tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57030141549699447702024-03-13T19:28:34.564+01:00Costume DiariesEstherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.comBlogger394125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-63009815677892570532019-07-19T10:26:00.001+02:002019-07-19T10:28:44.744+02:00Our Belle Epoque picnic at the Historical Festival at Museum House DoornTwo weeks before our first Victorian event during summer I decided that I needed a summer outfit. What followed can only be described as a sewing and costuming frenzy, of the kind I had promised myself long ago never to do again. In my defense I have been working on getting my traveling outfit and my son his Belle Epoque summer costume done, which left me with little time to work on a proper summer outfit for myself. More details on the construction etc of the outfit will be described in an another blog post.<br />
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Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-7385701915757367272019-06-04T09:36:00.001+02:002019-06-04T09:36:09.544+02:00Traveling in style by steamtrains!I have been dreaming of riding a steamtrain in Victorian costume for a long time. A while ago my partner in crime found a steampunk group on Facebook we could join on one of their rides! Which led me to finally finish my 1890's /1900's walking/traveling costume. The cherry on top was that I was able to wear my new antique sunglasses for the first time.<br />
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<br />At the start I was not convinced that I would like this oufit. The pale colour, the huge sleeves are both out of my comfort zone but I am actually very pleased with the end result.Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-16732256000594946102019-05-22T14:55:00.000+02:002019-05-22T15:24:36.073+02:001895 Belle Epoque Bicycle Jacket, a race against time<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sometimes I forget that making historical costumes is my hobby because it really starts to feel like work. Only far less enjoyable because I actually love my job! This has been the case since the start of the year.<br />
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I started off with the Porpentina Goldstein's Grey Coat from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. After that came a pair of Belle Epoque Linen summer pants for my son. I made a black velvet medici belt for fun.<br />
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When that was finished I found out that I hated the fit of my (previous) Belle Epoque Jacket and really needed a new one before the 30th of May. I know that a lot of people in the costuming community, seem to, enjoy sewing until the night before the event. I am not one of those people! I really hate the frustration and stress and that effects te quality of my work. I can't remember cursing, messing up or bleeding on a project this much in ages.<br />
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After not being happy with the jacket I made with Past Patterns #113, 1899 - 1910 Spectator Jacket. I decided to give Black Snail Patterns #0715 Bicycle Jacket about 1895 a try.<br />
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The pattern from Black Snail looks an awful lot like an original from c. 1896-1898 in <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159074?&searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=cycling+suit&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the MET</a>.</div>
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Brown Wool Cycling Costume with Divided Skirt, c. 1896-1898, American, 2009.300.532a-d, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Mr. and Mrs. Morton Sultzer, 1979</div>
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And even more like this original brown woollen cycling suit from 1896 also in <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/159089" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Met</a>.</div>
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Brown Wool Cycling Costume with Divided Skirt, c. 1896-1898, American, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; In memory of Mrs. Arthur Rideway Ryan (née Katherine Browne) from her children, Katherine B. Ryan, and Marcella Burnell and Arthur Martin Ryan, 1983</div>
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Althought I loved the strap details on the front and back of the jacket. I decided to leave them of the simplify the jacket and speed the whole process up.<br />
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While doing the research for this blog I came across a fascinating woman called <a href="https://totalwomenscycling.com/lifestyle/10-facts-annie-londonderry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annie Londonderry</a>,<br />
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With on the left the jacket made with Past Patterns #113 </div>
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After having worked with both patterns I think I can compare them a little. The Past Patterns Jacket was finished not too long ago but I started the project years ago and made a lot of modifications. I guess the main issue with the Past Patterns jacket is that I chose a fabric, heavy canvas, which is too stiff for this project. It ended up very uncomfortable to wear, which probably means that I won't be wearing it, ever. The other problem was that I had a lot of problems with getting in the sleeves properly and that is why it ended up on the UFO pile in the first place.</div>
