Category: Dresses
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Exciting news – part 2
I’ve been enrolled in a Master of History degree for the past couple of years, studying part-time. It’s a course-work Masters, but there is a requirement for a major research project as well. My proposed project has just been accepted, starting in late February, for completion in October – although I’ve been considering this project…
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1900s Skirt
I finished this skirt a couple of months ago but it had its first outing yesterday. It is loosely inspired by the skirt of a matching bodice and skirt that I have documented and displayed at the Armidale Folk Museum. The original outfit is made of a pale green linen, with cream cotton lace. The…
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1918 Dress
A project from 2018, re-made 2019 The centenary of the Armistice that ended hostilities in the First World War was on November 11th, 2018. Our local Folk Museum mounted a commemorative display, Sorrow, Celebration and Social Change. My contribution to the display included a small curated selection from the museum’s collection showing the rapid changes…
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1920s Robe de Style
The movie Downton Abbey, which opened in September, was the perfect excuse for our costume group to have a 1920s outing. I decided to make Robe de Style, a fashion of the mid 1920s that varies a little from the typical androgynous straight lines of many 1920s styles. A Robe de Style has the long-waisted…
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Handsewn 1790s dress
A project from 2016 I didn’t exactly start out to hand-sew an entire dress. However, at the time I was doing a fair amount of travelling so I took the bodice pieces with me and stitched on them here and there. When I’ve been home, I’ve been concentrating on writing, and I like to have…
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Regency Dress
A project from 2016 As well as a costumer, I’m also a novelist, and back in 2016 when starting my latest book, The Clothier’s Daughter, I began planning the cover as I knew I would be independently publishing it, and therefore had control over all the choices. Stock images of reasonably accurate Regency dress are rather hard…