The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #7: 19th century Turban

 

For July challenge I decided to make turban matching to this my regency dress:

 

Stockings

My first experience of making stockings. I made two pairs for my husband.

Men's 18th century outfit

That's my first experience of making 18th century men's outfit and men's outfit in general. So that was really a challenge!

As for women's outfit I used guidance from:
http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/i_herstellung.shtml

136 hours of work for shirt, cravat, stockings, breeches, waistcoat and coat (justaucorps).

And as for women's outfit I'm really proud of the result:)

18th century stays and robe à la française

That's my first and the only for the moment 18th century dress. I used guidance from:
http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/i_herstellung.shtml

That was very long (about 135 hours for stays, chemise, under-petticoat, visible petticoat, stomacher and the robe itself) and expensive project, and totally unknown for me period. I'm really proud of the result:)

Rococo photoshoot

I want to share beautiful rococo photoshoot that was made last August.

Photos:  http://frozen-photo.com

Costumes for me and my husband I made myself. More costume details you can find here:
http://nataliassewing.blogspot.com/2015/07/18th-century-stays-and-robe-la-francaise.html
http://nataliassewing.blogspot.com/2015/07/mens-18th-century-outfit.html

1860s Mourning photoshoot

I want to share more photos of my 1860s Mourning dress from this post:
http://nataliassewing.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-historical-sew-monthly-2015-4-1860s.html

Photos by Natalia Kryzhevich: https://vk.com/clubnatalkaoris
Place: Reitans' manor house and chapel-tomb (Belarus)

 

1950s spirit: Two-sided reversible coat

I want to share this two-sided reversible coat which I made in March and which was inspired by 1950s fashion and Dior look.

 

The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #5: Divided riding skirt/ Cross-saddle riding skirt with apron front

Here is my challenge for May.

What the item is (and what practical things you can do in it): Divided riding skirt/ Cross-saddle riding skirt with apron front

 

Lovely Irina in her skirt

The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #4: 1860s Mourning dress and bonnet

The Challenge for April is War & Peace.

What the item is (and how it is a product of war or a lengthy period of peace): 1860s Mourning dress and bonnet.
 

The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #3: handbag from the stash

The Historical sewing challenge for March is Stashbusting: Make something using only fabric, patterns, trims & notions that you already have in stash.

I have great amount of stashed fabric (I wish this challenge will be repeated each year:), but there was not enough time for anything considerable this month. So I decided to make handbag matching to my spencer that I made in 2012.

Kilt

Some photos of the kilt which I made in February: pleated to the sett, knife pleating.

The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #2: Blue corset (1864)

I'm extremely late with my February Historical sewing challenge which is Colour Challenge Blue: Make an item that features blue, in any shade from azure to zaffre.

The Historical Sew Monthly 2015 #1: men corset/ body belt

This year I've decided to participate in The Historical Sew Monthly 2015. You can read about it here: http://thedreamstress.com/the-historical-sew-monthly-2015/

And probably it's time to start blogging about my sewing experiments, historical and not only.

The challenge for January is Foundations: make something that is the foundation of a period outfit.

I decided to make men corset/ body belt for my husband for the first half of the 19^th century. I've found very few sources about this period men corsets, some of them very dubious, but there are two which seem rather true-to-fact to me:

http://brightonmuseum-regencyreproductions.blogspot.com/

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/proddir/prod/496/13/

I used pattern from the second source: body belt from which belonged to Thomas John Chew (1825-1830), USS Constitution Museum Collection. Museum item:

This is the result: