Edwardian skirt

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For my Edwardian plaid walking skirt with button closure & velvet piping I only had a limited amount of fabric: only 1.5 meter by 1.5 meters!

This is already my 7th short Edwardian walking skirt! I made the Edwardian tailored wool walking skirt as historically correct as possible.

In 2008, my friend Sarah had a dress up opportunity at work and she asked me to take part. It was so hard to convince me! Anyway, the theme was 1905 so I decided it was time to finally make a lingerie blouse. The blouse is cotton batiste with miles of lace insertion (all from Farmhouse Fabrics), and was so much fun to make. It closes up the back with machine (they're period!) buttonholes on the fabric and loops made of buttonhole stitch on the lace collar. The hat is the Lynn McMasters round…

Delineator 1893 gored princess skirt

Good honks. I now remember why I hate working with linen. It is a colossal pain in the neck! You look at it and it wrinkles just because it can. But....I finally got the skirt completed and I will grudgingly admit that it looks really good in its linen-y self. I purchased the fabric at a local thrift store and after a burn test, touch test and a comparative test, concluded that it was indeed linen. However, it was a shocking, in your face, BAZOOKA! bubblegum pink color! I thought that RIT…

White linen blouse and gray wool skirt, 1900s. From the collections of the Charleston Museum

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