Sew Historical

Susan reporting: After the number of interesting comments following my post on 18th c. stays last week, I made the question of stay-laci...

The Tea Gown – Lily Absinthe

On ebay, this very interesting upper body garment brings lots of questions, no answers. No sure date, no provenance, if I were to guess I would say c1790-1800. But.. that is a guess only. Let's take a look Inside view of the lining has the typical piecing of an early garment. The quality and color of the linen lining is also correct for an early garment. This center front view shows lacing holes that I am guessing from the image are about 2 inches apart. Hard to tell but they do not look...

A look at how I finished the neckline and laced opening for the gray cotte.

I'm often asked to recommend good books to help people on their sewing journey and my answer is always the same! Anything, more or less, published before 1987! Modern books simply can't/don't compare to the depth and breadth of knowledge held withing the pages of vintage sewing books. Simple explanations with excellent illustrations add to how brilliant these books are.I thought I'd share some favourites from my own sewing book archive, starting with one of my oldest and most magical!The...

So the knitted short stays came out a little strange, but I picked up the thrown-down gauntlet with a yard of jersey (actually way...

Chemise is basically 4 rectangles, depending on the period from it may have gusset sewn into arm, also can be with or without sleeves #sewing #historicalfashion

stays front

Making a 1360s Medieval gown - The Dreamstress

Hello everyone and welcome to a new video!In my previous video, I talked about how I was going to make some effort into making historically inspired pieces t...