18th Century Silk Breeches for young boy: Sewing Journal
My breeches from the Burnley and Trowbridge workshop with the Colonial Williamsburg tailors, Mark Hutter and Neal Hurst are finally done!
18th Century Virginia Musings
Tag: Burnley and Trowbridge
Draping my gown with the Colonial Williamsburg Mantua Maker
After learning each technique, we tried our skills on each other with a piece of muslin. Then the mantua maker checked our attempts.
Stays, Colonial Williamsburg Tailor, Burnley and Trowbridge
Tailoring is an apprenticed trade that requires years of study to learn all the techniques, tips, and tricks, from which we benefit in this class.
Breeches, Colonial Williamsburg Tailors, Burnley Trowbridge
Led by the tailors of Colonial Williamsburg, they present the history, photographic evidence, and provenance of our project.
Religion Month Programming: Colonial Williamsburg
After Thomas Jefferson debated Patrick Henry over a religion bill, we visited Baptist and Presbyterian preachers seeking religious freedom.
