Tag: millinery
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Time Traveling | Edwardian Era circa 1903
I’ve fallen down another rabbit hole. I really didn’t intend to do any new eras this year, but somehow I landed right at the turn of the century in the Edwardian era. As I make my way through time and historical dress, I’ve come to appreciate silhouettes I was never initially drawn to. Regency didn’t…
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Jessica Sews | Upcycled Swiss Dot + Refashioned Levis
When it comes to my sewing projects, I usually finish them within a couple of days of starting. If it gets set aside for too long, it becomes lost in the abyss/I feel guilty and hide it with other fabric. These jeans were just about to meet the same fate until I found myself nearly…
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Jessica Sews | Overalls Hack with Dawn Jeans
On to the next piece of my capsule wardrobe – my high waisted overalls! I had originally wanted to make the bib overall version of this pattern, but… I lost it! In a fervor to make something, I ordered the Megan Nielsen Dawn Jean as a pdf I could print at home. In the course…
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Jessica Sews | Beach Comber Blouse + Dawn Jeans
Greetings friends! I wish I could say we’re still in sunny Florida, but we’ve traded sand castles for snowmen back in Indiana. It’s coming down right now as I write this, so I’ll just transport myself back to ocean breezes and beach combing with my kids. For this trip, I made all my clothes. Ha!…
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Time Traveling | Making My Blue Brain Hat
I love hats! Especially the fancy, floral, floofy numbers from bygone ears. For a large part of history, women wouldn’t leave the house without a chapeau! For my 1780s look, I decided to work with a straw hat I had in my stash. Once upon a time I thought I might have a go as…
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Time Traveling | 1780s Italian Gown
Ta da! Here’s a look at my completed 1780s Italian Gown that I’ve sewn for an event later this month. It was a complicated project – from making historical undergarments like a linen shift, stays, petticoats and bum rolls, to the finishing touches like a silk neck scarf, sheer cotton apron and hand made brain…