Stitches Through Time

I had to read this one slow in order to fully understand everything. Unfortunately my vocabulary isn't quite as vast as I may always lik...

GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK Philadelphia, January 1850 CHILDREN'S COSTUMES FOR FANCY PARTIES. THE expediency of children's p...

sorry... I have no clue how to flip the photo :) from Godey's Mag. 1857 ref="http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8hMAAAAMAAJ&pg...

Image from Godey's Lady's Book Dec. 1857 pg.541 House Dress: A dress worn only at home. The plainest style of dress it should be co...

This brown silk quilted petticoat skirt is from the 1840's is all hand stitched and made of a chocolate brown silk fabric. The waist tre...

This green silk quilted petticoat skirt dates from the 1840's. It is all hand stitched and made of a pale celadon green silk brocade fab...

Antique early roller print brown calico dress from the 1840s. It is all hand stitched and made of a brown calico fabric with a roller ...

From Godey's Lady's Book ~ August 1861 Godey's recommends figure 8 to be one of the neatest and most serviceable style of under...

From The Lady's Guide to Perfect Gentility By Emily Thornwell (Pages 221-226) DRESSMAKING. General facts and rules to be remembered. —S...

From The Lady's Guide to Perfect Gentility By Emily Thornwell (Pages 132-137) EFFECTS OF DRESS UPON THE FEMALE FORM, ETC., ETC. Lacing ...

From Peterson's , December 1860 "Thinking that a pattern of under-linen would be exceedingly acceptable to many of the subscribers ...

It never fails, I don't think I have ever made a article of clothing for myself that is not blue (this is quite unconsciously I might ad...

Ok, so I had 4 full days to make a ball gown with 2 curtains, some dark brown fabric and a bit of mustard colored fabric and... I must not f...

~ oOo ~ Planning the Corset Compare and Contrast with Simplicity corset patterns 7215 and 2890. I finally concluded on using pattern 7215, t...