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The Black Snail pattern description was didn't have much pictures, which is for me a big handicap, as I am a very visual person. I find translating words to actions in general quite hard and it gets worse if it's in a foreign language. English is not native language which means that my brain has two types of translations to do at once. So pictures are very helpful for me. The description clearly has been written by someone with a lot of sewing experience because I sometimes felt I missed a step or two. On the other hand I did learn some great sewing techniques and gained some sewing knowledge.</div>
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I liked the sleeves from from the Black Snails pattern the best. The fullness of the sleeve is pleated instead of gathered.</div>
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The Past Patterns jacket has box pleats in the back which I like a little bit better than the V shaped pleats of the Black Snails Pattern.</div>
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If I had to choose between the patterns, I would choose the Black Snails pattern but that is mainly because it has the look I was trying to achieve in the first place. In the end both patterns have their pro's and cons. A combination of both would be great but I am not going to make one anytime soon.</div>
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And this cute little soutache braid decoration...</div>
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With only the buttons left to be sewn on this project is nearly done. Time to start sewing and costuming for fun again! Oh but wait...my son still needs a vest (gilet) to go with his new Belle Epoque linen summer suit and a jacket and they need to be finished before the 13th of July. I am not allowed by my husband and son to try and make the jacket before the deadline. Probably has something to do with my unlady like behavior when I was working on my own jacket.</div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-78613224033673469302019-03-12T10:12:00.000+01:002019-03-14T09:51:23.506+01:00Porpentina Goldstein's Grey Coat from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.One of my sons friends deciced she wanted to do a (Porpen)Tina Goldstein cosplay and asked me for help.<br />
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I was only happy to oblige but soon found out that unlike Newt and Doctor Strange there is no Tina cosplay pattern available. So I started to search for a pattern that without too much work could be modified to make a Tina coat. We choose Burda style 6462:<br />
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It turned out to be quite a gamble as I had never used a Burda pattern before and hadn't realized that the pattern description was quite different from what I am used to. This actually turned out to be my biggest problem, maybe that is not a smart thing to says as the project is not finished yet. We turned the single row of buttons in a double row by adding 7 cm to the front piece. The other modifications to the pattern were adding flaps to the pockets, turned up cuffs to the sleeves and changing the shape of the collar.<br />
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-975333573773058212019-03-06T19:26:00.000+01:002019-03-06T20:15:53.214+01:00A post on UFO's, alterations and repairs.Hello Everyone, I haven't been bloggin for a while. That doesn't mean I haven't been sewing but I have been busy doing some costume maintance (repairs, alterations etc.) aka the boring stuff! Also I've been trying to reduce my UFO Pile also known as costume time-out pile. I have this bad habit of losing interest when a project takes too long or when I didn't make the deadline (event) for it. To prevent the UFO pile from becoming a hill I start each year with finishing/altering/repairing at least one costume.<br />
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Beige canvas jacket (made from our old Ektorp Ikea couch cover) based upon Past Patterns #113, 1899-1900 spectator jacket. I modified the pattern, didn't really know what I was doing and didn't write down the changes that I made. So I guess it's save to say that the problems I encountered where all my own fault. Overall I am happy with the result, although I wouldn't recommend using this thick quality canvas for clothing. To be honest I can't even remember when I started this project! I started working on it because we where thinking of doing a steampunk event. I got stuck at the sleeves and found out that I was not cut out to do steampunk. As I wanted to stay authentic, I couldn't come up with any original idea and I was afraid to end up with a "let's glue some gears on it and call it steampunk" costume. So the whole idea and the jacket got abonded.<br />
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Same style bodice, different kind of job. Repairing a boning that is poking out. I once bought a synthetic fiber boning casing as it was all I could get in time. It's stretchy, hard to work with and the boning is poking through it. I don't think I am buying this stuff ever again </div>
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There is this one project I am working on, but I am not doing it alone and it's not for me. Last year I helped one of my sons friends make a Doctor Strange costume. This time I am helping another of his friends make Porpetina's Goldsteins grey coat from the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. My son already has a Newt Scamander costume and now they want to Dutch Comic Con together as Newt and Tina. More on this project in the next blog post.<br />
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-17614443032272341572018-12-31T12:35:00.001+01:002018-12-31T12:35:49.179+01:002018 Costume reviewSorry for neglecting you all once again and if you are still here thank you for your patience!<br />
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Inspired by several things mostly the #2018bestnine and several reviews of 2018 by other historical costumers. Somehow I really had the feeling I hadn't accomplished that much this year but looking back that is probably because I didn't get round to the things I planned!<br />
