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1920s Floral Hand-Painted Dress With DIY Tape Lace Yoke
If you read my blog regularly, you know that this is already my third hand-painted 1920s dress! I made my 1920s dress inspired by an antique 1920s floral chiffon dress. And I also made the DIY tape...
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Free Crochet Sole Pattern – Video Tutorial – Adult Size
This is my free crochet sole pattern for DIY shoes from scratch like DIY espadrilles and DIY sandals. The DIY crochet sole pattern is adult size and easily adjustable to other sizes. I made a video...
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How To Make DIY Espadrilles From Scratch
Learn how to make cute & comfy espadrilles with DIY jute crochet soles & vegetable-tanned leather soles from scratch! All you need for these DIY espadrille shoes are natural materials: You...
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Edwardian Gold Thread Crochet Flower – Tutorial
Make elegant thread crochet fuchsia flowers by following an original tutorial from the Edwardian era (1910)! Metallic thread crochet ornaments ‘are distinctly attractive and artistic, and can be...
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Edwardian Winter Accessories: Faux Fur Hat, Muff & Crochet Boa
Because I had various fabric scraps left over from other sewing projects, I made some Edwardian winter accessories. I made an Edwardian muff and Edwardian faux fur winter hat with various faux fur and...
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Edwardian Blue Wool Coat With Faux Fur
My Edwardian wool coat aka the never-ending coat is finally, finally finished! I call it the never-ending coat because everything went wrong with this coat what could possibly go wrong! That’s why it...
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Edwardian Braided Jacket
I love braided jackets! A couple of years ago I made an Edwardian braided cycling jacket with DIY black fabric soutache. And now I’ve made another Edwardian braided jacket – this time with gold...
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The Edwardian Motoring Girl
‘This season’s auto girl is a bewitching creature. She has discarded the clumsy leather coat and disfiguring face mask and in their place for short rides she wears a fetching silken wrap and a filmy...
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Staycation In The Edwardian Era
‘In July, when all the world and his wife are supposed to be on holiday, there must always be a certain proportion of people who have to stay at home. When others are holidaying in quiet country...
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50 Tips On How To Darn & Mend Your Clothes – Historical Sewing
Learn how to darn and mend your clothes like in the Edwardian era! 50+ tips on how to darn, mend, patch and refashion your clothes. In the Edwardian era, clothing and household items were repaired,...
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Edwardian Lingerie Dress
‘Time to think of the cool, sweet mornings and their gowns of crisp figured lawn; time to think of the drowsy afternoons with their hammock dresses of voile taffeta, mull and batiste; time to think of...
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How To: Modern To 1890s Sweater – Refashion Video Tutorial
If you love the look of late Victorian and Edwardian sweaters, but don’t want to knit a whole sweater with those big leg-o’-mutton sleeves: here’s my tutorial on how to turn a modern into an...
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Edwardian Plaid Walking Skirt – From 1.5m Fabric
For my Edwardian plaid walking skirt I only had a limited amount of fabric: only 1.5 meter by 1.5 meters! For Edwardian skirts you usually need way more fabric! 4 meters of fabric are usually not...
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8 Patterns – Easy Shibori Tie Dye Folding Techniques
Shibori is an ancient Japanese resist dye technique. You fold the fabric or clothing into patterns. Then secure it with string or rubber bands and dye it – usually blue with indigo. Related: How To...
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18th Century Leather Stays
18th Century Linen Stays I was surprised to find out that leather stays were often worn by poor and working class women in the 18th century. I thought that leather would’ve been too expensive for lower...
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Victorian Stockings With Replaceable Soles
Victorian stockings worn with my Edwardian Plaid Wool Skirt Unlike today, clothing in the past was made to last. So I was intrigued when I found a pattern for knit stockings with replaceable soles from...
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How To Make A Handwoven Corset Top
I had yarn left over from another project. And I was wondering what to make with the yarn: So I made another handwoven corset top! I’ve already made two handwoven corset tops and a handwoven fit and...
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7 DIY Edwardian Sweaters – Refashion, Knit & Crochet
I love late Victorian and Edwardian sweaters! Over the years I’ve made various Edwardian-style sweaters: some are refashioned from modern sweaters and some are hand-knitted and crocheted. Below are 7...
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Corset Models – Secrets Of Edwardian Photography
As you probably know, photographs – even portrait photos of ordinary people – were heavily retouched in the Edwardian era. But I didn’t expect that fashion advertisements in the Edwardian era were...
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Edwardian Straight-Front Linen Corset
Because I didn’t like how my last Edwardian coutil corset turned out, I made another one. But this time, I used linen blend coutil fabric from Italy which is even more expensive than traditional...
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