I’m giving my 1790s summer accessories a glow-up. For a promenade with the Hemwick Regency Society, I shaped a new high-crowned Regency straw “Spanish” Hat!
Accessories , Blog , garment construction , Regency , tutorial
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Tutorial: A Raspberry Regency Reticule
When you’ve got an arms-length-long list of projects that all have deadlines, the only thing to do is start another project quick. So here’s a tutorial for a raspberry regency reticule!
19th Century , Accessories , Halloween , Hat , hatmaking , millinery , Regency
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A Regency Riding Hat
For a little touch of the funébre for this Halloween season, I made myself a sombre woman’s regency riding hat. In early October I scored a “Halloween bowler hat” at a local party store. It was on “pre-season pre-clearance sale” (Do they just make these things up now?!) and I […]
Blog , fabrics , garment construction , Regency , stays , total chaos , underpinnings
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The Regency Ribbon Stays of WHOOPS.
Exhibit A for what happens when one makes a new pair of regency short stays right when one is coming down with a flu and is taking lots of cold-and-flu medication. You might get what I got: a pair of regency RIBBON stays.
1790s , 18th century , Accessories , Blog , garment construction , Regency , ruffleruffleruffle , tutorial
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A Pair of 1790s Chemisettes
One long piece of white lace trim with a moth-nibbled middle makes… two short pieces of white lace trim! Here’s a tutorial for a pair of 1790s chemisettes – one with ruffles down the front and one without, suitable for any early regency sartorial vibe!
millinery , Playing Dress Up , Regency
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Spring Picnic with the Hemwick Regency Society
At the Hemwick Regency Society picnic, i learned two things – the first, that croquet is surprisingly intense for a laid-back lawn game, and the second – that i am really really bad at it.
1790s , Blog , Playing Dress Up , Regency , total chaos , underpinnings , wig
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A Regency Card Party in Virginia
My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen! I had been visiting with a Miss W– (lately removed to Virginia from the newly declared Republic of Chile) and together we attended a small – and very select – card party!
19th Century , Halloween , jewellery , Regency
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Happy Halloween
No Halloween shall be complete without my favorite antique October accessory – here’s to Sofia and her laudanum. Happy Halloween!
American Girl doll , doll costumes , Regency , total chaos
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From the Archives: A Regency Ballgown for an American Girl Doll
Fresh from the archives: inspired by an 1815 fashion plate, this American Girl Doll regency ballgown was sewn as a distraction from reality during my final presentations in grad school. Sewing ALWAYS trumps technical panels.
1790s , Playing Dress Up , Regency
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A 1790s Round Gown in Autumn
Last fall I went up to Reno and took the Green Blob along to appreciate the fall color. Behold my green 1790s round gown in on a golden autumn day!