A week has passed since the creation of this new blog, I have managed to find about 200 new reference images of historical garments! I also found very nice pattern references for the construction of circa 1890 garments that includes dresses and clothes for both women, men, and children. In addition to that I have also located a 1950 Instructions book on the drafting of pattern blocks, this edition mentions further books with more advanced patterns but I have not yet able to find those.
The website itself also got a little bit more work on it, with more information displayed next to reference pictures and hopefully a faster load time when browsing the website.
My merry sewing adventures have ensued in response to the newfound motivation arising from finding all these wonderful references. As my current project, I am working on a bright red non-historical dress with a wrap back opening. The dress has quite a few anomalies and excess of fabric in places it shouldn’t be, but as a first dress, I am very pleased with the current results.
While this is a non-historical dress I have only done hand-stitching and only used back-stitch, running stitch, and a felling stitch based on Bernadette Banner’s tutorial so that my next project, which will be historical, shall have to correct stitching used, or at the very least an attempt at the correct stitching.
In my next project, I am looking at the patterns from circa 1890, or go with a 1950’s style, however, I have not yet decided on which exactly. Neither have I decided on which piece of garment I would like to work on in either area. But seeing that my experience with sewing is still fairly limited I am inclined to take an easier project first.
Here’s a picture I took this week on a sunny day enjoying the chirping birds and the calming process that is whip stitching.
