Category: Modern

A bit of a skirt

10. February 201620. November 2017 Maren SofieLeave a comment

I like skirts. I like dresses too, but skirts are so simple to sew, and can be used with everything. I wear them on top of dresses, with blouses, sweaters, T-shirts and a cardigal... So I thought I'd teach you the simplest way of making a skirt. This is the most useful skirt. It can… Continue reading A bit of a skirt

We’ve come full circle!

1950s · Modern · Tutorial

We’ve come full circle!

1. February 201620. November 2017 Maren Sofie3 Comments

I love the circle skirt. It should be on the curriculum of every school, it is the best combination of maths, arts and crafts and history ever! Did you know that the circle skirt, which was important to Christian Dior's "New Look" from 1947, was so provocative and problematic in the 1950s that Queen Elizabeth… Continue reading We’ve come full circle!

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Day 9 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume challenge is #details ! I love details, but sometimes, I rush things and don’t pay attention to them. Such as when I ordered a sari off of eBay for an Indian inspired bustle gown. I received it, unpacked it, cut it and sewed it up. And then realised the sari fabric was covered with tiny little swastikas... a detail I probably should have noticed earlier. Oh well. They say details are where the devil lies, after all.

Day 8 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume challenge (and I am now finally up to date!) is #last and so here is a picture of the last costume I wore (albeit an old photo, by @bjornshh )! This black woollen dress made from a late #1930s pattern is not only super warm and comfy, but also really elegant ❤️

Day 7 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume challenge is #first 😁 I always try to start, whether it is a project or an outfit or a character, with underwear. That’s almost always my first. This spring I made some elegant Edwardian underwear; combinations, corset, corset cover and petticoat 😍

Day 6 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume challenge is #inside 😊 I love making pretty insides on garments. Here is an example of the guts of the early medieval hangerock I made this summer. I find stitching down the seams especially important when making hand sewn, unlined garments, to keep them from pulling and fraying. The stitch in the last image is called “Ösenstitch”, and has been found on Viking era garment fragments.

Day 5 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume is #outside. I haven’t made a lot of outerwear, as I mainly wear my costumes indoors or in summer, but I made this 1850s coat a couple of years ago, and I have worn it so much! It is grey wool lined with cotton, and based on a Marcella archery jacket from 1855, currently in the collections of the #museumoflondon ❤️ (images: @museumoflondon and @artfluffer )

A bit behind schedule, but day 4 of @redthreaded ‘s #fallforcostume is #victorian and so I thought I should share a picture of when I got to portray my Victorian #girlcrush Dagny Juel ❤️ She was a musician, poet, writer, bohemian, literary curator and #feminist (of sorts), who lived on her own terms and died because she didn’t want to live on men’s terms. #dagnyjuel #dagnyjuelprzybyszewska