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Blue Edwardian outfit
I made an Edwardian outfit with a skirt and a matching bolero jackeet out of blue linen for the summer.
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The making of a tailored 1901 jacket
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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Finnish underwear at the turn of the 20th century – part 2: chemise or “paita”
I made a chemise following drafting instructions from a Finnish 1892 book called Tyttöjen käsitöiden johtamisen ohjeita kansakouluja varten.
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Finnish underwear at the turn of the 20th century – part 1: Drawers and my hand-crank Singer 12
I made turn of the 20th century drawers using a Finnish pattern from 1892. For sewing, I used my hand-crank Singer 12 from the year 1877.
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Potholders and an oven mitt
I made quilted potholders using a technique my grandmother taught me when I was a child. I also made a matching oven mitt to go with them.
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A boater hat and hatpins
I made a cute turn-of-the-20th-century style boater hat in Anne of the Green Gables style. I also made matching hatpins out of old knitting needles.
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Making buckram at home
I made buckram at home or my millinery projects! You only need linen, water and little something from a grocery store! The whole process was super simple!
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Trying out hatmaking in Edwardian style
Inspired by a hatmaking video by Angela Clayton, I decided to try on hatmaking! With no experience and no proper materials, I made my first hat.
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10-year socks
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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WW1-era blouse
Inspired by the old fortifications scattered out the area where I live, I created a WW1-era blouse using the Elsie pattern by Wearing History.
