Spring Sewing

Past two months I´ve been sewing miscellaneous items: historical, vintage and modern. So, here´s what I´ve been up to :)

Historical:

1850s Victorian skirt sewn in cotton broderie anglaise with scallop edge. The skirt has cartridge pleats hand-sewn to waistband. My own pattern.

Detail of the scalloped edge.

Victorian chemise with crochet yoke. I used 1,5 mm hook and thin cotton crochet yarn for crochet yoke. Chemise is sewn in cotton voile. Hem is embellished with lace trim.

Detail of crochet yoke. Pattern for the yoke is from the book Hurmaavat Pitsit.

I finally made the Edwardian Parasol! The pattern is from the book Making Edwardian Costumes for Woman. It has been a fun project thou a bit laborious. One advice, add a few centimeters to the height of your triangle because the parasol will stretch it to extreme. Also buy extra lace trim, 14 meters wasn´t enough! 

Detail of machine embroidered satin ribbon. 

Top view of opened parasol.

Bottom view of opened parasol. I sanded the parasol frame and lacquered it with mahogany lacquer. I wanted it to be darker. :)

Vintage:

1940s men´s shirt. Shirt has Marvel´s Hydra patch on the left arm and colors (green and yellow) were inspired by the uniform of the original Hydra soldiers in the comic books. 

1950s skirt with large front pockets made of cotton shirting fabric. The pattern is from Burda 6/2015 magazine.

Modern:

Lace jackets for summer for my dear friend. I drafted the pattern from the garment she brought with her and wasn´t satisfied with. I made all the necessary adjustments of coarse. ;)

And I liked the outcome so much that I made a couple of jackets for myself as well... 

Bat-wing top with split sleeves. The pattern is from Burda 5/2016 magazine. Top is sewn in lightweight jersey fabric.

Patchwork & Quilting Projects

 Hello again!

I didn´t get to write any post last two months although I sewed and knitted and crocheted most of the time. I´ll try to update the projects gradually. :)

 

Glove bag I made from 1850s Victorian dress fabric remnant and machine embroidery panel. Purple bias binding and white lace trim are also remnants from other projects.

Machine embroidered flower and birds. I used Metler PolySheen and viscose machine embroidery threads (Coats Doli & Anchor Alcazar).

Lace Bobbin Bag #1. 

Lace Bobbin Bag #2 with some antique english style bobbins from England. I replaced all the beads as the wire was all rusty.

Lace Bobbin Bags closed with satin ribbon.

Embroidery Sampler. Embroidery samplers were hugely popular in 19th century and I figured why not assemble my own from my samplers from school. All samplers were embroidered by hand by me in 2000, my first year in the Art School. Then they were stored in passepartout in a folder and forgotten for 16 years... Until I took them out and made this wall hanging out of them.

Detail of sampler I. and II. Decorative stitching around samplers is done on a machine.

Detail of sampler III., IV. and V.

Detail of sampler VI. and VII.

Detail of sampler VIII. and IX.