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...

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

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

My Garsault stays, worn over a working class shift and an under-petticoat from a 1990s Ikea fabric based on an 18th century print...

my necklace 18th century ladies are occasionally portraited wearing pearl necklaces, often with quite large pearls which were probably...

My 'silver' lace, 2 cm (3/4") wide Traditional metal bobbin lace is made from metal thread, which consists of a thin meta...

Maid plucking a bird (Pehr Hilleström, circa 1776) A while back, I found a piece of vintage linen with nice selvages at the local thrif...

In thinking about how to grade historical accuracy, I realized that not all aspects of accuracy are equal. If the over-all impression of a ...

Today, there are books, patterns, and blogs, that document the construction and sewing techniques of garments that have survived for centuri...