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Make an Easy Victorian Costume Dress with a Skirt and Blouse Civil Dresses, 1800s Dresses, Colonial Costume, Pioneer Costume, Civil Dress, Pioneer Dress, Colonial Dress, Victorian Costume, Old Fashion Dresses

Over the years, I have received several requests for how to easily make a ladies' Victorian costume. Usually, the need is for a school play or one-time event such as Halloween, so the budget is very small. The least expensive ready made Victorian dress costumes cost at least $100 or more when you start adding

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Blue Linen Gown | 1770 - 1790 - Samson Historical Colonial Dress American, 18th Century Fashion Women, 18th Century Dress Pattern, 18th Century Working Woman, 1770s Dress, Colonial Fashion, Colonial Woman, 1700s Fashion, 1780s Fashion

The most common garment for women in the colonies and Early America would have been a simple linen gown. Linen is a fabric that was affordable and accessible for everyone in lower and working classes. The gown is the typical garment seen in artwork and descriptions of the time. This particular style has the elegance of clean lines and carefully laid pleats. This blends with the functionality of the pinning front closure, which makes it adjustable for weight fluctuation, and the 3/4 sleeve…

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Colonial Dress Pattern, Colonial Dress, 18th Century Dress, 18th Century Costume, 18th Century Clothing, Bonnet Cap, Century Dress, Costume Sewing Patterns, 18th Century Fashion

Lately I've had to make the leap in time from colonial fashion to early 19th-century fashion in the new novel I'm writing. Believe me, it's a tricky transition! Though Regency era clothing is lovely in some respects, my heart has always been at home with 18th-century fashions. My love affair with colonial dress began early. When I was a girl, my Kentucky granny sewed me a linen costume much like these above, complete with ivory apron, cap, and fichu, only my dress was burgundy. I loved it…

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