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Custom-Made Historical Clothing for Women and Children . $35. per hour for hand sewing and $25. per hour for machine sewing, plus materials.
I generally purchase reproduction fabric for custom orders from www.reproductionfabric.com, please check their web site to see what colors and designs of fabric are available for specific time periods. |
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1860’s Woman’s Paletot
This is a wonderful classic woman’s paletot, dating to the 1860’s. I sewed this paletot primarily using a sewing machine, as was the original garment it is based on. It has hand-sewn finishes, and hand-covered buttons. Available in heavyweight linen or lightweight wool.
Equally wonderful worn over reenactment crinolines and skirts, or your favorite blue jeans.
Your purchase of this paletot includes my cost of buying a pattern in your size from patternmaker Kay Fig. It is her pattern; you will be hiring me to be your dressmaker and paying for materials.
To order this jacket custom made in your size, please specify your exact measurements. For reenactment wear, measurements should be taken when you are wearing appropriate undergarments (i.e. stays, crinoline and petticoats). You may specify your fabric color. The original was made of black wool.
Units: each
Approximate Shipping Time:
6-8 weeks
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Custom-Made Historical Clothing for Women and Children
I am happy to provide a free, detailed estimate for custom-made garments. Please enter the details of the item you would like made below - hand or machine sewing, size, year and other specific design requirements, and fabric type and color.
Visit ReproductionFabrics.com (link provided below) to select fabrics by time periods. Please include their item number with your response.
So I can quote the cost to you, specify the following information after clicking the "Request Quote via Email" link below:
1) Hand or machine sewing
2) Size
3) Year and other specific design requirements
4) Fabric type and color or Reproduction Fabrics item number
link to ReproductionFabrics.com
Approximate Shipping Time:
6-8 weeks
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1790's Open Gown
This gown is made of red/black changeable acetate and lined with linen. The acetate was chosen as a substitute for more costly silk and was used as an example for a teaching lecture. The choice of a substitute fabric was integral to the demonstration.
The gown was sewn by hand using single strands of silk and linen thread. The bodice of the gown is lined in linen. The skirt of the gown was pleated onto the bodice lining and then the outer fabric was stitched in place from the front side of the gown. The bodice has no fasteners and is pinned together or pinned to the wearer’s stays using straight pins. This gown is meant to be worn over a matching petticoat.
The 1790’s gown and matching petticoat are based on a gown worn by Anne Northrop Taylor in her 1796 portrait by Ralph Earl. In order to draft a pattern for this gown, I had to study other portraits from the same geographic location and time period, as well as extant gowns. The original 1830’s gown was remade using the fabric from Taylor’s 1796 gown. I was able to use the actual 1830’s gown to draft a pattern. Both the 1830’s gown and Taylor’s portrait are in the collection of the New Milford, CT Historical Society.
To order this gown custom made in your size please specify your exact measurements. Your measurements should be taken when you are wearing the appropriate under garments (i.e. stays and petticoats) and shoes.
Units: gown and petticoat
Approximate Shipping Time:
6-8 weeks
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1796-1806 Striped Dress
This example has been mainly hand sewn with only the long seam lines sewn on machine.
Total time 15 hours
(14 hours hand stitched, 1 hour machine stitched)
Materials $70
Total Price $560
To order a similar gown in your size, please enter your exact measurements while wearing appropriate undergarments and your fabric preferences below.
Units: each
Approximate Shipping Time:
6-8 weeks
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1830's Silk Gown
This gown is made of changeable red/black silk taffeta (currently known as iridescent taffeta), brown glazed cotton, and linen. It was sewn entirely by hand using single strands of cotton and silk thread. The gown has full gigot sleeves and self covered cording around the neckline, armholes, back opening, front trim, “lapels” and wrists. The “lapels”, which mimic the silhouette of the fashionable 1830’s pelerines, are basted onto the gown and may be removed to achieve an alternate look. The center front bodice trim is also removable. The bodice is lined with linen. The “lapels” and lower half of the skirt are lined in glazed cotton. The gown fastens in the back with seven brass hooks and eyes and has a circumference of 98-¼ inches at the hemline.
This gown is an exact reproduction; it took 18-½ hours to draft and adjust the pattern for the gown. Sixty and ¼ hours are required to cut out and sew the gown.
The 1790’s gown and matching petticoat are based on a gown worn by Anne Northrop Taylor in her 1796 portrait by Ralph Earl. In order to draft a pattern for this gown, I had to study other portraits from the same geographic location and time period, as well as extant gowns. The original 1830’s gown was remade using the fabric from Taylor’s 1796 gown. I was able to use the actual 1830’s gown to draft a pattern. Both the 1830’s gown and Taylor’s portrait are in the collection of the New Milford, CT Historical Society.
To order this gown custom made in your size please specify your exact measurements below. Your measurements should be taken when you are wearing the appropriate under garments (i.e. stays and petticoats) and shoes.
Units: each
Approximate Shipping Time:
8-10 weeks
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1830's Full High Gown
This dress is 59 ¾ inches long and is about a modern woman's size 14. The fabric used is a modern reproduction printed cotton. The fragility of 170 year old fabric, combined with the extreme scarcity of antique material in a large enough quantity, makes it impractical to use period fabrics.
This gown has long, bias cut gigot sleeves that have been cartridge pleated (or gauged). The bodice is fully lined in a contrasting fabric, has dropped shoulders, and the arm holes and neckline have narrow self bias covered piping. The waistline of the gown sits approx. three inches above the wearer’s natural waistline to allow room for multiple petticoats and pockets to be tied on at the waist.
The skirt of this dress is made up of five cartridge pleated panels, with a hemmed slit in the seam line of one of the front panels to allow access to a separate pocket, which would be worn under the dress and over the petticoats. The skirt is finished with a broad false hem in the same contrasting fabric as the bodice lining. The back of the bodice and the waistband are closed with large antique brass hooks and thread loops.
This dress was sewn entirely by hand using a single strand of waxed cotton thread. A pelerine would have typically been worn over this gown. Seven and 3/8 yards of fabric are required for the dress, plus 1-¼ yards for the lining and 1 yard for the false hem. It took 23 hours to complete.
You may buy this specific dress or custom order in your size in a different fabric of your choice. Please provide your exact measurements and fabric preferences below. Your measurements should be taken when you are wearing the appropriate under garments (i.e. stays and petticoats) and shoes.
Units: each
Approximate Shipping Time:
6-8 weeks for custom, immediate for in-stock gown
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