Receiving a costume high-five: Colonial Williamsburg
When I explained that we were guests like her, she asked where the costumes came from.
When I replied that I sewed them, exclamations of surprise sounded.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
When I explained that we were guests like her, she asked where the costumes came from.
When I replied that I sewed them, exclamations of surprise sounded.
I have finally completed my 18th century chintz pocket from my class over a year ago at the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center!
As much as I like this hat now, I’ve envisioned a few additions. Why not? Deconstructing and reconstructing is an 18th century period accurate thing to do!
During the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center’s Open House last October, I was fitted in a muslin for one of their patterns.
When the fabric sample arrived, it seemed a perfect complement to the sage green silk hat that I trimmed last summer with pearls and cream ribbon.
That night in the hotel room, I trimmed this hat based on ideas gleaned from a hat trimming class I took with the Costume Design Center last year.
According to a label attached to the case, the fabrics for Martha Washington’s sewing kit came from the gowns she wore in the White House from 1789 to 1797.
Since my son outgrew his regimental waistcoat, I took the opportunity to sew a more historically accurate version, sewn completely by hand.
Now that I’m caught up, at the present, with sewing historically accurate costumes for my kids, I wanted to do some research for me.
We learned sailors called Marines Leathernecks because of the leather collars they wore. As in the 18th centutry military stock I made for my son?