Stomacher Embellishment Sewing Class: Colonial Williamsburg
The Costume Design Center taught us historically accurate stomacher embellishments for 18th century gowns, in this seventh class of nine in the series.
Historical Sewing and Time Travels
The Costume Design Center taught us historically accurate stomacher embellishments for 18th century gowns, in this seventh class of nine in the series.
After my kids’ pleas for historically accurate attire, I put needle to fabric while puzzling through agony, confusion, and woes.
During Drummer’s Call weekend, my daughter and I took a class with the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center on trimming hats.
Our class began with the history of this passementerie, followed by gorgeous examples of fifteen intricate variations. Then we made our own fly fringe by hand!
We took an 18th century sewing class on market wallets, work bags, and pockets for the 75th anniversary of the Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center.
The Colonial Williamsburg Costume Design Center taught us how to make Dorset and Death Head thread buttons in our 18th century sewing class.
Discovering that Colonial Williamsburg’s sewing class on 18th Century hand stitches while incorporating Diderot’s Encyclopedia, I immediately signed up!