hate making Tudor/Elizabethan smocks and shirts. They are boring, all the rectangles and squares don’t provide much of a technical challenge, save for a bit of fussing when setting in a gusset if you do it by machine. Patterns of Fashion 4 has shown me the charm of a well made smock when bedecked… Read More Make and Mend: Repairing my Torn Smock

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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