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It started of as the year of the 1890's green velvet Belle Epoque gown on which I started working on at the start of the year. I took a, planned detour, to make an early medieval gown from 1018. And then 2018 became the year of the 1920's! Not only did I make my own 1920's tea dress but also the three piece suit for my husband. In which I think he looked very smart, even if I say so myself. After that I returned to work on my green velvet Belle Epoque Evening gown and after the soirée in October I made a underbodice to make it suitable for daywear. On top of that I was able to help my son his best friend make a Doctor Strange costume for Comic Con. All in all not bad for a years work, so I end 2018 with a content feeling and way too much ideas for 2019!<br />
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I started working on my mid victorian lace day cap during our last event. I had some preparations the day before but started the actual sewing during the event. Judging by the amount of attention it did seem to spark the interest of a lot of the public.</div>
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My midvictorian lace daycap is made with a silk base, swiss dot netting, vintage and antique lace and the tiny red ribbon is real silk. It looks sweet, dainty and demure which is the perfect look for the period. There is only one problem with this daycap. Sweet, dainty and demure doesn’t seem to suit me. My husband and son almost choked laughing and one of my friends said I looked like an easter egg. Which is an accurate description of how I feel when I wear it.<br />
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Here I am trying it on before going to Dickensfestijn in Deventer.<br />
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I am sorry about the poor quality of the photo's. They were made early in the morning in a hurry to get going. It's also the reason why I decided to get "creative" with the last one. Although it might not be that bad, then again it might be that bad I'll leave it up to you to decide. I didn't wear it on the day itself as my bonnet wouldn't stay on when I had it on. That was a good enough reason to leave it at home.<br />
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We had planned to go to a Dickens fair somewhere else first but after waiting for the shuttle bus for 30 minutes. We decided to skip the other fair and go to Dickensfestijn Deventer directly while the day was still young. Not a bad decision considering how busy Deventer was! There were 60.000 visitors on this day. Needless to say a lot of photographs where made of us but as we never get to see any of them we decided to buy ourselves a little memento.<br />
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Here an impression of our annual 19th century/ early 20th century event in Haarlem.</div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-27763073460156707242018-11-23T15:28:00.000+01:002018-12-31T15:38:49.492+01:00From Night to DayWith the wonderful soirée over and done. It became time to direct my attention to turning my Belle Epoque evening outfit into suitable daywear for the next event.<br />
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I started of by making the top of <a href="https://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m7732" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angela Clayton's McCalls #7732 pattern.</a><br />
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I would have like to make the jacket as well. As I am not really happy with the fit and look of my green velvet bodice. For now I'll try some quick (and modern) fixes and hope that it will these will do the trick.</div>
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The top; the base or lining fabric is cotton organdy, the top fabric swiss dot netting and the waistband silk.<br />
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As this was not dressed it enough, I added sleeves turning the top into an underbodice or underblouse. I cut of the ties at the bottom and added an extra set of hooks and eyes.<br />
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Then I turned my attention to my headwear, however lovely my tiara might be. It doesn't seem to be regarded a proper headwear for daytime. I think that should be because I think their absolutely fabulous! With no time to make a completly new hat I decided to redecorate on of my old hats. Which is coincidentally also a very "period" solution. I am quite pleased with the result.<br />
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With the deadline in only two weeks I've decided to also wear one of my old coats and start working on the jacket next January. This in an effort to keep my stress levels beareble not only for myself but also for those around me! </div>
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As a proper Victorian Lady I didn't use any make-up just some products to enhance my natural beauty. </div>
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ILike some of you might know I had been not only looking forward to this event since January but also preparing for it since January. So I am extremely happy to finally show you the end result!<br />
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All my inspiration gowns where off-shoulder evening gowns and I made mine so that it would lay on my shoulder. I really hate off-shoulder dresses and I need the bodice to work for a day time event coming up soon. I guess I didn't alter the pattern pieces enough to really make it work. </div>
