Next weekend is our annual Ladies' Tea Guild annual retreat, and I am in a hurry to finish a big-brimmed Edwardian hat for the occasion....

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to purchase a truly nifty circa, I am guessing, 1900-1911 day skirt. It's made of heavy white cotton o...

Yesterday we Kentuckians celebrated Kentucky's greatest day of the year, the Derby Day, when all the world visits Churchhill Downs to wa...

In the Corset Cover Dress Diary posts I wrote about having trouble creating fine machine hems around the bottom of the corset cover. The se...

My sister Julie and her husband are expecting a baby boy, so I thought they might need a quilt for June Bug, as they're calling him. Not...

The corset cover is complete. Here it is at left. Compare this image to the photograph of the original in the 1911 textbook I drafted it fr...

If you are interested in period advertisements, catalogs, magazines, scrapbooks, diaries, and ephemera, do see the digitized collections tha...

Hooray, almost finished with the corset cover! Just have to add buttonholes and the internal waist tape, and it's done. Meantime, I have...

The latest project: drafting and constructing a circa 1911 simple corset cover of muslin.  Just a reminder of how someone might have worn on...

Skirt plackets: who knew they could be so complicated? Or such a royal pain? These days we put zippers in everything, even new-fangled invi...

It's done! A muslin petticoat made in 1911 style with a double flounce! I decorated the outer flounce with tiny tucks and lace insertio...

A few weeks ago a vintage white cotton petticoat came into my possession. Don't ask me how old it is...I am still trying to figure that...

Currently I am drafting a 5-gore underskirt or petticoat, with dust ruffle and flounce, according to instructions in the 1911 textbook, Text...

My cool 1911 textbook Textbook on Domestic Art has given me some key knowledge into how people fitted and wore their underthings. In refere...

Part of the fun of sewing period- or vintage-style clothing is making up the pieces using vintage sewing treadle machines. At least it is f...

I've stumbled upon a truly fascinating series of photos of a young woman and her friends and family, circa 1910-1911. A number of them ...

The Textbook on Domestic Art , published in 1911 for use in high schools, teaches readers how to draft patterns for and then make up, step b...

This chemisette, also known as a dickey, is a handy little item for wearing under a suit. They require little fabric to make, are easy to ma...