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Make it stand out Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s), Free West Indian Dominicans, ca. 1770, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.74 Public Domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630462132785-F8OFQF6CXCYU0SAR1DWP/ycba_68918cb7-f4ac-464e-8ce3-e164d7001ae6.jpg Hand Sewn Linen Apron - Make it stand out Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British, after Michel Vincent Brandoin, 1733–1807, Swiss, Published by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794, British, and John Smith of Cheapside, active ca. 1750–1789, British, A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek, 1772, Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.11105 Public Domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630461556445-WK7DM3VZM0I1LCZE9Q0E/ycba_91d81841-2859-4699-8b8d-2c35590ec0ce.jpg Hand Sewn Linen Apron - Make it stand out Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British, after Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797, British, Published by Carington Bowles, 1724–1793, British, Published by Robert Wilkinson, 1758–1825, British, The Pretty Maid with Her Apron Before the Candle, 1770, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.12026 Public Domain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630461800027-DF6OT3V3ENUFXKI3NTZY/ycba_5b7a945e-9677-4a3b-961f-9c6d7d92ddd4.jpg Hand Sewn Linen Apron - Make it stand out unknown artist, A Country Woman, undated, Watercolor and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper on contemporary mount, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1975.4.46 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630456279121-XVKXTBN1WE130SBA77SF/DSC01876.JPG Hand Sewn Linen Apron - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630697953609-DYO25JNEGOI8RSVAB0CY/DSC02001.JPG Hand Sewn Linen Apron - 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I had 1 yard and played around with folding it so that the straight of grain went down the body and the grain line going around the body. I decided to have the selvedge run around the hemline and have the grain go across the body. This meant the body would be full and the hem would hit at hip level. I decided to cut off 4” (10 cm) of width to use for ties if I wanted them later on. To minimize waist I embraced the drop shoulder and the fullness of the body. The shoulder is on the fold with two sides seams. The cut dimensions of the body when laid flat are 32” (80 cm) wide by 23” (57.5 cm) long. I was inspired by the neckline of shifts for the neckline. The neck line was cut down 5.5” (13.75 cm) on the front neck and .5” (1.25 cm) for the back neck. The opening was cut at 8.5” (21.25 cm). The arm openings are 9” (22.5 cm) deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/76806a07-9711-48c7-8d42-f000ce77ee73/IMG_8369.jpg Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out This white linen tunic was designed with the width of the fabric in mind. The fabric from selvedge to selvedge is 56” wide (140 cm). The tunic is cut with one side seam and a fold where a side seam would be. The shoulders are seamed together over the shoulder. Taking into consideration the widest part of my body is 47” (117.5 cm) this gave me 11” (27.5 cm) of ease and meant the finished width would be 27.5” (82.5 cm) when laid flat. Thinking of the finished width was important because that dictated how far off the shoulder the fabric would hit or how much of a drop sleeve I would have. Since my shoulders from outer shoulder to outer shoulder measure 17” (42.5 cm) that gave about a 5 inch (12.5 cm) sleeve. I only had 1 yard of the material and realized I could incorporate the selvedges into the design to maximize the width. Even though I had 36” (90cm) in length I cut the length of the body at 30” (76” cm) because that was how long I wanted it to be. The width of the body is 27.5” (82.5 cm). The arm openings are 8.5” (21.5 cm) deep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/68c59737-a3e5-4796-b02f-eee229b58dd4/IMG_0554.jpg Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out This pink and white striped top was designed based on the amount of fabric I had left over from a project. It turned out I had enough for it to be a closer fitting top. This, in turn, dictated the length of the top. Because it is closely fitted the width of the tunic would not go over my hips and therefore ended up ending at my upper hip. The width of the body when laid flat is 22” (55cm) and the length is 18.5” (46.25 cm). I chose a v-neck because I think that is flattering for my face. The neck dimension is 8.5” (21.25 cm) wide with the front neck opening is cut 6” (15 cm) deep and the back neck opening is cut 1.5” (3.75 cm) deep. I free-hand drew the rounded-v-neck. The shoulder is on the fold with two sides seams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/fc882bce-cb5a-48a8-bed7-2f97fc19b7c4/Tunic+Measurement+Guide.jpg Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/05e35e20-e669-4a56-8d1d-283fffdda3ad/DSC02212.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/85705459-4b52-42ff-9df0-c9ef67feaca9/DSC02268.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/36bfdc45-b09c-4bd9-bdc6-abe5282e5e96/DSC02250.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7d2c3c8c-138f-415b-b7bd-93088af0b7cb/DSC02256.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/00bab557-575a-4dc9-a79e-d13c2de5d26e/DSC02262.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/96aeaa57-e1fc-4c21-9bd7-d814746ece41/Pink+front.jpg Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Hemmed with a 1/8” (3mm) hem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/8a7e80fe-7c67-4110-8471-01cd9f91113a/DSC02477.JPG Hand-Sewn Tunic - Make it stand out Closed selvedge used as the hem. https://www.sewncompany.com/handsewn-shirt-techniques daily 0.75 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/c817dca1-f81c-4acc-bcdf-977a0fa35ce9/Buttonhole+on+cuff.