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Homemade 3-Ingredient Cold Cream From 100 Years Ago!

8th July 2023Historical Natural Beauty Routine & Productsbeauty recipe, edwardian, homemade natural makeup, tutorial, victorianLina

Make this easy cold cream with only 3 ingredients. A simple & easy recipe from over 100 years ago for a perfect natural homemade moisturizer for today!

Cold cream has a long history: It has been used for 2000 years! This homemade 3-ingredient cold cream is the best historical or modern cold cream recipe I’ve tried so far! 😀 After making it for the first time, I liked it so much that it replaced all my store-bought hand and face creams. I now make it all the time for the whole family! And homemade cold cream is also a perfect gift. Continue reading Homemade 3-Ingredient Cold Cream From 100 Years Ago! →

How To Make Flaxseed Hair Gel

4th July 2023Historical Natural Hair Carebeauty recipe, flaxseed, hair care, tutorialLina

Make homemade flaxseed hair gel! It’s an easy and simple recipe with only two ingredients!

DIY flaxseed hair gel is often used in the curly girl method to define your curls or waves. And flaxseed hair gel also protects your hair from damage. It’s easy and quick to make flaxseed hair gel at home. And what’s best, you only need two ingredients to make flaxseed hair gel! 😀 Continue reading How To Make Flaxseed Hair Gel →

6 Ways How To Sew A Placket – Historical Sewing

21st December 20221900s - Edwardian, Sewing & Crochetedwardian, sewing, tutorialLina

If you sew a lot, especially if you sew historical costumes, you’ll have to sew a placket sooner or later. Most plackets aren’t difficult to make but there are some things to keep in mind.

Learn what placket to use for what purpose and to sew six types of historical plackets: hemmed placket, bound placket, extension placket, continuous bound placket, faced placket and a placket in a flat felled seams. Continue reading 6 Ways How To Sew A Placket – Historical Sewing →

5 Ways How To Dye With Fresh Woad Leaves

15th November 2022Natural Dyeing & Printingblue, natural dye, natural fabric dye, tutorial, woadLina

Learn how to dye with fresh woad leaves without using hazardous chemicals.

After dyeing cotton fabric & clothes blue with red cabbage and black beans, my next natural dye experiment is dyeing cotton fabric blue with homegrown fresh woad leaves. However, I don’t want to use the common woad vat with hazardous chemicals. So after some internet research I found 5 promising natural woad dye recipes without hazardous chemicals: Two of them are traditional fermentation vats, one uses stale urine, one uses salt and one uses vinegar. Continue reading 5 Ways How To Dye With Fresh Woad Leaves →

How To Make A Handwoven Dress From Scratch

14th October 2022Sewing & Crochet1950s, blue, DIY, dress, embroidery, hand sewing, sewing, tutorial, weavingLina

I started the handwoven dress with a cone of beige cotton weaving yarn: I wove the yarn into fabric, washed it, dyed it and then sewed it into a dress. It was a lot of work but I love how my handwoven dress from scratch turned out! 😀 Continue reading How To Make A Handwoven Dress From Scratch →

How To Sew A Historical Peasant Bodice

2nd August 2022Sewing & Crochet18th century, corset, edwardian, historybounding, medieval, sewing, tutorial, underwear, victorian, working womanLina

Sew a simple unboned historical peasant bodice with front lacing for historical reenactment or as modern cottagecore lace-up corset top!

In the past, peasants and other working women often wore simple unboned bodices or lightly boned stays. My historical working woman stays are based on antique rural stays. This historical peasant bodice features a low neckline, shoulder straps, spiral lacing at the center front and princess seams at the back. You can make it completely unboned or just lightly boned. Continue reading How To Sew A Historical Peasant Bodice →

How To Make An Edwardian Dip Waist Belt

1st August 20221900s - Edwardian, Sewing & Crochetbelt, edwardian, sewing, tutorialLina

Because the post about my handsewn Edwardian rayon taffeta dip waist belt is so popular, I’ve written a tutorial how you can make your own Edwardian dip waist belt! 😀 Continue reading How To Make An Edwardian Dip Waist Belt →

Overhand, Overcast, Hem & Whip Stitch – What’s The Difference

16th July 2022Sewing & Crochetarticle, edwardian, hand sewing, sewing, tutorial, victorianLina

All these handsewing stitches are similar but they’re not the same! Overhand stitch, overcast stitch, whip stitch and hem stitch – these four stitches are all slanting handsewing stitches. But do you know the difference? Continue reading Overhand, Overcast, Hem & Whip Stitch – What’s The Difference →

How To Sew An Edwardian-Style Bra

16th July 20221900s - Edwardian, Sewing & Crochetcorset, edwardian, historybounding, sewing, tutorial, underwearLina

Learn how to sew an Edwardian-style bra that is so comfy you can wear it instead of a modern bra! 😀 Continue reading How To Sew An Edwardian-Style Bra →

How To Sew An Edwardian Hip Pad

9th July 20221900s - Edwardian, Sewing & Crochetcorset, edwardian, sewing, tutorial, underwearLina

My Edwardian hip pad is inspired by antique Edwardian hip pads, like the Scott Ventilated Hip Pad & Bustle. But for a better fit under Edwardian straight-front corsets, I actually used the bottom part of an antique corset to draw the pattern! So my Edwardian hip pad pattern might look different than the typical crescent-shaped Edwardian hip pad patterns that are sold today. But antique Edwardian bustle pads came in various forms like this or this antique hip pad. And I find that this shaped hip pad fits better under Edwardian straight-front (aka S-bend) corsets: It fills out the bum, creates the fashionable wide hips of the Edwardian era without destroying the fashionable straight-front of Edwardian corsets. Continue reading How To Sew An Edwardian Hip Pad →