Just children’s historical fashions
We recently completed a mid 19th century gown for an infant boy. People often mistakingly say, “boys wore dresses” during this period. That is incorrect. Both boys and girls did wear gowns during infancy (and there was no gender discrimination…
One of our first commissions of the year was for Brazos State Historic Park in Texas. They are working on an 1830s era project. They commissioned the following pieces: Two girl’s homespun dresses And a boy’s linen shirt, cravat, and…
Butterick has released some gorgeous (and pretty darn authentic) new patterns by Nancy Farris-Thee this season! While Simplicity seems to have had the upper hand on market for the past few years, it looks like Butterick might be giving them…
These sweet little knickers are made of 100% wool with solid wood buttons. Aren’t they just adorable? Makes me wish I had a little boy too!
Wow! Check out this image from the Museum of the Confederacy. Notice the wife is wearing short sleeves! This ambrotype challenges the commonly held myth that only young and unmarried girls wore short sleeves during the mid 19th century! Read…
Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday! I delivered this little boy’s size 6 Marine Corp uniform to a local gal. She is getting married in June to a newly enlisted Marine and this outfit is for their ring…
Here are a few images of a boy’s Regency Era (1790-1820) suit recently made for a family attending an historical event. This suit is also appropriate for the Romantic era (1820-1850) and is a modified version of our boy’s skeleton suit.…
Wow! What a wonderul year this has been thus far! We’ve been busy sewing! sewing! sewing! and to date have completed over 125 garments just in the past three months! As a result, I have been a little behind on…