Historical Sew Monthly!

The Challenge: #7 Accessories - 18th Century “Housewife” Sewing Kit

Fabric: Hand printed cotton (2 varieties, 1 modern printed repro), cotton twill tape, twill interfacing, wool blend felt.

Pattern: None, I used this page, and this page as inspiration, though I did not use ANY measurements, I just did it by eye and what ( Read more... )

The Challenge: Practicality May 2015 (So late)

Fabric: Linen Cotton Blend

Pattern: Elizabethan Corset Pattern Generator (Modified)

Year: Mid 18th Century.

Notions: grommets

How historically accurate is it? Somewhat, silhouette is correct.

Hours to complete: No idea, way longer than it should have.

First worn: Not Yet

Total cost: $15.00ish

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Sunday, my friend (she’s more like a cousin, or step sister) Jackie of Literary Escapism, and I, went to the Michigan Renaissance Festival. It was the first time I’ve gone as an adult without my husband and/or son. It was so nice to just wander, watch the shows and not worry about anything. I even got to see Susan get married in the blue wedding ( Read more... )

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I took 2 classes in piecework quilting which I will be putting up information about at the Material Girls Blog. Also, this past weekend, my son and I visited my husband at a F&I reenactment (and wound up staying for several more hours than planned and I got bad sunburn). My allergies & asthma were MUCH more under control, so I am going to try to ( Read more... )

My Port Huron reenactment trip was cut short due to allergies driving me crazy (basically hay fever trying to turn into a sinus infection and bronchitis, again). Luckily my insurance has been reinstated and I have an appointment to get tested and see an allergist next week.

I’m currently working on the few photos I did get. Here are a couple. The ( Read more... )

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This past weekend was the Kalamazoo Living History Show!
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