Patching son’s breeches while surrounded by Continental Army
My frustrated son showed me his breeches with a huge 6″ rip across the top of the knee, with 2 dangling buttons, one of which he fixed with a straight pin.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
My frustrated son showed me his breeches with a huge 6″ rip across the top of the knee, with 2 dangling buttons, one of which he fixed with a straight pin.
Now that I have a set of stays to wear, I fiddled with adjustments for a second set of stays for my dress form, and hopefully attain a better fit.
Completely hand sewn, I even hand stitched as quickly as I could on the Duke of Gloucester Street in Colonial Williamsburg last spring to wear the next day.
My daughter thanked me profusely, while she daintily touched and admired it she repeated, “It’s so pretty. The colors are nice. They all go so nicely together.”
When we purchased the fabric from Colonial Williamsburg’s Mary Dickenson store last March for her birthday, she wasn’t too certain of this 18th century print.
After wearing the simple version of this gown at Under the Redcoat, I created embellishments to fancy up the gown for other occasions.
My son outgrew last year’s blue waistcoat with buff lining, so he requested a new blue waistcoat with white lining that he first wore a few weeks ago.
Hand sewn with linen thread, hand sewn button holes and dorset buttons, that I learned to make at the Costume Design Center in Colonial Williamsburg.
After two years of research and sewing for my kids, I finally sewed my own attire to debut atUnder the Redcoat to begin our 18th century family adventures.
I finally sewed my first 18th century gown for myself, with reproduction chintz from Colonial Williamsburg, based on a gown in their collection.