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6801d212-32f2-4293-9198-523b2bc35739/DSC01394.JPG Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/84aaff14-8477-499a-98bc-187466bc926f/DSC00081.JPG Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/23e63f21-a39b-4e59-b001-86bfea3a9d8f/DSC01425.JPG Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6150721c-f7f9-4e0d-b249-2d77bf14b56f/Original+Marking.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Historical shirt with cross-stitch marking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/caade29e-000e-4374-9b6a-95e4bf9d0e26/SEW+marking+.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Cross-stitch marking I start in the video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6150721c-f7f9-4e0d-b249-2d77bf14b56f/Original+Marking.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out The original re-enforcement on the historical shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/caade29e-000e-4374-9b6a-95e4bf9d0e26/SEW+marking+.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out The re-enforcement stitch I do in the video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6150721c-f7f9-4e0d-b249-2d77bf14b56f/Original+Marking.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/c817dca1-f81c-4acc-bcdf-977a0fa35ce9/Buttonhole+on+cuff.jpg Hand-Sewn Historical Shirt Finishing Techniques - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sewncompany.com/handrolled-hems daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/89cbb492-52db-4da5-ba6a-f12fab0eeac9/Pocket+square.jpg Hand-Rolled Hems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/8a9fd918-c60e-4be9-b00c-36db9ae43241/Rolled+hem+corner.jpg Hand-Rolled Hems - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sewncompany.com/hand-sewing-tips daily 0.75 2022-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d456a97d-14b4-404d-8627-8f491644b6e0/Rolled+hem.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/74dc53a7-9da9-4cde-9bfa-d5df867f4655/Rolled+hem+amount.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/da4d15aa-05fc-4e84-9e24-f994ffea5da5/Rolled+hem+in+process.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/aab1e4f4-8e09-40c4-8f44-97dffa7bdd2d/tempImageB8pafq.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out I am using a lace designed for insertion. The two selvedges are finished and are straight. I pinned the lace on outside of the cotton organdy, making sure the right side of lace is facing up. Notice how the lace is follow the grain line of the fabric. The edges of the lace are parallel to the edges of the grain line of the textile. I pinned the lace to the fabric perpendicular to the lace using very sharp dressmakers pins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6a420639-4b58-4c2a-b454-e6566a9d6eb4/tempImageoviYA7.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out I used a felling stitch to sew down the lace. Stitching with Gutermann silk thread I stitched the loops of the edge of the lace’s selvedge to the fabric about 8-10 stitches to the inch. I pinned, then sewed, then I positioned my next piece of lace across the section I was working. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/5a743b54-caef-47bd-bc0f-4d797114db22/tempImagePybQDU.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Once I was done sewing all my lace down I turned the work over and took my small embroidery scissors and carefully cut the cotton organdy spacing my cut mid-way between the selvedges of the lace. (ONLY the cotton!! do not cut the lace!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7936b78f-e382-4c7e-8273-d241cd3790a9/tempImage460lLR.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out I opened up the raw edges from the backside of the work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/a76706f9-8c04-475a-95d1-5b92747c5233/tempImaget2dMUw.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out I folded the raw edges of the cut edge up once and then up a second time and felled the folded edge down using a felling stitch. I did about 8-10 stitches per inch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/3c126e67-998d-4e8a-9ff3-7c0baa793a71/tempImageZNPIFM.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Finished insertion from the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/70aa6570-eada-4017-8a08-b12e84468e9c/tempImageZao9Ao.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Finished insertion from the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/4570ca4b-4aef-4960-a0c6-a0af6637c197/tempImageeYV038.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out All insertion in cap! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/3ee8f1b5-3150-4a1e-a181-965e74c5a95a/tempImageIYqueD.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out To “true” up the top of your fabric: lay the textile out on a large surface with the messy edge parallel to the edge. The frayed edge is parallel with the “weft” or “cross-grain” of your textile. The straight edge of fabric that has a finished edge is called the “selvedge.” The selvedge runs parallel with what is called the “straight-of-grain.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/97dc9d3c-6ae7-4fc3-8b09-c7a5a70f604b/tempImagewo1HFK.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Carefully study the top of your fabric. Notice how it is not straight, it is curvy or almost like a stair-step. This is because weft yarns have pulled out of the weave structure in different sections. Notice in the image above how there is more fabric towards the top and less fabric towards where I began cutting. This is because more weft yarns have been pulled out closure to where I started cutting. You want to begin cutting and pulling a thread on the side of the selvedge that the most weft yarns have been removed. When you cut and remove a weft thread you do not want to hit a section that the weft threads have already been removed. To begin: Use your dressmakers shears to cut perpendicular into the selvedge. Try to cut between two yarns along the weft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d7b4d3b5-4b81-45de-88f8-a051acfdc2e0/tempImage8gT1Cf.