My most recent new garment is Simplicity 1353, a dress by Leanne Marshall, Project Runway winner. I picked up the pattern some time ago, before I'd made the decision to radically change my wardrobe habits - it just seemed pretty and impractical and good for some kind of fancy occasion. Much more recently, I picked … Continue reading Simplicity 1353
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Scaling Up Patterns: A Guide (HSM #6)
It was hard for me to figure out what to write for "Out of Your Comfort Zone". My comfort zone is pretty wide, and what's outside of it - the later twentieth century - is also outside of the limits of the Historical Sew Monthly. So I tried to think more broadly about what I'm … Continue reading Scaling Up Patterns: A Guide (HSM #6)
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 5e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1536 Coiffure from Iphigénie en Tauride Hat à la Pennsylvania or the New Clarisse* Hat à la Zinsarra Riding hat * Probably a reference to Dereste's Emilie, ou, la Nouvelle Clarisse or a different version of the same story Hat à l'économie du Siècle Hat à la Printemps Hat à la Grenade or the Glorious Destiny Hat … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 4e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1535 Coiffure à la Rethel-mazarin* Coiffure à la Villers Coiffure à la Veuve de Malabar** Coiffure à la Cleophile * The duchy of Rethel became the duchy of Mazarin in 1663 ** A tragedy by Antoine-Marin Lemierre originally of 1770 Coiffure à la Fleuricourt Coiffure of Venus's cape Coiffure à la Montmédy Coiffure … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 3e Figure
Boston MFA 44.1534 Coiffure à la Jeannette Coiffure à la Jamaique Coiffure with large Curls with a Hat decorated with flowers Coiffure à l'Enfance Negligé Cap Pouf of a new taste called à la Stradre* Reversed tapet surmounted by a Pouf with box pleats, pearls, and two Tassels called à la Couronne Coiffure in rolled and … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 39e Cahier, 3e Figure
Mimic of Modes 