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    • The pleated skirt calculator
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    • Sewing patterns
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    • Käsitöitä 1894-1915

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  • My mothers Saraste dress.
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    Saraste dress for my mother

    September 8, 2021 / 1 Comment

    I made the Saraste dress from the book Breaking the pattern for my mother from the lovely Atelier Brunette viscose.

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  • My Edwardian blouse
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    I sewed the Edwardian Blouse by Black Snail Patterns

    July 3, 2021 / No Comments

    I made the Edwardian blouse of the Black Snail Patterns with lots of pintucks and lace using thrifted curtains as a fabric!

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  • Edwardian man's outfit.
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    An Edwardian man’s outfit

    June 11, 2021 / 4 Comments

    I made a late-Victorian/Edwardian man’s trousers and a waistcoat.

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  • Silk petticoat
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    I made a Victorian silk petticoat out of old curtains!

    May 15, 2021 / 4 Comments

    I turned a pair of thrifted silk curtains into a Victorian silk petticoat. I also dyed my cotton lace to match using common food items.

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  • Red tailored jacket, Marfy #1989
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    A made a Victorian-inspired tailored jacket

    March 28, 2021 / 1 Comment

    I made a Victorian-inspired wool tweed jacket based on Marfy #1989 pattern and using real tailoring methods.

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  • Karelian rätsinä shirt.
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    Making an early 19th-century Karelian dress, part 1: Shirt “rätsinä”

    October 9, 2020 / 3 Comments

    I am learning about the dress of my ancestors and making a traditional Karelian outfit. The first layer is called a "rätsinä" shirt.

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  • Symington corset
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    How I made a Victorian Symington corset and greetings from Turku castle

    August 14, 2020 / 6 Comments

    I made a Victorian corset using a pattern from the Symington collection. This is one of my most complicated makes but a successfull one! We also visited Turku castle and got to see some extant garments from the 19th century and earlier.

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  • My blue Edwardian outfit.
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    Blue Edwardian outfit

    June 11, 2020 / 3 Comments

    I made an Edwardian outfit with a skirt and a matching bolero jackeet out of blue linen for the summer.

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  • 1901 summer jacket
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    The making of a tailored 1901 jacket

    June 4, 2020 / 1 Comment

    I made this jacket using an original 1901 summer jacket pattern from the June issue of the Finnish Käsitöitä magazine that I found at the National Library.

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    10-year socks

    April 29, 2020 / 9 Comments

    When I started knitting this pair of socks in 2011, I didn’t believe that it’d take almost 10 years for me to finish them! (Yes, I rounded up.) However, my shoulders started acting up and my migraines worsened every time I knit, so I had to put this project away. Now and then, I took it out and knit for a while and then headaches forced me to stuff this project back into my closet. Finally, I decided that enough was enough and thus, I finished the last rows and bound them off! This post contains affiliate links. The pattern came from Wendy D. Johnson’s book Socks from the toe…

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