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Pull the cut section apart. A weft thread should pull out of the weave structure. This weft thread is now your best friend. This is the thread you will remove from across the weft. If a weft thread does not easily dislodge from the fabric, use a pin to gently pull it out of the weave structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/aff029a5-3d07-4f25-99f4-7bf36fb98365/tempImagefPTPMN.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Hold the base of the weft thread that is still in the textile with your non-dominant hand and gently pull the loose weft thread with your dominant hand. The fabric will likely start to pucker as seen in the image above. Use your non-dominant hand to push that puckering across the weft. It is likely at some point the weft thread you are removing is going to break. Great! Pull that out. Note: if the weft is being ornery grab a pin and use the tip of the pin to carefully dip the tip under the yarn and pull it up and away from you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/a6d94149-ce1a-49bf-9347-6953eff9f77b/tempImagexsx3D1.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Notice above how the weft yarn has been removed from the fabric. It creates a small voided space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7fce8d38-8b86-419d-8dfe-5b6d6ec67081/tempImagekda1Hz.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Grab your dressmakers shears and cut along this voided space until you get to the point where the yarn is still in the weft. When you get to this point you will cut very carefully in-between the weft thread you are removing and yarn next to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/9c37867d-6fd2-4ff7-8139-5e32aae11a85/tempImageSHdLsp.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Then coax your weft thread out of the weave structure with a pin. Pull it (or keep using the pin to pull it up and out) again like you did before. Repeat this process of pulling the yarn out and cutting along the voided space until you get across the entire width of the fabric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2b08895c-1f18-440e-9dea-0dc6fc5da786/tempImageAqRosB.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Look at this beautiful straight edge! Now you can confidently measure down into the fabric using this top edge knowing it is “true” or straight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2ed06ec3-f4ed-4e3e-83f9-2ce422d1251c/IMG_6412+2.JPG Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Once the top of the fabric is “true” you can cut out your garment. I do this by measuring along the warp and across the weft to create different rectangular or square shapes depending on the garment. This image shows me pulling a thread from the warp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d9cc46f4-819d-491e-b962-8c1a83641816/tempImaged9fKfX.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out This is a pocket I cut out using the pulling thread technique. I measured up and over to remove the warp and weft threads. Then I cut out this rectangular shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/09d6c381-9f42-4e5d-8f7b-2be65e8956d5/IMG_6858+3.JPG Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out I pulled threads before I hemmed this section. You can see how the folded hem is straight along the grain line. When you pull a thread you can trust the cut edge is straight so you can precisely fold a small hem and trust the width of the fold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7077a4fb-cbd9-4a75-89a3-67ab299a63c7/tempImageg3Rw8S.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/a1d6638e-fb9c-4ac6-81dc-b76e7b267c10/Embroidery+Size+3-2.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/52fd0936-bc5d-4dc2-b76c-7b1feddc9f20/outside+FF+seam+chemise.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 19thc. French chemise flat-felled side seam (outside). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ba9b4671-63e1-4647-b1dd-193ffb5c9332/inside+FF+seam+chemise.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 19thc. French chemise flat-felled side seam (inside). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/dea842bc-cf8d-4383-8971-96c448f7452e/tempImagexjNY4E.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 1.Pin RIGHT SIDES together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/cb82f533-e2c0-4302-b894-2160335d6b30/tempImage3XrE0T.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 2. From the INSIDE baste the raw edges for the side seam back 1 cm or 3/8” between the hem and the sleeve opening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2375c9dd-aadc-44c6-bba4-4f3b191f750b/tempImagedChG7F.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 3. Whipstitch seam from the INSIDE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/8d9d3903-174f-408d-97b6-92ac59792551/tempImagequ4iQw.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 4. Take out basting and press the seam allowances in the same direction away from the body of the garment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/b82d6bcd-ce83-4b3f-9eb5-44b5da63b2d5/tempImagewI4NWd.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 5. Trim the only top seam allowance down to half the width. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/e44e286d-3331-4c32-92bf-9f2af2d6a3ec/tempImageyolrZa.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 6. Baste the non-trimmed side over top of the trimmed seam allowance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/58bf3733-3fe3-417b-8a6e-13f0ce03aa2e/tempImageDe5bzu.