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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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Aug 6, 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...
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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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May 28, 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...
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May 21, 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...
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May 14, 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...
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May 5, 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...
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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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Jul 18, 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...
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Jun 27, 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....
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Jun 24, 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...
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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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May 18, 2018
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...
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Apr 4, 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...
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Jun 30, 2017
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...
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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...
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