Category Archives: Ethereal Seamstress

Ethereal Seamstress runs Feb-March 2021

Issues Overcome

Posted on March 18, 2021 by I Sew T-Tunics

This is the first garment which I’ve made a pattern for. Help was given by Lord Bartholomew Sharpe. I’m very happy I remembered which piece to cut in half and which NOT to cut on the fold. I was considering … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2021 – Adulting is Hard ….

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Fallon's Folly

My apologies for not posting this last week. I had hoped that by ignoring a specific medical issue it would somehow just go away …. but with my background in Biology I really should have know better. Oh well – … Continue reading →

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under the weather

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Eleanor Mac Congail

sorry all I have been dealing with my spring cold and don’t have anything to show or post about today. I will do a double post over the weekend. Eleanor

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Gown is (almost) Finished

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Anne Ridley

The past few days I have been working on the sleeves and finishing up the rest of the gown. I have it pretty much done. All I have left now is the trim on the skirt and the lacing on … Continue reading →

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3.18 Bit by Bit

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Monday, 3/15:     More embroidery. Finally finished with the white shirt and moving on to other parts. I’ve started the taf’ja embroidery, copying a chaplet from the traceable heraldry series. Not 100% accurate but my own heraldry has a chaplet of … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Carmelina Fauteux

I have been working hard on documentation, embroidery, and weaving. Here are some pictures of my weaving. Shawl 1, to small, shawl 2 I am happy with

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The Underdress!

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Ciara McRobbie

What’s so exciting about an underdress? Keyhole neckline, extra-long sleeves to ruche up, ankle length w/ wide gores for fullness, no big deal right? Wrong, and it’s all St Hugo’s fault! See, a couple years ago, I came across this … Continue reading →

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Golden (C-S-R) Sewers – The hat begins to take shape.

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Golden Covid-stress-relief Sewers

Aimée is working on the hat. We have decided that the hat consists of three layers: a truncated henin, a veil, and a transparent cap. We are still working on our options for the veil. The picture has it in … Continue reading →

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Golden (C-S-R) Sewers – update on construction

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Golden Covid-stress-relief Sewers

Still working to get the bodice fitting right. I’m getting pretty close. (I look haggard! Oh well.) The neckline of the chemise has gotten its detailing. Two mm, black silk, gros grain ribbon was pulled through on a yarn needle. … Continue reading →

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Golden (C-R-S) the hat

Posted on March 17, 2021 by Golden Covid-stress-relief Sewers

I think I’ve found the cloth needed for the starched headdress – Dhaka muslin. Unfortunately, the plant and the techniques are extinct. I doubt I could afford it anyway. In the Regency period, “a yard of Dhaka muslin fetched prices … Continue reading →

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