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 7. Open your seam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/70dca70b-b87d-4391-ac76-fb1358500ff0/tempImagepJrFO1.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make it stand out 8. Fell the fold over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1576447208951-5K6LO8JDIS9KG6BZQ5Q6/IMG_1536.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Running Stitch Applications for Hand sewing PDF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/e6c8a7df-8a9c-4e4a-8c00-ec586226cff2/tempImageppI2Gg.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - The Work-woman’s Guide by A Lady, 1838. 19th-century sewing manual punished in London. It was one of the first how-to sewing books published in English. The book starts with hand-sewing methods. Also includes construction descriptions and hand-drawn cutting diagrams for different garments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/543c3e18-b4e5-4b10-bad0-5252ab463180/IMG_0975.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Home Dressmaking: A Complete Guide to Household Sewing By Annie E.Myers, 1892. Late 19th-century sewing manual from the US that discusses sewing methods and hand-sewing techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/4f173bf3-5861-4a67-979f-049dfec1f15a/80AA2170-77D6-4BEC-B425-37688F870667.jpeg Hand-Sewing Tips - School needlework: a course of study in sewing designed for use in schools.By Olive C. Hapgood, 1892 Thanks to K for the suggestion. This has fantastic and clear hand drawn diagrams for hand-sewing instruction. Great section on tool selection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/03ec8373-de72-425c-9a7f-961d84d9b27e/tempImageufcAHr.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Any Older sewing books! Typically sewing guides published in the early 20th century or before have a good section on hand-sewing technique. This one is from 1927. Get them from yard sales, Ebay, Etsy, cozy used book shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/3fe38ee4-1f3c-4c8f-8546-03dbe1f76c6a/tempImageHw3Vre.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - The Lady’s Guide to plain Sewing. By Kathleen Kannik, Book I,1996 Book II,1997. Two small but mighty guides that provide hand-drawn illustrations for a variety of hand-sewing construction techniques. The author is active in the 18th and early-19th-century Midwestern reenactment circles so wrote this book with living historians in mind. However the techniques really apply to anyone interested in hand sewing. Well researched, easy to follow written instructions. However drawn diagrams only show one step. Has a very helpful bibliography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d70410a9-4638-4296-b51d-076240b10817/tempImageb5FX4W.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - The Geometry of Hand-Sewing By Natalie Chanin, 2017. A variety of hand-stitching techniques for construction and decoration. Written for knitwear in mind but also useful on wovens. The author runs the clothing line Alabama Chanin and The School of Making. Great resource for organic jersey and knitwear hand-sewing kits. Simplifies techniques with geometric diagrams and includes templates. Easy to follow illustrations and inspiring color photos of applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/946bb06c-10e4-4747-8e45-f89a7d9b0e2f/tempImageEWXEyF.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Hand Sewing Stitch for Garment Construction. By Mathew Gnagy, 2020. A guide book solely focused on hand-sewing construction methods. Author’s background is in Spanish tailoring from the 16th and 17th centuries which informs the tools and techniques taught in the book. Good close up colored photos of techniques. Includes several 16th-century projects as well as jeans and a hoodie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/dafdf765-452e-44ad-ac1b-fc9e085070a3/tempImageKgbHGA.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Hand Sewing Clothing: A Guide. By Louisa Owen Sonstroem, 2020. A comprehensive and accessible hand-sewing reference guide intended for all readers. The author begins the book with essays to contextualize the benefits of hand sewing, slow fashion, the speed of hand sewing, sustainability and circular design. There is a robust section on different stitching methods with hand-drawn illustrations with companion descriptions. And an inspiring section with examples and stories of hand-sewn clothing the author has made. It is finished off with a helpful glossary, resources and reference list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/999d6758-8949-46b2-8227-a7c784598f75/FC51EDC0-355C-49B1-8A7D-22EDA431DC3C.jpeg Hand-Sewing Tips - Hand-Sewing Stitch Guide. By Fibr&Cloth Studio with Illustrations by Louisa Owen Sonstroem, 2021. A very helpful, easy-to-follow reference guide for the modern hand-sewist with drawn illustrations. Includes basic stitches and construction techniques. Intended to compliment Fibr&Cloth Studio’s hand sewing kits and digital patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1b4b9d05-fc28-49c1-97b6-9796729c2c71/tempImageAKAVwv.jpg Hand-Sewing Tips - Make Sew and Mend, by Bernadette Banner, 2022. Hand-sewing reference book designed to embrace slow fashion through teaching basic hand-stitches, applied techniques and wardrobe maintenance with inspiration from the late 19th century. Author is a well-known YouTuber from NYC, now based in London with a background in late 19th-century dress recreation. Author spends time talking about fabrics and tools. The instruction section includes some original garments from the 19th century. The instructions are step-by-step color pictures with text. Good essays in between each chapter to bring in sewing and style voices who have different identities from the author. https://www.sewncompany.com/handsewncap daily 0.75 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1609708443212-GVP0HOP1M9EU93QWDKA0/IMG_5100.