Dress in 18thC Stockholm

Pockets with "revers". Intrigued by a pair of late 18th century French pockets of an unusual model, that narrowed at the top eve...

My completed neckerchief. A quick and easy project, for a necessary period accessory. I've stitched one before, with a rolled hem that t...

Duran Textiles , the Swedish company producing historical fabric reproductions, has redesigned their website. They're introducing an ...

Ikea's "Aina" linen in blue-grey  We visited Ikea today (we're fully vaccinated, but still very cautious, and do most of o...

My project is inspired by a petticoat in the collections of the Chester County Historical Society, depicted and patterned in Sharon Burns...

For a long time, tailors made outer clothes for both men and women, while female seamstresses and home sewers made linen undergarments. Then...

My bedgown, folded in half along the center back. There are several scaled-down patterns based on extant Swedish bedgowns. Some of the...