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I don't have enough time until the next event to take the bodice apart and make the changes. So for I will focus on making a chemisette to fill in the neckline and a pair of sleeves appropriate for daytime. Maybe after I finish that and there is enough time left I'll make a red velvet bolero jacket and wear the skirt with a white lace blouse and jacket instead.</div>
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This French fashion plate from May 1899 is basically the look I was going for with my husbands suit. When I thought of Belle Epoque/Great Gatsby linen summer suits the color that came to mind was white, creme or beige. </div>
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Like this lovely original 1918 creme linen mohair blend suit, that is for sale on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/626482322/xl-1918-gedateerd-creme-linnen-sb?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=edwardian%20men%27s%20suit&ref=sr_gallery-1-26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Etsy</a>, that popped up on my timeline on Facebook when I was working on mine. Serendipity much? </div>
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But my husband isn't someone who like the wear light colors neither am I as a matter of fact. So when I found the blue and gray suits in the French 1899 fashion plate we decided to go for a blue suit and fearing a solid blue suit would be to dull for his liking we decided to try and find a striped blue linen fabric and to avoid the association with pajamas we didn't want the blue to be too light either. While looking we found out that we were also particular about the amount and width of the stripes.</div>
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So finding THE right fabric was easier said than done, especially when you don't have an enormous budget. So we where over the moon when we found this half linnen at a local fabric market and being so happy we finally found something I didnt bother to check what the other fiber was. A decision I came to regret later! When we bought the fabric it felt like the right weight and stiffness for a suit but after washing it. It became soft, stretchy and flowy perfectly right for a lot of things but a suit. Thinking I could always use a fabric stiffner later I decided to start on the trousers.</div>
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Putting together the trousers went pretty smoothly. I had made the same pattern, Laughing Moon #106, California Pants, several times before so no surprises there. The big surprise came when I tried to stiffen the fabric with fabric stiffner spray. It didn't do anything than I tried the stiffner for the washing machine. It did something, but very little and in patches. Only than I tried to find out what the actual fibre content was... it was half linen alright but not a linen cotton blend but a linen viscose blend.</div>
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So I ended up using soft or medium fusible interfacing on all pattern pieces for the vest and the coat and on some of the hottest summer days of this summer. Great, really really great....</div>
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The pattern I used for the coat is Butterick b6503 Men's Single-Breasted lined coat with back vents aka the Fantastic beasts suit pattern or the Peaky Blinders suit pattern, depending on which fandom you are from., team Fantastic Beasts here!</div>
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I will kid you not, making the coat was really tough. Especially putting in the lining was really difficult and in doing so I have made some mistakes that will need correcting later. I was way out of my comfort zone with lots of sewing techniques I had never done before. Fortunately my mother-in-law could explain some for me!</div>
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Before you sew in a lining at the hem it is wise to let the garment hang for at least a week. While the coat was hanging I started on the vest. </div>
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Folkwear #222, Vintage vests version A, was the pattern I used. To save time I skipped making a mock-up version and omitted the two top pockets. I went by measurements on the envelop alone and ended up taking in the whole vest a size or two. Feeling the stress of a rapidly approaching deadline I made some rookie mistakes. Which, as long as I don't point them out to you, won't be visible but as I can't unsee them I will probably end up making a new vest eventually.</div>
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After a long last struggle with the lining of the coat the costume was finished the day before the wedding of our friends around 17.00 pm. Or at least we thought so...</div>
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The hand stitched welts of the vest pockets came undone after putting in the pocket watch and watch chain. So my husband did some emergency repairs on the morning of the wedding but the end result was worth it!</div>
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Eventhough every piece of this costume has to be redone. The trousers have to be (flat)lined to give the fabric more body and stiffness and they have to be taken in as my husband recently lost some weight. I have to make a whole new vest as I switched the front left and right pieces. The lining has to be taken out of the coat and partially replaced and sewn in again I will also add one button. </div>
