THE COTTON TIMES
Blog on sewing adventures and references to historical garments, patterns and sewing techniques. I upload new artwork of bygone times quite often, check back once in a while to see what new types of drawings were posted and what kind of old-timey techniques I found on my research adventure.
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References
100’s of references ranging from the 16th century to the 20th century, they mostly don’t include patterns as I find the references in periodicals or journals that are not specifically written for the creation of garments, however every reference comes with source so if you are interested in more details regarding a garment you like you may find more information about it in the text. (Although can’t promise it’s in English!)
Patterns
Documents on creation of historical patterns blocks, the construction of bygone garments with or without explanation and usually includes reference pictures to the final garments that are depicted in the patterns.
Some of my favorite references
