Posted in 1870s, 1880s, Children's Fashions, Commissions
We recently completed a dress, apron, pantalettes, and chemise for a young lady in New York. This is our 1870s era school dress. Pantalettes and chemise are sold separately (not shown).
Posted in 1880s, Atelier, Commissions, Historical Sewing
If you have been keeping up with our progress on Facebook regarding the Cattle Ranch Baroness gown, you have seen the steps involved from sketch to final project. However, I would like to dedicate a blog post to the details…
Posted in 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, Commissions, Millinery
Here’s a few images of our mid 19th century half bonnet created for a living historian in Ohio (#ML2). It just screams summer time with it’s bright royal blue check tails and white point d’esprit over straw! This bonnet style…
Posted in 1880s
We recently made a trip up the road to Historic Rugby- a late 19th century English village in Northern Tennessee. Rugby was a planned settlement begun in the 1880s by and English gentleman by the name of Thomas Hughes. Although…
This month, we made a early 20th century walking suit for a museum in Kentucky. The interpreter portrays a suffragette and asked for two long hidden pockets in the back of her skirt to hide clubs in! Apparently, these ladies…
The majority of garments I create are custom made/custom order garments. This garment is a custom designed gown taken from the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books. This gown will be worn for Laura Ingalls Wilder and American frontier interpretations.…
Posted in 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, Commissions
This year I received a commission from a museum in Texas for 3 mid 19th century dresses. Each are a variation of my unlined mid 19th century gown style (#1860BW). Fabric selection and sleeve styles were chosen by the interpreters! Enjoy!
Posted in 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, Children's Fashions, Commissions
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…