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Sarah Woodyard wears a French nightcap the style we will make in this class. She is stitching on a Quaker cap. Photo: Fred Blystone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/45575525-5a38-4feb-a9c2-52c47592cb0a/Cap+sections_Page_1.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out French nightcap laying flat on table with sections labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1630698066082-LAQBXBWSGCW93CXVJ8J4/ycba_0113af59-23c8-4efc-a541-3b71eb2e47c3.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Many women from the African Diaspora wore head wraps for fashion and protection. Some wore caps and others left their hair uncovered. In this image you can see how a French nightcap is worn underneath a head wrap. Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s), Free West Indian Dominicans, ca. 1770, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1981.25.74 Public Domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d9222dfb-f3fd-437f-a3f1-5bd7971cef6d/Autumn+British+Museum.jpeg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out This image shows two different styles of a “French nightcap.” The one we are making is based on the woman in the bottom left. Note how depending on fabric and decoration it can go from simple, pretty and practical to something more ostentatious. Autumn. C. 1778/79. British. Accession number 148219001© The Trustees of the British Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587828135879-6BFE36TKLSECGVPSDFPY/7204A1EB-6066-45A0-B06A-ADB7B4767CAD.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Detail: whip gathering for border aka ruffle with hemmed band behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2f5be25d-56f3-4368-9292-d9411b6e306d/DSC02862.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Cut out pieces of “French night cap.” Upper left: Caul. Right: Two bands. Bottom left: Two borders aka ruffles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2f5be25d-56f3-4368-9292-d9411b6e306d/DSC02862.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/25350e51-399f-41f3-8f12-07f0430d042f/Cap+Cutting+Diagram+_Page_1.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/a6592b1f-58ce-4797-a2c0-ec6a600ae45f/DSC02856.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Caul and band paper pattern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/45575525-5a38-4feb-a9c2-52c47592cb0a/Cap+sections_Page_1.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out This shows the different pieces of the cap and how they together. The band is shaped to give a nice curved towards the face. This was the style in “French night caps” c. 1775-1800. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1609708443212-GVP0HOP1M9EU93QWDKA0/IMG_5100.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out You can see in this image how the caul goes over top of the hair from the crown of the head to the hair line. The band is made of two pieces that in total measure the distance from about mid-ear up and over the crown of the head to mid-ear (like a headband). The ruffle is double the length of the band around the section it is stitched. Photo: Fred Blystone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/25350e51-399f-41f3-8f12-07f0430d042f/Cap+Cutting+Diagram+_Page_1.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/08c14dd7-b6aa-47ef-b355-86abb80ebb27/DSC02871.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/5313034c-e62b-42ee-81b4-2eb9910b9155/DSC02872.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6a5201b5-2e0d-4682-b391-ce1400be175c/DSC02874.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out You will hem two bands with a finished 1/8”/ 4mm hem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/538ab17a-956a-44fe-b396-b03db856bb75/DSC02881.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Hemming seen from the outside or “wrong side” of the band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ed3eccd5-e84e-485e-b248-58184c6c005f/DSC02876.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Hemming towards the inside of the band or “wrong side.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/f7fff3cf-1262-4deb-967b-6dbbba9bd27d/DSC02890.JPG Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/68cde36a-bd0d-4035-bd90-2e36c9247f77/DSC02906.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Detail: caul drawstring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ba682313-d76e-4efa-99ae-4c655425fbb0/DSC02915.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Band/Borders attached to the caul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d9dbc843-e21f-4f05-a4c9-fd319132dd64/DSC02913.jpg Hand-Sewn French Nightcap c. 1775-1800 - Make it stand out Whip-stitching the caul to the border/bands. https://www.sewncompany.com/handsewn-history daily 0.75 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1636126335449-AXUWHNNOO00AVD94P4A9/IMG_1329.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/2b4b0d8f-505b-43cc-81cf-11271a191957/m.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/5ba24042-74c3-4479-a32a-c110520956ce/the_washington_family_1940.1.2.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Edward Savage (American, 1761-1817), The Washington Family, 1789-1796, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, Open Access Image Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1940.1.2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/fd531ad0-e041-4a0c-927f-ad95eb5a8f1e/24.430_CP4-2.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Shirt with bosom ruffles. Metropolitan Museums of Art, Shirt, 1790, 2009.300.62. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/a63910ae-9ba2-4709-9c73-231a389dc095/Cap+sections_Page_1.