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Working women in late 18th century Sweden
It’s not quite true that I haven’t been sewing this year, I have worked on a couple of small cap and embroidery projects. But that is just about what my energy level has been up to. I haven’t blogged...
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Fontange caps
High on my wish list is a 1690-1710 mantilla and with that I would need a fontange cap. This rather absurd cap fashion became popular during the 1680’s and remained popular until the 1710’s, or so. It...
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17th century stays and boned bodices, part 1
This article was first published at Foundations Revealed in April 2015. Due to length and amount of picture, this article will be posted in two parts here.IntroductionPieter de Hooch, Mother Lacing Her...
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17th century stays and boned bodices, part 2
Part 1 can be found here. Stays after 1650SourceSalmon pink stays, 1660-1680 at V&A. Made out of ten pattern pieces, giving it a slightly more curvaceous shape than earlier stays and making the...
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Scandinavian gowns in the late 17th and early 18th century.
The more I dig into fashion history, the more interested I get in what was actually worn here, in Sweden, where I live. It’s not altogether easy to find information about that. So I have been very...
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The HSM 2016: Challenge # 5: Holes
The fifth Historical Sew Monthly challenge is due May 31. The theme is holes and, of course technically, all clothes have holes, at least as soon as you go from a piece of material wrapped or draped...
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HSF 2016 Travels: Wool gown, 1680-1712
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 Czechia. It was part of...
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Late 17th/early 18th century mantilla
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 embroidered white...
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OMG, OMG, OMG, squee!
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, but if you are researching...
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What I have been up to
I haven’t updated here for a year and a half. The truth is I got rather burnt out on writing. I’ve beenblogging about my sewing since 2014, starting on LJ and eventually also here, so I guess it’s...
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The 17th century hurluberlu hairstyle with a short tutorial
I started to write this post in September when I was about to go to an 1680 ball and I was doing research for the hairstyle called hurluberlu. It was a hairstyle which became fashionable in the 1670’s,...
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Summer plans; a Victorian weekend by the sea
You can see from the last posts I haven't’ been idle despite my lack of blogposts. I also have plans for the future. For the fifth year in a row, there'll be a Victorian weekend at Villa Fridhem, a...
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Resarch for a 1520's gown, part 1
Busy as I am sewing my Victorian wardrobe, I still have plans for the future. And as I was recently reminded of how practical a blog is to keep track oofresearch, this post is posted now for future...
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Resarch for a 1520's gown, part 2: the other necessary clothes
The 16th century is a completely new period for me sewing-wise, but it was actually one of my first costume-loves, and I’ve always wanted to go there. I think I have a basic understanding of the...
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Resarch for a 1520's gown, part 3; what money can buy
I can’t make shoes so I will have to buy them. Here is a number of links in an alphabetic order to places to purchase shoes. The only one I have personal experience of is Harr, which I’ve always been...
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Resarch for a 1520's gown, part 4; resources
This is a list of books, articles, and blogs I have read, so far, and found useful. It is by no means a finished list, and I will add on it as I continue my research.Books and articlesDahl, Camilla...
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16th century headdress, fiction and fact
I found this when I was looking for images suitable for my 1520’s gown project. It had nothing to do with it, but it was too good to pass on.Pretty door knocker, c. 1500.Source; Wikimedia CommonsAnd...
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An 1870's bathing suit
Last weekend I attended a Victorian sea holiday, and had a spledid time. And for that, among other things, I needed a bathing suit. I really liked The Mantua Maker's Grecian style bathing suit...
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An Artistic inspired gown.
Originally I had planned to make a white cotton undergown with a black wool overgown. the pattern coming from La Mode Bagatelle's Artistic Reform Teagown for Visby Baddagar, the Victorian sea holiday I...
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17th century frog purse- done!
I finished something during my vacation! And a UFO of long standing too- namely the 17th century frog purse. I fell in this frog purse five(!) years ago and decided I wanted to make one. Apparently,...
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A couple of closed Robe à la Française
Not the most popular version of the Robe à la Française, but the version with a closed skirt crops up from time to time, roughly between the 1730s-60s.Ca. 1735, The Museum at FIT1740s, The Stibbert...
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1913 and 1762
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. I’m currently gathering the neck and cuffs.I...
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The finished closed-front robe à la française
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 blast:Now I need to change a few...
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Middle-class women in Sweden during the 17th century
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 family tree. And...
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A review of Wearing History's Smooth Sailing 1930s Sport Togs- Blouse &...
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 also a plus-size...
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