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For now I am taking a week, maybe two of sewing before I start working on my outfit for our Late Victorian event in December. The outfit still needs a chemisette and sleeves and a winter coat!</div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-53245647007415564742018-09-19T16:16:00.000+02:002018-09-19T19:01:21.161+02:001920's Downton Abbey Garden Party style outfitsSome months ago we were invited to a wedding of friends with a 1920's Downton Abbey Garden party theme. On one hand I was thrilled I love any occasions to dress up especially in a historical outfit. On the other hand I was a little bit scared I wasn't going to make the deadline. It was an era we didn't have in our costume closet and I didn't want to cut corners by buying or renting costumes. The couple getting married are two of the people who inspire me to set the bar high on authenticity and quality. So I wanted us to look really good to honour this fact.<br />
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Last Sunday they got married and my husbands 3 piece suit was finished the day before around 17.00 pm. It was a nerve recking experience but this was the end result.<br />
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As I am not particularly fond of this square lowered waistline style dress chances are I won't be wearing my dress again any time soon and I took that fact in account when I made it. My husbands suit however is a whole different story. It cannot only be worn as a 1920's suit but could also work as a 1890's summer suit. This is the other reason I put so much time, energy, money and affort in it and I think he looks really smart in it!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I would like to make some changes to the costume before he wears it again. The trousers have to be taken in and (flat)lined to stiffen the horrible stretchy and saggy fabric. The linen/viscose mixture was a true nightmare to work with. I only found out it had viscose in it when I had washed the fabric but if we had know on forehand. We would still have bought it, it had the exact look my husband was looking for. Also I would like to make some changes to the vest and the lining of the coat. Eventhough it still needs work we both we really happy with the overall look.</span></div>
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I had purchased a roaring twenties dress pattern <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b6399" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(butterick B6399</a>) but found it needlessly complicated and time consuming. So I used a version of the 1920's one hour dress pattern on-line. I took more than one hour to make the dress but that was due to the lace inserts. The top dress is blue batist cotton with a separate blue silk sash and a (unfortunaly) synthetic lace overlay. Which had been part my stash doing nothing and looked really amazing with this costume so how could I resist. Underneath I am wearing an off-white silk slip dress, which I also made with fabric from my stash. </div>
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My husband his three pieces suit was put together with three separate patterns. The coat has been made with Butterick <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b6503" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">B6503</a> (aka Fantastic beast or Peaky Blinders suit). The vest was made with <a href="https://www.folkwear.com/products/222-vintage-vests?variant=35454321102" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Folkwear #2222, Vintage vests</a> and the trousers were made with Laughing Moon Mercantile #106, Late 19th century California pants. </div>
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What do you do when friends ask you to attend their 1920's themed wedding? First of all I was very touched that we were welcome. Second came excitement for a wonderfull reason to dress up in a nice historical outfit. Third came with doing research and a bit of aprehension. When hearing the 1920's my mind went to Great gatsby style flapper evening wear but the happy couple was looking for a Downton Abbey style garden party. I never watched Downton Abbey, hangs head in shame. Please understand that I live in a male dominated household both of them bored out of their skulls when I only mention costume drama tv series. So I had to start from scratch, luckily for me the bride had made a mood board on pinterest, so that was an easy start.</div>
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Mmmh, I must admit it looks really nice on those ladies but I am not that young anymore nor that thin...</div>
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Being short on time, these two complete outfits where added to my already full costume for-2018-list. I thought it would be wise to buy myself a pattern to save time. <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b6399" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Butterick B6399 </a>looked a lot like the look I am going for so I decided to order it.</div>
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While I was waiting for my pattern to come in, I made the slip dress in off-white dupoin silk, the top of the dress is decorated with a broad band of antique lace. I used the instructions for a <a href="https://freshfrippery.com/2018/02/25/1920s-flapper-dress-and-slip-patterns-and-tutorial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1920's slip dress</a> on the Fresh Frippery blog.</div>
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When it came in I immediately looked at the pattern pieces and the description and decided that both were really to complicated for a dress that was basically a t-tunic. So I used the instructions I found on the Closet Historian blog for the <a href="http://theclosethistorian.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-one-hour-1920s-dress.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">one hour 1920's dress instead</a>. </div>
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Than we had a sort of poll on instagram, (synthetic) lace overlay or no overlay.</div>
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It's al fun and games, that is until your modern sewing machine breaks down and has to be taken to the repair shop. Luckily for me my old Singer 99k came to the rescue!</div>