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Cap with caul, band and border labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/c77204bd-d873-40d9-b8ce-9393ff00e0d3/+Cap%2C+Courtesy+of+the+Mount+Vernon+Ladies%E2%80%99+Association+%28W-608%29.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Caul attachment to headpiece detail. Cap, Courtesy of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (W-608). Photograph by Sarah Woodyard©. (For more images of this cap go to my thesis here pp. 127, 131, 132 ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/bf024351-a891-4e97-aa3f-3bbca564646d/the_washington_family_1940.1.2.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out (Detail) Edward Savage (American, 1761-1817), The Washington Family, 1789-1796, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, Open Access Image Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1940.1.2). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587828135879-6BFE36TKLSECGVPSDFPY/7204A1EB-6066-45A0-B06A-ADB7B4767CAD.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail of whip gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/33f49a49-a3b9-4ab9-a017-b30f49f628af/tempImagekoKiVm.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Susan Winchester, ca.1817 by Ralph EW Earl, Cragfont. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/df89fb0f-f97b-4faf-ba04-8c4260ffb623/tempImageGCDAuV.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail: Susan Winchester, ca.1817 by Ralph EW Earl, Cragfont. https://www.historiccastaliansprings.org/cragfont Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/dc8d1e9f-2008-4546-b649-00bd055b7bca/tempImageRFfV28.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail: Workwoman’s Guide. p.124 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7993a4bf-7189-4c7e-b8fa-d71c48bb229a/tempImage0CKj30.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail: Workwoman’s Guide. p.125. Instructions on how to pattern out the Morning Cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ab9ca3a5-3609-46f9-8692-2b3079ac070d/tempImagee8cUhB.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Pattern drafting shapes. You are looking at the side of the cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/44a98045-b490-45df-a06f-5148736b7877/tempImageOctXtl.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Body and crown of cap. This is the cap folded over the top of the head. The face opening is on the left side, the neck is the bottom, the center back is the angled portion to the right and the crown is the curve that connects the top of the head to the center back. The circle is the crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ded62e0b-61e6-433f-b892-b068cf1c1a9c/tempImageGON5pK.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Pinning lace to the cotton organdy. For full lace insertion tutorial go here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/6a420639-4b58-4c2a-b454-e6566a9d6eb4/tempImageoviYA7.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Each strip of lace is carefully measurement and then felled down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/28e207fb-9bd6-43ed-93cb-b36d18e2e2a1/tempImagefaZ9gf.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out All the pieces of lace felled into place. This oddly looks like a yoke for a bodice. To orient you: the top of the head is the shortest piece of lace. The u-shape is where the crown will be inserted. The soft curve that is parallel to the bottom of the image is the face opening laid flat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/cfc8fd04-6739-4a5b-8ea3-2f32123e97f6/tempImageDdH0cX.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detailed view of felling back the cotton for insertion. Here is the tutorial for lace insertion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/50d8a2c2-8efa-4502-bb41-704896f81ff9/tempImageu5FK1y.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out I used these vintage needles. For a lot of garment construction I like to use a sharps because they are a little longer but for this project I needed a slightly shorter needle. A between/quilters needle was the perfect length. I ended up using 3 needles. It was important with the lace and fine fabric the needles were always very sharp. I used a size 8-10 in this pack of antique needles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/4570ca4b-4aef-4960-a0c6-a0af6637c197/tempImageeYV038.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Once the lace was inserted I hemmed all the way around the body of the cap at about 1/8”/ 4mm. I did not hem the curve because the center back seam had more lace to be stitched to it and the crown section was going to be whip-gathered in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/59fc8fe6-b14f-4f49-b136-d15343eec3ec/tempImageUQnpLP.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out I hemmed the circle. While I am very happy with how the lace insertion came out, I am the most proud of this tiny little circle. Hemming on the bias is extremely difficult and I was very pleased with this result. I used a tiny running stitch and you can see how I pulled the running stitch a little bit around the curves to ease in the bias. I used this technique because I have seen small running stitches used like this to control the bias on antique caps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/7632b252-c9ce-422c-ba04-1ec31d4b982d/tempImagelkUWMz.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail of the circle set into the crown. I whip-gathering the curve at the the back to gather it to the right dimension of the circle and then whipped the circle to the gathers. The line of lace you see extending down from the circle is a piece of lace I attached at the center back to close off the crown. I chose to put this lace at the center back because I have seen this done on antique caps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1d8ac45b-72c7-476c-a96b-4d683863d5ce/tempImagewE7hI7.