Health & Fitness
Sewing Historical Costume
My first foray into sewing, costuming and historical re-enacting as an adult.
So my very first foray into historical costuming was in 1989-1990 when I met a girl in my history class that dressed up for fun! While I can't remember specifics. We used historical patterns to make drawers, chemise, corset and shirt. We made FROM SCRATCH WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS hoop skirts, ruffled petticoats a la Scarlett and skirts...
The photos is of me at the Goodman musesum during the spring.
The skirt and top are made out of a very thin fabric (almost lawn). The chemise and drawers were made of muslin. The corset was made out of duck. The ruffled petticoat was made out of old sheets...
I also remember wearing this dress at a reenactment... There was a Civil War POW camp near where I grew up and while its a long story - I had family incarcerated there. So I was asked to "come visit papa" and bring him blankets and food... (I don't know who the actor was - but he totally liked the fried chicken I brought him in the basket.)
