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 masquerade stays 16th century caps victorian men's clothes the historically sew fortnightly 17th century stays burlesque 19th century gustafs skål embroidery period make-up stays with sleeves 17th century shirt mantua
21 April 2018
I haven’t updated here for a year and a half. The truth is I got rather burnt out on writing. I’ve been blogging about my sewing since 2014, starting on LJ and eventually...
22 November 2016
Today I received this: A friend in Czechia told me about it earlier this year, and with her help got into contact with the university who had it published. You can’t buy it,...
Late 17th/early 18th century mantilla
31 August 2016
What the item is: A stole, or mantilla. There are two extant examples of this kind of garment in Scandinavia One in Denmark and one in Sweden. Both are made of black silk gauze and...
HSF 2016 Travels: Wool gown, 1680-171
25 July 2016
I have finished a gown! And for once it also fitted into The Historical Sew Monthly! The Challenge: Travels. The pattern for this gown came to my attention thanks to a friend in...