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Inside of crown whip-gathered into place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/604a6092-e1e8-4f31-95bb-8b9135013820/tempImageV5QPOC.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Body of cap finished! Next was attaching the borders (ruffles) to the front of the cap and around the bottom. And the pleated trim around the crown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/8d6bf5cf-21a6-4644-8eab-f42184725676/tempImageNwvDMk.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out This is the finished cap with all the borders and trim added. You can see the amount of fabric that was gathered across the front of the cap. What I do not have pictures of are the yards and yards of rolled hems I did for the borders. The front of the cap has a border that was made with 90” / 225 cm piece of fabric that was folded over on itself to make a double ruffle. So that is 180” / 450 cm of rolled hems on that border alone. The folded section was then whip-gathered to the front of the cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/da7d943d-f79a-4ea4-81a6-f3f2ac312242/tempImageYuprOD.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail of the border whip-gathered around the bottom of the cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/742b0289-e0a3-4114-9ce8-898aab12edb7/tempImagevs6xWW.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Detail of the pleated trim going around the crown. I used knife pleats and topstitched them down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/051dc45b-0271-4a32-8a70-33439b8599c7/tempImage77Dtzo.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Center back of the cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ccd37fb3-b9e9-46e3-b00d-2f12a4f215a9/tempImageoJer27.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Top and front of the cap. If you ever make a cap you have to put ribbon on it. That is something people often forget. However most caps had some form of ribbon decoration. Notice the saw-tooth edging. This is seen in the portrait and is seen in Western fashion in the 18th and 19th centuries on edges of ribbons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/09aec908-e756-4c6e-ad8f-d7a7750f017e/tempImageIaXxZ5.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Maggie with her ribbon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/8d6bf5cf-21a6-4644-8eab-f42184725676/tempImageNwvDMk.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/df89fb0f-f97b-4faf-ba04-8c4260ffb623/tempImageGCDAuV.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/445cabdb-b1a6-4f76-b098-21bd92978436/DSC01255.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out A shirt cut out on the worktable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1f7c97c0-2a98-42c9-b808-9f4e73b4eacb/DSC00021.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/4399499b-5865-4376-90e8-d964939232c0/tempImageUbW9zH.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Plate 17. The Workwoman’s Guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ee49430a-68da-4af9-a493-884023d21e46/DSC00059.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/c817dca1-f81c-4acc-bcdf-977a0fa35ce9/Buttonhole+on+cuff.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1635261789702-Q2DYA5IMT0I9IL85DI8I/felled+seam+backstitch.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/d9c67374-9155-481d-98a9-4aa8e25d0eb1/DSC00109.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/ea5d4c76-e32d-46e4-a12e-42f80c159f2d/DSC00047.JPG Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/cfc0c388-2b10-4dcd-a0f4-685283d0647d/Sarah+MM+chintz.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Photo: Fred Blystone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/dab47386-e2eb-48c8-8ce7-ee7949cdfa53/The+Book+of+Trades%2C+23+Oct.+1804+-+Ladies+Dress+Maker+-+anoniem+%E2%80%94+Google+Arts+%26+Culture.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out The Book of Trades, October 23, 1804 / Ladies Dress Maker. Google Arts & Culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/35bb5007-2c9a-449a-9de9-45f54469843d/M.+Brodie+bold+Virginia+Gazette++Purdie+and+Dixon-+Oct.+24%2C+1771+%E2%80%93+pg.+2.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Virginia Gazette. Purdie and Dixon. October 24, 1771. pg. 2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/619ef16d-4f17-48f2-8db5-d0255190b8cc/Lining.jpg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Linen lining of a gown. The two outer sections are the two front bodices and the middle section is the back bodice. The straps are the shoulder straps and they will be fit to the back bodice to create the armhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/9e5d0fcc-611a-406f-8ec0-593a9077ddee/02A5A72C-8145-4B4D-8AE9-4C85CAA343D9.jpeg Hand-Sewn History - Make it stand out Aislinn’s work gown. This is made out of a striped linen and lined with a checked linen. 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Patterned using existing gown as a guide and stitched by Sarah Woodyard. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587841176893-L552W6AMHB384X5O9NKT/IMG_0359.jpg Portfolio - Detail: Embroidery of Re-created Shawl c.1800. Silk embroidered shawl for the historic site Montpelier. Drawn by Kelly Mann, hand embroidery by Sarah Woodyard for Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587839584930-A1BG3ZLKNZDOU5P4JFTC/IMG_1329.JPG Portfolio - Detail: Cap Ruffle c. 1777. Patterned and stitched by Sarah Woodyard. Stitched for Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587846602128-LXIWNSPYWNME2VTFU4IP/A2E55881-BB20-48C2-97A4-09877C5BD99F.jpeg Portfolio - Back: Reproduction Gown c. 1796. Gown copied from an extant gown in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg’s collections accession number 2007.104.1. Reproduction project undertook for Dr. Anne Bissonnette at the University of Alberta. Sarah Woodyard patterned, recreated the style and journaled the process. