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  • 1840s accessories.
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    1840s Accessories: Cap, Bonnet, and Mantle

    December 25, 2022 / No Comments

    I made myself some warm 1840s winter accessories plus a lace cap that the ladies wore indoors. And then I went to a farmstead museum.

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  • My projects,  Sewing

    I made an 1840s dress for the holidays

    December 19, 2022 / 2 Comments

    I made myself an 1840s dress with the McCalls pattern number 7988. To make the dress work for the winter I added long sleeves.

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  • Tallukkaat
    My projects,  Sewing,  Shoemaking

    Tallukkaat – Finnish homemade winter boots

    December 5, 2022 / 4 Comments

    I made traditional Finnish winter boots called Tallukkaat and decorated them with folk embroidery.

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  • My projects,  Sewing

    An 18th-century jacket

    November 15, 2022 / 1 Comment

    I sewed an 18th-century wool jacket for my daughter for a historical harvest festival held at a real 18th-century farmhouse in Helsinki.

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    The finished mourning dress

    October 30, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Mourning accessories turn this black Victorian dress into a mourning costume. I made a short cape, a hat and a veil plus some extra things.

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  • Black 1894 dress
    My projects,  Sewing

    A Victorian mourning dress: the bodice

    October 25, 2022 / 1 Comment

    My Victorian mourning costume is progressing and this time I finished the bodice. This was an interesting make with lots of inner structure.

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  • Mourning skirt detail.
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    Making a Victorian Mourning Dress: The Skirt

    October 21, 2022 / No Comments

    This autumn’s big project is the making of a Victorian mourning dress. This will be a series of three or four parts and in the first part, I’ll make the mourning skirt. This dress has been something that I have wanted to make for ages and it works nicely for Halloween. I found this nice and simple 1894 pattern from the online shop called Ageless Patterns. The shop is a bit hard to navigate, but all the patterns are actual historical patterns except that they have seam allowances and grainlines and some other helpful markings added. I think the dress would have been pretty modest at the time of the…

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    A Romantic Era Corset from Old Curtains

    September 16, 2022 / 2 Comments

    I made myself a romantic era i.e. 1830s-1840s corset and a corded petticoat using a pattern by Black Snail Patterns.

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    Wearing your grandma’s curtains or making a regency dress out of recycled materials

    August 25, 2022 / No Comments

    How can you use recycled materials in historical costuming? What are my tips in finding the best materials in thrift stores?

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  • Askola vest and an apron
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    A folk vest and an apron from Askola, Finland

    July 30, 2022 / No Comments

    I made a Finnish folk vest and an apron from Askola village in Finland. These garments are based on museum items from early 19th century.

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  • My antique Singer 15 sewing machine
    My antique Singer 15 sewing machine
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    The Big List of Sewing Pattern Companies
  • The quest for the well-fitting trousers - what I have learned
    The quest for the well-fitting trousers - what I have learned
  • Handmade shoes at home? Finnishing my sneakers!
    Handmade shoes at home? Finnishing my sneakers!
  • Sewist notebook: Free printable body measurements table
    Sewist notebook: Free printable body measurements table
  • DIY pressing tools: sleeve rolls aka tailor's sausages, a dauber, a tailor's clapper and a point presser and what to do with them
    DIY pressing tools: sleeve rolls aka tailor's sausages, a dauber, a tailor's clapper and a point presser and what to do with them
  • A fan skirt by Black Snail Patterns
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  • Drafting my orange ramie dress (a FREE pattern)
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