Historical Costumes And Other Stuff

Hi, I’m Emily. I started sewing a few years back and now I’m deep into making historical clothing as a hobby. It’s what I go to bed thinking about.

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I am so bad at posting here consistently but I feel like Tumblr would appreciate my best friend Fishbag (and the various creatures that live within her)

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Adding the skirt to the front bodice

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Intricate beading on my newest project, an Italian renaissance dress

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housefire II

done with needle turn applique and hand quilting among other things :3

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The process of making my cat quilt

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The two cuties that inspired my cat quilt, Jonesy and Octavia. Jonesy is making sure I can’t use the thing that takes my attention off of him, and Octavia is looking flashy.

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The process of making my cat quilt

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My first historically accurate-ish gown that I’ve sewn, a recreation of a 1780s English dress found in the Patterns of Fashion from the School of Historical Dress