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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!...
Sep 3, 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...
Aug 27, 2020


A Regency Re-do
Several years ago (possibly 2014) I took my first foray into historical costuming and made a vaguely Regency-era dress using a dark green...
Aug 6, 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...
Jul 16, 2020


Making a 1925 Bandeau Brassiere
Women's underwear changed a lot at the beginning of the 20th century, as did the fashionable silhouette. Luckily, books for women sewing...
May 28, 2020


Vintage Simplicity 4414
Back in February, I bought a vintage 1950s skirt pattern off Etsy, Simplicity 4414. The pattern is for a six-panel skirt with two pleats...
May 21, 2020


Simple "Housewife" Sewing Kit
Several months ago, houswifs (or housifs, hussifs, housewifes, housewives, etc) started popping up on my Instagram feed. They're roll-up...
May 14, 2020


Girl Detective Dress - McCall's M7470
Fall 2019 left me swooning over the concept of flannel shirtdresses. I popped up to Joanns one weekend to grab some things I needed and...
May 5, 2020


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...
Aug 14, 2019


1920s Combinations in Lilac
I spent the first week or two of June re-watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries on Netflix (which I HIGHLY recommend) and that put me on...
Jul 18, 2019


Regency "Portrait" Shawl
First of all - I have no idea if "portrait shawls" are a real thing, historically. I'd even go so far as to say that I doubt they exist....
Jun 27, 2019


Embroidered Regency Reticule
A year or so ago, on a trip to JoAnn Fabrics, I stumbled upon some nice fabric in the softest classic-Disney-Cinerella blue. The fabric...
Jun 24, 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...
Feb 13, 2019


Regency Wardrobe - Selecting Fabric
This first week of summer break hasn't been the non-stop sewing week I had planned, but that's okay! In the meantime, I've been looking...
May 18, 2018


Regency Wardrobe - Part 1b - Starting Over
As much as I hate being away from home 8 months out of the year and not being able to sew, it does have the upside of giving me plenty of...
Apr 4, 2018


Regency Wardrobe - Part 2 - Planning Underthings
Ah. Underthings. My Regency wardrobe requires three: - a chemise - short stays - a bodiced petticoat The chemise will be first, as it...
Jun 30, 2017


Starting my Regency Wardrobe - Part 1
I recently finished a book that was given to me by a coworker, and that book has thrown me back into a Regency mood. A great deal of...
Jun 30, 2017
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