Historical Sewing

It’s been nearly six months in the making. At least… on the current journey. You see, recently I moved back to my hometown after “traveling the world” (i.e. living in various places aroun...

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Sleeves seem to be that *thing * that bothers a lot of dressmakers, costumers and sew-ers. The term “sleev-evils” has been tossed around for a while now. But I don’t want you to think of sl...

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Ahh… sleeves. The bane of nearly every historical costumer. Aren’t we glad we only have two arms! Ever work yourself into a frenzy just trying to get your sleeves right so you can at least *m...

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I’ve received emails and comments regarding my previous post on closing the Old Petticoat Shop (read the post here) and wanted to clarify that news. The Old Petticoat Shop (link to closing sale...

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After a wonderful seven years, I’ve decided to close the online store Old Petticoat Shop. One large reason being that a large pattern line we carried moved into offering only digital PDF patter...

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This post was first published in November 2017. With all the crazy happenings of 2020 and 2021 within our community I thought it good to take a look at this topic again. Being perfect. What does ...

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You might have wondered where I’ve been…. Noticeably absent on social media and here on the blog (but for a couple of posts) in the last year.  Well, I’m still around! And yes, continuing ...

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If you’ve dabbled even a little in Regency and Edwardian costuming, you’ve more than likely come across the Sensibility Patterns site with lovely sewing patterns and blog posts to inspire the...

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