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587831000672-D6T27Q1LF57O9N5PKJ40/C347087F-A8EE-459B-A59F-582C36BC9F81_1_201_a.jpeg Portfolio - Detail: Wristband of Re-created Shift c.1780. Hand-stitched eighteenth-century shift based on shift c.1780 held in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg’s collections accession number 1990-7. Stitched at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Click here to view the original shift. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587846734485-X5BI8A6LH3ONKTXYFS03/04203ADA-57AD-4943-A0AD-EB341D4AD133.jpeg Portfolio - Detail: Reproduction Quaker Cap. c. 1790-1820. Sarah Woodyard reproduced a Quaker cap in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg’s collections accession number 2009-43,8. Click here to view original cap. Stitched at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587849120534-4Q97NQM2C0LD4485LPHO/A318904A-439C-4DCC-BF72-B1DD7D292A05.JPG Portfolio - Cutting and Fitting Using an 18th-century Method. Sarah Woodyard was trained in the method of the eighteenth-century mantua-maker. She cuts the pattern around the customer’s form. This bodice lining was for her final apprenticeship project recreating the print “A Morning Ramble or The Milliners Shop.” Click to view print. Created at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Fred Blystone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587844732427-MBECPC7G4CUW4HO21MJ5/1472859_10103609954159789_845843536_n+copy.jpg Portfolio - Outfit from 'Morning Ramble' c.1782. Sarah Woodyard patterned all the garments seen in this outfit and oversaw the hand stitching. This is one figure from her final apprenticeship project to recreate the female images in the 1782 print “A Morning Ramble or The Milliners Shop.” Click here to view original print. Created at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587830992877-REVGJ5UUPOLMPDUBAF4X/3D770C50-5A1A-4C12-A3E6-F14963BD58CA.jpeg Portfolio - Recreated "Morning Ramble" Print. Sarah Woodyard researched and lead the recreation of the female figures clothing in the 1782 print “A Morning Ramble or The Milliners Shop” as the culminating project to complete her apprenticeship at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Click here to view original print. Photo: Susan Holloway Scott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587904945561-0LA8ERO4QENJPO8VNQDH/53611_499815823371593_94833427_o.jpg Portfolio - Gown for Blacksmith c. 1777. Yes women were blacksmiths in the eighteenth century and they needed clothing to help them work. Sarah Woodyard patterned and hand-stitched this linen gown for a blacksmith at Colonial Williamsburg to making sure she had full range of motion. Created at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587839590530-LEKP38G7VZSX9VG2JFTI/IMG_5539.JPG Portfolio - 18th-century Great Coat. Sarah Woodyard and Michael Ramsey hand-stitched this great coat for a private customer. Created at Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587836266030-V0TIL6QTDHMFB16DQKMB/IMG_8529.jpeg Portfolio - Worsted Gown for Wheelwright Sarah Woodyard cut, fit and hand-stitched this worsted gown for tradeswoman’s needs: range of motion and warmth. Using eighteeth-century mantua-making techniques. Created at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Aaron Walker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587837216647-UJEKJI2KM63K5W982Q99/92C00C7D-4FFB-4F01-9D50-27367D5B1CF3.jpeg Portfolio - Two Quaker Figures. Sarah Woodyard acted as forewoman to design and recreate two Quaker women’s figures for the Museum of the American Revolution. She lead a team of Janea Whitacre and Abby Cox at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop to fit and stitch these garments. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587841200259-5Q00AHMZFYXX48M8AW1R/IMG_0361+2.jpg Portfolio - Re-created Silk Embroidered Shawl c.1800. Silk embroidered shawl for the historic site Montpelier. Displayed in Nelly Madison’s room. Based on a portrait of Nelly Madison. Drawn by Kelly Mann, hand embroidery by Sarah Woodyard. Created at Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587838319290-5GI314MAY6YIX9YU3I18/sarah+threads.jpg Portfolio - Gown for 'Threads of Feeling' Exhibit. Sarah Woodyard cut, fit and hand-stitched this linen gown c.1740s for a mannequin placed in traveling exhibit, “Threads of Feeling.” Exhibit curated by John Styles and mounted at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Created at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop. Photo: Abby Cox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587842339413-XY44UANCJZZ4C5C0VU1U/IMG_0912.JPG Portfolio - Hand-sewn Wool Jacket. Wool jacket, hand-stitched with contrasting silk thread. Sarah Woodyard used eighteenth-century bedgown cutting and stitching methods to create this modern jacket. Created at Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587841868303-W7W34HR097UHJFCA3D5I/IMG_0897.JPG Portfolio - Hand-sewn Linen Dress. Linen dress, hand-stitched with contrasting linen thread. Sarah Woodyard cut this dress using eighteenth-century short-gown cutting and sewing methods. Created at Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587837306018-CMNDI3Y8JRL0FXZNH412/B20D98E6-80DC-4F38-98F4-044853352CB9.jpeg Portfolio - Hand-sewn Linen Apron. Hand-stitched linen apron. Sarah Woodyard used eighteenth-century sewing techniques to create this modern apron. Created at Sewn Company. Photo: Sarah Woodyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d0a94565e831600018233b7/1587847052237-WUNUW9FAE1OU9DD7OI5F/IMG_0915.JPG Portfolio - Detail: Hand-sewn Wool Jacket. Detail of silk top-stitching on front of wool jacket. Created at Sewn Company. 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