Custom garments we have made for clients
One of our final commissions for 2019 was to create a museum interpretive piece replicating the dress and regalia of the US Sanitary Commission. The US Sanitary Commission was the only civilian run organization supported by the US government during…
This WWI Era Overseas Red Cross Ambulance driver uniform was a custom commission for an interpreter who volunteers at the National WWI Museum. After doing a bit of research, I discovered many female overseas ambulance drivers originated from the US…
This gorgeous Brooks dress was a custom order for one of my lovely clients in Texas. It features fabric piping details and a button front closure for ease of dressing oneself. The fabric is a cotton replica of a period…
Thanks to a generous collector, I had the opportunity to view three original WWI Era women’s uniforms- one being a Hello Girl uniform. I have written in the past about the continual effort to draft a suitable version of the…
In my previous post, I showed images of an original WWI Era Army Nurse Uniform that was lent to me for study by a collector and former military couple. The goal was to reproduce a wearable version of the uniform…
I recently put together this 1840s era work dress based on drawings from the Workwoman’s Guide by a Lady. I used pattern #017 by Saundra Ros Altman of Past Patterns. The Workwoman’s Guide refers to the cut of this dress…
These two mid 19th century yoked front dresses were made for a museum in Arkansas for their children’s hands on exhibit. This style of dress was popular from about 1840 through the 1860s and was prominent in the American South.…
We recently completed an extensive children’s clothing order for a museum in Arkansas. These garments are for their children’s interpretive centers and span the 1830s through the 1850s. Here are two examples of the petticoats we made for this commission.…