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Apr 28, 2022
Making the DAR Vest
At some point in 2020 or 2021 (it's all a bit of a blur these days) I bought myself Fig Leaf Pattern's DAR Museum vest pattern. I finally...
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Jan 19, 2022
More Regency Reticules
When I went through my fabric stash at the end of 2020, I rediscovered two pieces of polyester brocade - one in a blue/brown pattern and...
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Feb 11, 2021
A Pair of Pieced Pockets
One of my sewing goals for 2020 was stash-busting (yeah, I started this a few months ago). Making a pair of pieced 18th century pockets...
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Oct 8, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 5: Photos and Inspiration
Part 1: Drafting the Bodice Part 2: Sewing the Bodice Part 3: The Skirt Part 4: The Sleeves I've been thinking about, researching,...
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Sep 23, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 4: The Sleeves
Part 1: Drafting the Bodice Part 2: Sewing the Bodice Part 3: The Skirt Going into this, I want you to understand that everything I know...
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Sep 17, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 3: The Skirt
Part 1: Drafting the Bodice Part 2: Sewing the Bodice As I neared the end of the bodice drafting process, I realized that I had to figure...
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Sep 3, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 2: Sewing the Bodice
In Sewing a Regency Gown Part 1, I drafted the bodice pattern for my quintessential white Regency dress. Now, I can go over construction!...
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Aug 27, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 1: Drafting the Bodice
I've been planning to sew a basic white Regency dress since 2016. I started blogging about my plans in 2017. In 2020, and in the midst of...
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Jul 16, 2020
A Regency Petticoat
I made my first half-hearted attempt at a Regency petticoat last year. I was trying to use up scraps of the same muslin I made my shift...
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Apr 27, 2020
"Dress in the Age of Jane Austen" Review
My mother gifted me with a copy of Hilary Davidson's "Dress in the Age of Jane Austen: Regency Fashion" for Christmas last year. I was...
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Aug 14, 2019
Regency Chemise (3.0)
The next step in my Regency sewing adventure (and the thing that should have been first) - a chemise! Regency chemises are fairly simple...
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Feb 13, 2019
The Good, The Bad, The Short Stays
I started my Regency fashion journey back in the summer of 2017 and I… have not made it very far. All I have right now are a chemise...
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Nov 16, 2018
"Put on Thy Beautiful Garments" Review
A month or two ago I was in the midst of a Pinterest research trip, when one of the blogs I was reading mentioned a book I hadn't...
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