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Voilà, the finished dress!Still think this is a dress style for younger and thinner women! Not really certain how I feel about wearing it. </div>
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This was by far the largest event we ever attended!</div>
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As the number or participants was also very large we got to see friends we hadn't seen</div>
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When in Holland in the year 1018, dress as a Dutch lady from 1018.</div>
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So my husband made a chair based upon the 11th century chair from Lund, Sweden.</div>
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It's always well organized and it's a great way to meet some of our late medieval friends.</div>
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Most of them we only see here, so I always look forward to it.</div>
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Here I am working on a linen undertunic for a next event in June</div>
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The fire pit was from the museum but we were very grateful for it in the evenings.</div>
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I am still working on the Belle Epoque Evening dress, which is due in October this year. I already have given up the idea of making a day bodice to go with it , which would have been due December this year. The evening ensemble is almost finished, it just needs two hook and eyes and decoration.</div>
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Last but not least, we've have been wanting non-Scandinavian early medieval clothing for quite a while. This year we will be attending the <a href="https://www.vlaardingen1018.nl/" target="_blank">Vlaardingen 1018</a> event, a commemoration of the battle at the dutch town of Vlaardingen in 1018, in June...</div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-12041498204839536312018-04-03T10:35:00.002+02:002018-04-03T10:35:45.352+02:00Belle Epoque Ensemble, part 2. I have been down with the flu for several days now and my frustration levels are going up. The bodice for my Belle Epoque ensemble is nearly done it just needs to be finished. If you follow me on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/medievalwitch74/) you have been able to see the progress I have made but I will share the pictures here as well.<br />
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The boning is in, now I just need to finish the hems and sew in the sleeves. Sewing in the lace was all I could do while having the flu. The rest really will have to wait until I feel well enough. I really love the combination of the green with the white. Still not sure if I am bold enough to decorate the dress. I'm not a frilly kinda girl, bit strange maybe when you are into Victorian costuming, and I love the clean lines of my inspiration pieces.</div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-6786418920525758782018-03-04T19:35:00.000+01:002018-03-04T19:47:31.907+01:00Belle Epoque Ensemble, part 1For as long I can remember I've always loved the jewelery from the Turn of the century/Belle Epoque/Jugendstil. The fashion however beautiful, I think is less becoming for my short and stout build and my age. So I've never really dared to make a Belle Epoque era costume, until now that is! A while ago, quite a while ago as costumes take a long time to plan, I fell in love with Butterick pattern 3716, the Victorian Bridal gown.<br />
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So when I could snatch it up for an afforable price I didn't hesitate. Now I am starting to wonder if it would have been wiser to wait a little londer. Why, you might ask yourself. Well I am still not sure whether or not I am bold enough to wear the leg-o-mutton sleeves, so characteristic for 1890's era. I am tempted to make them a little bit smaller.<br />
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After recieving the pattern I wasn't really happy with the construction of the bodice. So after some consideration I bought Laughing Moon #103, 1890's waist with four bodice and five sleeve options. Not only is this pattern more versatile but the construction is far more historically accurate.<br />
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With the pattern pieces for the skirt I encountered the same problem. Something that I did anticipate when I bought the pattern but I had hoped that it would be easy to work around them. The biggest issues with it? The skirt has a zipper and no walking or short train option. I think I am spoiled by all the great historical patterns available. The long train was taking up more fabric than I had and the pattern pieces were to wide for my fabric.</div>
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The easiest option would have been to purchase Laughing Moon #101 1890's Five gore skirt and I would have if I hadn't been flat broke.</div>
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The line drawing on the back of envelop reminded me of another pattern. One that I did own already, the Folkwear #209 Walking skirt. Which has a walking skirt length and a short train length.</div>
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And then I got a chance to buy McCalls 7732 by the talented Angela Clayton, which is also from the 1890's era. The hasn't arrived yet but maybe I will be using elements of this pattern like the belt, undershirt or coat for this ensemble.</div>
