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11 tips how on to wear vintage and historical clothing in your everyday life without making people thinking you’re crazy or old-fashioned! 😉 Do you want to wear your beautiful vintage and historical dresses in your everyday life? But you don’t want to look too costumey or old-fashioned? Below I share 11 tips on how … Continue reading 11 Tips On How To Dress Vintage & Historical Without Looking Too Costumey →

Last autumn I started making a new winter dress from some caramel coloured wool from my stash and a piece of tartan wool I got at a charity shop – blue and brown are my favourite colours, and they …

1780s-90s Robe en Chemise- Hazel's wedding dress

I wanted a new dress to wear to my sister’s wedding at the end of May, and I knew exactly in what style I wanted it. I soon found a fabric (originally cotton curtains with a woven plaid whose colou…

The Edwardian era is my favorite historical era at the moment 😀 and also the era I know the most about. I try to make all my Edwardian clothes as historically accurate as possible using Edwardian sewing techniques. So I thought I’d write a list about popular Edwardian sewing details and why they were used. … Continue reading 10 Edwardian Sewing Details + Why They Were Used →

Building your own 1910s & WWI Wardrobe: The Undergarments - The Dreamstress

Edwardian women not always wore long skirts, they wore short walking skirts especially for sports and on rainy days.

I made an Edwardian inspired Gibson Girl blouse using the pattern by Folkwear. It is full of pretty details, such as insertion lace and pintucks.

"Mend, Reshape, Refashion." That's the first Historical Sew Monthly theme for 2018. Mend or re-shape one of your previously made historical clothing items, or refashion a new one out of something not originally intended as sewing fabric. There couldn't be a more perfect theme to get me back into historical sewing after my year long absence! I made this plaid wool skirt a little over a year ago as a costume for a Christmas play my mom and sister were part of. The skirt in it's original form…

Some years ago, I turned a modern cotton blouse into a Victorian-style blouse. Because it’s a modern blouse cut, it hasn’t the sloped shoulder seams – typical of Victorian bodices – but this isn’t seen if the blouse is worn with a zouave jacket. I replaced the buttons with hooks and the sleeve buttons with … Continue reading Victorian Blouse Makeover →

Edwardian fashion

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Handmade late Edwardian outfit with tailored plaid wool skirt and apricot-colored linen blouse with DIY crochet lace yoke and cuffs.