Week 2 of my #28DaysOfHistoricalDressbfocused on the Edwardian era. I’ve dabbled in Edwardian when I would do victorian (I’m not a stickler about keeping things 100% historically accurate), but didn’t realize just how much I would love it.
For the week, I made 2 new velvet walking skirts and 3 dip waist belts, while working on some other projects. The skirts, once I had the pattern drafted (I watched the tutorial video by Pocket full of Posies on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mhSTqUVGp2s ), were fairly easy to sew since it’s all pretty much straight seams. Truth be told, it took a longer time doing measurements and drawing out the pattern pieces on paper, cutting, pinning, etc.
And of course, having the amazing Camille boots by American duchess pulled the entire week of looks together. So let me stop yapping and show you want to see!
This week will be week 3, and I’m doing 18th century. I sewed a shift, a pair of pockets (FINALLY!) and a petticoat to go with my short gown. However, as habit would be-I *thought* that I recorded the process of making my pockets, but alas, I did not. So here are some pictures instead:
I plan on doing either regency or 1920s for week for. I currently have quite a few flapper dresses, but I know that I would need daytime dresses anyway. So I’m gonna give that one hour 1920s dress a try!
Happy sewing & costuming!
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