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I cut the skirt the exact length of the pattern pieces. The bottom of the skirt ended up on the floor. I added a wide hem of different fabric to keep the skirt as long as possible. I am going to wear it at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342470836211163/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Salon de la Societe raffinee</a>, so it will be part of an elegant evening ensemble. </div>
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Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-43285744669854059842018-02-28T12:10:00.001+01:002018-02-28T12:10:34.749+01:00For the love of the Muff (part 3)When I made my first muff in 2006, there were not many patterns available and very little information on the internet. I made a muff and cape set from an old faux fur coat from my husbands maternal grandmother.<br />
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Some years later, after purchasing this vintage/antique muff, I gave the cape and the muff to a friend.<br />
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When friends gave me a vintage 1950's/1960's polar fox stole (without head) I immediately knew I wanted to turn it into a white muff. To go with this jacket and hat! Although my trusty black muff looks quite well as well!<br />
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"<i>...I have some muffs from this period and they are made thus:<br />Make 2 tubes of muslin cut about 13/14" x21", one should be about 2" less<br />than the other.Stitch one end together and make a 3/4" chenille for elastic,<br />and fill with feathers (or you may opt for heavy poly quilt filler)Stitch<br />the open end; make a chenille as in the other end .<br />(you may wish to sew satin facings of about 6" oh each end of the inner bag<br />as the lining might show.<br />Cut and thread 2 pieces of elastic about 10" in the ends<br />Make a second (well, third) tube of fur, chenille, or other fabric of your<br />choice about 1" less than the tube already assembled, and cover the inner<br />piece.<br />Add a handle on one end, of silk braid or rope.<br />Embellish with tassels to taste...</i>"</blockquote>
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I did make some small changes when I made my second muff. For the first I used heavy poly quilt filler. To make this muff a little more historically accurate I used kapoc, a natural plant fibre. Which was oftend used in pillows and muffs. It has the added bonus that is not only more historically accurate but also warmer! </div>
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The tubes where made from scraps of white cotton. The invisible one is striped, the visible one a nice satin weave.</div>
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I also decided to add a pocket. I had no idea how to do it and I am really bad at just winging it. So I decided to call in the cavalry in the shape of a workbook by Historical Sewing, <a href="http://historicalsewing.com/faux-fur-muff-pattern" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Faux Fur Muff pattern.</a> I was very easy to follow and had very clear instructions, if you are thinking of make your own muff this would be a wise investment.<br />
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After putting the lining together it looked like this, in front of the lining is the polar fox fur.<br />
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My new white muff turned out a little bigger than my vintage/antique black one. Although I suspect most of it is due to the fur being longer!<br />
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All in all it took about a week to complete this project and I am really happy with how it turned out!<br />
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Why the pocket in the muff, you might ask. It can be used for a wallet or a mobile phone but I use it to hold a hand/muff warmer.<br />
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My very small collection of vintage and antique muff warmers (small hot water bottles).</div>
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Unfortunately only one of them still works! The copper muff warmer leaks and the antique pewter muff warmer doesn't open anymore. And as hot water is in short supply at most of my Victorian themed events, I cheat and use a modern zippo handwarmer, which stays warm for 12 hours. This type of handwarmer was invented in 1923. </div>
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Not just hot water bottles were used in the Victorian and Edwardianera but also small charcoal burners, like these:</div>
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So Ladies no need for cold hands, let's keep them warm in style!</div>
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Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-15697149864026118742018-02-20T10:21:00.001+01:002018-02-22T08:45:39.259+01:00For the love of the Muff! (part 2)The previous post has been all about the size of the muff and the eye candy in the shape of fashion plates. I choose to use fashion plates instead of pictures of antique muffs because it's much easier to see the size of the muff. However there are such wonderful orginal nineteenth century muffs out there, that I can't resist the urge to show some of them.<br />
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Muff are still quite easy to buy here in the Netherlands. There are usually some for sale on Marktplaats and they are still being sold at antique and collectors fair. Even after looking at a whole lot of images I find it hard to distinguish the vintage from the antiques. Muffs stayed in fashion untill the 1950's/1960's and I suspect most muffs you can find are from that era. Having said that, there are some real gems out there, like these two currently sold at Marktplaats. They look like the real deal to me but I lack the knowledge to be sure. I escpecially like the fact that they both still have their original boxes.</div>
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If you want a muff buying is not your only option! There are lots of tutorials on how to make a (faux) fur muff. And if you don't want a fur muff you can also crochet or knit one!</div>
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And if you are interested be sure to read <a href="http://koshka-the-cat.blogspot.nl/2014/12/a-knitted-muff-from-1847.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A knitted muff from 1847</a> from the blog The Fashionable Past. </div>
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<br />Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-6830090880499539812018-02-15T10:01:00.002+01:002018-02-15T10:09:45.000+01:00For the love of the Muff! (part 1)Ever since I can remember I have loved the idea of owning and using a muff. I blame the Quality street tins my mother and grandmother owned for this. Actually I blame them for my entire obsession with costumes from the Victorian era.<br />
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This is not mine, I have two of them but both ended up in a box in the attic after we moved, but this is one of the two version we had when I was little. The picture of a lady with a muff was on the side if I remember correctly. I really want to know but I am not to fond of the ladder leading up to the attic and besides that I wouldn't know in whcih box they ended up...<br />
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**Cue hours a me looking on the internet looking for the right version, seeing all the other wonderful Quality street tins and wanting to have them all.**<br />
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I mean it is hard to resist these beauties!<br />
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Okay, getting back to the original topic which is Victorian Muffs and not Quality Street tins and where to find them... (or how to collect them all!)<br />
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In Regency times the muff tend to be quite large. Although smaller ones were used as well.<br />
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Around 1840-1845 the muff became the size I prefer, big enough to cover both hand when they are laid on top of each other and the wrists. Pretty, functional and most important manageble. It seems that the ladies from the Victorian era had the same preference because it stayed this size untill the Edwardian era, when the muff encreased in size again.<br />
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Now that I had established that the size I wanted to make was in use for most of the nineteenth centuries I have in my historical wardrobe. It was time to figure out how to make one! But as this is quite a long post, with lots of eye candy, already. I'll write about it in the next blog.<br />
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Please note that I have been looking for documentation for the size, shape and sort muff I was planning to make. There are many more historically authentic styles and size. So if you want to make something else, don't be put off and do some research. You'll find that a lot is possible!Estherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446829525620488300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703014154969944770.post-580306355235301942018-02-02T11:39:00.000+01:002018-02-02T12:25:54.150+01:00Sewing roll, sewing rollup or hussif/huswif/housewifI often spend January and February working on small projects, finishing ufo's or doing some crochet. After all the stress in December trying to finish my costume in time. I feel entitled to some time off but I am to restless to do nothing, this year is no different. First off I finished the lace cap I had started working on at an event in December. My second project was a making myself another sewing roll. I had made several sewing rolls last year to give as gifts to friends for Christmas.<br />
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They where made with pretty fabric and a pattern by Merchant and Mills. Running out of time, as always, I made myself a simple version of natural colored linnen and cotton. Functional but not spectacular.<br />
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One of my friends had also made a sewing roll and when I saw hers I absolutely loved it. It was made with a whole lot a small quilting fabrics and the construction she had just made up herself. Being the sweatheart she is for christmas she gave me a package with some small squares of quilting fabric, some embriodery designs and her sewing roll to copy! I hadn't done cross stitch embriodery in twenty years so it was quite a challenge. With her help and inspiration I made this and I am really happy with the end result.<br />
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Place of Origin: United States, North America</div>
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Date: 1795-1820</div>
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Materials: Cotton; Wool; Silk</div>
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1816 sewing rollup of housewif</div>
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Silk Roll-up with seam covering embroidery</div>
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Up untill now I have only shown you sewing rolls on which our versions are based upon. Here are some other variaties!</div>
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An early 19th century American Canvaswork Sewing Case Pocketbook</div>
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Pocketbook pattern from Godey's Lady's book 1862</div>
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On the subjects of UFO's I today I finally finished my crochet christmas blanket after working on it on and off for over two years!<br />
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