Isis
Sewing makes me happy, so I try to do it every day. Writes about the 18th century and various other sewing projects in Isis' Wardrobe and about creating a 1940's wardrobe in Fashionably Forties.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
18th century 17th century extant clothes sewing 16th century masquerade victorian stays caps 19th century men's clothes the historically sew fortnightly embroidery 17th century stays 1520 gown burlesque gustafs skål 1910's period make-up stays with sleeves
A review of Wearing History's Smooth Sailing 1930s Sport Togs- Blouse & Trousers Pattern
28 October 2020
Wearing History recently expanded the sizes of her Smooth Sailing 1930s Sport Togs- Blouse & Trousers Pattern. The original pattern package has bust sizes 30-40, and now there’s...
Middle-class women in Sweden during the 17th century
30 November 2019
This is a reference post for a future project, put here for easy access when the future comes. I have, thanks to several interested relatives, a rather good knowledge of my own...
The finished closed-front robe à la française
1 October 2019
I only now realised I never posted pictures of my closed-front robe à la française. Well, it was finished (sort-of) and worn at the ball in June, and I had an absolute...
1 December 2018
It’s been a bit of the quiet sewing wise this autumn. I’m hand sewing an early 16th century shift; it’s sewn together, had the seams felled and it’s hemmed....