Monthly Archives: December 2015

1910s Christmas Peacock Evening Dress

1910s Christmas Peacock Evening Dress

‘With Christmas [1912] “in the air” one’s thoughts naturally turn to frocks and the many odds and ends of dress which play an important part in those festivities which cluster around the season; for to a woman a not inconsiderable part of a pleasure depends on the knowledge that she is suitably garbed.’ (source) Continue reading 1910s Christmas Peacock Evening Dress

DIY Victorian Silver Dog Collar

Silver Dog Collar - Historical Sew Monthly

I’ve finally finished the silver dog collar for challenge 10 of the Historical Sew Monthly! 😀 Victorian and Edwardian dog collars were often made of silver, white metal, brass or copper with leather on the inside. Continue reading DIY Victorian Silver Dog Collar

Edwardian Bicycle Costume

Edwardian Bicycle Costume

‘Today […] men and women […] ride from the first day of spring to the last privileged days of frosty winter. They ride from morning to high noon, and their lanterned wheels purr by with the gleam of a cat’s eye through the dark.’ (The Out Of Door Library: Athletic Sports, 1897)

A couple of years ago I sewed an Edwardian bicycle costume. It consists of a tailored Edwardian brown wool jacket with DIY black fabric soutache, a knee-length blue wool skirt, a refashioned white blouse, black stockings, brown leather boots and an Edwardian staw boater hat trimmed with velvet ribbon. Continue reading Edwardian Bicycle Costume

Full-Circle Cotton Chaniya Choli With Elephant Applique

elephant applique skirt

That’s my pink, green and yellow cotton chaniya choli which I sewn and embroidered myself. I used pink, green and yellow cotton fabric for the skirt, and different colored cotton scraps for the elephant appliques. The skirt is a full-circle skirt, made up of pink and green panels and a circular cut yellow and green border. Continue reading Full-Circle Cotton Chaniya Choli With Elephant Applique