That’s my other Edwardian shirtwaist costume. It’s a late Edwardian outfit with tailored plaid wool skirt and apricot-colored linen blouse with crochet lace. Continue reading Edwardian Tailored Wool Skirt & Linen Shirtwaist
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1950s-Style Pink Gingham Dress – Details
This is part two about my 1950s-style dress with close-up pictures and constructions details. Continue reading 1950s-Style Pink Gingham Dress – Details
1950s-Style Pink Gingham Dress
Pink is one of my favorite colors and I absolutely love gingham – I think pink gingham looks so summery! So some years ago I sewed this 1950s-style dress with pink and white gingham. Continue reading 1950s-Style Pink Gingham Dress
1950s Blue Check Curtain Dress
I’m wearing a curtain again! Lol! 😀 This time it’s my grandma’s bathroom curtain! Doesn’t the curtain look pretty? Continue reading 1950s Blue Check Curtain Dress
Edwardian Easter Gowns For The Easter Parade
‘If Easter Sunday is clear there will be an Easter parade up Fifth avenue that will outshine in brilliancy any previous Easter function of this kind ever beheld by fashionable New York-srs. For awhile, you will remember it was not considered good form to parade on Easter Sunday. But in the many revivals of the twentieth century the revival of the Easter parade is one of the most marked. To go to church is, of course, the correct thing; and to walk afterward is also accepted as in accord with the spirit of Easter; and what more certain than that every woman will wear her best hat and best gown out to enjoy the sunshine of the April day.’ (San Francisco Call, 1903)
‘The famous “Easter Parade” on Fifth avenue on the morning of Easter has degenerated in recent years. It is no longer the fashionable function it once was – at least not wholly so.
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1950s White Taffeta Dress
Some years ago I sewed this 1950s-style dress with taffeta fabric which is embroidered with white roses. It’s my first 1950s-style dress and I’m really pleased with how the dress turned out. It’s elegant and comfortable!
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1910s Plaid Wool Skirt
Some years ago I sewed this Edwardian plaid wool skirt. Continue reading 1910s Plaid Wool Skirt
Jeans To Skirt Refashion
Mint green is my favorite color, so I jumped with joy when a mint green jeans was given to me! 😀 The jeans was old, faded and soft from washing. But I liked the mint green denim fabric and the natural used look. The jeans had an unflattering carrot cut with pleats at the waist. So I thought I’d turn the jeans into an A-line skirt.
18th Century Short Gown
My 18th century jacket is finally finished! Yay! I sewed the last two seams just some minutes before we took the photos! 😉 This type of 18th century jacket is called a bedgown, short gown, unlined caraco or manteau de lit. Short gowns were considered undress in the 18th century. Undress or informal wear – the everyday clothes of the 18th century – was worn around the house while doing the work. Continue reading 18th Century Short Gown
The Edwardian Summer Girl
The Edwardian summer girl is robust, strong and independent. She’s bare-armed, collarless, hatless and short-skirted: She doesn’t care if she gets freckles or a tan. She’s as good at sports as men: She swims, rows, hunts – she even plays barefoot golf! Continue reading The Edwardian Summer Girl